“This is exactly why local journalism matters,” big city investigative journalist Eileen (Hilary Swank, “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Million Dollar Baby”) proclaims to one of her new co-workers towards the end of the pilot episode of “Alaska Daily.” This overly earnest, yet nonetheless true maxim is the beating heart of Tom McCarthy’s latest foray into television.
Slightly hobbled by the limitations of network television, the newspaper drama is at its best when it keeps its focus on the overarching true crimes on which it is based.
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