Hilary Swank's 'Alaska Daily' garners mixed reviews from critics, but scores well with fans
Rotten Tomatoes released the critic's and audience scores for Hilary Swank's latest ABC crime thriller, 'Alaska Daily'. While the reviews from the press have been fairly decent (64%), the audience score of 92% suggests that the show scored a win with the viewers right after the season opener last week. The critic consensus for the series on the rating site is yet to be released, but the numbers suggest that the show is worth tuning into.
For those yet to watch the first episode, the official synopsis reads, "From the mind of Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), Alaska Daily stars Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald, a fiercely talented and award-winning investigative journalist who leaves her high-profile New York life behind after a fall from grace to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption. Tom McCarthy is the creator and executive producer. Hilary Swank, Melissa Wells, Bert Salke, Kyle Hopkins (Anchorage Daily News), Ryan Binkley (Anchorage Daily News), and Peter Elkoff, who will also serve as showrunner, are executive producers on the series. The pilot episode is written and directed by Tom McCarthy."
