This special presentation is based on Season 3 Episode 14 of The West Wing (1999), Hartsfield's Landing (2002). All of the main original cast members, as well as four members of the secondary cast, who appeared in the original version participated, except for the late John Spencer. Spencer's role as Leo McGarry was filled by Sterling K. Brown. The original episode's title is a fictionalized version of two real-life towns in northern New Hampshire (Dixville Notch and Hart's Location) that vote first in the nation, just after midnight, in primary and presidential elections.