The Morning Show
Where: Apple TV+
What: Series, 2 seasons, 20 episodes, 60 mins.
When: Now, new season in 2022
Genre: Dramedy:
Why you should watch: Your enjoyment of The Morning Show directly depends on how much empathy you can muster for extremely good looking, mostly well-employed, wealthy people who muse about their problems in private jets and chauffeur-driven limos. And they do have real problems, including misogyny, racism and the emergence of COVID-19. The show is set on a network TV morning show — duh — as Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon play the show’s anchors who battle networks, sexism and each other.
Billy Crudup is superb as the network CEO who occasionally explores having a conscience and the slickly made show has all the crispness — coldness? — of an Aaron Sorkin-produced show, which it is not. Fun in a Gripe-styles of the Rich and Famous kind of way, it does tackle big issues; just don’t use your Hermès scarf to wipe away any tears.
Originals-only means quality over quantity on Apple TV+
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