1 of 3 | Jennifer Aniston (L) and Reese Witherspoon attend the Emmy FYC screening for Apple TV’s “The Morning Show” Season 4 in June. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Apple TV’s hit series The Morning Show will return for a fifth and final season.
The streaming service announced the show will end with Season 5 in a press release Thursday.
The Morning Show is a comedy-drama series inspired by the Brian Stelter book Top of the Morning. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon star as Alex Levy and Bradley Jackson, the co-anchors of a fictional morning news program, also titled The Morning Show.
Other returning cast members include Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie and Jon Hamm, with Aniston and Witherspoon also serving as executive producers.
“From the beginning, Apple has supported our vision for The Morning Show, and we feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to tell stories that reflect what’s happening in the world around us with a twist of dark humor,” Aniston said in a statement.
“It’s been such a privilege to work with this insanely talented cast and our extraordinary writers, producers and crew. We’ve become such a family, and we’re all so excited to share this final season. And going in knowing it would be our last, we were so fortunate to craft the conclusion with intentionality and honor these characters the way they deserve.”
Witherspoon also shared the news in a video on Instagram, writing, “8 years. 5 seasons. So many memories. I can’t wait for you to see the final season of @themorningshow!”
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Jeff Daniels, Renee Rapp, Jesse Williams, Sean Hayes and Lizzy Caplan will guest star in Season 5. Charlotte Stoudt and Mimi Leder serve as executive producers and as showrunner and director, respectively.
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