Alaska Daily

Alaska Daily is an American drama television series created by Tom McCarthy for ABC, starring Hilary Swank as a journalist seeking a fresh start in Anchorage, Alaska.[1] It premiered on October 6, 2022.[2]

Alaska Daily
GenreDrama
Created byTom McCarthy
Inspired byLawless: Sexual Violence in Alaska
by Kyle Hopkins et al. for the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Kyle Hopkins
  • Tom McCarthy
  • Bert Salke
  • Hilary Swank
  • Melissa Wells
  • Ryan Binkley
  • Peter Elkoff
ProducerDavid A. Rosemont
Production locationsNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, Anchorage, Alaska
Production companies
DistributorDisney Platform Distribution
Release
Original networkABC
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseOctober 6, 2022 (2022-10-06) –
present (present)

Synopsis

Eileen (Hilary Swank) is a journalist from New York who moves to Alaska for a clean start and who looks for redemption both personally and professionally after joining a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage.[3] In the City of Anchorage, she works with another colleague at the newspaper, Roz Friendly,[4] to complete and release reports on the missing and murdered Indigenous women crisis in the state of Alaska.[5]

Cast

Main
  • Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald, a former high-profile investigator reporter in New York City .
  • Jeff Perry as Stanley Cornik, Eileen’s former boss and managing editor of the Daily Alaskan.
  • Grace Dove as Roz Friendly, an Alaskan Native and star reporter for the Daily Alaskan who Stanley assigns to write with Eileen on her investigation. Having a family member who was a victim of an unsolved crime, Roz has a personal connection to the story and that drives her to keep searching for the truth.
  • Meredith Holzman as Claire Muncy, veteran Daily Alaskan reporter who helps Eileen and Roz with the investigation. She deals with a personal struggle to find the balance between work and home life as a mother of two.
  • Matt Malloy as Bob Young, Daily Alaskan senior reporter and acting news editor.
  • Pablo Castelblanco as Gabriel Tovar, a chatty Daily Alaskan employee.
  • Ami Park as Yuna Park, a Daily Alaskan cub reporter who quickly learns that reporting the truth isn’t always easy.
  • Craig Frank as Austin Teague, a Daily Alaskan reporter who isn’t afraid to challenge his colleagues and represent the community.

Recurring

Guest

Episodes
No.Title [6]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [6]Prod.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Tom McCarthyTom McCarthyOctober 6, 2022 (2022-10-06)1HMH013.59[7]
2"A Place We Came Together"Tom McCarthyTom McCarthy & Gabriel ShermanOctober 13, 2022 (2022-10-13)1HMH023.04[8]
3"It's Not Personal"Clark JohnsonTeleplay by : Stuart Zicherman & Miranda Rose Hall
Story by : Stuart Zicherman		October 20, 2022 (2022-10-20)1HMH032.94[9]
4"The Weekend"Danis GouletLiz TuccilloOctober 27, 2022 (2022-10-27)1HMH042.89[10]
5"I Have No Idea What You're Talking About, Eileen"Patricia RiggenChitra SampathNovember 3, 2022 (2022-11-03)1HMH052.63[11]
6"You Can't Put a Price on a Life"Oliver BokelbergSandra ChwialkowskaNovember 17, 2022 (2022-11-17)1HMH062.50[12]
7TBATBATeleplay by : Jay Beattie
Story by : Peter Elkoff & Jay Beattie[13]		March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02)TBATBD

Production

The pilot was written and directed by Tom McCarthy. The showrunner for the series is Peter Elkoff. Tom McCarthy's Slow Pony Productions, 20th Television, and Hilary Swank acted as producers.[14][15] Filming for the series began on August 8, 2022, and concluded on January 5, 2023, in New Westminster, British Columbia.[16]

The series' credits indicate the program was inspired by the 2019 Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica article series Lawless: Sexual Violence in Alaska, as well as subsequent related reporting by the project's lead reporter Kyle Hopkins. The Daily News agreed to work with the show's producers, resulting in Hopkins as well as ADN president Ryan Binkley being credited as executive producers on the TV series; however, Alaska Daily is not a dramatization of the specific events documented in the Lawless project.[17]

Broadcast

Alaska Daily premiered on October 6, 2022 on ABC.[2] The final four episodes for Season One will air starting March 2, 2023.[18]

Alaska Daily premiered on Disney+ (Star hub) in Hong Kong on November 9, 2022. It also premiered on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand as part of the Star content hub on 4th January 2023 and weekly from 8 February, 2023 in the UK, Ireland[19] and Spain.

Reception

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 71% approval rating with an average rating of 6.6/10, based on 14 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Alaska Daily awkwardly straddles the sensibilities of network TV and edgier streaming fare, but the core message about the importance of local journalism is fit to print."[20] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 67 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[21]

Ratings
Viewership and ratings per episode of Alaska Daily
No. Title Air dateRating
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Pilot" October 6, 20220.33.59[7]0.22.680.56.27[22]
2 "A Place We Came Together" October 13, 20220.33.04[8]0.22.440.45.48[23]
3 "It's Not Personal" October 20, 20220.22.94[9]0.22.400.45.34[24]
4 "The Weekend" October 27, 20220.32.89[10]0.22.370.45.25[10]
5 "I Have No Idea What You're Talking About, Eileen" November 3, 20220.22.63[11]0.22.620.45.25[25]
6 "You Can't Put a Price on a Life" November 17, 20220.22.50[12]0.22.720.45.22[26]

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2023 Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Hilary Swank Nominated [27]

References
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  2. Rice, Lynette (June 16, 2022). "ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates; Tom McCarthy's New Drama Alaska Daily To Follow Grey's Anatomy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  3. White, Peter (September 13, 2021). "Hilary Swank to Star in & EP Alaska-Set Drama Pilot for ABC From 'Stillwater' Director Tom McCarthy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
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  5. "Resources: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women | Alaska Daily". American Broadcasting Company.
  6. "Shows A-Z – Alaska Daily on ABC". The Futon Critic. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  7. Metcalf, Mitch (October 7, 2022). "ShowBuzzDaily's Thursday 10.6.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  8. Salem, Mitch (October 14, 2022). "ShowBuzzDaily's Thursday 10.13.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
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  13. "Alaska Daily". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  14. Gittins, Susan (May 17, 2022). "ALASKA DAILY With Hilary Swank Will Air Thursday Nights on ABC This Fall". Hollywood North Buzz. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  15. Andreeva, Nellie (May 31, 2022). "Peter Elkoff Set As Showrunner Of New ABC Series Alaska Starring Hilary Swank, Leaves The Resident". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  16. "DGC BC Production List" (PDF). Directors Guild of Canada. January 13, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 14, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
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  19. ""Alaska Daily arrives weekly (UK/Ireland)". Whatsondisneyplus.
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  23. Marc Berman (October 14, 2022). "Thursday Ratings: CBS and NBC Share Dominance; 'Alaska Daily' Dips on ABC". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  24. Marc Berman (October 21, 2022). "Thursday Ratings: CBS Leads Uneventful Night; NBC in Repeats". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  25. Marc Berman (November 4, 2022). "Thursday Ratings: Astros' Game 5 World Series Victory Ignites Fox". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  26. Berman, Marc (November 18, 2022). "Wednesday Ratings: NBC's 'Chicago' Franchise; CBS' 'Survivor' Tops Night in Adults 18-49". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
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