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The Morning Show

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Generally favorable reviews based on 107 Critic Reviews

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The Morning Show: New Season, New Faces

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The Morning Show

Series Details & Credits

Apple TV | Release Date: November 1, 2019

Summary: Power struggles, rivalries, and scandal are just some of the challenges for a popular morning news program in the drama executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.

Genre(s): Drama

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Critic Reviews

100

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Dec 3, 2019

Season 1 Review: There isn’t a weak link in The Morning Show. Aniston is flawless. ... Everyone else – especially Billy Crudup as the network suit playing seven-dimensional chess with everyone – matches her point for point. The script has depth and endless torque and the whole thing is an exhilarating rush that makes room for nuance, thought and – though it’s definitely a drama – humour. Read full review

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Empire Boyd Hilton

Sep 15, 2023

Season 3 Review: No wonder a fourth season of this slick TV newsroom drama has already been confirmed. It makes for hugely pleasurable viewing. Read full review

75

Consequence

Liz Shannon Miller

Sep 13, 2023

Season 3 Review: What makes The Morning Show Season 3 so watchable is that its intrinsically soapy qualities help undercut that smugness… while it tries to both reflect growing pessimism about the state of media today, and shine forth beautiful ideals about truth and journalism and the American way. Read full review

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Collider Taylor Gates

Sep 16, 2025

Season 4 Review: While Alex and Bradley’s arcs suffer, and Cory feels like he’s overstayed his welcome despite Crudup’s natural charm and undeniable charisma, Stella and Mia shine, and Celine and Miles are interesting enough to justify their addition to an already too-packed cast. I was rarely particularly impressed by The Morning Show Season 4, but I was also definitely never bored. Read full review

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Slate

David Mack

Sep 18, 2025

Season 4 Review: All these actors [Karen Pittman, Greta Lee and Nicole Beharie] are strong, but expect Lee and Beharie, in particular, to be in the Emmys conversation thanks to two grueling scenes in which each character’s world falls apart. .... But the resulting season feels mostly like filler that had me yearning for the episodes in which The Morning Show might finally grapple with the actual biggest threat to news media. Read full review

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Newsday

Verne Gay

Oct 28, 2019

Season 1 Review: Mostly "The Morning Show" is a show in search of itself, uncertain of what to say about the #MeToo movement and workplace misconduct, or how to explore those real world parallels (Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer). This is because "The Morning Show" is often a mashup of verisimilitude with outright balderdashery. Read full review

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i Emily Baker

Sep 17, 2025

Season 4 Review: It’s hard to muster up any real zeal about The Morning Show – it’s all so silly that it renders itself beyond reprehension. The only joy in watching it now lies in wondering just how far they will push the boundaries of plausibility this time. Read full review

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jane23

Nov 3, 2019

Deliver on What it promisses, entertainment! The characters captivate and you cheer for both women as each one seeks their place in the sun. The strength of the series is totally feminine without being feminist.

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Shahzeb_za

Jan 13, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first thing you notice about Apple’s first original series is that they’ve thrown a lot of money at it. From incredible cinematography to jaw-dropping acting performances, “The Morning Show” proves it can stand out in an overflowing melting pot of streaming service TV shows. But it takes its time to show this.

The driver of the plot is a MeToo style scandal which shakes the people who work on a mainstream morning show in New York from the onset. The first few episodes are slow paced, as the crux of the story is set up, moulding the beginnings of strong character arcs however failing to deliver meaningful television which promises a worthy payoff. Perhaps due to the shaken state of all of the characters, it becomes noticeably hard to warm to many of the characters, with my favourite characters only being truly realised towards the end. As we progress through this series, the show seems to be more comfortable and settled within itself- more confident in the ideas it tries to portray. With the senior management layers of authority attempting to undermine and manipulate Jennifer Anniston’s character (the main anchor on this morning show), we see a possible ugly truth behind network shows and their layers of power. By establishing the network as corrupt from the top, the series cleverly leaves this idea of “you can’t trust what anyone says” within the audience, purely due to the corruption shown. Reese Witherspoon’s character shines through as someone who isn’t scared to speak her mind, but as the show progresses she realises the weight of expectations that news anchors feel, and this begins to dial down more into sympathy and empathy for her co-anchor (Jennifer Aniston’s character). It is through the growth of these two characters that we reach the conclusion of the show which sees both of them publicly expose their network for the wrongful things they’ve done- with beyond exceptional performances from both Anniston and Witherspoon. The music, cinematography and acting are all truly something to behold as this show manages to almost put the rest of the series to shame with this masterpiece of a scene. Apple promises us a second series, and if it’s anything like the first, The Morning Show has a lot of powerful storytelling to come.… Expand

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pblauren

May 25, 2021

This show is absolutely amazing! Aniston is the best she’s ever been and Crudup stands out as well. The show does an amazing job of approaching a touchy subject and keeps viewers on edge. The finale was probably the best episode of television I’ve ever seen!

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joacoandresen

Nov 20, 2019

I truly love what I’ve seen so far. Sadly the critics are not focusing on the show, instead they are desperately trying to take down Apple just because it’s Apple. I hope none of those critics used an iPhone, iPad or Mac to write their review.

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Thomass

Sep 17, 2020

This is an excellent series. It’s a bit complex to say the least but the production, script ,etc really knocked me over. There are a lot of issues swirling around here and not always easy to see where people are coming from until perhaps the last parts. 2nd viewing clarified a lot. Seen veryThis is an excellent series. It’s a bit complex to say the least but the production, script ,etc really knocked me over. There are a lot of issues swirling around here and not always easy to see where people are coming from until perhaps the last parts. 2nd viewing clarified a lot. Seen very few shows that are this good.… Expand

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dennyc69

Nov 19, 2019

Shows like these aren’t my typical fare, but I think this has been a great show that can only get better.

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Broyax

Nov 30, 2020

L’agenda SJW « me too » est surchargé ici puisque le célèbre mâle journaleux est soupçonné de harcèlement sexuel ! on ne le savait pas mais depuis toutes ces années, c’était un prédateur en fait. Steve Carell a carrément l’air dépassé par le rôle mais surtout l’air con comme souvent chezL’agenda SJW « me too » est surchargé ici puisque le célèbre mâle journaleux est soupçonné de harcèlement sexuel ! on ne le savait pas mais depuis toutes ces années, c’était un prédateur en fait. Steve Carell a carrément l’air dépassé par le rôle mais surtout l’air con comme souvent chez lui… pour ne pas dire comme d’habitude en fait.

En tout cas, tout cela n’est pas bien crédible du tout, même en débranchant le cerveau et en le jetant aux orties, surtout que la bécasse de Friends à la peau tirée comme un tambour est méconnaissable : c’est-à-dire qu’on ne la reconnaît pas, on ne sait pas qui est cette personne ! quant à l’autre bécasse Witherspoon, elle reste fidèle à elle-même, à savoir à la masse comme de coutume.

Le gars Steve est donc ici l’imbécile esseulé cerné par deux grognasses en fin de parcours alors que le spectateur téméraire est pour sa part cerné par l’ennui de toutes parts : qu’est-ce qu’on se fait chier dans cette merde qui progresse à deux à l’heure, c’est un truc de fou ! ça blablate comme dans un film ou plutôt l’une des woodyconneries dont Woody Allen a le secret…

Oui, oui, je confirme, c’est vraiment mais vraiment une sale série de merde à la mords-moi-le-zob qui s’astique la justice sociale à n’en plus finir !… Expand

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