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50 free The Morning Show trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The Morning Show launched Apple TV+ in 2019 with two of the biggest stars in television, a $15 million-per-episode budget and a plot reworked mid-development to take on the #MeToo moment. Four seasons later it has 28 Emmy nominations, two Emmys for Billy Crudup, and a fifth and final season on the way. These 50 questions cover the cast first: Alex Levy and Bradley Jackson, Cory Ellison, Mitch Kessler, Chip, Hannah, Yanko, Stella Bak, Laura Peterson, Paul Marks, Celine Dumont, and the parade of guest stars from Mindy Kaling and Martin Short to Stephen Fry, the Foo Fighters and Maria Sharapova. Then the production story: the Brian Stelter book, the showrunner who left, Kerry Ehrin and Mimi Leder, the Los Angeles building where filming began, the pandemic shutdown, the Australian retitling and the critic who compared it to Sports Night. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something either way. Play it solo or print it for a watch-party quiz.
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Q 01On which streaming service did The Morning Show premiere in 2019?
Apple TV+
It was one of the launch titles when the service debuted in November 2019.
Q 02In which year did the series premiere?
2019
It premiered on November 1.
Q 03The series was inspired by which 2013 book?
Top of the Morning
The book is by media reporter Brian Stelter.
Q 04Which real-life media reporter cameos as Carl Richardson in season two?
Brian Stelter
His book about morning television inspired the series.
Q 05Under what title is the series known in Australia?
Morning Wars
The retitling avoided confusion with an Australian talk show of the same name.
Q 06Who plays anchor Alex Levy?
Jennifer Aniston
She won a SAG Award for the role in 2020.
Q 07Who plays Bradley Jackson?
Reese Witherspoon
Her company Hello Sunshine is one of the show's producers.
Q 08Billy Crudup plays which character?
Cory Ellison
The network executive won him Emmys in 2020 and 2024.
Q 09Steve Carell plays which fired co-anchor?
Mitch Kessler
He is forced off the show after sexual misconduct allegations.
Q 10Mark Duplass plays which executive producer of the show-within-the-show?
Chip Black
His full name is Charlie 'Chip' Black.
Q 11What is the name of the fictional network that broadcasts TMS?
UBA
After a season-four merger it becomes UBN.
Q 12The fictional morning show broadcasts from which borough?
Manhattan
The real first season shot in Los Angeles before moving to New York in May 2019.
Q 13What job does Gugu Mbatha-Raw's Hannah Shoenfeld hold?
Talent booker
Hannah appears only in the first season.
Q 14What job does Néstor Carbonell's character hold on the show?
Q 21Marion Cotillard joined season four as which character?
Celine Dumont
She plays a savvy operator from a storied European family.
Q 22Nicole Beharie's new co-host Christine Hunter is a former what?
Olympian
She joined in season three.
Q 23Jeremy Irons plays Martin Levy, who is Alex's what?
Father
He joined the cast for season four.
Q 24Mindy Kaling plays which rival morning anchor?
Weatherman
Yanko Flores is the meteorologist and Claire Conway's love interest.
Q 15Karen Pittman plays which producer?
Mia Jordan
She has been part of the main cast since season one.
Q 16Bel Powley's production assistant Claire Conway is romantically involved with whom?
Yanko
Yanko is the show's meteorologist.
Q 17Jack Davenport plays Jason Craig, who is Alex's what?
Ex-husband
Their daughter Lizzy is played by Oona Roche.
Q 18Greta Lee plays which president of UBA's news division?
Stella Bak
She joined the main cast in season two.
Q 19Julianna Margulies plays which character?
Laura Peterson
The YDA co-host develops a romance with Bradley.
Q 20Which actor joined season three as tech billionaire Paul Marks?
Jon Hamm
His character attempts to buy the network.
Audra Khatri
She appears as a guest across the first three seasons.
Q 25Marcia Gay Harden plays which journalist?
Maggie Brener
She recurs in season one and guests in seasons two and three.
Q 26Martin Short guest-stars as a disgraced what?
Movie director
His character is named Dick Lundry.
Q 27Holland Taylor plays Cybil Reynolds, a seasoned what at UBA?
Board member
She appears in seasons two and three.
Q 28Hasan Minhaj plays which season-two character?
Eric Nomani
Eric becomes Bradley's new co-host.
Q 29Stephen Fry appears in season three as which character?
Leonard Cromwell
He appears in five episodes.
Q 30Boyd Holbrook's Brodie 'Bro' Hartman is a provocative what?
Podcaster
His co-host Sunny Stuber is played by Violett Beane.