Alaska Daily – What We Know So Far

It is indeed a rare event when such a lauded performer makes their way to network television. And primetime viewers should really celebrate the fact that, in the case of “Alaska Daily,” that actor is none other than Hilary Swank, who won her first best actress Oscar statue for a bravura turn in 1999’s “Boys Don’t Cry” (arguably one of the best LGBTQ+ movies of all time), and netted a second just a few years later for her work in Clint Eastwood’s maudlin boxing drama “Million Dollar Baby.”

Swank is no stranger to the small screen, of course, having famously broken out with a recurring role on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” and recently appeared on the FX drama “Trust: The Getty Family Story.” “Alaska Daily” is Swank’s first headlining role on a network program, however, and it should be interesting to see how her style translates to what has traditionally been more restrictive territory. Thankfully, the Oscar-winning actor will be surrounded by a better-than-solid group of supporting players on the new series, with Jeff Perry (“Inventing Anna”), Grace Dove (“The Revenant”), Matt Malloy (“Perry Mason”), Craig Frank (“Silicon Valley”), and relative newcomer Pablo Castelblanco (“Room 104”) rounding out the principal cast.