Save Swingtown

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 [...]

“Swingtown” creator/executive producer Mike Kelley has inked a two-year overall deal with CBS Paramount Network TV, the studio behind the drama about partner-swapping couples in 1970s suburbia.
Under the seven-figure deal, Kelley is developing “BiCoastal” — another one-hour exploring relationships, marriage and sexuality, which has been set up at Showtime. Co-produced by Sean Hayes’ CBS Par-based [...]