>
Jon Hamm joins The Morning Show after he starred in viral ad for Apple TV+ jokingly calling out the streamer for not hiring him
<!–
<!–
<!–<!–
<!–
<!–
<!–
Jon Hamm has joined the upcoming third season of the Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.
The 51-year-old will be a series regular as a business mogul trying to acquire the news network the show centers on, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
News of his latest job comes months after he starred in a viral ad for Apple TV+ called Everyone But Jon Hamm where he ribs the streamer for not hiring him.
Wow: Jon Hamm has joined the upcoming third season of the Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show – months after starring on an ad for the streamer (pictured)
During the ad he watches a string of Apple TV+ shows such as Ted Lasso and expresses his frustration that he was not included in them.
He even watches a bit of The Morning Show and fumes: ‘Jen and Reese – no Jon. Feels like a missed opportunity!’
Since it dropped in January, the ad has racked up over 15 million views on YouTube and been nominated for an Emmy for outstanding commercial.
Jon meanwhile won an Emmy Award in 2015 for his star-making role of Don Draper in the AMC drama Mad Men about the ad world of the 1960s.
Who’s who: The Morning Show stars Jennifer and Reese as anchors on a news network that is rocked by a Me Too scandal involving a character played by Steve Carrell
More to come: Season one premiered on Apple TV+ in 2019, with season two following in 2021 and a third season currently in the works
Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup have both been nominated for Emmys for their work on The Morning Show, for which Jennifer Aniston has won a SAG Award.
The Morning Show stars Jennifer and Reese as anchors on a news network that is rocked by a Me Too scandal involving a character played by Steve Carrell.
Season one premiered on Apple TV+ in 2019, with season two following in 2021 and a third season currently in the works.
Goof: News of his latest job comes months after Jon starred in a viral ad for Apple TV+ called Everyone But Jon Hamm where he ribs the streamer for not hiring him
‘Jen and Reese – no Jon’: During the ad he even watches a bit of The Morning Show and fumes: ‘Feels like a missed opportunity!’
New additions to the season two cast included Julianna Margulies as a regular and Marcia Gay Harden in an Emmy-nominated guest turn.
Created by Jay Carson, who previously had a political career including being the press secretary for the 2008 Hillary Clinton campaign, the show is based on Brian Stelter’s book Top Of The Morning: Inside The Cutthroat World Of Morning TV.
Although Jon has not acted with Reese in a movie, he was one of the stars of the 2019 drama film Lucy In The Sky, which counted Reese as one of its producers.
Meanwhile he and Jennifer are personal friends, and he made the guest list for her 50th birthday party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles in 2019.
Heartthrob: Jon meanwhile won an Emmy Award in 2015 for his star-making role of Don Draper in the AMC drama Mad Men about the ad world of the 1960s