From Academy Award-winner Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) comes a new drama starring Hilary Swank, Alaska Daily. It follows a once reputable journalist who, wanting to escape her past after being discredited, decides to leave her high profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska. Finally starting with a clean slate, her venture into local publication ends up being the personal and professional redemption she needs as she unravels a mysterious case and rebuilds her reputation.
Alaska Daily TV series preview
In Alaska Daily, Hilary Swank stars as Eileen Fitzgerald, a brilliant and award-winning investigative journalist with a distinguished career in New York. Her success, however, does not exempt her from being disgraced, which is exactly what happened after publishing a major story with only one anonymous source.
Leaving her career in shambles, she joins a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage, the Daily Alaskan, in the hopes of starting anew, and maybe even rectifying the wrongs she has committed in the past.
There, she takes on the case of missing and murdered indigenous women, a crisis that has been plaguing the city for some time now and endangering the lives of local women. Giving Eileen a lead in these cases are Daily Alaskan reporters Roz Friendly, Bob Young, and their managing editor Stanley Kornik.
Alaska Daily is created by Tom McCarthy, who also serves as an executive producer. Meanwhile, Hilary Swank, Melissa Wells, Bert Salke, Kyle Hopkins (Anchorage Daily News), Ryan Binkley (Anchorage Daily News) and Peter Elkoff are executive producers on the show.
Alaska Daily trailer
You can watch the trailer for the new drama series below.
Alaska Daily release date Australia
Alaska Daily premiered on Disney Plus in Australia last 4th January 2023, after being a smash hit in the US. New episodes stream weekly on the streaming service, which you can access with a monthly or a yearly subscription. As of this writing, Season 1 of Alaska Daily has been confirmed for 11 episodes.
| Alaska Daily Season 1 | Available | Streaming Service |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | 4th January 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 2 | 11th January 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 3 | 18th January 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 4 | 25th January 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 5 | 1st February 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 6 | 8th February 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 7 | 2nd March 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 8 | 9th March 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 9 | 16th March 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 10 | 23rd March 2023 | Disney Plus |
| Episode 11 | 30th March 2023 | Disney Plus |
What other streaming services are Alaska Daily on?
Alaska Daily is a Disney Plus exclusive in Australia. Fortunately, the streaming service offers an extensive catalogue of movies and TV shows, so it’s definitely worth signing up for. From Star Wars and Marvel to Disney and Pixar, as well as Nat Geo and Star, subscribers are treated to heaps of binge-worthy content!
| Streaming Services | Alaska Daily TV series |
|---|---|
| Disney Plus | Yes |
| Foxtel | No |
| Foxtel Now | No |
| BINGE | No |
| Amazon Prime Video | No |
| Paramount+ | No |
| Apple TV+ | No |
| Netflix | No |
| Stan | No |
| Free to air | No |
How to watch Alaska Daily on Disney Plus
To watch Alaska Daily online, Disney Plus offers exclusive access in Australia. New customers can choose between the monthly and the yearly plan, priced at $13.99 and $139.99. It’s worth noting that their free trial is no longer offered, although there are occasional Disney Plus offers that new customers can use.
With just a single tier, there’s no need to pick more expensive plans in order to stream simultaneously. Disney Plus allows users to stream on up to four screens at the same time for the monthly price of $13.99. If you want to save a little bit, you can opt for the $139.99 annual plan, which works out to be only around $12 per month.
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Alaska Daily cast
Award-winning actress Hilary Swank, best known for her roles in Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby, headlines the series as a recently disgraced reporter wanting to redeem herself. Starring alongside Swank are Jeff Perry as Stanley Kornik, Eileen’s former boss and managing editor of the Daily Alaskan, and Grace Dove as Roz Friendly, a reporter from the Daily Alaskan. You can check the show’s complete cast below:
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Streaming devices for watching on Disney Plus
Here’s a list of compatible devices for which you can stream movies and TV shows on Disney Plus.
Devices supported on Disney+
- Amazon Fire TV: Yes – All Fire TV devices & Fire TV Edition Smart TVs
- Amazon Fire Tablet: Yes – Fire OS 5.0 or later
- Apple TV: Yes – tvOS 11.0 and later; 4th-generation Apple TV
- Foxtel: Yes – Foxtel iQ5, iQ4 or iQ3
- Hubbl: Yes – Hubbl Glass & Hubbl Puck
- Chromecast: Yes – Version 1 and newer; Google Nest Hub and Google Nest Hub Max; Vizio Smart TVs (with built-in Chromecast); Android TV devices
- Chromebook: Yes – via Disney+ Android app
- Roku: Yes – Roku boxes and sticks and TVs
- Android TV: Yes – OS 7.0 or later on Google certified TVs
- LG Smart TV: Yes – LG models running webOS 3.0 and above
- Samsung Smart TV: Yes – 2017 models and newer (Tizen OS)
- Hisense Smart TVs and Toshiba Smart TVs: Yes – with VIDAA OS U6 1.2 and other selected models
- PC: Yes – Web browser only; Chrome (version 75+ on Windows 7 or later); Microsoft Edge (version 79+ on Windows 10 or later); Firefox (version 75+ on Windows 7 or later
- Mac: Yes – Safari 11+ is supported on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and later; Chrome 75+ is supported on macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and later; Firefox 75+ is supported on macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) and later
- Android phones/tablets: Yes – Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or later
- iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad: Yes – iOS 15.3 and later
- PlayStation: Yes – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
- Xbox: Yes – Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Xfinity Flex and X1 TV Box: Yes; select Xfinity X1 models
- Fetch TV: Yes
