In the new talk show comedy “Morning Glory,” a character compares fluffy entertainment segments to tasty donuts and hard news to healthy bran. By that measure, today’s movie offers only empty calories. Though it uses good ingredients — an upmarket Hollywood list including Rachel McAdams and Harrison Ford — it’s still an overdunked cruller.

The slightly amusing piece suffers most from comparison to the modern classic it obviously apes, 1987’s still applicable and bitingly funny “Broadcast News.” Like that superior television industry satire, “Morning Glory” deals in the continual dumbing down of today’s media and the difficulty that brilliant career gals have in balancing work and a personal life.

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