Swingtown 

As America celebrates its 200th birthday, two generations of friends and neighbors in a Chicago suburb explore new freedoms and seek connections with each other in the midst of the socio/sexual revolution.

Creator:

Mike Kelley

Stars:

Molly Parker, Jack Davenport, Grant Show

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Molly Parker	...	Susan Miller 13 episodes, 2008
Jack Davenport	...	Bruce Miller 13 episodes, 2008
Grant Show	...	Tom Decker 13 episodes, 2008
Lana Parrilla	...	Trina Decker 13 episodes, 2008
Miriam Shor	...	Janet Thompson 13 episodes, 2008
Shanna Collins	...	Laurie Miller 13 episodes, 2008
Britt Robertson	...	Samantha Saxton 13 episodes, 2008
Aaron Christian Howles	...	B. J. Miller / ... 13 episodes, 2008
Josh Hopkins	...	Roger Thompson 13 episodes, 2008
Michael Rady	...	Doug Stephens 13 episodes, 2008
Nick Benson	...	Rick Thompson 9 episodes, 2008
Kate Norby	...	Gail Saxton 6 episodes, 2008

Storyline

The summer of 1976, the Miller family relocates to a more affluent neighborhood in the North Shore, a suburban area of Chicago. Bruce is a futures trader working his way up in the business, married to Susan. Susan is a homemaker who got pregnant and married Bruce in high school. The couple have a teenage daughter, Laurie, and a young son Bruce Junior, nicknamed B.J. Tom and Trina are their new neighbors. Tom, an airline pilot, met Trina while she was a stewardess. Tom and Trina quickly befriend Susan and Bruce, and they just as quickly learn that Tom and Trina have an open marriage. The move strains Susan and Bruce's friendship with Roger and Janet, their more conservative neighbors and friends from their old neighborhood. They try to maintain their friendship with the Susan and Bruce, but Roger and Janet are appalled when they learn about Tom and Trina's marital arrangement. Roger and Janet have a son, Rick. Although the show mostly focuses on the three couples, their children's ...

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Plot Keywords:

swinging | partner swapping | open marriage | swinger | unfaithfulness | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Connections

References Charlie's Angels (1976)

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Soundtracks

That Lovin' Feeling Again
w/m Richard Levinson and Joel Wachbrit

User Reviews

Fantastic!

Swingtown is a brave, entertaining, and fresh series. It is good to see something that takes its audience seriously and that is not filled with violence. The cast makes a wonderful job of bringing the good script to life and in the hands of the professional production design from the 70s this series is a good example of American drama when it's really great. I really like the dialog and the way everyone looks and acts. The sexual revolution is something that American TV very seldom dares to explore. In this series it does it with much charm and entertainment value but at the same time it have a good story to tell. I also like thats it tells the story of two generations at the same time. The production values and the acting are all tom notch. Coming from Europe I don't know why there are so much fuzz over this series in America. The story is not at all controversial - it's just a very good TV-drama with a twist. See it!

Details

Official Sites:

CBS [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 June 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Szvingerek

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mike Kelley/Alan Poul Productions, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1