ABC likely has some high expectations for the new Alaska Daily TV series. The drama stars an Academy Award-winning actress and has been given a plum timeslot, following one of the network’s highest-rated shows, Grey’s Anatomy. Can Alaska Daily live up to expectations? Will this new show be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.
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. In a new locale, across the country, and in a very different world, Eileen is on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
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Note: These are the final national ratings, including all live+same day viewing and DVR playback (through 3:00 AM). Early fast affiliate ratings (estimates) are indicated with an “*”. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
What do you think? Do you like the Alaska Daily TV series on ABC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
*5/12/23 update: Alaska Daily has been cancelled after one season by ABC.
Great show! Engaging, contemporary, brings previously ignored issues to light, Amazing cast and characters, award worthy writing. Alaska Daily leaves viewers on the edge of their seats and craving the next episode! PLEASE renew for Season 2
Love the show; please continue it!!
My dad & I both enjoyed Alaskan Daily and would love to see more seasons. We binge watched it!! Pleaseeee renew this show!!!!
Alaska Daily is the best show I have seen in years and what a travesty if it is cancelled. It deals with problems facing us, and it also has the courage to deal with a topic that has been ignored for all too long. We need shows like Alaska Daily.
Alaska Daily has created such a thoughtful and tense narrative. Ms. Swank and her co-stars have immersed themselves in their characters.
ABC is just so infuriating. They debut a show. Show only 7-8 episodes then interrupt it for 4 months and show only 4 more shows. Good grief. If you wanted it to fail you couldn’t do worse.
It’s such a quality show ( like Will Trent is) and we have so few of them. Treat it better and you will get an audience. AND, it’s not the type of show that is going to draw huge audiences bc it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But reward those of us who do want to see it.
This is such a good show! The scenery of Alaska are incredible. The writing is very good, and the actors are EACH fleshed out – (not just the stars). The subjects are incredibly important, and not covered anywhere else. Give this show another season – it took a while to find it! Maybe your promotion was lacking? Be smart – give it another go.
Great show. What a refuge from medical,FBI and , Chicago shows. Please give us a second season
Finally, a show well-written and cast with important content and high ratings
so what is the problem with renewing? The show isn’t hackneyed enough?
Love this show! Please keep it around. It is intelligent and current. It is what television has been lacking for a long time.
I love this show !! Hillary and cast are great. Please continue !!
I am interested in the central story, and Swank is solid here. However most of the rest of the cast just doesnt click for me. The show can be preachy and like any show that does that it presents elements primarily only one perspective of an issue and leaves out anything that might provide clearer context. The more recent press episode passes over the fact that major news networks do sometimes not present things as they really are. See how msnbc treated Trump and Fox News treats Biden..like Trump or not but his Presidency did make this very obvious that… Read more »
They reported it differently because Trump was a train crash
Much too chatty and self-important! It is like watching a news update-awful!
Love this show! It’s got a great cast and great storyline! Look forward to season 2!
Best show on TV. Its got mystery, murder,workplace drama & great characters.