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CBS officially buries Swingtown
- Remember last summer, that CBS drama about life in 1976, the music, the fashions, the wife-swapping and key parties? Yes, Swingtown, the daring drama that flirted with c...
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Fox saves Sarah...Connor, that is
- Let's hear it for Fox TV! No, you don't need to check my meds. I'm seriously giving a shout-out to Fox for their latest move. Despite so-so ratings, Fox has renewed Term...
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Is there hope for Swingtown?
- If you didn't watch Swingtown this summer, you're not alone. The CBS drama posted low ratings over the summer, despite buzz over its salacious topic. Still, the show gain...
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Swingtown: Take it to the Limit (season finale)
- (S01E13) 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 ...
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What's On Tonight: Stand Up To Cancer, Monk, Bill Maher
- At 8, ABC, CBS, and NBC have the Stand Up To Cancer benefit. FOX has two-hour season premiere of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8. The CW has a new Smack...
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What to Watch Friday, Sept. 5
- 'Stand Up to Cancer' (8PM, ABC, CBS, NBC, E!) It's everything a good telethon should be: Educational, entertaining and likely to raise millions of dollars for cancer res...
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If you like Swingtown, you might like BiCoastal
- So Mike Kelley, the creator of CBS' Swingtown, has a new show in the works called BiCoastal. From that title, can you guess what the show is about? Exactly. BiCoastal wi...
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Fans unite to save Swingtown
- 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 seaso...
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TV Squad: The Week Ahead
- Our Monday morning roundup of a half dozen things TV Squad readers - and TV fans in general - will be talking about this week. 1. Season Premieres. Prison Break (tonig...
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Swingtown: Surprise
- (S01E12) "Do you think we closed Pandora's box?" -- Tom to Trina, after Janet's birthday party You knew this was going to be an episode fraught with revelations when t...
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Affluent 1970s couple Susan and Bruce Miller move their family to a Chicago suburb, anticipating a new life of barbecues and kids on swings. When they meet new neighbors the Deckers, the Millers realize the kids aren't the ones doing the swinging. As for former neighbors Janet and Roger Thompson, she's shocked by what she witnesses when she visits Susan, but Roger is titillated by all this sexual freedom. It's a soapy time capsule of an era marked by open marriage and women's liberation.









