Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon both received a $2 million fee per episode, but it does not include fees for executive producing and points on the series' back-end, as both are serving as executive producers on the series. Apple has already ordered 20 episodes of the series, split into two seasons.
Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell and director/executive producer Mimi Leder have all denied notions that the show is the story of (now) disgraced TV personality Matt Lauer.
The Wall Street Journal tabulated an average of 32 shots per episode contain Apple products, though the producers of the show stated they weren't pressured by Apple to include their products.
The song in the trailer of The Morning Show, "Goodbye Stranger," is sung by Steve Carell as the character of Michael Scott in Das Büro (2005) (US) when farewelling Toby.