Alaska Daily

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Alaska Daily
Alaska Daily (20th Century television series) logo.svg
Genre Crime drama
Created by Tom 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 episodes11
Production
Executive producers
  • Kyle Hopkins
  • Tom McCarthy
  • Bert Salke
  • Hilary Swank
  • Melissa Wells
  • Ryan Binkley
  • Peter Elkoff
ProducerDavid A. Rosemont
Production locations New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, Northwest Territories, Anchorage, Alaska
Running time47 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseOctober 6, 2022 (2022-10-06) –
March 30, 2023 (2023-03-30)

Alaska Daily is an American crime 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 and ended on March 30, 2023. [2] In May 2023, the series was officially announced canceled. [3] The series was completely removed from Hulu's streaming selection menu on July 1, 2023. [4]

Contents

Synopsis

Eileen is a New York journalist 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. [5] In Anchorage, she works with Roz Friendly, [6] to complete and release reports on the missing and murdered Indigenous women crisis in Alaska. [7]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date  [8] Prod.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot" Tom McCarthy Tom McCarthyOctober 6, 2022 (2022-10-06)1HMH013.59 [9]
2"A Place We Came Together"Tom McCarthyTom McCarthy & Gabriel Sherman October 13, 2022 (2022-10-13)1HMH023.04 [10]
3"It's Not Personal" Clark Johnson Teleplay by : Stuart Zicherman & Miranda Rose Hall
Story by : Stuart Zicherman		October 20, 2022 (2022-10-20)1HMH032.94 [11]
4"The Weekend" Danis Goulet Liz Tuccillo October 27, 2022 (2022-10-27)1HMH042.89 [12]
5"I Have No Idea What You're Talking About, Eileen" Patricia Riggen Chitra SampathNovember 3, 2022 (2022-11-03)1HMH052.63 [13]
6"You Can't Put a Price on a Life"Oliver BokelbergSandra ChwialkowskaNovember 17, 2022 (2022-11-17)1HMH062.50 [14]
7"Enemy of the People" Craig MacNeill Teleplay by : Jay Beattie
Story by : Peter Elkoff & Jay Beattie		March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02)1HMH072.76 [15]
8"Tell a Reporter Not to Do Something and Suddenly It's a Party" Ruba Nadda Gabriel ShermanMarch 9, 2023 (2023-03-09)1HMH082.50 [16]
9"Rush to Judgement" Michael Pressman Miranda Rose Hall & Michael J. RezendesMarch 16, 2023 (2023-03-16)1HMH092.91 [17]
10"Truth is a Slow Bullet" Catriona McKenzie Andrew MacLeanMarch 23, 2023 (2023-03-23)1HMH102.79 [18]
11"Most Reckless Thing I've Ever Done"Bosede Williams Vera Starbard March 30, 2023 (2023-03-30)1HMH112.75 [19]

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. [20] [21] Filming for the series began on August 8, 2022, and concluded on January 5, 2023, in New Westminster, British Columbia. [22]

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. [23]

On May 12, 2023, ABC canceled the series after one season. [3]

Broadcast

Alaska Daily premiered on October 6, 2022 on ABC. [2] The final five episodes of season 1 aired from March 2, 2023 to March 30, 2023. [24] The series was removed from Hulu on July 1, 2023. [4]

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 January 4, 2023 and weekly from February 8, 2023 in the UK and Ireland [25] and Spain.

Reception

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 74% approval rating with an average rating of 6.6/10, based on 19 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." [26] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 67 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [27]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Alaska Daily
No.TitleAir date Rating
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"October 6, 20220.33.59 [9] 0.22.680.56.27 [28]
2"A Place We Came Together"October 13, 20220.33.04 [10] 0.22.440.45.48 [29]
3"It's Not Personal"October 20, 20220.22.94 [11] 0.22.400.45.34 [30]
4"The Weekend"October 27, 20220.32.89 [12] 0.22.370.45.25 [12]
5"I Have No Idea What You're Talking About, Eileen"November 3, 20220.22.63 [13] 0.22.620.45.25 [31]
6"You Can't Put a Price on a Life"November 17, 20220.22.50 [14] 0.22.720.45.22 [32]
7"Enemy of the People"March 2, 20230.22.76 [15] ————
8"Tell a Reporter Not to Do Something and Suddenly It's a Party"March 9, 20230.22.50 [16] ————
9"Rush to Judgement"March 16, 20230.22.91 [17] ————
10"Truth is a Slow Bullet"March 23, 20230.22.79 [18] ————
11"Most Reckless Thing I've Ever Done (FKA News Is What People Don't Want You to Know)"March 30, 20230.22.75 [19] ————

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2023 Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Hilary Swank Nominated [33]

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