Aaron Sorkin has said that he is not expecting to work in television again after The Newsroom finishes.
The writer and creator of the political drama told the Los Angeles Times that the third and final season of the show will be his last work in the medium.
"I know the whole 'never say never' stuff," he stated, ahead of writing the final episodes of the series. "But I'm pretty certain I'm about to write my last three episodes of television."
Sorkin, who created The West Wing, added that despite enjoying his work in television, he considers himself to have had more failure than success.
"I've loved every minute I've spent in television," he said. "And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was The West Wing."
Sorkin was also behind Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
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He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2011 after penning Facebook drama The Social Network, and is currently working on the Steve Jobs biopic, which lost Christian Bale as its lead last week.
It was recently announced that Sorkin's play A Few Good Men will receive a live adaptation on NBC.
The Newsroom begins its final season on HBO in the US today (November 9).
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