Save Swingtown

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 [...]

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 [...]