Mark Duplass in ‘The Morning Show’ season 4. Mark Duplass plays Chip, the former executive producer of the fictional news program The Morning Show. He told ABC Audio this new season reflects what is happening in the real world, just like the three seasons that came before it. “We’re experiencing an incredible amount of anxiety about what’s real and what’s not with the advent of AI into the news world,” Duplass said. “I think that Chip misses being stressed out,” Duplass said.