question: Alan Alda won one of his seven Emmy Awards in 2006 for playing Arnold Vinick in which political TV drama?
answer: The West Wing
context: Title: 40th International Emmy Awards
  Passage: The 40th International Emmy Awards took place on November 19, 2012, at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, United States.  The ceremony, hosted by Regis Philbin, also presented a special Founders Award to Norman Lear and Alan Alda, and another kudo to Ryan Murphy.  The Directorate Award was presented to Kim In-Kyu, prexy and CEO of Korean Broadcasting System.
  Title: Dreams (M*A*S*H)
  Passage: "Dreams" is an episode from the television series "M*A*S*H".  It was the 22nd episode of the eighth season, broadcast and aired on February 18, 1980 and repeated September 1, 1980.  It was directed by Alan Alda.  "Dreams" was conceived by James Jay Rubinfier and co-written with Alan Alda.  The episode received two prestigious writing honors: The Humanitas Prize (1980), and a Writers' Guild of America nomination for episodic television writing in the dramatic category, which was a first as M*A*S*H received WGA nominations in both comedy and drama categories that same year.  The laugh track is omitted for this episode.
  Title: Malcolm in the Middle
  Passage: Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company.  The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes.  The series received critical acclaim and won a Peabody Award, seven Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award, and seven Golden Globe nominations.
  Title: Whispers in the Dark (film)
  Passage: Whispers in the Dark is a 1992 American thriller about a psychiatrist whose patient's lover may be a serial killer.  The film starred Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Alan Alda, Jill Clayburgh, John Leguizamo, Deborah Unger and Anthony LaPaglia.  The film was released by Paramount Pictures on August 7, 1992.  It was nominated for a Razzie Award for Alan Alda as Worst Supporting Actor.
  Title: Alan Alda
  Passage: Alan Alda ( ; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author.  A seven-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is widely known for his roles as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series "M*A*S*H" (1972–1983), hosting of "Scientific American Frontiers", and as Arnold Vinick in "The West Wing" (2004–2006).  He has also appeared in many feature films, most notably in "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989), as pretentious television producer Lester, and "The Aviator" (2004) as U.S. Senator Owen Brewster, the latter of which saw Alda nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
  Title: David Chase
  Passage: David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American writer, director and television producer.  Chase has worked in television for 40 years; he has produced and written for such shows as "The Rockford Files", "I'll Fly Away", and "Northern Exposure".  He has created two original series; the first, "Almost Grown", aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989.  Chase is best known for his second original series, the influential and critically acclaimed HBO drama "The Sopranos", which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007.  He is a prominent figure in American television and has won seven Emmy Awards.
  Title: Life Time (M*A*S*H episode)
  Passage: "Life Time" is the 11th episode in the eighth season of the CBS television series "M*A*S*H".  It originally aired on November 26, 1979, it was directed by Alan Alda and was co-written by Alan Alda and Dr. Walter D. Dishell, M.D., the latter of whom was the show's medical consultant, along with phantom assistance from authors W.C. Heinz, Ring Lardner, Jr., who had written the script for the film "MASH," and even Richard Hooker, himself a former U.S. Army MASH unit surgeon, and author of the 1968 novel "," from which the film and series both drew their inspirations.
  Title: Sinatra (miniseries)
  Passage: Sinatra is a 1992 CBS biographical drama miniseries about singer Frank Sinatra, developed and executive produced by Frank's youngest daughter Tina Sinatra and approved by Frank himself.  Directed by James Steven Sadwith, produced by Richard M. Rosenbloom, and written by William Mastrosimone and Abby Mann.  It stars Philip Casnoff, Olympia Dukakis, Joe Santos, Gina Gershon, Nina Siemaszko, and Marcia Gay Harden, with some of Sinatra's vocals recreated by Tom Burlinson.  It won two and was nominated for seven Emmy Awards, along with a win and two nominations for a Golden Globe Award.  Released on November 8, 1992, it was re-released on a two-disc DVD Warner Home Video on May 13, 2008.
  Title: Frank C. Baxter
  Passage: Francis Condie Baxter (May 4, 1896 – January 18, 1982) was an American TV personality and educator.  He was a professor of English at the University of Southern California.  Baxter hosted "Telephone Time" in 1957 and 1958 when ABC picked up the program and ended the tenure of John Nesbitt.  During the 1950s, his program "Shakespeare on TV" won seven Emmy Awards.
  Title: Arnold Vinick
  Passage: Arnold Vinick is a fictional character on the television series "The West Wing" played by Alan Alda.  The role earned Alda the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2006.
citations: Alan Alda Arnold Vinick