Without spoiling any specifics, Carrell is a prominent presence throughout The Morning Show, and Kessler’s desperate attempts to claw his way back into the limelight are a major part of the season. “It doesn’t lock the door, it just closes the door.”
“I’ve worked with a lot of executives that have buttons that close their doors. So it’s not just a composite of morning shows, it’s really a composite of this moment.”Īnd as for that button? Not as uncommon-or unique to Lauer-as you might think. “For us, unfortunately and sadly, there were so many reference points. “ feels like a reference point,” executive producer Michael Ellenberg acknowledged to THR, explaining that given the production team’s deep involvement in Hollywood, the parallels went beyond the world of morning news. "It's a massive subject and looking at it from a perspective over an industry, this fictional news and entertainment industry, and seeing all the fallout and all the politics and all the personal pain, just all those different colors of it seemed like a worthwhile venture," Ehrin explained, adding that Aniston and Witherspoon, both executive producers on the show, were thoroughly supportive of this idea when she pitched it. What did inspire the show from the very beginning, though, was the larger #MeToo moment that had begun unfolding a month prior to The Morning Show being announced. The parallels between Lauer and Carrell’s Mitch Kessler (whose long tenure at this fictional morning show has earned him the nickname of “America’s dad”) are undeniable, particularly in the show’s third episode, wherein Kessler is revealed to have a hidden button underneath the desk in his office with which he can covertly close the door. It falls to his female co-anchor (Jennifer Aniston) to make the solemn announcement, live on television-just as Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie did on November 29, 2017, after Matt Lauer was fired from the Today show following allegations of sexual misconduct from multiple female colleagues. Production on the number one morning show in America is thrown into chaos by the sudden firing of its beloved male anchor (Steve Carrell), who has been accused of sexual harassment. Apple’s buzzy, star-studded new drama The Morning Show barrels right out of the gate with a sequence that’s bound to evoke a strong sense of déjà vu in anyone familiar with real media drama.
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