The West Wing

[JHyde]

The story goes that Lowe wasn't happy about his place or his paycheck within the show. When he came on board he was the second biggest star on the cast, after Sheen. But the show quickly became an ensemble piece and Sam wasn't the main protagonist any more.

The brief clip of Oprah I saw (which I found online) had Lowe talking about his issues, which was that basically everyone else got a pay rise and he didn't. Admittedly that's mostly a network thing, but I think there was some grudge holding against Sorkin there too, as he would have significant input as to who got what.

I do think it was a grudge that he put aside by the time he was in the 'A Few Good Men' revival in 2005 in London but he seems to have dredged it up again with his autobiography.

I'm going to read what he says before saying anything else.