Other parts, like the plentiful scenes in which Mitch (Carell) felt sorry for himself, did not. (And by 'the show,' I mean The Morning Show, not the show-within-the-show also called The Morning Show, which we shall call TMS here so we don't all lose our collective bearings.) Some elements, like Billy Crudup's gleefully weaselly executive Cory, worked. Let's step back: The first season, which aired a decade or so ago in late 2019, was the prestige drama project that Apple wanted to use to launch its streaming service: Big names! Current events! Finger on the pulse! Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston played a newbie and a veteran morning show host, respectively, who are thrown together after Aniston's former on-air partner, played by Steve Carell, is fired following a sexual harassment scandal.īut a funny thing happened on the way to acclaim: The show was of decidedly middling quality. It takes the second season of Apple TV+'s The Morning Show seven-and-a-half minutes to get real sweaty.
Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) has a new look as the second season of The Morning Show kicks off.