‘The Morning Show’ Season 2 Is Addicted to the Plot Twist: TV Review

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticOne of the 21st century’s most venerable franchises is back. “CSI,” which in its first run lasted 15 seasons and generated three spinoffs, returns as “CSI: Vegas,” reuniting William Petersen and Jorja Fox.

Perennially hot couple Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos showed off their best assets — again. Ripa, 51, posted a steamy photo Sunday of herself, Consuelos, 50, and their pal Jake Shears in their swimsuits for the musician’s 43rd birthday.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Succession,” which launches its third season Oct. 17, is not a show that will back away from a challenge.The end of the second season radically clarified the series’ vision.

Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid, 50, has opened up about an 'incurable' illness that she has lived with for 17 years.The TV host was diagnosed with tinnitus back in 2004 following the birth of her son Finn, and first opened up on her battle in 2018. She wrote on Twitter at the time: "My tinnitus is so loud right now.

three episodes into season 2, has had no shortage of surprises, especially as Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup) attempts to get UBA’s morning news team under control as Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) and Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) prepare to reunite as co-anchors. But so far, nothing has been more shocking than an unexpected kiss involving Bradley in the most recent episode.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn the middle of the night, a young woman grabs her daughter and runs, using what little gas is left in her car to flee her abusive partner.That’s the way “Maid,” a new drama on Netflix, starts, as Margaret Qualley’s Alex runs from her daughter’s brutish father (Nick Robinson). What the show does well, in the episodes that follow, is to depict the ways in which, for many people trapped within the lower echelons of the economy, clean breaks are impossible.

Hasan Minhaj was a little worried that Jennifer Aniston may not have liked him.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticSay this much for Netflix’s new documentary “Britney vs. Spears”: It certainly wasn’t made with the objective of pleasing her fans in mind.The documentary, directed by Erin Lee Carr, is intended as an exploration of the pop star’s current struggle to escape the conservatorship, run by her father, that controls her life.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticA planned interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on “The View” was derailed Friday when two of the show’s co-hosts were asked to exit mid-broadcast because they tested positive for COVID.At the start of the show’s second segment, a producer asked Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin to exit the stage. “More information later — it’s a tease!” the producer said, as Navarro and Hostin walked offstage.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“I’m not ready to be a human pop star,” a contestant on Fox’s new show “Alter Ego” tells us. “I want to be a digital pop star.”That’s the “Alter Ego” proposition in a nutshell.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticAround the midpoint of Mike Flanagan’s new Netflix horror serial “Midnight Mass,” in the middle of a conversation about loss, Kate Siegel’s character Erin asks Zach Gilford’s Riley: “What happens when you die?”Humanity’s been grappling with with that big question for millennia, and a single conversation likely won’t crack it.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticJames Wolk is a naturally appealing TV lead. So much so that viewers may even forgive the early scenes of his new drama “Ordinary Joe” for casting him as a college senior.Wolk, at 36 a veteran of projects including “Mad Men” and “Watchmen,” first came to audiences’ attention on network TV, and it’s to network TV he returns this month.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticFox has lately made its name, and its success, on televised music competitions — everything from “The Masked Singer” and “Dancer” franchises to a revived “Name That Tune” to the amiably strange “I Can See Your Voice.” And so it makes a certain kind of sense that this fall, it launches a new scripted series about … the inner workings of a reality-TV contest.On “The Big Leap,” various Detroit residents are wooed by a series of the same name, one that aims to find

(CNN)It's his first season of "The Morning Show," but it sounds like Hasan Minhaj has been training for his role for quite some time."I've been playing a fake TV anchor for seven years, so this wasn't a stretch for me," Minhaj joked about going from "The Daily Show" to Netflix's "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj" and now his role as Eric on "The Morning Show."The new season of the Apple TV+ show starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon starts streaming Friday.It picks up amid the the fallout

Apple TV+ launched in 2019 with one of the most expensive dramas of all time, a peek behind the curtain of a high-profile NYC morning news show and how it functions in the era of #MeToo and Cancel Culture called “The Morning Show”. Reviews were decidedly mixed—our own critic called it “as narratively injurious as it is toothlessly benign”—but a lot of critics and viewers came around as the season unfolded, and it even landed multiple Emmy nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor.

The season two premiere of The Morning Show is now streaming on Apple TV+ and there’s a time jump that might have some viewers confused, so let’s clear some things up.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “My Least Favorite Year,” the Season 2 premiere of “The Morning Show,” streaming now on Apple TV Plus.It’s been almost two years since the first season of “The Morning Show” arrived on Apple TV Plus, starting its dramatic tale set the behind-the-scenes of a national morning news show with accusations of sexual misconduct against anchor Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell).

The Morning Show kicks off , now on Apple TV+, viewers will notice a lot of changes. Alex Levy () is no longer on the air, Bradley Jackson () is in the driver's seat, and there are new additions (as UBA news anchor Laura Peterson) and Hasan Minhaj (as TMS anchor Eric Nomani).

Apple TV+ launched in 2019 with one of the most expensive dramas of all time, a peek behind the curtain of a high-profile NYC morning news show and how it functions in the era of #MeToo and Cancel Culture called “The Morning Show”. Reviews were decidedly mixed—our own critic called it “as narratively injurious as it is toothlessly benign”—but a lot of critics and viewers came around as the season unfolded, and it even landed multiple Emmy nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor.