Daily Mail launches new show The Backstory TONIGHT where our unbeatable reporting team will analyze the day's biggest stories with America's leading experts

By ELIOT FORCE, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 21:15, 7 May 2026 | Updated: 21:15, 7 May 2026 The Daily Mail is expanding its push into video journalism with the launch of The Backstory, a new interactive news program premiering tonight at 6 p.m. ET in partnership with live video platform 2WAY. The politically driven show will feature Daily Mail journalists breaking down the week's biggest headlines alongside Mark Halperin, combining sharp analysis and insider reporting with real-time questions and reactions from viewers as the conversation unfolds. The Backstory builds on the momentum of earlier collaborations between the Daily Mail and 2WAY, part of a broader effort to create immersive programming that gives audiences unprecedented access to both the stories shaping the news cycle and the journalists covering them. At a time when audiences are demanding more direct engagement with news coverage, the new show will turn viewers from passive spectators into active participants - creating a nightly destination where breaking news, political debate, and audience interaction converge in real time.  'Following the incredible response to our State of the Union special, we’re seeing a real appetite for more immersive, participatory experiences,' said Joe Ruffolo, CEO of 2WAY.  'Now we’re expanding that Daily Mail partnership momentum by applying our platform to new formats including, for the first time, a game show experience.'  The Daily Mail is launching a new nightly interactive news program called The Backstory, which premiers tonight at 6pm ET. Journalists will discuss the day's biggest headlines alongside Mark Halperin The show will feature a rotating lineup of the Daily Mail's top journalists, including Executive Editor of Politics Kelly Laco and other reporters and contributors from across the newsroom Panelists on The Backstory will feature a rotating lineup of prominent Daily Mail journalists, including Executive Editor of Politics Kelly Laco, Chief Campaign Correspondent Nikki Schwab, Senior Political Reporter Elina Shirazi, and additional reporters and contributors from across the newsroom. In partnership with 2WAY, the Daily Mail is also expanding its programming slate with the launch of two additional interactive shows, The Crime Desk Live and special programming focused on the Royals. The Crime Desk Live will deliver a one-hour deep dive into the biggest criminal investigations and courtroom stories dominating headlines, led by Daily Mail's team of true crime journalists and reporters. Our royal coverage will offer a live one-hour program focused on major moments involving the Royal Family and their cultural and political intersections with the United States, featuring analysis and reporting from leading Daily Mail royal correspondents. 'This is about meeting our audience where their interest already is, and taking them deeper,' said Katie Davies, the Daily Mail US Editor-in-Chief.  'We know the stories our readers can’t get enough of, from politics to true crime to the royals, and this partnership with 2WAY gives us a new way to bring them closer to the reporting and the journalists behind it.' No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.