The Morning Show is a new TV show from a new streaming service, Apple TV+. It stars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell.
Let’s dig into some trivia and facts about this new TV series.
- The Morning Show is an American drama web television series
- It is also known as Morning Wars in Australia
- Starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell
- It premiered on Apple TV+ on November 1, 2019
- The series is inspired by journalist Brian Stelter’s book, Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV
- Alex Levy runs The Morning Show, a popular news program broadcast from Manhattan that has excellent TV ratings
- And is perceived to have changed the face of American television
- After her partner of 15 years, Mitch Kessler, is fired amidst a sexual misconduct scandal
- Alex fights to retain her job as top news anchor while sparking a rivalry with Bradley Jackson
- An aspiring journalist who seeks to take Alex’s place
- On November 8, 2017, it was announced that Apple had given the production a series order consisting of two seasons of ten episodes apiece
- The series was set to be executive produced by Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Jay Carson, and Michael Ellenberg
- Carson was expected to act as a writer and showrunner for the series as well
- Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Media Res, Echo Films, and Hello Sunshine
- On April 4, 2018, it was announced that Carson had departed the production over creative differences
- He was expected to be replaced as executive producer and showrunner by Kerry Ehrin
- On July 11, 2018, it was reported that Mimi Leder would serve as a director and executive producer for the series
- On October 23, 2018, it was reported that Kristin Hahn and Lauren Levy Neustadter would serve as additional executive producers for the series
- Alongside the initial series announcement, it was confirmed that Aniston and Witherspoon had been cast in the series’ lead roles
- In October 2018, it was announced that Steve Carell, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billy Crudup, Néstor Carbonell and Mark Duplass had been cast in series regular roles
- On November 7, 2018, it was reported that Bel Powley, Karen Pittman, and Desean Terry had joined the main cast of the series
- Principal photography for the first season commenced on October 31, 2018, at the James Oviatt Building in Los Angeles, California
- Filming continued in Los Angeles until filming started in New York City on May 9, 2019
- Filming of the first season also wrapped in May 2019
- After seven months of filming
- Production on the second season is set to begin in November 2019
- After the Apple Special Event of March 25, 2019, Witherspoon announced on Instagram that the series would premiere in the fall of 2019
- During the Apple Special Event, a teaser trailer was released with footage from the series as well footage from other original series set to premiere on Apple TV+
- Furthermore, Aniston, Witherspoon and Carrell were at the event to tease the series
- On August 12, 2019, Apple released a first look trailer for the series
- It was also revealed that the series will be titled Morning Wars in Australia
- In order to distinguish the series from the Australian morning talk show of the same name
- On August 19, 2019, Apple released a full trailer for the series
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