Emmy and SAG Award winner Julianna Margulies to return for highly anticipated third season of Apple's Emmy, SAG and Critics' Choice Award-winning drama, "The Morning Show"

· Apple TV+ today announced that Julianna Margulies is set to return for season three of the Emmy Award-winning, critically acclaimed Apple Original series, "The Morning Show."

· Following her widely celebrated performance as 'Laura Peterson,' an anchor at UBA News, Margulies will return and reprise her role for season three -- starring alongside a star-studded cast that includes recently announced new addition Jon Hamm.

· The third season of the critically acclaimed, award-winning series, executive produced and starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, and produced by Media Res, is currently in production.

· "The Morning Show" is an Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-winning series starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, executive produced by Mimi Leder, and executive produced by Michael Ellenberg, and produced by the studio Media Res, Hello Sunshine and Echo Films. The broadly acclaimed second season recently received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Reese Witherspoon; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Billy Crudup, who also won the award for season one; and, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Marcia Gay Harden.

· Season three of the "The Morning Show" will be showrun and executive produced by Charlotte Stoudt ("Fosse/Verdon," "Homeland," "House of Cards"), who has a multi-year overall deal with Apple TV+ for scripted television series. The series is executive produced by Michael Ellenberg through Media Res, along with Aniston and Kristin Hahn through Echo Films; Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter through Hello Sunshine. Leder serves as executive producer and director.

· Picking up after the explosive events of season one, season two found "The Morning Show" team emerging from the wreckage of Alex (Aniston) and Bradley's (Witherspoon) actions, to a new UBA and a world in flux, where identity is everything and the chasm between who we present as and who we really are comes into play. Along with Aniston and Witherspoon, the star-studded cast for season two was led by Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Bel Powley, Desean Terry, Janina Gavankar, Tom Irwin and Marcia Gay Harden. New additions for season two included Greta Lee, Ruairi O'Connor, Hasan Minhaj, Holland Taylor, Tara Karsian, Valeria Golino and Julianna Margulies.

· Seasons one and two of "The Morning Show" are now streaming globally on Apple TV+. In its first season, Crudup's performance as Corey Ellison earned an Emmy win in the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category, in addition to a Critics Choice Award. Aniston's powerful performance as Alex Levy, earned a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. The series also received nominations from the Television Critics Association for Outstanding New Program and a TV Choice Award for Best New Drama.

· Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries, and series have earned 250 wins and 1,123 award nominations and counting.

Bio:

Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife," "ER," "Billions," "The Hot Zone") is one of the most critically acclaimed television actresses working today. She has been nominated for 10 Emmy Awards throughout her career, of which she has won three for her time on "ER" and "The Good Wife." She has also been nominated for 12 Golden Globe Awards, winning the award for best actress in a drama series for "The Good Wife." Recently, she appeared on the popular Showtime series "Billions" and starred in the first season of the Nat Geo series "The Hot Zone." She released her first literary project, Sunshine Girl in 2021.