Swingtown

Name: Swingtown
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: June 5, 2008
Rating: 49
Cast: Josh Hopkins, Lana Parrilla, Grant Show, Miriam Shor, Jack Davenport

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CBS | Release Date: June 5, 2008

Starring: Josh Hopkins, Lana Parrilla, Grant Show, Miriam Shor, Jack Davenport, Molly Parker, Britt Robertson, Shanna Collins, Aaron Howles

Summary: This new period drama takes viewers back to the 1970s for a look at suburban households testing the murky waters of sexual revolution, following swingers throughout open marriages, "key parties" and other swingers extravaganzas.

Mike Kelley is creator and executive producer of the pilot, produced by CBS Paramount Network Television.This new period drama takes viewers back to the 1970s for a look at suburban households testing the murky waters of sexual revolution, following swingers throughout open marriages, "key parties" and other swingers extravaganzas.

Mike Kelley is creator and executive producer of the pilot, produced by CBS Paramount Network Television.

The show originally aired on Thursday evenings, but after episode 7 it moved to Fridays, swapping with Flashpoint.… Expand

Creator: Mike Kelley

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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S1:E13. Take It to the Limit
Air Date: September 5, 2008
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S1:E12. Surprise
Air Date: August 29, 2008
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S1:E11. Get Down Tonight
Air Date: August 15, 2008

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James Poniewozik

Season 1 Review: It's also, judging by the pilot, flawlessly art-directed, full of well-chosen period music and--for a drama about a country searching for its bearings in its bicentennial year--a lot of fun. Read full review

Tom Shales

Season 1 Review: It's rather a bold, retro step for CBS to attempt this kind of show in the era of reality television and domestic fights that appear to be actual and spontaneous rather than cooked up by a writer. But the airwaves are so choked with reality that a return to fantasy seems strangely refreshing and, ironically, even more realistic. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

Season 1 Review: Swingtown has ’70s mystique, but not much mystery. Read full review

Linda Stasi

Season 1 Review: Swingtown could have been great. Instead it's a hit-you-over-the-head production--with product placement and wardrobe so obvious it begs us to scream, "That's so authentic!"--best forgotten. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Season 1 Review: It has one thing going for it--the essential thing. That is, deft writing that yields the kind of suspense that causes people to want to know what comes next. That's no small achievement for a series whose characters are so entirely devoid of, yes, character--or anything resembling an interesting thought. Read full review

Heather Havrilesky

Season 1 Review: Basically, the whole thing is stylish and '70s-sexy but also shallow enough to feel like a less funny, hollowed-out combination of "The Wonder Years" and "Boogie Nights." Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Season 1 Review: Kelley's compulsive fascination with erratic eroticism turns everything in Swingtown into hypersexualized sleaze. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

49
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 5, 2008
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  S1:E13. Take It to the Limit
  Air Date: September 5, 2008
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  S1:E12. Surprise
  Air Date: August 29, 2008
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  S1:E11. Get Down Tonight
  Air Date: August 15, 2008
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  S1:E10. Running on Empty
  Air Date: August 8, 2008
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  S1:E9. Swingus Interruptus
  Air Date: August 1, 2008
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  S1:E8. Puzzlerama
  Air Date: July 25, 2008
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  S1:E7. Heatwave
  Air Date: July 17, 2008
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  S1:E6. Friends with Benefits
  Air Date: July 10, 2008
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  S1:E5. Go Your Own Way
  Air Date: July 3, 2008
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  S1:E4. Cabin Fever
  Air Date: June 26, 2008
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  S1:E3. Double Exposure
  Air Date: June 19, 2008
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  S1:E2. Love Will Find a Way
  Air Date: June 12, 2008
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: June 5, 2008