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'The Morning Show': a serious drama with a star-studded cast | Learn phrasal verb 'star in'

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Matt Lauer and the Today Show on NBC

In real life, in 2017, Matt Lauer, the co-host of The Today Show on NBC, was fired. He was a household name in America. In fictional UBA broadcast television network, Mitch is suddenly fired for sexual misconduct. From there, the show and the network are thrown into turmoil as they have to replace their highest paid on-air news personality and deal with the fallout from the scandal in the newsroom. It's very loosely based on real events.

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