Genre: Drama; Satire; Tragicomedy
Created by Jay Carson
Inspired by Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter
Developed by Kerry Ehrin
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm, Nicole Beharie & Julianna Margulies.
Music by Carter Burwell
Opening Theme “Nemesis” by Benjamin Clementine
Executive producers: Jennifer Aniston; Reese Witherspoon; Kerry Ehrin; Michael Ellenberg; Mimi Leder; Kristin Hahn; Lauren Levy Neustadter.
Cinematography: Michael Grady, David Lanzenberg, John Brawley, Jeffrey Waldron, John Grillo, Tami Reiker.
Production companies: Echo Films, Media Res, Kerry Ehrin Productions, Hello Sunshine.
Network: Apple TV+
Plot: In the third season, the network struggles for viewers for its subscription service and contemplates a take-over by tech titan Paul Marks.
Season 3 of The Morning Show was Excellent.
Pros: This season has a lot of drama, tension, heartfelt emotion and suspense throughout. Every actor gave it their all into their roles. I like seeing how these high drama moments take place behind-the-scenes in both UBA & in their personal life. Jon Hamm played the antagonist so well and I’m glad that twist lead our main characters into unsuspected fates.
Cons: I had no issues with this season.
Casts & Characters:
Main:
- Jennifer Aniston as Alexandra “Alex” Levy, co-host of UBA’s TMS
- Reese Witherspoon as Bradley Jackson, former TMS co-host and news anchor at UBA
- Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison, CEO of UBA
- Mark Duplass as Charlie “Chip” Black, executive producer of TMS
- Néstor Carbonell as Yanko Flores, the meteorologist of TMS
- Karen Pittman as Mia Jordan, a producer at TMS
- Greta Lee as Stella Bak, President of UBA’s news division (season 2–present)
- Julianna Margulies as Laura Peterson, YDA co-host and former news anchor at UBA (season 2–present)
- Nicole Beharie as Christine Hunter, a new TMS co-host (season 3)
- Jon Hamm as Paul Marks, a tech billionaire looking to buy UBA (season 3)
Recurring
- Shari Belafonte as Julia
- Victoria Tate as Rena Robinson, Chip’s assistant
- Hannah Leder as Isabella
- Joe Marinelli as Donny Spagnoli
- Eli Bildner as Joel Rapkin
- Amber Friendly as Layla Bell
- Tom Irwin as Fred Micklen, UBA’s president
- Joe Pacheco as Bart Daley
- Joe Tippett as Hal Jackson, Bradley’s brother
- Andrea Bendewald as Valérie
- Marcia Gay Harden as Maggie Brener, a reporter and journalist
- Markus Flanagan as Gerald Drummond
- Mindy Kaling as Audra Khatri, a rival morning news anchor
- Theo Iyer as Kyle, Cory’s assistant (season 2–present)
- Choni Francis as RJ Smith (season 2–present)
- Tara Karsian as Gayle Berman (season 2–present)
- Holland Taylor as Cybil Reynolds, a seasoned board member of UBA (season 2–present)
- Jack Conley as Earl (season 2–present)
- Aflamu Johnson as Aflamu (season 2–present)
- Tig Notaro as Amanda Robinson (season 3)
- Stephen Fry as Leonard Cromwell (season 3)
- Clive Standen as Andre Ford (season 3)
- Natalie Morales as Kate Danton (season 3)
Guest:
Season 3:
- Alano Miller as Marcus Hunter
- Maria Canals-Barrera as Mercedes
- Ilia Volok as Pavlo
- Andrew Patrick Ralston as Elmer
- Esther Perel as Herself
- Will Arnett as Doug Klassen
- June Diane Raphael as Eagle News Anchor
- Meredith Scott Lynn as Linda
- Retta as Herself
- Fortune Feimster as Herself
- Brent Bailey as Zach
- Sasha Alexander as Salma
- T.V. Carpio as Emma
- Daniel Kash as Seth
- Samantha Sloyan as Cheryl
- Lindsay Duncan as Martha, Cory’s mother
- Eyal Podell as Larry Pane
- Shannon Woodward as Jess Bennett
- Elizabeth Perkins as Elena Daniels
- Joanne Baron as Brenda Litchfield
I highly recommend watching the first two seasons of this show before watching this new season all on Apple TV+.
Rating: 10 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
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