The Morning Show stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in the lead roles, and it revolves around the battle between a veteran news anchor and a new talented face trying to gain supremacy over one another in the morning television industry in America. The series also focuses on issues like workplace sexual harassment. The Morning Show concluded its second season in November 2021 and it has been renewed for Season 3. So, while you wait for The Morning Show Season 3 to come out here are some shows you could watch while waiting.
Murphy Brown (Paramount+)
Synopsis: There had never been anyone on primetime quite like Murphy, the star investigative reporter for the Washington, D.C.-based television news magazine F.Y.I. As created by Diane English and embodied by Candice Bergen, Murphy was, in English’s words, “Mike Wallace in a dress.” On camera, she was tough, smart, and relentless. Off camera she was intriguingly flawed. In the pilot episode, her character returns to work following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic. Over the course of the season, her sobriety is supremely tested by the chaotic goings-on inside the funniest newsroom since WJM on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Murphy must contend with an unending parade of ill-suited, stressed-out secretaries (a running joke throughout the series’ 10 years), new 25-year-old producer Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) whom she rudely dismisses (“While I was being maced at the Democratic Convention in ’68, you were wondering if you’d ever meet Adam West”), and new co-anchor Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford), a former Miss America (“by default”) with no journalistic background. Murphy is over 40 and prickly, with a penchant for vindictive practical jokes against her colleagues. In short, in the words of a lampooning cartoonist in the episode “Funnies Girl,” dynamic, “pain-in-the-butt,” Motown-loving Murphy is “a veritable fountain of material.” With its smart and sophisticated writing and seamless ensemble, Murphy Brown instantly established itself as one of television’s gold standard series, earning four Emmy Awards for this inaugural season, including Outstanding Lead Actress for Bergen and Outstanding Writing for English.
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Anatomy of a Scandal (Netflix)
Synopsis: A psychological thriller and gripping courtroom drama, the series infiltrates Britain’s elite through personal and political scandal, where the truth lies between justice and privilege. James and Sophie Whitehouse live in a blissful and rarified world. A Minister in Parliament, a loving family at home, James’ trajectory appears without limits. Until a scandalous secret suddenly comes to light. Barrister Kate Woodcroft has a trajectory of her own, and her prosecution threatens to tear into Westminster, the Whitehouse marriage, and her own personal esteem.
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The Newsroom (HBO Max)
Synopsis: From Oscar® and Emmy® winner Aaron Sorkin (‘The Social Network’, ‘The West Wing’), ‘The Newsroom®’ takes a behind-the-scenes look at the high-rated cable-news program at the fictional ACN Network, focusing on the on- and off-camera lives of its cable news anchor (Jeff Daniels), his executive producer (Emily Mortimer), his newsroom staff and their boss. ‘The Newsroom’ team sets out on a mission to “do the news well” in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles, and their own personal entanglements.
Flack (Prime Video)
Synopsis: Bad Behavior. Great Publicists. Ever wonder what the real story is behind those celebrity gossip columns? Flack has all the dirt. Four quick-witted and relentless flackers led by Robyn, played by Academy Award Winner Anna Paquin, are tasked to make the best of their celebrity client’s terrible decisions. Will their ability to clean up their client’s lives translate to their own?
Truth Be Told (Apple TV+)
Synopsis: When new evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) to reopen the murder case that made her a national sensation, she comes face to face with Warren Cave (Aaron Paul), the man she may have mistakenly helped to put behind bars. Her investigation navigates urgent concerns about privacy, media and race.
The Loudest Voice (Paramount+ & Showtime)
Synopsis: This seven-part limited series based on a bestselling book is about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News. To understand the events that led to the rise of the modern Republican party, one must understand Ailes. Focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the party’s de facto leader, the series also touches on defining events in Ailes’ life, including his experiences with world leaders that gave birth to his political career, and the sexual harassment accusations and settlements that brought his Fox News reign to an end.
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Sharp Objects (HBO Max)
Synopsis: For Camille Preaker, it’s a dark path down memory lane. Based on the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) and directed by Emmy(R) winner Jean-Marc Vallee (HBO’s “Big Little Lies”), this thrilling limited series stars five-time Oscar(R) nominee Amy Adams as a city journalist with a history of psychiatric issues who returns to her rural hometown to cover the apparent murders of two preteen girls. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, Camille finds herself clashing with her overbearing mother, Adora (Patricia Clarkson), falling back into a dangerous series of self-destructive habits, and identifying with the young murder victims a bit too closely. The supporting cast includes Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen, Elizabeth Perkins, Matt Craven and Miguel Sandoval.
