Morning Wars trailer: Aniston and Witherspoon’s workplace catfight

Apple TV has released the trailer for Morning Wars, a backstage exposé of the politics of a breakfast TV show.

Apple TV has released the long-delayed trailer for Morning Wars, a backstage exposé of the politics of a TV show much like Today or Good Morning America.

In the extended clip, talk show co-host Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) surprises the producers in the control room by announcing the firing of her on-air co-host of 15 years, Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell).

The Morning Show stars Jennifer Aniston.

Much like the Today show in the US after Matt Lauer was shown the door following allegations of sexual misconduct, the network decides the politically correct solution to the problem is to hire a woman as his replacement.

Enter Reese Witherspoon. In the umpteenth iteration of her classic role as Tracy Flick in Election, the steel magnolia, her usual Arctic blonde hair knocked down a few shades to brown, plays ambitious underdog Bradley Jackson — a reporter in the field who is clearly out of her depth in the hosting chair but who can smell fear on Levy, determined by network brass to have passed her “sell-by date”, and goes in for the kill.

Reese Witherspoon wants Aniston’s character’s job on The Morning Show..

The Morning Show seems poised to advance stereotypical tropes of workplace competition between women that leads to the eventual Dynasty-like catfight.

With Jackson’s ascent on the program, Levy begins to lose her footing, fighting with her producer (Mark Duplass) and leading network suit Corey Ellison (Billy Crudup) to lick his chops. “Watching a beloved woman’s breakdown is timeless American entertainment,” he says.

Despite its cynical portrait of women in the industry, Morning Wars would seem to offer Aniston her best role in years. Her character’s fight for survival forms the story arc. Inspired by Brian Stelter’s bestseller about the tumultuous career of Ann Curry at NBC, Morning Wars, which has a 20-episode, two-season order, will air later this year.

Apple is expected to launch its subscription streaming service in Australia sometime this spring, although the tech giant has not confirmed any dates or pricing. It has already revamped and relaunched its Apple TV app across its devices.

The Morning Show looks to be Aniston’s best role in years.

This article originally appeared on The New York Post and was reproduced with permission