Comments on: Swingtown Doomed To Friday, Flashpoint Gets Chance on Thursday

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:08:38 +0000

People who commit about morality and STDs while we discuss a television program should truly check reality. The show was great. The cancelation was a travesty. CBS has always had lower ratings because they do not take chances with great television. Instead, they let “morals” and “critics” pick shows. What a waste!

By: racer

racer — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:17:42 +0000

I liked both flashpoint and swingtown. but i also liked moonlight. i think cbs should give them all another chance.

By: elaine

elaine — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:09:45 +0000

the show was full of interesting storylines and I liked the fact that old music and fashion was used to re-create that era in time. The same level of hotness that one would see on Desperate Housewives or any daytime soap opera. If you don’t like a show, just say you don’t like the show… period. No need to insult specific lifestyles or tv show genres.

By: Doc. john

Doc. john — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:27:10 +0000

It’s a Shame:
I’m 55 Years old & not a prude at all, but i think it’s a shame that the Soaps can say anything & people go to bed with everyone, but they Bring out a Show about people enjoying other couples & they take it off the Air!!!!
I think it was a different look on a different life!!!! I wasn’t like a Swing club!!!! Just people trying other people out!!!
Doc.John

By: Sunshine

Sunshine — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:08:16 +0000

okay, first commenting on a couple comments that some morons made….

Mike says:
September 26th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Oh no! My wife and our friends and I started swining because of Swingtown. We’re going to lose our inspiration.

Good, get your friends and go to church now!
wtf says:
September 28th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
seriously why do you people give a shit there tv shows,get a f****** life!!

then why are you here on this site?? MORON!!

I would rather have ML back on tv. My teenage kids and I loved staying up on Friday to watch it. We are big fans of Twilight (the book series) and are excited about the movie coming out. We’re alway hoping that they don’t screw it up by changing it too much from the book. I hope they bring ML back, but not during the summer. I hope to see it back on by next fall!

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:54:22 +0000

My mother who is sixty four loved the show swington, I began watching the show it was fresh, they even talked about on one the largest urban talk radio shows in america, I suggest that so smart producer pick up the show, run it on a cable network this show is a gold mine, it deals with issue all of america has come in contact with, I’m forwarding this message to all of the individuals I know, if know one picks this show up what a waste of talent. Is this out on dvd?

By: L.Lawson-Usher

L.Lawson-Usher — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:36:44 +0000

I for one loved the show, so did my husband..It figures that CBS didn’t hold on to a great interesting show like this. They should gewt rid of the gossip shows and the junk TV they usually have and replace it..with swingtown.. It is a hit..

By: brain

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By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:47:36 +0000

Please do not cancel Swingtown! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!!!!!It brings me back to the 70′s everytime I watch it! The story lines are great, the people are great, the music is great!

By: Marcy Cater

Marcy Cater — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:25:32 +0000

Pleae do not cancel. This is the best thing since DALLAS!!!!!!! I have watched and recommended this show to many of my friends. Just give it another try. You ran this in the summer (Who watches TV in the summer?)

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:09:10 +0000

I love SWINGTOWN! I got hooked after the first episode, and it immediately became my favorite show. My best friend also feels the same way. I told her after the first episode that it would get canceled just because we love it so much. Neither of us are swingers, but there is so much more to the story line,and of course the wonderful 70′s clothes & music that we grew up with.
PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!

By: deb

deb — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:19:41 +0000

The vote from me and my buddies, is “do not” I repeat “do not” cancel Swingtown and please please please bring back Moonlight. I can remember going out to eat and my entire group would worry about making it home in time to watch Moonlight. CBS, listen to the masses, we want Swingtown and we want Moonlight back too!!

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:02:50 +0000

you guys can not cancel swingtown it was the best show i couldnt wait for the next one every week. please bring the second season out.

By: wtf

wtf — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:32:18 +0000

seriously why do you people give a shit there tv shows,get a fucking life!!

By: wtf

wtf — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:30:57 +0000

you people are lame stop watching so much tv and go outside ya bunch of fat asses.

By: Tennessee

Tennessee — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:52:37 +0000

Glad to see one more completely decaying moraless show go down the drain, not to mention the actual channel. Bye bye

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:19:28 +0000

Oh no! My wife and our friends and I started swining because of Swingtown. We’re going to lose our inspiration.

By: anna simpson

anna simpson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:52:43 +0000

i thing SwingTown should be giving a second chance.
I like Flashpoint and all . we dont need anymore fbi things. we alright have CSI
and SwingTown is different than all the other things on television shows on CBS.
CBS is making a HUGE mistake

By: tammy remando

tammy remando — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:10:32 +0000

well… as for ppl saying that swingtown was morally bad… etc…
its no different than melrose place ever was… etc.
and every damn commercial i see these days, somehow mixes sex into whatever is being advertised… even vehicles / cars, etc, are using sex to sell their stuff on day and night time tv.
i enjoyed swingtown. it might not be a lifestyle i’d ever live, but its a fun escape, into something different, something risque… without actually doing that kinda thing.
there is an actual good and realistic story line to the show…
with the kids, and their friends… the different situations happening in the characters relationships too. a lot of it, really happens to some extent in ppls lives, in one way or another…
i was just beginning to get into the show, looking fwd to the next episode… then bammm ! they go and cancel it.
why ? they did the same with another show i liked, on global… called
” train 48″…. it was a canadian show… and even that show lasted way longer than swingtown ! how sad is that ! and they had cross dressers, homo sexuals on train 48… lots of risque things on the show… yet it lasted way longer than swingtown…
and swingtown has a very realistic storyline to it… more so than even train 48… sigh…
who wants to be over loaded by too many csi and law and order shows and shows about vampires, or lame sitcoms all the time.
swingtown was the spice we all needed, instead of blood and guts… killing, murder… etc…
it was refreshingly good… and with great music too.
now they go and cancel it !!! completely… !!! ?
no way is this fair or a good choice…
tv needed swingtown… to shake things up for once, with something new yet familiar, and fun to watch… i really wish cbs or someone would reconsider just how big swingtown could become, if given the chance to stay on tv !

By: loved swingtown

loved swingtown — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:09:31 +0000

Even thought this was a summer show my friends and I always watched it I would like to know who are these people who are making the decisions not to mention the music was so totally awsome. I don’t usually watch new shows because of this cancillation BS. I could have actually seen this show becoming somethig of a melrose place.

By: deedy

deedy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:22:31 +0000

please sign the petition and maybe CBS will bring it back on. it is a good show but most of all these actors and actresses can have a job. what is america coming to gas and food is sky high and jobs are at an all time low…………where is the american dream!

By: deedy

deedy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:08:16 +0000

I think Swingtown was just what TV is supposed to be, entertainment. It was outside the rhelm of anything i would do and i wish a cable channel would pick it up. And as far as sexual primiscuity goes for television Will and Grace graced the CBS network for years and it is damn funny. Adults need entertainment too and Swingtown time slot was appropiate for adults.

By: Swede

Swede — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:24:24 +0000

Please give Swingtown a second season by signing this petition!!

http://www.petitiononline.com/stcbs/petition.html

Please Also pass the petition link on or blog it someplace!!!

By: cecil

cecil — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:14:36 +0000

what the hell is wrong with cbs? first moonlight and now swingtown. unbelievable! I watch view shows and really liked both of these. i can’t believe some of you people live in the dark ages. swinging in the 70′s was more a fantacy to most of us, and whats wrong with that?! do you want to regress to the days we couldn’t have dick van dyke sleep with his wife, mary tyler moore in the 1960′s.please don’t tell me you are that back ass words. if you don’t like it find, but get off your high horse, your nose my start to bleed. swingtown has great writing an actors and should be given a chance, so us low life people can enjoy something. moon light was also a great show and i don’t even like most vampire stuff.not only has cbs let me down, but people who are so closed minded it hurts our country!! i looked forward to those shows a great deal. i guess i need a life. i could start making soap boxes for some of you people to stand on. i’ve never respnded to any thing before, so i guess ya pissed me off. hold on, jerry springer is on, i suppose thats ok but these two show aren’t. no wonder we have so many problems, including i can’t type but had to vent. anyone else got the guts to speak up.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:16:59 +0000

Swingtown is a great show. I’m not big on the activities, but have grown attached to the characters. I was in high school in 1976 and can relate to some of the dress, songs, etc of the period. I hope CBS will give it another chance on a weeknight. I think moving it to Friday killed it.

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:56:58 +0000

Swingtown is the best show in regular tv in years! Please renew it! Smart, funny, sexy, real! Far more real than so-called reality tv and with excellent actors too! Save Swingtown – we love it!

By: Howard

Howard — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:45:07 +0000

I’m sorry to see Swingtown go into the trash. I don’t encourage the actual acts but I liked the Characters. I put it on my schedule and followed it this summer. I always wondered what would happen like in Mad Men on the AMC Channel. It showed bits of a ” Real” family with issues.It was better than the rest of the trash that was on the other networks. I liked the music and the actors including the young ones. Course I can’t understand why ” Reba” was cancelled either as my wife watches it everynight on Lifetime. I can only hope it surfaces some place else.

By: Swingtown Fan

Swingtown Fan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:17:37 +0000

Uhemm listen up all I understand we all have our opinions but to sound so harsh to people like me and my entire family whom dont nor ever have swing WE LOOOOVE SWINGTOWN! My mother loves it b/c it brings back memories from the 70′s not from when she was swinging b/c again, she didnt the music the clothing everything is done in good taste. It shows not sex and voilence and hatred but love and understandning and compassion. The fact that they show the reprocussions of swinging and how people truly feel on the inside about it or how people somex just need to break out of their shell. Theres almost no aspect of the charachters on that show of which i cant identify in some way b/c of their feelings! This is a great show to be bombarded by nothing but chesssy reality shows anymore this was the ebst show wed seen since Moonlight that should be put back on air as well! Txs for my 2 cents. PLEASE DONT CANCEL SWINGTOWN PLEASE1

By: perrie

perrie — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:52:20 +0000

I really enjoyed this show and think that it is a shame that it was canceled. I was 16 in ’76 and it was fun to watch the fashion and hear the music. I have read that some of you think that the swinging lifestyle was just for LA folk, well I can tell you that it was alive and well on Long Island. I would hear the “adults” talking about who was/ wasn’t and who was getting divorced/ staying together. I hope that CBS might consider bring it back next summer, but it has been my personal opinion that networks are short sighted.

BTW very silly fight about Moonlighting v.s. Swingtown. Two totally different shows, both entertaining. The problem is the very inexpensive to produce reality TV. No station wants to give a show a chance to grow, when people are just as willing to watch Big Brother, American Idol, the Donald.

By: LoveSwingtown

LoveSwingtown — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:42:20 +0000

I love Swingtown. NO, I don’t swing! I find that to be rather gross, BUT this show always kept my fiance and I hooked. I had no idea they even moved it to Fridays. All of a sudden, it just wasn’t on anymore, we though. Yet, we saw new episodes on OnDemand. I really hope they renew it for next summer. For those simple-minded people, there is more to this show that swinging. Idiots!

By: Reanie

Reanie — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:29:53 +0000

I would really hate to see this show canceled. It is one of the first shows in a long time that I look forward to watching!! It is refreshing and is not all about swinging but about relationships. There is more partner swaping on daytime soaps then on this show. PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL IT!!!!

By: Max

Max — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:43:19 +0000

'Swingtown' is a show that I watch faithfully, one of only 3 on “mainstream” tv channels. If CBS wants to keep me as a viewer on Friday nights, then they will bring back 'Swingtown'!

By: Max

Max — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:43:19 +0000

'Swingtown' is a show that I watch faithfully, one of only 3 on “mainstream” tv channels. If CBS wants to keep me as a viewer on Friday nights, then they will bring back 'Swingtown'!

By: Pamzadi

Pamzadi — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:16:47 +0000

I really enjoyed Swingtown and would like very much for it to stay on the schedule. It is different and sexy and fun.

By: irma2007

irma2007 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:46:10 +0000

Well I was in high school in the hippie revolution and I didnt know that was going on because I was into the Brady Bunch and Rifleman etc…But it was happening only that we were too young to know about it because our parents were “taboo about sex”.
But now that we are older it was happening. The lifestyle was there but like in the closet sore of speak.
It's happening now but it's not as inviting. It's kinda like a friend to a friend.. Or I heard it through the grapevine. I had an offer from a friend of my husband to get together and I laugh because it's not my cup of tea.I respect my husband and no way I can do that. That's totally messed up… By the way that guy died of aids and was married and had a child.. Disco was wild up to the 80's but it was not about sex it was about music and dancing. When it hit the 80's it got better (not about sex)
fashion trend)

By: irma2007

irma2007 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:23:59 +0000

What are your talking about.. It's in all the channels”light bulb”.By canceling the series it's not going to take care of the problem. You control what children watch.So why should we be punish because your child might get std…How dumb are you?
Sex is in school,drugs are everywhere.Kids are going to have sex wheither you like it or not.Sexual promiscuity is in soap opera that you watch on tv.
Gays marriages,girls kissing girls,etc etc…so what banned tv for life so we can stop all this garbage. It's not going away…by banning the show ..it's not going to
stop swinger be a foursome. It's happeing now and it has been around for a long time..Wake up … All I know is that I like the show ,not for the sex but because of the stories it has and the “” oh,my god”" I really dont care about the sexy scenes..come on that stupid.I really dont paid no attention to that just the story itself. The cheating part…

By: Tom W

Tom W — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:04:05 +0000

I'd be very disappointed if SWINGTOWN were relegated to the trash bin. Granted it's complete fluff without much merit, but in these times we need something where we can get a little lost one hour a week and not think about everything that has come after this somewhat crazy period in American history. I was there, I remember most if not all of this era and most of it I remember fondly. I like the storyline with Bruce and Susan and Janet and Tom. I want to see Janet come out of her suburban housewife shell and Tom get the notch on his bedpost. LOL. As for Janet's husband, I hope they pump him back up pretty soon and give him a big pair. He's a little too whipped for the era.

By: Angelscrest

Angelscrest — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:50:52 +0000

Mike Said
08/03/2008 10:45 PM 1 point

"...Being that this type of lifestyle was likely happening in 1976 along with the great period views makes this a fun show to watch."
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Dear Mike

You are mistake if you think that normal people behaved this way in 1976. There was a lot of hype about it in the press, but I did not know one single person that practiced the nonsense that goes on in Swingtown. I was 21 years old that year, and living by myself. My parents, who were very liberal, and had liberal friends, did not do this either.

We all lived in the Los Angeles area, and I suspect this was going on in the homes of rich, bored people, perhaps in Beverly Hills, but soon everyone found out that only homely couples showed up for these parties, hoping to trade in the ugly spouse for the evening, only to discover that the other "players" were as ugly and paunchy as themselves.

All the hot babes were out in the discos, and looking for ONE man, not for a bunch of disgusting, pawing, hairy backed neighbors.

By: Angelscrest

Angelscrest — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:00:06 +0000

Terry

I agree. CBS is going to wake up to the Vampire trend too late, and realize they could have been on the cutting edge, but instead will be hanging on to the caboose for dear life.

By: Angelscrest

Angelscrest — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:55:56 +0000

Bleedingheart69

Vamp Solidarity! Rah Rah!

By: Angelscrest

Angelscrest — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:51:00 +0000

I think this article is very telling. The Thursday night numbers for Swingtown were no better than the Friday night numbers for Moonlight. CBS, that treated the ’70s nostalgia piece like a favored child, dumped Moolight for similar ratings, but was willing to try out Swingtown on a different night. When they moved Swingtown to Moonlight’s night, ST dropped lower. And yet even then CBS did not give up, but started promoting it constantly.

CBS tried neither of these things with Moonlight, in spite of begging from Moonlight fans.The executives obviously had a prejudice against Moonlight and in favor of the other show, and made no attempt to hide it. There was no reason not to try Moonlight on either Wednesday or Thursday night, when their target audience is home for the evening.

It was a lie that Moonlight had a tiny audience, as CBS claimed. ML never dropped below the mid 7s, and the movment of ST to Fridays, caused it to drop to the mid 5s. Moonlight won its timeslot every week, proving it is the stronger show. The truth is that there is not a large audience on Friday night ever, the young people that CBS is so desperately chasing after are out with their friends at parties, clubs and the movies on those evenings.

The people who are home on Friday nights are middle aged and older, as well as the parents of young children. It is no surprise that these are Moonlights fans, since they are the people who would be watching TV on Friday nights.

I know that I don’t have to tell this to the executives at CBS, and the fact that they were spreading misinformation about Moonlight only proves that they had always planned to cancel the show, in spite of its excellence, and in spite of the loyalty of the audience.

By: shelby

shelby — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:16:00 +0000

ARGH. Please don’t cancel Swingtown. Don’t they get it that people go away in the summer??? This show would do so much better given the chance in the fall/winter season.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:35:00 +0000

I love Swingtown…how can we let CBS know we don’t want them to cancel? Read the blogs…people love it. Why do the networks cancel so fast? They don’t give these new shows a chance to bloom and get a following. Years ago, shows took atleast 2 seasons to really pick up. Are you telling me that every hit show started off at the top? Melrose Place? Friends? The Practice? Please give it a chance.

By: alittleweirdo

alittleweirdo — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:07:42 +0000

Swingtown is the one summer show I do watch faithfully! The show continues to be thought-provoking, and holds my interest more than Flashpoint. I hope CBS will renew the show.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:31:00 +0000

Let Swingtown die a natural death. I have watched every episode & each week feel sadder for all these characters than anything else. I was married at 20, in the early 70:s, while in college in a liberal environment. And oddly I never experienced anything close to this kind of behavior around me, though drugs were more a part of the party scene than Swingtown depicts. So I have questioned what audience did the network deep thinkers feel would appreciate this look back at an era that did nothing to advance the case for man as an intelligent being? Let’s move on to better ideas.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:31:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:41:00 +0000

It’s terrible news. Swingtown is a great show. I love it. I never miss it even with it’s move to Fri night. Please keep it.
CBS is gutless-visionless not to hang on to it.
Flashpoint is STUPID, UNWATCHABLE, more violence against women which is what we don’t need. Flashpoint will be cancelled by Sept just wait and see.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:41:00 +0000

By: squeen

squeen — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:54:40 +0000

if it was a show with lots of violence then everyone would be fine with that. its a good show and i think the majority of you are idiots.

By: Bleedingheart69

Bleedingheart69 — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:33:00 +0000

I am a fan of Moonlight, but I’m not going to sit here and say serves CBS right, blah, blah, blah. I never gave swingtown a chance, I saw the previews and decided I didn’t want that kind of filth in my house so the fact that it is being cancelled really makes no difference to me. I did give Flashpoint a chance and I kind of enjoy it.
I’m kind of hoping that it will return in the fall because they have strong storylines and great actors.
Now, Keeping in faith with my moonlight… Vampire Solidarity Rah! Rah! Rah!