Comments on: Nielsen Ratings Friday, August 1: Few Watched Swingtown Or Anything Else

By: taz

taz — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:50:34 +0000

I was dissapointed at first, it was not sleazy enough.Now I don’t care, I am just starting to get into the personalitys. I really hope it stays for at least one more season.

By: maureen

maureen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:26:05 +0000

maybe swingtown lost viewers because it changed from thursday to friday without noticed and was preempted by sports. it is a great show !!! bring it back !!!!

By: Cla

Cla — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:30:19 +0000

Right on!!!!!

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:30:49 +0000

I LOVE Swingtown…too bad it didn't have a better time slot. Hate to see it go.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:55:18 +0000

You Are right swingtown should be kept on the air. I don't belive ratings I never watch a show the time it is on . DVR everything and watch when I have time

By: ancientchild

ancientchild — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:10:22 +0000

Event Horizon, I agree that it is CREEPY…. for any show to be popular based on Swinging….
Not going to make any more of a comment…
and they had the nerve to bash and cancel a “character driven drama about love and truth” (quoted from another source) that just happened to have a vampire as the main character?
Moonlight had a steady fan base and won it's time slot… every time it was on and the 18-49 demographic was won. I am part of that demo/fan base and I am a professional woman. Now vampires are popular… wow. Looks like mistakes were made…wait.. what was that? Did I just hear the word Twilight?

By: Event Horizon

Event Horizon — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:56:03 +0000

Chris Merrill mentioned moving a show to Fridays is like putting it up against American Idol. Not really – some shows do very well opposite AI – NCIS is the best example. Alot of Jericho fans blamed Jerichos Season 1 (2nd half) low rating on being opposite American Idol (I too agreed back then) but after seeing NCIS do so well against Idol, I changed my views on that. If a show is interesting enough and of high quality it can do well.

By: Event Horizon

Event Horizon — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:52:14 +0000

When CBS (thankfully) exiled the sleazy Swingtown to Friday night they were basically throwing in the towel. It managed to hang on until the bitter end – unlike last Seasons Pirate Master. Swingtown is the kind of show that belongs on Showtime or HBO after midnight – then they could get really sleazy showing everything. Its not suprising the suits at CBS in Hollyweird thought this show could be a hit – 90% of them are liberals. I guess they thought because Desperate Housewives was successful so would Swingtown. They just dont get that while infidelity is rampant in todays society, group sex and wife swapping isnt – its just plain creepy.

By: Em

Em — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:50:39 +0000

Hi Robert, excuse my ignorance, as a newbie here, but is it unusual for the cable nets to pass on a show and then have it picked up by one of the big 5?

By: mabirdy

mabirdy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:30:45 +0000

So how do “Monk” and “Psych” compare since they are new programming and already have a following.