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Eileen’s pursuit of the truth won’t continue into the 2023-24 network season. ABC has cancelled Alaska Daily, so there won’t be a second season.
A drama series, the Alaska Daily TV show stars Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry, Matt Malloy, Meredith Holzman, Grace Dove, Pablo Castelblanco, Ami Park, and Craig Frank. Eileen Fitzgerald (Swank) is an award-winning investigative journalist and high-powered newspaper reporter in New York. Her reporting methods and abrasive personality are called into question after a high-profile story blows up in her face, and Eileen loses her job. Her former mentor, Stanley Cornik (Perry), approaches her about making a big move, and she goes to work for a struggling downsized Anchorage newspaper, the Daily Alaskan. Grudgingly, Eileen teams up with a young local reporter named Roz Friendly (Dove). Together, they begin investigating the murders of a group of indigenous women. Eileen is on a journey to find personal and professional redemption in a new locale, across the country, and in a very different world.
Airing on Thursday nights, the first season of Alaska Daily averaged a 0.23 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.84 million viewers in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM). It was one of ABC’s lowest-rated scripted series in the demo and a middle-of-the-road performer in total viewers, when compared to other shows on the network.
The show nearly doubled its viewership in the live+7 day ratings, but that was apparently not good enough to secure a second-season renewal.
The first season of 11 episodes finished airing on March 30th.
What do you think? Have you enjoyed watching the Alaska Daily TV series on ABC? Are you disappointed this show wasn’t renewed for a second season? Were you expecting a cancellation?
Best show I’ve seen in ages. So disappointed in the cancellation!
We liked the show a lot.
Loved the show. ABC ba hum bug
Nice show. Wish it had a follow-up season
Gutted. This was excellent. Good scripts, performances and great scenery. Poor decision from ABC.
Loved it. Really tired of the good ones getting canceled.
This is exactly why I won’t watch another series on ABC.
I am UK based and found this series by accident but was hooked from the first episode, so much so that I binge watched it after work. It was a great storyline that was thought provoking, insightful, gripping and interesting. The cast and characters were brilliant and I felt thoroughly invested in them all and their struggles. It was so different to other American dramas, it wasn’t about a detective, a police force or a lawyer, it was real and not some trashy reality programme! I was really looking forward to the 2nd series. What would the storyline be, how… Read more »
A thrilling and addictive drama which I am stunned isn’t getting a second season. I need more!
I thought Alaska Daily was excellent. The acting was great. The storyline very topical at this time.Im sorry there wont be a second series.
The fact there are 14 pages of disappointed people says it all really. I have just binge watched the series, googled it to find out if there was a 2nd series , only to be disappointed myself.
After watching the first 9 episodes, I believe that the government of Alaska pressured ABC to cancel the show. The Alaska Daily is an incredible show with excellent acting and a great plot based on true stories. It depicts hard truths about journalism, the police, government, and how people with power protect themselves and each other.
Alaskan Daily became one of my favorite shows. I love the diverse actors. I was really sad to learn it was not returning for a second season.