Mitch’s House from “The Morning Show”

My dad is unfortunately back in the hospital and right now this blog is one of the main things keeping me sane. Being able to research, track down and write about filming locations, trivial as that may be, sparks major joy for me and has provided a much-needed distraction from all that is going on with my dad, not to mention the world. So I’ll be here, blogging away. Hopefully my posts will provide my fellow stalkers with a bit of joy and distraction, too. Last week, I received an email from a reader named Esteban letting me know that he had tracked down the house where Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell) lived on The Morning Show. I had actually IDed the locale and stalked it a while back, but had not gotten around to blogging about it. So thanks for the reminder, Esteban! I became extremely mesmerized with Mitch’s massive home as soon as it popped up in the first episode of The Morning Show, titled “In the Dark Night of the Soul It’s Always 3:30 in the Morning.” Thankfully, finding it was a snap – after I overcame an initial hurdle at least.

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The first glimpse we are given of Mitch’s pad is the aerial view below. Purported to be located in a wealthy suburb of Manhattan, with its expansive yard and Cape Cod detailing, the place definitely has an East Coast feel. So much so that when I initially saw it, I became convinced filming of the series had taken place in New York! It was not until I spotted Cicada restaurant pop up in episode 2 that I figured out The Morning Show had actually been shot in Los Angeles.

In that same episode, I also noticed an address number of 4019 visible on the gate in front of Mitch’s estate. Considering the four-digit number, the size of the house and the large yard, I decided to take a look in the Encino area first. Armed with an address number and an aerial view, it did not take long to find the right place at 4019 Valley Meadow Road.

In real life, the extremely private residence, which was built in 2007, boasts 8 en suite bedrooms including a 3-room master suite with a sitting room, upstairs office, his and her bathrooms and a walk-in closet, 14 baths, 15,000 square feet of living space, a formal living room, a formal dining room, a 2-story library, 5 fireplaces, a cook’s kitchen with 2 islands, 2 refrigerators, 2 dishwashers and 4 ovens (!), coffered ceilings, wainscoting, a maid’s room, a gym, a home theatre, a 1.46-acre lot, a tennis court, a basketball court, a pool, a pool house, a waterslide, a waterfall, a fire pit, an outdoor kitchen, a dog run, and a home generator that can run the property for several weeks without power. Talk about amenities galore!

Sitting perched behind a plethora of foliage and a large gate, virtually none of the place is visible from the street, though, sadly.

But we do see plenty of it on The Morning Show, including the front exterior . . .

. . . the expansive backyard . . .

. . . and the real life interior, which you can check out some photos of here. It even looks like some of the homeowners’ actual furniture was utilized in the shoot!