The action will pick up right after Alex and Bradley condemned the morning news show\u2019s toxic and misogynistic culture during a live broadcast.<\/p>\n
With egg very much on the faces of their teams, the series will no doubt explore the fall-out of the drama.\u00a0Plus, season two will centre itself during the coronavirus pandemic which changed the way most companies function.<\/p>\n
Read on for everything you need to know about The Morning Show season two.<\/p>\n
When is The Morning Show season 2 out?<\/strong><\/h2>\nCONFIRMED: The Morning Show season two will premiere 17th September 2021 exclusively on Apple TV Plus<\/strong>.<\/p>\nApple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, as well as at\u00a0tv.apple.com<\/a>, for \u00a34.99 per month with a seven-day free trial.<\/p>\nThe Morning Show season 2 plot<\/strong><\/h2>\nFilming for The Morning Show season two\u2019s opening two episodes had reportedly already begun earlier this year in March prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, forcing production to grind to a halt. However, it looks like that when filming resumes in October 2020, the scripts may have changed.<\/p>\n
While season one of The Morning Show was rewritten to reflect the #MeToo movement, it seems that season two\u2019s main storyline will be as equally topical, this time focussing on the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that they\u2019re also rewriting, which is crazy because that\u2019s what happened in the first season,\u201d series star Mark Duplass told Deadline<\/a> in August. \u201cThey had a whole set of scripts [then] and they rewrote everything to include the #MeToo movement, and now we\u2019ve got other, larger, global phenomenon to deal with. I don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing but I know they\u2019re rewriting.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Morning Show season 2 cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\""Steve\"]( "\\"\"steve-carell-morning-show\"\\"")
<\/div> Apple<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nAll the series leads and regulars are reportedly returning, including Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy, host of a popular US morning talk show, and Reese Witherspoon as field reporter Bradley Jackson.<\/p>\n
The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies will join the cast as a new mentor figure for Bradley: broadcasting icon Laura Peterson.<\/p>\n
\u201cLaura started kind of like a Dateline show. She\u2019s a UBA star and an icon at a Diane Sawyer level,\u201d explained show runner Kerry Ehrin in an interview with Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. \u201cWe wanted to create a mentor figure for Bradley that was somebody who does things differently.\u201d<\/p>\nAlso returning from season one are Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Bel Powley, Karen Pittman and Desean Terry. It\u2019s also confirmed that Steve Carell will reprise his role as Mitch Kessler, Alex\u2019s on-air partner of 15 years who is fired in season one in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal.<\/p>\n
The only regular not returning is Gugu Mbatha-Raw\u00a0(as Hannah), for reasons relating to season one\u2019s plot.<\/p>
The Morning Show season 2 trailer<\/strong><\/h2>\nYes, you can watch the teaser trailer for The Morning Show season two (released in June 2021) here.<\/p>\n\n
Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, as well as at\u00a0tv.apple.com<\/a>, for \u00a34.99 per month with a seven-day free trial.<\/p>\n Filming for The Morning Show season two\u2019s opening two episodes had reportedly already begun earlier this year in March prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, forcing production to grind to a halt. However, it looks like that when filming resumes in October 2020, the scripts may have changed.<\/p>\n While season one of The Morning Show was rewritten to reflect the #MeToo movement, it seems that season two\u2019s main storyline will be as equally topical, this time focussing on the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that they\u2019re also rewriting, which is crazy because that\u2019s what happened in the first season,\u201d series star Mark Duplass told Deadline<\/a> in August. \u201cThey had a whole set of scripts [then] and they rewrote everything to include the #MeToo movement, and now we\u2019ve got other, larger, global phenomenon to deal with. I don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing but I know they\u2019re rewriting.\u201d<\/p>\n All the series leads and regulars are reportedly returning, including Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy, host of a popular US morning talk show, and Reese Witherspoon as field reporter Bradley Jackson.<\/p>\n The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies will join the cast as a new mentor figure for Bradley: broadcasting icon Laura Peterson.<\/p>\n \u201cLaura started kind of like a Dateline show. She\u2019s a UBA star and an icon at a Diane Sawyer level,\u201d explained show runner Kerry Ehrin in an interview with Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. \u201cWe wanted to create a mentor figure for Bradley that was somebody who does things differently.\u201d<\/p>\n Also returning from season one are Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Bel Powley, Karen Pittman and Desean Terry. It\u2019s also confirmed that Steve Carell will reprise his role as Mitch Kessler, Alex\u2019s on-air partner of 15 years who is fired in season one in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal.<\/p>\n The only regular not returning is Gugu Mbatha-Raw\u00a0(as Hannah), for reasons relating to season one\u2019s plot.<\/p> Yes, you can watch the teaser trailer for The Morning Show season two (released in June 2021) here.<\/p>\n\nThe Morning Show season 2 plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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