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Bravo to Air Swingtown, But Just Season One

As the world (or at least a few of us) await word of the renewal of Swingtown, the network Bravo has announced that it has acquired re-run rights to the show, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
And while its good news that fans can catch their favorite Season 1 episodes again, it doesn’t necessarily help renewal [...]

Wanting More from Swingtown Finale: TV Addict

The TV Addict has an interesting post today on the season finale of Swingtown, noting that Swingtown Executive Producer Alan Poul told TV critics earlier this year, “The season ends with a cliffhanger, but it’s also a completely satisfying ending.
I have to agree that the cliffhangers left in Friday night’s wake were not truly ’satisfying’ [...]

Ducky: Was The Summer of ‘76 Swingtown’s Last?

Ducky Does TV has a great recap of the season finale, calling it ‘a show that deserved so much more attention than it received’.
Among the highlights:
Swingtown surpassed it’s randy premise and proved to be a show about change on the cusp of the bicentennial and it only got better as the summer went on.

On the [...]

Swingtown Season Finale Clocks 3.6M Viewers

According to TV by the Numbers, Swingtown’s season one finale clocked an estimated 3.62 million viewers in the initial overnight ratings from Neilson.
“The season (and perhaps series) finale of CBS’s Swingtown limped home with but 3.62 million viewers and a demo 1.2 rating / 4 share. There has been no announcement yet about renewal or cancellation, but [...]

EW Weekly’s ‘Labor Pains’ Review

So: Are Susan and Roger finally going to sleep together? Will Bruce and Melinda make it past the make-out stage? Will the Deckers become parents? Will Janet really stay behind if Roger takes the Cincinnati job? (And will he really take it?) And will we ever find out the answers to these questions? If not, [...]

TV Squad Season Finale Review

The summer’s officially over on Swingtown, marked by Tom’s Labor Day clambake at the shore, which turned out to also be a key party.
Now that the first season of the show has come to an end, it’s clear that while they explored hot topics like open marriage, wife-swapping and group sex, the essence of the [...]

CBS Video: ‘I Love You’

Here’s a great clip posted by CBS on YouTube from Season 1 between Mr. Stephens and Laurie … he loves her, but will he be back after he saves the day out of the country? Of course…that depends if the show is back of course.
How do you want this story line to proceed? Will [...]

AdAge Pre-Season Video: Swingtown Got Advertisers’ Attention

Here’s an interesting video I found on YouTube by the advertising industry publication AdAge that came out prior to the show taking to the airwaves. While the show didn’t get quite the ‘broad’ audience in terms of size, it certainly was a show that appealed to an audience that was a bit more apt like [...]