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Julianna Margulies is set to return for Season 3 of Apple TV+’s in the role of UBA news anchor Laura Peterson. Production on the new season is currently underway.

Don Draper is heading to UBA.

Jon Hamm's bringing a lot of joy this morning, with news that he's joining the cast of  in a key role.ET can confirm that the and star is set to portray Paul Marks, a corporate titan who sets his sights on United Broadcast Association, pulling network president Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup) and anchors Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) into his powerful orbit. Production for season 3 is set to begin later this month.The acclaimed Apple TV+ series earned three Emmy nominations: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Witherspoon, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Crudup and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Marcia Gay Harden.is executive produced by Witherspoon, Aniston, Mimi Leder and Michael Ellenberg.

Following her work on “The Morning Show,” Apple TV+ is locking up Emmy Award-winning director and filmmaker Mimi Leder to a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, the growing streaming service will have a first-look on streaming features, as well as an exclusive deal for series developed by Leder, who currently serves as executive producer and director on the star-studded “The Morning Show.” The deal comes shortly after Apple TV+ renewed “The Morning Show” for a third season.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMimi Leder has signed a multi-year overall deal with Apple, Variety has learned.Leder is currently an executive producer on the Apple drama series “The Morning Show.” She has also directed multiple episodes of the series, including the pilot. The show was renewed for a third season earlier this year, which is currently in production.

After a seven-year run on The Good Wife, three-time Emmy winner Julianna Margulies is more selective than ever about where she lands. In joining The Morning Show as Laura Peterson, an anchor who, after being outed in the ’90s and losing her position at the titular show, re-emerges as one of the country’s top journalists, Margulies says the opportunity to portray an LGBTQ character at the top of her game was too good to pass up. Here, she discusses her chemistry with on-screen love interest Reese Witherspoon, a powerplay with Jennifer Aniston and the feeling of portraying extreme confidence.

unexpected moments in season 2 of, nothing has been more shocking than what happened to disgraced news personality and former UBA anchor Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell). The cast, including Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Karen Pittman and Mark Duplass, as well as executive producer Mimi Leder, break down why this was a necessary move and what this means for the Apple TV+ series moving forward.

Only three episodes into season 2, “The Morning Show” 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.

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.

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).

clients include many accomplished talents, from “CSI” actor William Petersen to actor-director Ben Falcone to directors like Mimi Leder and Ava DuVernay to producers Eric Roth and Scott Frank. The senior-most woman in CAA’s Television department joined the company in 1986, just two days after she graduated from UCLA.

Reese Witherspoon is red hot in a chic pantsuit next to Julianna Margulies at Apple TV+’s The Morning Show Photo Call held at Four Seasons Hotel at Beverly Hills on Wednesday nigh t(September 8) in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: A hot TV package is hitting the premium marketplace. Oscar winner Barbra Streisand is set to executive produce Lioness, a drama series about the life of Golda Meir headlined by Emmy-nominated Unorthodox star Shira Haas, from MGM/UA Television in association with Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi PatMa Productions.

TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the Republican National Convention, the NBA’s protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake and the impending sale of TikTok.Then, we flashed the Bat-Signal to our resident comic book experts, Umberto Gonzalez and Ross Lincoln, to discuss Warner Bros.’ huge fan event, DC FanDome.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAfter putting us inside what felt like the fallout of the Matt Lauer-Brooke Nevils Today Show sex scandal, AppleTV’s The Morning Show leaves us off on an interesting note: Amid Alex Levy’s (Jennifer Aniston) meltdown on-air, her co-anchor Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) reports on a cruise liner which is being held at bay with a virus onboard.That finale episode “The Interview” had landed director Mimi Leder her tenth career Emmy

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIn preparing to tell a story set in the world of a morning news show, executive producer and director Mimi Leder and production designer John Paino traveled to New York to visit some of the real-life counterparts to what would become the titular “The Morning Show” at Apple TV Plus.They learned of a crucial difference between such programs as “Today” and “Good Morning America,” and harder news channels including MSNBC: “We discovered it wasn’t like a

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about major storylines in Apple TV Plus’ “The Morning Show.”When Gugu Mbatha-Raw read the first two episode scripts for “The Morning Show,” her character Hannah’s story wasn’t clear.

Concordia Studio — the recently launched outfit from Davis Guggenheim and Jonathan King — has addedYasmin Hormozi and Patrick Callan to the studio as vps of narrative film and television. Hormozi previously worked with King at Participant Media, where she served as director of narrative film.

By Peter White