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driveajeepnaked · 05-13-2007, 07:54 PM

Here's a bit more from Media Village...

"Pasadena, CA - Network executives are supposed to love all of their children equally, but CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler is already over the moon for one of the many pilots she has in development for next season, a decidedly adult drama titled Swingtown.

Set in 1976 in a cul-de-sac in Chicago and directed by Alan Poul, whose previous credits include Six Feet Under and Rome, Swingtown is the story of three suburban couples, one of them "firmly ensconced" in swinging. Tassler practically popped out of her seat with enthusiasm when asked about this show during her appearance at the Television Critics Association tour the other day. Rather than keep her description of the project brief, as network entertainment division presidents are known to do during TCA sessions, especially when talking about projects that have yet to be filmed, Tassler with minimal prodding began to spill the details of Swingtown, right down to individual character names.

She told critics all about the three couples in the show. The "firmly ensconced" swingers are named Tom and Trina, she began. "Another couple, Bruce and Susan, are just sort of beginning to look at their marriage and explore different possibilities, as it were. The other couple, Jill and Roger, are appalled at the prospect of getting involved in that at all."

Swingtown, she continued, will be about much more than swinging and sex. "There were a lot of issues put on the table during that time period, not the least of which was the growth and evolution of the women's movement in the mid-Seventies and the emergence of the strong female who was able to distinguish herself within the context of a marriage." Indeed, during discussions that followed Tassler's session with the press, some of the younger critics and reporters in the TCA were startled to learn that as recently as the mid-Seventies women were not allowed to have their own credit cards, carry mortgages without a male co-signer or declare themselves head of household on tax forms, even if they were single.

Tassler noted that Swingtown will invite comparisons to the 1997 feature film The Ice Storm, about upscale suburban Connecticut couples who participated in key parties during the Seventies. But where The Ice Storm was a study in emotional devastation, Tassler said Swingtown wouldn't be so dark. "There's a lot of humor, a lot of irony and a lot of slightly risqué subject matter."

To which we say, bring it on!"

05-13-2007, 07:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
driveajeepnaked SybianPartyRental Hostess Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 407 Location: Western NY Status: Couple SLS Name:wnyhedocouple	Re: "Swingtown" on CBS? Here's a bit more from Media Village... "Pasadena, CA - Network executives are supposed to love all of their children equally, but CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler is already over the moon for one of the many pilots she has in development for next season, a decidedly adult drama titled Swingtown. Set in 1976 in a cul-de-sac in Chicago and directed by Alan Poul, whose previous credits include Six Feet Under and Rome, Swingtown is the story of three suburban couples, one of them "firmly ensconced" in swinging. Tassler practically popped out of her seat with enthusiasm when asked about this show during her appearance at the Television Critics Association tour the other day. Rather than keep her description of the project brief, as network entertainment division presidents are known to do during TCA sessions, especially when talking about projects that have yet to be filmed, Tassler with minimal prodding began to spill the details of Swingtown, right down to individual character names. She told critics all about the three couples in the show. The "firmly ensconced" swingers are named Tom and Trina, she began. "Another couple, Bruce and Susan, are just sort of beginning to look at their marriage and explore different possibilities, as it were. The other couple, Jill and Roger, are appalled at the prospect of getting involved in that at all." Swingtown, she continued, will be about much more than swinging and sex. "There were a lot of issues put on the table during that time period, not the least of which was the growth and evolution of the women's movement in the mid-Seventies and the emergence of the strong female who was able to distinguish herself within the context of a marriage." Indeed, during discussions that followed Tassler's session with the press, some of the younger critics and reporters in the TCA were startled to learn that as recently as the mid-Seventies women were not allowed to have their own credit cards, carry mortgages without a male co-signer or declare themselves head of household on tax forms, even if they were single. Tassler noted that Swingtown will invite comparisons to the 1997 feature film The Ice Storm, about upscale suburban Connecticut couples who participated in key parties during the Seventies. But where The Ice Storm was a study in emotional devastation, Tassler said Swingtown wouldn't be so dark. "There's a lot of humor, a lot of irony and a lot of slightly risqué subject matter." To which we say, bring it on!"