History YMMV / TheMorningShow

%%* {{Narm}}: YOU ARE RUINING DINNER!!!!

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Not only does this series focus on a [=#MeToo=] target (Mitch) who was accused of sexually assaulting his co-host and ''he'' is portrayed as a victim (it's strongly hinted that the co-host was making the whole thing up or at the very least greatly exaggerating the details of a drunken sleepover in order to make herself look good), [[spoiler: but later on, it's revealed that he did it for real to Hannah, who ends up fatally overdosing on drugs.]] Most of the people are also ''incredibly'' narcissistic and unlikeable, including Alex, who is one of the main characters. Bradley is of of the major exceptions (alongside Chip) and even she is prone to [[HairTriggerTemper starting screaming matches at people]], swearing a lot (even on live TV- hence her nickname "two fucks Jackson"), and even going off-script without warning. It can get quite easy for viewers to tune out and to a point, even utter the EightDeadlyWords.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Not only does this series focus on a [=#MeToo=] target (Mitch) who was accused of sexually assaulting his co-host and ''he'' is portrayed as a victim (it's strongly hinted that the co-host was making the whole thing up or at the very least greatly exaggerating the details of a drunken sleepover in order to make herself look good), [[spoiler: but later on, it's revealed that he did it for real to Hannah, who ends up fatally overdosing on drugs.]] Most of the people are also incredibly narcissistic, including Alex, who is one of the main characters. Bradley is of of the major exceptions (alongside Chip) and even she is prone to [[HairTriggerTemper starting screaming matches at people]], swearing a lot (even on live TV- hence her nickname "two fucks Jackson"), and even going off-script without warning. It can get quite easy for viewers to tune out and to a point, even utter the EightDeadlyWords.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Not only does this series focus on a [=#MeToo=] target (Mitch) who was accused of sexually assaulting his co-host and ''he'' is portrayed as a victim (it's strongly hinted that the co-host was making the whole thing up or at the very least greatly exaggerating the details of a drunken sleepover in order to make herself look good), [[spoiler: but later on, it's revealed that he did it for real to Hannah, who ends up fatally overdosing on drugs.]] Most of the people are also incredibly narcissistic, including Alex, who is one of the main characters. Bradley is the one major exception and even she is prone to [[HairTriggerTemper starting screaming matches at people]], swearing a lot (even on live TV- hence her nickname "two fucks Jackson"), and even going off-script without warning. It can get quite easy for viewers to tune out and to a point, even utter the EightDeadlyWords.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Whether they love or hate the show. pretty much everyone agrees that Billy Crudup steals the whole series as Corey Ellison, playing him as a fiendish and brilliant Machiavellian schemer who seems to be operating on another plane than everyone else and is clearly enjoying all the chaos around him and the opportunities it gives him but also has so much genuine charm and charisma and an occasional soft side that make him impossible not to like.

** Chip also counts as this, seeing that he is one of the only characters who is genuinely a good person and having to deal with the massive conflicts of The Morning Show, of which he is the Executive Producer. No wonder he has many OhCrap moments. [[spoiler: There is also the fact that he leaked Mitch's story to the Times to save Alex's job, which got him fired and kickstarted the plot in the first place.]]

** Chip also counts as this, seeing that he is one of the only characters who is genuinely a good person and having to deal with the massive conflicts of The Morning Show, of which he is the Executive Producer. No wonder he has many OhCrap moments.

* TheWoobie: Hannah (especially in the last three episodes of season 1!). [[DrivenToSuicide Oh, Hannah]].

** Bradley Jackson might have a temper on her (which caused her to get fired at one point), but compared to her colleagues (barring Chip), she's possibly the only character who isn't narcissistic and actually does care. Then there's [[DysfunctionalFamily her family.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Mitch in season 2. He's a straight-up ''sexual predator''... and yet there are moments ("La Amara Vita" is ''rife'' with them) where it's really hard not to feel sorry for the guy.

* JerkassWoobie: Mitch in season 2. He's a straight-up ''sexual predator''... and yet there are moments ("La Amara Vita" in particular is ''rife'' with them) where it's really hard not to feel sorry for the guy.

* JerkassWoobie: Mitch in season 2. He's a straight-up ''sexual predator''... and yet there are moments ("La Amara Vita" in particular is ''rife'' with them) when it's really hard not to feel sorry for the guy.

*** The third possibility, and the one the show seems to want viewers to take, is that she is both. She has neglected her daughter for her career and in spite of this she was never able to equal Mitch because studio viewed her as his replacable sidekick instead of seeing her own inherent value.

** Is Alex Levy a strained mother and co-host who has been looked down upon by others and acts aggressively to everyone or is she a narcissistic and power-hungry BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and being in the spotlight? Episode 7 only adds to the latter interpretation with Alex lashing out at her daughter when she sarcastically insults her career, which might even hint at the fact that Alex was and still is [[ParentalNeglect too focused on her career to be there for her daughter.]]

* SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Chip during the finale. [[spoiler: After telling Mitch that Hannah fatally overdosed, he punches him in the face, pins him down, and reveals that he was the one who leaked his story to the Times to save Alex's job, which is how Mitch got fired in the first place. He then gets up and leaves without saying another word.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Wheter they love or hate the show. pretty much everyone agrees that Billy Crudup steals the whole series as Corey Ellison, playing him as a fiendish and brilliant Machiavellian schemer who seems to be operating on another plane than everyone else and is clearly enjoying all the chaos around him and the opportunities it gives him but also has so much genuine charm and charisma and an occasional soft side that make him impossible not to like.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Season 2 really loves to hammer in how no one in America took the approaching COVID-19 pandemic seriously until it arrived there.

* OneSceneWonder:
** Creator/MartinShort as a Harvey Weinstein-esque unrepentantly lecherous producer (to the point that even ''Mitch'' ends up disgusted with him).
** David Paymer as Hannah's father, who demands the exact amount of Fred's golden parachute in a lawsuit to the network, and refuses to back down under threat of her being slandered.

* TrappedByMountainLions: Yanko's storyline in Season 2 involves him trying to navigate cultural sensitivity after Native Americans take offense to his using the term "spirit animal," but just peters out halfway through the season without ever seeming to come to any kind of point.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Mitch's story in Season 2 seamlessly creates the impression that it was actually filmed in Italy, despite COVID restrictions forcing it to be done in California.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/MartinShort as a Harvey Weinstein-esque unrepentantly lecherous producer (to the point that even ''Mitch'' ends up disgusted with him).

* {{Anvilivious}}: Season 2 really loves to hammer in how no one in America took the approaching COVID-19 pandemic seriously until it arrived there.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Wheter they love or hate the show. pretty much everyone agrees that Billy Crudup steals the whole series as Corey Ellison, playing him as a fiendish Machiavellian schemer who seems to be operating on another plane than everyone else is clearly enjoying all the chaos around him and the opportunities it gives him but also has a genuine charm and charisma and an occasional soft side that make him impossible not to like.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Not only does this series focus on a [=#MeToo=] target (Mitch) who was accused of sexually assaulting his co-host and ''he'' is portrayed as a victim (it's strongly hinted that the co-host was making the whole thing up or at the very least greatly exaggerating the details of a drunken sleepover in order to make herself look good), [[spoiler: but later on, it's revealed that he did it for real to Hannah, who ends up fatally overdosing on drugs.]] Most of the people are also incredibly narcissistic, including Alex, who is one of the main characters. Bradley is the one major exception and even she is prone to [[HairTriggerTemper starting screaming matches at people]], swearing a lot (even on live TV- hence her nickname "two fucks Jackson"), and even going off-script without warning. It can get quite easy for viewers to tune out and to a point, even utter the EightDeadlyWords.