ABC Cancels ‘Big Sky,’ ‘Alaska Daily,’ and ‘The Company You Keep’
Three TV dramas have reached the end of the line at ABC: The broadcast network has canceled Big Sky after three seasons and Alaska Daily and The Company You Keep after one apiece.
Big Sky, created by prolific TV producer David E. Kelly and adapted from novels by C.J. Box, followed private detective Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury) and undersheriff Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick) as they investigated crimes in small-town Montana. In Season 3, subtitled Deadly Trails, the duo teamed up with sheriff Beau Arlen (Jensen Ackles) to investigate an ill-fated backcountry trip led by outfitter Sunny Barnes (Reba McEntire).
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Season 3 — which also starred Dedee Pfeiffer as Denise Brisbane, Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Tonya Wallis, and J. Anthony Pena as Deputy Mo Poppernak — had an average 0.25 rating in the 18–49 demographic and averaged 2.28 million live-plus-same-day viewers, down 18 percent and 12 percent from Season 2, respectively, according to TV Series Finale.
Alaska Daily, created by Academy Award winner Tom McCarthy, starred Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald, an investigative journalist who leaves New York City for Anchorage to look into reports of missing and murdered Indigenous women with the help of reporter Roz Friendly (Grace Dove) and editor Stanley Kornik (Jeff Perry).
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The series also starred Matt Malloy as Bob Young, Meredith Holzman as Claire Muncy, Pablo Castelblanco as Gabriel Tovar, Ami Park as Yuna Park, and Craig Frank as Austin Teague. Season 1 averaged a 0.23 rating in the 18–49 demo and 2.84 million live-plus-same-day viewers.
The Company You Keep marked Milo Ventimiglia’s first post-This Is Us TV series. The actor played Charlie, a con man who collides with undercover CIA officer Emma, played by Catherine Haena Kim. In the series — created by Julia Cohen and based on the Korean TV show My Fellow Citizens — also starred William Fichtner as Leo, Tim Chiou as David, Freda Foh Shen as Grace, James Saito as Joseph, Sarah Wayne Callies as Birdie, Felisha Terrell as Daphne, and Polly Draper as Fran.
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Season 1 of The Company You Keep averaged 0.25 rating in the 18–49 demo and 2.23 million viewers, according to TV Series Finale.
Variety reported the news of the three shows’ cancellations. The ABC shows yet to be renewed or canceled for the 2023–2024 season are The Conners, Home Economics , Not Dead Yet, The Rookie: Feds, and The Wonder Years.
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Do not cancel Alaska Daily! Cancel all the stupid reality, court and talk shows. Once that's done you should have enough money to pay for the better programs.
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They never even gave Alaska Daily a chance. Just got a couple of episodes and then it’s not on for weeks. Show a few more and then it’s gone again. Why not cancel the awful reality shows instead?
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Because the junk shows are cheaper to produce and make more profit. Quality isn't on the top 10 list when making the schedule. Money is.
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So many horrible tv shows out and they cancel some of the best?! Get rid of these-called reality shows. I agree with others, give Alaska Daily a chance. Really, give us a full season week after week. When you don’t give us time with a show in this fashion, it is more difficult to get into the show
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Don’t like reality shows with hosts’ ffake faces , fake bodies , fake “ baby” talk, husband and emaciated wife “ acting”
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It was an excellent show! We need more shows like that!
It's a shame it's coming to an end!
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Figures, 3 of the shows that I watch are all cancelled. Just hope they don't replace them game shows or reality shows. The Conners, Home Economics, and The Wonder Years Now those shows should be cancelled.
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Home Economics is funny. A different way to look at family. But "different" doesn't play these days
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loved alaska and big sky.. please save!!!!!!!
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Of course, Alaska Daily was slated to be canceled. It was a high-quality, riveting show. There's no place on network TV for high-quality riveting shows, especially when major actors are attached.
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Love The Company you Keep. Also Big Sky, but it has too many sub plots
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Love The Company You Keep. Good acting and good match of personality to part. Will miss it. ENJOYABLE AND SUSPENSEFUL
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Alaska daily was one of the shows I looked forward to watching, both for its subject matter and the fine script. So much crap on ABC and they pull this one? Shame.
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Unbelievable, three of the best shows with the best and most believable actors. What are they thinking!!! There is so much other junk and lousy actors to cancel!!!
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I think Alaska Daily was one of the smartest and most current shows on TV. I think it is irresponsible of ABC to cancel a show that has so much to tell us and help everyone learn about missing Indigenous women. But then again, I think they are afraid of powerful or potentially powerful women and would rather air inane comedy shows. Sorry ABC - you lose my viewership.
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These television execs are morons!! Cancel all the good shows and keep reality crap. It's unbelievable what tv has turned into.
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What a shame canceling shows that are so well written with exceptional actors and story lines. There is nothing to watch anymore. Maybe sell our TV and go to the movies. VERY DISAPPOINTED.
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Not Alaska Daily. Not The Company You Keep. What is the thought process here because I do NOT understand two of the only three network shows I bother to watch being cancelled!
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Big sky a good movie just like Alaska daily like why y’all have to cancel the show please let it be season 3 and some more season on Alaska daily
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Wth ABC? Wrong move. Big Sky is probably the best drama on tv outside Yellowstone. I know the ratings are a lie ..you had Jensen Ackles and Reba MacIntyre. Ackles brought Supernatural fans ...millions . REBA brought country fans . So leave it alone.
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I really liked Alaska Daily, and The Company You Keep, but never watched Big Sky. They will all be rep!aced by lesser shows, and /or remake of flr.early good shows. Imagination is dead.
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Boo on Alaska Daily being cancelled. The show was interesting, and it served to show what good reporting and responsible journalism looks like. In this day and age, that's a lesson everyone should learn.
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Agreed! It also brought to light about the problems of the indigenous peoples of Alaska and elsewhere
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Yes, you're right about the show putting a spotlight on the problems facing indigenous peoples, and it did so without being preachy about it. In any case, I hope at least a few people were reached and educated because of this one season.
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What a disappointment that Alaska Daily has been canceled. This was a favorite program. There are not many programs that show what is happening to our indigenous women. It is a shame that a program that showed true journalism has been canceled. Makes us wonder why is it because we no longer have honest journalism what a disappointment shame on you ABC
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Rookie Feds needs to go! Disgusting! Big Sky would have been wonderful if it followed ANY of the C.J.Box books about Cassie Dewell, she is smart, but a little over weight, white, and short, not at all like a tall black girl. And the stories just got away from them…
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I think I’ll never watch ABC again because as soon as I find a show I love (Big Sky, Company You Keep and others in the past). It gets canceled. I get so attached and then get my heart broken.
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We totally enjoy Alaska Daily and are very disappointed that it has been cancelled. It is just the right mix of drama and justice. Sorry the network doesn’t see it.
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They were shows worth watching. Tired of hospital and cop show
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Home Economics is still on? I couldn't get past the first few episodes in Season 1. It was terrible.
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Alaska Daily never was given a chance. Such a shame. And the third season of Big Sky was so good. Take off the crappy reality shows and keep these on.
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