The Morning Show Season 4: Everything We Know So Far

We have some good news to report about The Morning Show: Looks like, if Bradley Jackson does do time for her role in a federal crime, she'll be out of the clink and back in chic suits by the time the series' fourth season gets underway this fall.

Season 3 of the Apple TV+ drama ended with a cliffhanger as Reese Witherspoon's Bradley turned herself over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for destroying evidence tying her brother Hal (Mare of Easttown's Joe Tippett) to the Jan. 6 insurrection. After struggling with how her hand in the riots at the United States Capitol Building would affect her journalism career, Bradley chose to come clean with the support of Jennifer Aniston's Alex... but also with the future of her career uncertain.

Meanwhile, Alex closed the season by proposing a merger between her struggling network, UBA, and its rival, NBN, after discovering that tech powerhouse and potential UBA buyer Paul Marks (Mad Men's Jon Hamm) was spying on her co-workers. (Read more about the Season 3 finale and then hear showrunner/EP Charlotte Stoudt's thoughts about what's next for Bradley, in particular).

The Morning Show was renewed for a fourth season in April 2023. On Wednesday, the streamer announced that Season 4 will premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Read on for everything we know so far about what to expect from the new season, including the future of Alex and Bradley's friendship and a slew of new cast additions.

Per the official synopsis, The Morning Show's fourth season "opens in spring 2024, almost two years after the events of season three. With the UBA-NBN merger complete, the newsroom must grapple with newfound responsibility, hidden motives, and the elusive nature of truth in a polarized America. In a world rife with deepfakes, conspiracy theories, and corporate cover-ups — who can you trust? And how can you know what's actually real?"

"We're absolutely going to play out the consequences of what we saw in Season 3 — in every sense and for every character," Stoudt told our sister site The Hollywood Reporter.  

With Aniston and Witherspoon's characters embarking on different pathways, the showrunner added that their dynamic as co-hosts and friends will remain "the core of the show." Moreover, with Alex potentially gaining more power with UBA and Bradley facing the repercussions of her legal wrongdoings, it's uncertain how much on-screen crossover the women will have. However: "We'll find a way. They'll be in the same room, somehow," Stoudt added.

Production on Season 4 kicked off in July 2024 with Aniston commemorating the milestone with a few behind-the-scenes photos on Instagram. In one, Aniston, Witherspoon and co-star Tig Notaro hold their name cards at the cast's table read. Another photo reveals that the season premiere is titled "My Roman Empire" and is written by co-EP Zander Zander Lehmann and showrunner/EP Stoudt and directed by EP Mimi Leder.

The new season of will get underway on Wednesday, Sept. 17; new episodes will follow weekly until the season finale, which is slated for Nov. 19. Important to note: Season 4's production schedule was delayed by the writers' and actors' strikes of 2023.

Aniston, Witherspoon and Notaro definitely will be back for Season 4 and will be joined by castmates Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Néstor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee and Nicole Beharie. However, they will not be joined by Julianna Margulies, who played Bradley's love interest Laura Peterson and who is not returning for the forthcoming season. 

But what about Jon Hamm? Though his character, rich tech bro Paul Marks, got dumped by Alex in the Season 3 finale, Hamm recently called the end of the romance "unfinished business for sure" and said that "I don't think the relationship has run its course yet." And an official release from Apple TV+ in May cited Hamm as returning for Season 4.

The upcoming season will see many new additions to The Morning Show's cast. As TVLine exclusively reported, Rachel Marsh (Unstable) will join as Alex's assistant, Remy, and John Hoogenakker (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan) as Andy, an FBI agent. 

Additional recruits include Jeremy Irons (Watchmen) as Alex's father, Martin Levy; Marion Cotillard (Inception) as Celine Durmont the "savvy operator from a storied European family;" William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) as Ben, the network's head of sports; and Boyd Holbrook (Narcos) as a "popular and provocative podcaster."

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The Morning Show's first three seasons are available to stream on Apple TV+.