History Series / TheMorningShow

** Bradley sarcastically asks if she should dye her hair blonde to be more attractive to viewers. Reese Witherspoon is of course actually blonde.

** It's heavily implied that Hannah's father was not a part of her upbringing.

* WallBangHer: [[spoiler: Bradley]] and a bartender do this in season one's "No One's Gonna Harm You, Not While I'm Around".

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Probably one of the few times this trope is justified. Lizzy's relationship with her mother Alex is strained, due to the latter's workaholic tendencies and treatment of her now-estranged husband, Lizzy's father (whom Lizzy is very close to) - including the fact that she cheated on him with [[spoiler: Mitch]]. Lizzie [[CallingTheOldManOut confronts her mother]] about her actions in episode 7. It doesn't go well. Alex angrily lashes out at her daughter, giving her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

Boasting an AllStarCast, ''The Morning Show'' also features Creator/BillyCrudup, Mark Duplass, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Creator/NestorCarbonell, and Creator/JackDavenport in major supporting roles. The series premiered as a launch title with Apple TV+ on November 1st 2019, alongside ''See'', ''Dickinson'', and ''Series/ForAllMankind'' among others. Season 2 premiered on September 17, 2021.

* AndStarring: The final acting credit in the season one opening credits (as well as those of the season 2 episodes Mitch appears in) reads as "And Steve Carell".

* BirthdayEpisode: The first half of season one's [[WholeEpisodeFlashback flashback episode]], episode 8 ( "Lonely at the Top"), focuses primarily on [[spoiler: Mitch's 50th]] birthday - culminating in [[spoiler: the entire crew of TMS throwing him a SurpriseParty]].

* CassandraTruth: Alex doesn't believe Mitch when he says that the network is planning on firing her. It turns out he's right.

* DownfallBySex: Mitch Kessler had it at all - until his sexual misconduct came to light.

* TheHypocrite: Season 1 episode 8 focuses heavily on Mitch Kessler's predatory behavior, including the night [[spoiler: he raped Hannah in his hotel room]]. At the end of the episode, the crew of TMS is watching with the rest of the country as the Harvey Weinstein scandal breaks. Mitch's immediate reaction? "What a creep!" Yeah.

* JumpingOutOfACake: Dick Lundy (Mitch's director friend, played by Creator/MartinShort) does this in season 1, episode 8 at [[spoiler: Mitch's surprise 50th birthday party. He then immediately proceeds to lead a group of suggestively-clad dancers in a ''very'' raunchy song and dance number about TMS's top anchor (keep in mind this is a [[WholeEpisodeFlashback flashback episode]]) and his, er, hobbies.]]

* GenderBlenderName: Bradley is usually a masculine name, but given to a woman here. To a certain extent, Alex too.
* HairTriggerTemper: Nearly everybody has this trait in the show. Almost any interaction in the show feels like it could lead to a screaming match at any moment.

* AndStarring: The final acting credit in the season one opening credits (as well as those of the season 2 episodes Mitch appears in) reads as follows: "And Steve Carell".

** Mitch is perhaps the most notable example of this, at least in season one (by season 2 he's calmed down a bit). You'd be hard pressed to find a time when he ''isn't'' going off on somebody (heck, even inanimate objects aren't safe from his fury - in the very first episode he smashes his TV with a fire iron after watching Alex announce his firing live on TMS).

** Mitch's wife Paige more or less looked the other way when it came to his numerous affairs (though she clearly wasn't happy about them)- but when he's fired and his sexual misconduct made public, she abruptly informs him that she's taking the kids to the Hamptons and divorcing him.

* PetTheDog: In perhaps one of the most literal examples of this Trope, Mitch is seen cuddling with his Rhodesian Ridgeback a few times.

* ShutUpKiss: In season 2 episode 3 ("Laura"), [[spoiler: Bradley]] gives [[spoiler: Laura]] one when [[spoiler: she asks if Bradley was "actually vetted for this job"]]

* ShutUpKiss: In S2E3, [[spoiler: Bradley]] gives [[spoiler: Laura]] one when [[spoiler: she asks if Bradley was "actually vetted for this job"]]

* ShutUpKiss: In S02E03, [[spoiler: Bradley gives Laura one when she asks "Where you actually vetted for this job?"]]

** Mitch is perhaps the most notable example of this. You'd be hard pressed to find a time when he ''isn't'' going off on somebody (heck, even inanimate objects aren't safe from his fury - in the very first episode he smashes his TV with a fire iron after watching Alex announce his firing live on TMS).

** Mitch becomes this temporarily when [[spoiler: his wife leaves him after his sexual misconduct comes to light and takes their two sons with her]]...
[[spoiler: And then permanently when he dies in a single vehicle car crash in season 2.]]

** In Season 2, [[spoiler:Mitch himself has an intense discussion with Alex laying out all the remaining emotions between them, and decides that's as much cathartic closure as he's ever going to get, so when an approaching car blinds him with its high beams and causes him to swerve to avoid it, he declines to take back control of the car and crashes over a cliff.]]

** Mitch becomes this (at least temporarily) when [[spoiler: his wife leaves him after his sexual misconduct comes to light and takes their two sons with her]].

** In Season 2, [[spoiler:Mitch himself has an intense discussion with Alex laying out all the remaining emotions between them, and decides that's as much cathartic closure as he's ever going to get, so when an approaching car blinds him with its high beams, he declines to take back control of the car and crashes over a cliff.]]

* AndStarring: The final acting credit in the season one opening credits (as well as those in the season 2 episodes Mitch appears in) reads as follows: "And Steve Carell".

* AndStarring: The final acting credit in the season one opening credits reads as follows: "And Steve Carell".