The Morning Show Recruits William Jackson Harper for Season 4
Want proof this is not The Bad Place? The Morning Show is bringing William Jackson Harper on for Season 4, sources confirm to TVLine. (Frozen yogurt all around!)
The Good Place alum will play Ben, described as “the network’s self-assured and innovative Head of Sports.” UPDATE: TVLine hears that the character originally was conceived as gay but The Powers That Be eventually took him in a different direction.
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Apple TV+ recently started production on Season 4, which will catch us up with the series’ two leads: Alex Levy (played by Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley Jackson (played by Reese Witherspoon), both of whom made major moves at the end of Season 3. While Bradley turned herself in to authorities for destroying evidence of her brother’s involvement in the Jan. 6 riot on the United States Capitol, Alex pitched a potential partnership between UBA and its longtime rival network, NBN. (Go deep on the Season 3 finale here.)
The Season 4 ensemble also features new cast members Jeremy Irons (Watchmen), who’ll play Alex’s father, Martin Levy; and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) as Celine Dumont, a “savvy operator from a storied European family.” But the new season will not include Julianna Margulies, who played Bradley’s love interest, Laura, and who is not a part of the show this season.
In addition to playing Chidi for four seasons on NBC’s The Good Place, Harper’s TV credits include The Resort, Love Life, The Underground Railroad, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, A Man in Full and The Electric Company.
The Morning Show Season 4 does not yet have a release date.
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