Steve Carell Joins Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston in Morning Show Drama for Apple

According to Variety, Steve Carell will join Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston the cast of Apple's upcoming morning-show drama. It will be Carell's first role as a series regular since he left "The Office."

In the untitled Apple series, Carell will play play Mitch Kessler, a morning show anchor who is struggling to maintain relevance in a changing media landscape.

The starry project was highly sought after by a number of outlets and landed a two-season order (10 episodes per season) from Apple--the drama is the first of its kind to ever be produced by the company.

The series is based on an idea from Ellenberg and will draw background material from CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter's 2013 book "Top of the Morning," which recounted the recent rivalry between NBC's "Today" and ABC's "Good Morning America."

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