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Mister Sterling is an American serial drama television series created by Lawrence O'Donnell that aired on NBC from January 10 to March 14, 2003. Starring Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, the series featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David Noroña, and James Whitmore as members of his staff. The series aired on Friday nights. Despite mostly positive reviews, the show only ranked 58th in the yearly ratings (9.83 million viewers, 6.7/12 rating/share), and was cancelled after 10 episodes.

Mister Sterling
Genre	Serial drama
Created by	Lawrence O'Donnell
Starring	Josh Brolin Audra McDonald William Russ David Noroña
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Michael Dinner Jim Hart Jeff Melvoin Lawrence O'Donnell
Producers	Bernadette Joyce Garry A. Brown Sandy Frank Andrea Newman Chip Vucelich William Bradley
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Lawrence O' Donnell Jr. Productions NBC Studios Universal Network Television
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	January 10 (2003-01-10) – March 14, 2003 (2003-03-14)

James Whitmore was nominated for a 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing former Governor Bill Sterling, the senator's father.

The series was produced by Bernadette Joyce, co-producer; Garry A. Brown, co-producer; Michael Dinner, co-executive producer; Sandy Frank, co-producer; Jim Hart, co-executive producer; Jeff Melvoin, co-executive producer; Andrea Newman, producer; Lawrence O'Donnell, executive producer; Chip Vucelich, co-producer; William Bradley, consulting producer.

Cast

• Josh Brolin as Bill Sterling
• Audra McDonald as Jackie Brock
• William Russ as Tommy Doyle
• David Norona as Leon Montero
• James Whitmore as Bill Sterling, Sr. (recurring role)

Characters

Senator Sterling's office

• Senator Bill Sterling (I-California)
• Chief of Staff Jackie Brock
• Legislative Director Tommy Doyle
• Legislative Assistant Leon Montero
• Secretary Pat Conway (Dale Raoul)
• Deputy Press Secretary Derek Larner (Dean Cameron)

Senators

• Senator Albert Bailey (D-CA)
  • Sterling was appointed to his seat after Bailey died of a heart attack.
• Senator Burt Gammel (R-Louisiana)
  • Senate Minority Leader
• Senate Majority Leader (D-New Mexico)
• Senator Dan Wilson (D-Illinois)
• Senator Jack "Thunder Hawk" Jackson (R-Arizona)
• Senator Kate Robertson (Nevada)
  • Elected in 1998.
• Senator Millman
• Senator Ron Garland (R-Ohio)
  • Running for the Presidency.
• Senator Bowles
• Senator Dave Crandall (D-Delaware)
• Senator Roger Morris (D)
• Senator Andersen
• Senator Buckley
• Senator Burke
• Senator Carver
• Senator Gilmartin
• Senator Lane
• Senator Eaton
• Senator Porter
• Senator Preston
• Senator Raymond
• Senator Smith
• Senator Stanton
• Senator Stewart
• Senator Taylor
• Senator Trimble
• Senator Troy
• Senator Grayson

Governors

• Governor Carl Marino (D-CA)
• Former Governor William Sterling (D-CA)

Lobbyist

• Barry Reed

Democratic leadership

• Arthur Peyton, Executive Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, former Chief of Staff to Senator Bailey (D-CA)

Senate contenders

This is a list of candidates who are running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Bill Sterling:

Democrat

• Anthony Marino, son of the Governor (D-CA)
• Chuck Stanley, millionaire (D-CA)
• G.M. Clooney, coffee maker (D-CA)

Republican

• Sarah Burwell (R-CA)
• Congressman Bob "The Bomber" Brennan (R-CA)

Other

• Lauren Barnes, Actress
• Laura Chandler, Reporter (Chandra West)
• Rebecca Everton, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Tucker Gates	Lawrence O'Donnell	January 10, 2003 (2003-01-10)
2	"Next Question"	Michael Dinner	Lawrence O'Donnell	January 17, 2003 (2003-01-17)
3	"Game Time"	Randall Zisk	Lawrence O'Donnell	January 24, 2003 (2003-01-24)
4	"Technical Corrections"	Rick Rosenthal	Lawrence O'Donnell	January 31, 2003 (2003-01-31)
5	"Human Error"	James Whitmore Jr.	Sandy Frank & Paul Haggis	February 7, 2003 (2003-02-07)
6	"Nothing Personal"	Rick Wallace	Alfredo Barrios, Jr. & Lawrence O'Donnell	February 21, 2003 (2003-02-21)
7	"The Statewide Swing"	Rick Rosenthal	Andrea Newman	February 28, 2003 (2003-02-28)
8	"Wish List"	Elodie Keene	Willie Reale & Lawrence O'Donnell	March 7, 2003 (2003-03-07)
9	"Final Passage"	Paul Michael Glaser	Paul Haggis & Lawrence O'Donnell	March 14, 2003 (2003-03-14)
10	"Sins of the Father"	Jessica Yu	Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell & Paul Haggis Teleplay by : Paul Haggis	UNAIRED

References

• "Testing Our Mettle", review by Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, January 31, 2003
• "Mister Sterling", reviewed by Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly, January 17, 2003
• "Sterling silver" by Heather Havrilesky, Salon.com Magazine, February 27, 2003

External links

• Mister Sterling at IMDb

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