TV Week tips us off today that CBS is bring back “Flashpoint” for another season. Fans may remember this show as the one that kicked Swingtown out of its 10 p.m. Thursday slot into the Friday basement.
The crime drama had been in that Friday night slot first, but showed promise according to TV Week, justifying [...]

TVbyNumbers.com’s Robert Seidman has a great post today inside the efforts to save Swingtown.
Leading with a mention of the the online efforts (like this site) to save a show that ‘hardly anyone seems to watch’, Seidman notes that there has been no formal word on a decision and its possible there could be NO word.
Among [...]

Broadcasting and Cable is reporting that CBS Paramount, owners of Swingtown, is shopping Swingtown to cable outlets … which would also give the show more creative freedom without the FCC broadcasting rules.
The show, produced by the CBS Paramount Network Television studio, has had disappointing ratings in its debut run on CBS this summer. But it [...]

This Friday CBS will air the last episode of Swingtown, but the question of the future for the show still remains unanswered. Is this the series finale or just the season finale? Fans are concerned and I’ve been contacted by one who has started a petition online to present to CBS, beseeching the network to [...]

Attention fans of Swingtown: your ratings-challenged show might actually have a chance to see a second season.
Even though the 70s-set drama isn’t getting a ton of viewers (in its current time slot Friday at 10 or in its old Thursday at 10 time slot), there are execs behind the scenes at the network who like [...]