By ElaineB
Just as I predicted, Swingtown is moving to Fridays at 9 beginning this week (July 25). The Canadian drama Flashpoint which, even if you are not a fan of police dramas, you ought to check out, moves into the Swingtown time slot.
According to CBS, the new slot will remain in effect for the rest of the season for both shows. Some believe this is the beginning of the end for our weekly flashback to the seventies.
At the Television Critics Association press tour last week, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said of Swingtown, “I love the show. Everybody knows how passionate I’ve been about it. I wish the ratings were better … but right now, we’re behind the show and we are proud of it.”
On the other hand, ratings don’t need to be quite so good on Fridays, something of a throw-away night for the networks, so keep your fingers crossed that it isn’t canceled or, if it is, the network at least ties up the story line. If anyone out there was a fan of the aptly named Vanished, they know how quickly – and how badly – a series can end.
If Swingtown does have a full run, it will end on Sept. 26 as a new fall show premieres in its time slot a week later.