Binge-watched The Morning Show over the holiday break. Like Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker, I had heard that the critics were–ahem–critical, but that viewers were generally positive. Like Star Wars, I thought it was a good watch. Some reviews:

Lucy Mangan, The *Guardian*:

Aniston is flawless – wholly convincing as a woman both broken by and rightfully raging at Mitch’s betrayal, a force to be reckoned with and a person who has had it up to here with a lifetime of negotiating other people’s whims, needs and prejudices. Everyone else – especially Billy Crudup as the network suit playing seven-dimensional chess with everyone – matches her point for point. The script has depth and endless torque and the whole thing is an exhilarating rush that makes room for nuance, thought and – though it’s definitely a drama – humour.

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Jen Chaney, *Vulture*:

There’s a strong sense of momentum and controlled chaos in The Morning Show that engages from the jump…once you get drawn into the center of all this swirling activity, you wind up wanting to stay.

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Robert Lloyd, LA *Times*:

It’s more like a Manhattan “Game of Thrones,” really, in which various forms of subtle, even polite skulduggery, backstabbing and under-bus-throwing are enacted and discussed, with a lot of attention paid to power and gender dynamics in the workplace. Characters fight to “control the narrative.” “I just need to be able to control the narrative so I’m not written out of it,” says Alex, who wants to keep her show. “Controlling narrative is more powerful than you can imagine,” Mitch will say many episodes later, as he tries to turn things to his advantage. (There is not much in the way of noble sacrifice.)

Review: Watch ‘The Morning Show’ to the end. It’s better than you’ve heard