Alaska Daily

“Alaska Daily” told the fictionalized story of a daily newspaper in Anchorage.

Lingít playwright Vera Starbard, of the PBS children’s show “Molly of Denali,” and Inupiat filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, known for his 2011 film “On the Ice,” are two of the writers involved in the new series on ABC and Hulu.

The fictional newsroom in “Alaska Daily” bears some similarities to the real-life Anchorage Daily News. Here’s a rundown of the new series on ABC and Hulu.

Hilary Swank plays a New York reporter who moves to Anchorage to work at a local newspaper in ABC’s new drama, from ‘Spotlight’s’ Tom McCarthy.

Hilary Swank is a disgraced scribe trying to make a comeback in this ABC series.

The show threads the needle between episodic storytelling and servicing a longer, serialized arc that will presumably span the season.

Swank, 48, just finished filming the fifth episode of the series, which debuts Thursday evening on ABC.

The series, about a fictional newsroom in Anchorage, debuts Oct. 6 on ABC and will be streaming on Hulu.