The Morning Show

Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell) has been let go as co-anchor of New York's fictional TV show, The Morning Show, for sexual misconduct. The #MeToo fall out of this for Mitch, for his long time co-host Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston), the network, and the woman who replaces Mitch, Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) is the subject of Apple+'s new drama series. Apple+ is trying to jump into the TV streaming game along with Netflix and Amazon. They don't have a lot of content yet but they have some big names - Carell, Aniston, and Witherspoon - and that's just for this show. I was nonetheless skeptical about watching anything on Apple+. I'm not sure why. Steve Carell continues to impress me with his dramatic role choices and he is fabulous in this as are Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. But if there are awards to be handed out for best supporting actors, it's the brief appearance of Martin Short as a pedophile sexual predator who is absolutely jaw-dropping good. After watching him in this, I would love to see Short do more dramatic stuff. And then there is Gugu Mbatha-Raw who plays Hannah Shoenfeld, the woman who Mitch Kessler sexually takes advantage of. Her relationship with Mitch pre and post sexual encounter is a remarkable piece of acting. Catch The Morning Show on Apple+