Edge of Alaska
2014
Discovery Channel
4 Seasons
32 Episodes
Discovery Channel will not renew the wild frontier series for a fifth installment and season 4 will be the last and final installment we get to see about McCarthy
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Edge of Alaska Is Ending, Will Not Return For Season 5

Current Show Status
Edge of Alaska season 5 — Canceled
Latest Episode Aired Sun 11/26/2017 Winds of Change Season 4: Episode 8
Next Episode Show ended 32 episodes total
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The network only recently announced that Edge of Alaska will not be renewed for Season 5, so this current fourth installment will the last and final chapter we will get to enjoy. As the installment kicks off, we get to see Jeremy Keller embarking on his most ambitious project yet, as he wants to create a fully self-sufficient homestead out in the wilderness. Neil Darish, still the businessman, wants to sell the remote town to the highest bidder to turn it into some tourist destination. Both rivals are putting every drop of sweat and blood into their new journeys and we will get to see them clash on last time with a bang. It will be sad to have to miss these two.

Basic info and cast

Edge of Alaska is an American reality and documentary television series set in the wilderness of eastern Alaska once considered the 49th state’s very own “Sin City.” Produced by Twofour America, the series originally debuted on the Discovery Channel on October 24th, 2014 for its very first season and has since been renewed for overall four seasons, with the latest installment kicking off on October 8th, 2017 with brand new episodes. It was recently announced that season 4 will also be the last and final installment of the show.

Hidden deep inside the wilderness of Alaska is the toughest town in America: McCarthy. What was once a vibrant and flourishing city built during the Gold Rush of the 1900s, today is a desolate town surrounded by wilderness and a refuge for people who don’t want to be found. With more than 100 miles between the residents and the nearest law enforcement, only 42 people still brave the extreme conditions to live in this secluded territory of the “Old West”. In what is proving to be the most important debate for the town’s future, the remaining residents must decide whether to continue adapting a frontier way of life or forcefully drag it into the modern age.


Episodes

Season 4 Season 3 Season 2 Season 1
#NameAir Dates
1Frost and Found Oct 8, 2017
2Crossing Thin Ice Oct 15, 2017
3Uprooted Oct 22, 2017
4Big Bad Wolf Oct 29, 2017
5Deal With The Devil Nov 5, 2017
6Spring Fever Nov 12, 2017
7Barnstorm Nov 19, 2017
8Winds of Change Nov 26, 2017
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1Fight for McCarthy Oct 23, 2016
2Devil's Bargain Oct 30, 2016
3The Stranger Nov 6, 2016
4Thaw & Order Nov 13, 2016
5The Cave In Nov 20, 2016
6Deadwood Forest Nov 27, 2016
7The Old Man On The Mountain Dec 11, 2016
8No Surrender Dec 18, 2016
#NameAir Dates
1Wolves at the Door Aug 14, 2015
2Starvation Country Aug 21, 2015
3Defend the Frontier Aug 28, 2015
4Dying Days of Winter Sep 4, 2015
5The Breakup Sep 11, 2015
6Return to the Mother Lode Sep 18, 2015
7The End of the Frontier Sep 25, 2015
8Brave New Mccarthy Oct 2, 2015
#NameAir Dates
1Winter's Grip Oct 24, 2014
2Last Days of Winter Oct 31, 2014
3The Thaw Nov 7, 2014
4The Road Nov 14, 2014
5Bear Attack Nov 21, 2014
6The Motherlode Nov 28, 2014
7McCarthy Rising Dec 5, 2014
8The Last Stand Dec 12, 2014

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0 9 Kayla  February 6, 2023
I am very disappointed this show is not continued. I just finished watching the 4th season episode, Winds of change. I am shocked to learn, thats it! Really? How disappointed I am.
I have enjoyed this show. I have been telling other people how great the Edge of Alaska show is. I just found this show and wow! I have recently been telling my friends, and extended families, they would like this show. Find it on Discovery!.
I cannot appreciate the show ending in this way. Bummer. It is a good group of people and the setting, their values! I enjoyed the show. All the way up through the last episode.
My only real standing complaints are to the producer.
That its awful surprisingly, awful wretched how abrupt cut off you ended the show.
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0 7 Charles L Sargent  February 5, 2023
I just think of the garbage that is left on Discovery and wonder is there any intelligent leaders employed there.
I would like the people in McCarthy to create their own YouTube channel and find sponsors. I would follow.
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1 12 Dana VanVoorhees  June 20, 2022
WTF?! We were so into this show. We finally find something worth watching and bam, cancelled. Bring this show back!
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0 17 Linda Lou  April 22, 2022
My husband and I discovered the Edge of Alaska just a short time ago. We love it and are so sad to see that we are almost to the end of Season 4. Please, please bring it back with updates on all of the folks that live in McCarthy. Updates about Neil selling the McCarthy properties to a private owned...who, what, when, etc. details please.
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0 6 Peter E Linda Lou  June 2, 2022
Edge of Alaska and Port Protection make me feel like I fit In. I could belong in a special Lost Place away from the Toxic Cities, Towns full of Politicians, Lawyers, Cops, -multi-cultural Hell that this country has grown into. It is Raw and Dangerous and on the edge but deeply Peaceful and uplifting. Discovery Producers may not fully understand what they got into. The handful of Characters have been moved on, Injured and the town may be more normalized. but it could be restarted and just evolve.
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0 8 Joyce Huston Adolff  January 18, 2022
IF DIRECT TV TAKES ANY ALASKAN SHOW OFF THE AIR, I WILL CANCEL MY DIRECT TV!!! I KNOW THAT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU RICH ASSES, BUT I CAN GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TO CHANGE!!!!
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5 6 MATHEW RUSSO  August 19, 2021
I'm sad to see this show end. I couldn't stand Jeremey... but then along came Don Wolcott. Oh my God, this man is the classic repugnant, egotistical, Republican F_ck. In the final episode, he could have simply asked Jeremey if he could move up the porch build just a few days and reach a workable compromise... but he had to swing his little chest and ego out... so Jeremey responded like a child when he was treated like one. It was the ONLY time I have ever rooted for Jeremey. I much prefer Neil's sense of adventure and "Can do."... But in the last episode, I was supporting Jeremy for what he did to Don... That guy Don is the ultimate prick, sunglasses and all. What a complete dud.
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1 1 Poppy MATHEW RUSSO  June 2, 2022
It is scripted. Yes, he probably is demanding but the encounter with Jeremy was scripted.
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0 5 Julie Steel MATHEW RUSSO  October 13, 2022
[sad] Gutted to learn the show has been cancelled. Would live to know if Neil Darish did sell out!! I hated him, and his business partner Don Walcot. What total a***ses.
Throughly enjoyed binge watching the episodes. ❤️
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0 3 Donna MATHEW RUSSO  February 21, 2023
I agree Neil and Don was about money . Neil laid in bed with dogs and got fleas. Jeremy was right they would sell out and they did . Sad most the characters are not there anylonger and I hate their safe haven was taken and changed when only ones that made money is the two con artist
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0 12 Mark  March 11, 2019
It was like when they did a show called Ice Cold Gold. It was great, then bam, it was gone. Same thing with Redwood Kings, and bam, it was gone. Same thing with Museum Men, bam, gone. Seems all the shows I like they cancel for some reason.
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0 27 Shirley Parkey  October 15, 2018
I just found Edge of Alaska so please say it’s coming back. We absolutely love this show!
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2 13 EllieBelle Shirley Parkey  October 15, 2018
Where did you find it? Sadly, the show was cancelled last year, but reruns are still worth watching. I would love it if they brought it back with new episodes or, at least updates on the people we loved to follow in their everyday lives. I especially enjoyed Jeremy and his family.
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0 7 DC1962  August 10, 2018
But that show Alaska Bush People ended with a proper ending is being brought back. Hopefully another net work will pick up our show.
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0 4 Richard Prather  July 21, 2018
Living in the back end of Oklahoma we only get what someelse wants to watch... not what we want. So this show I got to see it last year. Like many shows get switched by days of the week and times, so we have no control on cable in Southwest Oklahoma.
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2 10 Wayneho Richard Prather  July 21, 2018
I feel your pain brother. I feel truly cheated by discovery. They don't feel it necessary even to respond to their loyal viewers as to why the show is being canceled. I no longer follow their shows since they obviously do not value me or the rest of you as loyal watchers!
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0 17 Jerry C.  July 18, 2018
Please renew this show. It’s the best series of this type on TV and has so much potential to continue the story line. Great cast and so unscripted like most of these types of shows. Poor business decision Discovery. Very poor!
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1 24 Dave.vw  June 28, 2018
I'm getting tired of spending time watching a show for multiple seasons to have it end without any actual ending. It's like reading a book and finding the last chapter is missing!
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0 14 DC1962  February 21, 2018
Unfortunately all this is sponsor driven. Also I read another article saying the show was only getting a 1.9 million viewers per show. They don't take a few things in account like in my case I just discovered the show in the 3rd season, a lot of people like me having a firestick like to wait and watch 3-4 episodes in one evening. They don't see that. Then you have TV providers such as HBO, Netflix and others who now are making there own series and movies that has attracted millions of viewers not to mention with the live streaming and smart TV's that people have gone to with thousands of choices of channels not on normal cable and satellite with are not considered in the rating system. Also in the article I read they said there's currently 64 different shows About Alaska being show on those other network around the world, Some being cancelled shows like this one. I hope they bring it back or another network picks it up. I agree with all the earlier comments. This is the best show.
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0 16 Betty Davis  February 1, 2018
I look forward to this show every time it’s on and wish it wasn’t just seasonal. Now it’s not going to be on at all and that saddens me and my friends and family that also enjoyed it. ?
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0 14 Wayneho  January 22, 2018
I truly believe if the powers that be at Discovery Channel Value their loyal viewers; they could at least give us an explanation as to Why this awesome show is being canceled?! This at last is a show the entire family can view. It's wholesome and visually captivating and honest. I feel truly let down and unappreciated as a loyal viewer of the Discovery Cnannel
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7 0 Tom ealker Wayneho  March 20, 2018
Not honest, all these Alaskan reality shows are scripted and basically 1. The writers don’t know where to go from here and 2. The free millions paid to production companies is drying up!
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0 4 Abe Viviano Tom ealker  March 3, 2022
Why can’t they just found it. They’re shot [censored]ing Kardashian [censored] for 20 seasons and show this is the actually teaching people youngster the real live and people enjoy it. it don’t need script. just have cameras follow follow the people. Just film their daily life. Make a show about nothing. I watch it like you’v never seen someone watching tv.
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0 19 JL7369  January 22, 2018
WHY??? PLEASE DON'T DO THIS DISCOVERY!
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0 13 Eve lyn  December 20, 2017
I'm very disappointed in The Discovery Channel for removing The Edge of Alaska! Seems like this happens to often with good shows! I like most of The Alaskan Show's! Love Alaska The Last Frontier! I'm also disappointed how it ended! Left watcher's hanging! What happens? Bad directing! I am becoming less of a Discovery Channel Fan! Net O are improving their shows!
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1 15 Lor Eve lyn  January 22, 2018
? ? ? I LOVE THIS SHOW .I hope Discovery Channel reconsiders . I myself will have no part of DC and I will also tell my family and Friends to boycot the channel also ! Why is it all of these great shows are not being renewed But the most fake boring shows like Alaskan Bush People wth ALL FAKE FOR INSTANCE ALL OF THE CHILDREN HAVE HAD FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND CELL PHONES FOR YEARS AND THEY STATE ON THE SHOW THAT THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AS I SAID FAKE ,FAKE FAKE ! I LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING EDGE OF ALASKA PLEASE RECONSIDER AND GET RID OF SOME OF THESE OTHER PHONY SHOWS
END OF RANT
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0 15 darrell burnett  December 5, 2017
I will stop watching discover channel all together now. I am getting really sick of the shady [censored] they pull on us. I boycotted HBO when the cancelled Deadwood the same way. Haven't turned HBO on since now the same with Discovery. ? ?
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1 17 Jimmy Kaps  December 4, 2017
This shows is much better than watching Alaska Frontier or the Brown family. I cannot believe it’s cancelled.

Beats watching Todd Hoffman and that foul mouthed Viking.
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1 13 Wayneho  December 3, 2017
Oh man when Jeremy tore that porch away from the building structure I let out a howl of pleasure!!! How dare they threaten him and give him an ultimatum when they were the ones changing the terms of the original contract. Neil is a lapdog for the other jerk and they are both just money hungry bullies! Thank u Jeremy for standing your ground and showing those bullies they could not bully you! Bravo!! I want to buy a ticket just to go shake his hand. I still can't believe they are cancelling such a high quality show?! It makes absolutely no sense to me? There are still so many directions they can go in. The rental cabins in themselves provide a great new story line. I would love to go spend time there.
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0 18 Carrie D  November 29, 2017
They could have at least done season 4 in style instead of ending it at episode 8 out of the blue, leaving it half finished.
Pretty sad for Discovery's normally decent reputation, this was a bad decision.
They should reconsider, if they had a brain they would. ?
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1 13 Wayneho Carrie D  November 30, 2017
I agree with you. And I feel cheated. I feel bad for the loyal viewers who have supported the show from the beginning. There were times when we had no idea whether or not the show was coming back. We made it our business to find schedule dates of future episodes. And now they are abandoning us without a reason. So much for loyalty. I guess it doesn't exist anymore.
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1 7 Wayneho Carrie D  December 3, 2017
Great show it will truly be missed by all. But I feel the town will be much happier without Neil and his lapdog!
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0 10 Jesse Wayneho  December 3, 2017
I agree they shouldn't cancel!!
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0 12 Tom klos  November 29, 2017
The best show on tv show the town and the amazing life stye.)
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0 13 Gerald  November 28, 2017
This is an amazing show. It will be missed. Wish it could continue!!!!
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0 15 Roadie  November 27, 2017
Hopefully Netflix picks it up. All the good shows get cancelled and the [censored] remains. Kardashian and ghetto BS.
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1 8 Patricia Silver  November 16, 2017
It sadens me so so much! If people just see the show and NOT GO TOURISTS in mc carthy maybe we would have a season FIVE!!!! Dont you get it? The show destruys their wayes of lives!
I will miss Mc Carthy.. The only thing i watch besides the last alaskan. All other tv is just COW[censored]!
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0 12 Gary Goodwin Patricia Silver  November 25, 2017
Please keep edge of Alaska on it’s one of the best shows on TV
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0 7 Life below zero Patricia Silver  November 28, 2017
Life below zero is good too but edge of alaska was my fav
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