Swingtown
| Swingtown | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Mike Kelley |
| Starring |
Molly Parker Jack Davenport Grant Show Lana Parrilla Josh Hopkins Miriam Shor Shanna Collins |
| Composer(s) |
Liz Phair Marc "Doc" Dauer Evan Frankfort (original score) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Alan Poul Carol Barbee Mike Kelley |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Mike Kelley-Alan Poul Productions CBS Paramount Network Television |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | June 5 – September 5, 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Swingtown was an American television series created by Mike Kelley as a summer replacement series for CBS. The show was a period and relationship drama about the impact of sexual and social liberation in 1970s American suburban households, with story arcs involving open marriages and key parties.
Swingtown premiered on Thursday June 5, 2008, in the time slot previously occupied by Without a Trace. The show was also picked up by Global in Canada, ITV3 in the United Kingdom,TV3 Ireland in Ireland, Network Ten in Australia, Rai 4 in Italy, Warner Channel in South America, and Universal Channel in Poland, TV 2 in Norway, Channel Four in New Zealand, and Romania.
After seven episodes of declining ratings, CBS moved the show's US airing to Fridays, swapping with Flashpoint, which had outperformed Swingtown despite airing in a less favorable time slot. Swingtown's first season's finale (ultimately the de facto series finale) aired on September 5.
Although the show's cancellation was suspected well in advance, it was made official on January 14, 2009.
Set in the summer of 1976, the series begins with the relocation of the Miller family to a more affluent neighborhood in the North Shore, a suburban area of Chicago. Bruce Miller (played by Jack Davenport) is a futures trader working his way up in the business, married to Susan (Molly Parker). Susan Miller is a homemaker who got pregnant and married Bruce in high school. The couple have a teenage daughter, Laurie (Shanna Collins), and a young son Bruce Junior, nicknamed B.J. (Aaron Howles).
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