I was told not to watch it. It was boring, overproduced, and not even a good storyline. I watched it anyway. Why do we do this? Why do we hear what people are saying, and think that we still need to find out for ourselves? Why don't we just take their advice? Because what if they're wrong? What if you watch it anyway and discover one of the best TV shows you've seen all year? That's what happened to me when I watched the Morning Show.

This was Apple TV's first launched series. It was the first one right out of the gate. They wanted to make it big and get everyone interested. They held nothing back. It had Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell. The critics went to town on this show. According to Apple, The Morning Show was not based on the Today Show Matt Lauer sex scandal. Although, it almost mirrors it. This was an entertaining show that Apple got right. 

Show Notes:

• [02:39] Steve Carell and Jennifer Aniston are 15-year co-hosts. She's left reeling after coming to work and discovering that he was fired for inappropriate conduct.
• [02:48] Reese Witherspoon becomes the new co-host.
• [03:01] The performances in this show are amazeballs.
• [03:59] Reese Witherspoon was on fire and Steve Carell was heartbreakingly sleazy and gross.
• [04:12] You want to kill him, but you also want to see how it plays out.
• [04:33] This show belongs to Billy Crudup. He is a real stand out in this show. 
• [05:30] People have dogged on this show because it puts men in a bad light and makes all of them look like predators. It also makes women look like they're not responsible for their choices.
• [05:47] Some people also thought it didn't address the relevancy that is the #metoo movement right now.
• [06:03] It's television. As a consumer of Television, I don't want to be preached to. I don't want to be pandered to or swept up by politics. I want to be entertained.
• [07:02] I watched the season finale, and I bawled. Jennifer Aniston killed it. The writing was OMG a demonstration of how hurt people hurt people. And the collateral damage caused by brokenness.
• [07:56] I don't want to give it away, but the last episode was amazing.
• [08:02] I loved it, and I'm a woman. My husband loved it, and he's a man.
• [08:22] I would wear all five Spanx from top to bottom for this show.
• [08:54] Apple got this show right.

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• The Morning Show
• Steve Carell
• Jennifer Aniston
• Reese Witherspoon
• Billy Crudup