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Grant Show to swing both ways on CBS's "Swingtown"?
Grant Show first took our breath away (as he did Kelly Taylor's) on an episode of 90210, which was of course the launching pad for the ultra campy, soon-to-become-legendary Melrose Place. He oozed sex appeal and as Jake Hanson he bedded every woman on the show ... and gave every gay man in America something to think about in bed every night. Luckily, Show is back on television in CBS's new retro-drama hit Swingtown and while some things seem the same (he's still sexy as hell and shirtless in a pool), some things have clearly changed. Set outside Chicago at the Bicentennial, Show plays Tom Decker, one half of a suburban swinger couple that seduces anything that moves, including their new neighbors, and apparently a man or two. According to a recent Associated Press article, Grant will be swinging his bat for both teams:
Raise your hands if Swingtown just went from "must see TV" to "must DVR and rewatch over and over TV". If the creators of the show and CBS are paying attention, please write in some man-on-man action between Show's Decker and the repressed Roger Thompson (played by the ever-so-handsome Josh Hopkins); now that would be dy-no-mite! Thanks to Sister Shoelace for the tip! Submitted by on Thu, 2008-06-12 09:04. |
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Like I need to love this show any more
Hubba Hubba is right
I'm right there with you, Brian...
I agree; it reminded me a lot of the first Tales of the City series that PBS did, also.
I liked the pilot...but I have a beef with CBS
I know there is a huge difference between what is acceptable on TV at night and what is acceptable during the day...however...
CBS is the home of ATWT and Swingtown. They can go as far as they did (in the very first episode) on Swingtown but they are cautious about Nuke being even slightly physical with each other on ATWT?
This really bugs me.
But...is there any scoop on the son and the friend he left in the old neighborhood? I'm totally reading into the little things but I think there may have been some teenage experimentation between the two. I think the son was just being a typical teen amd messing around with the friend...and is into girls. I think the buddy...the one who lied about sleeping with the schoolmate and got beat up...to quote Truvy Jones..."There's a story there."
I just read this....
....it didn't take the
PrudeParents Television Council long to have kittens over this show.http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVNews/Articles/080611_swingtown_too_sexy_CT
(sorry, I don't have a clue how to do a live link)
I think the big difference is the time of shows airing. Look what happens in Britain after their "watershed" which is 9:00 pm. Kids are suppose to be in bed or at least under parental supervision at 10:00 at night. Not that most are, but that is the theory. What I don't get is why the big difference between network and "cable" shows. I have to pay for both form my cable provider. My kids either had access to all of the channels or none of them.
I saw the thing between the teen boys, too. I think there may be some hanky panky between them. Such a longing look between them as the one family drove off to their new neighbourhood.
I loved this show. Amazing job on the costumes and set. Better than "That 70's Show".
I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.
Use of public airwaves
This is obviously an outdated concept, but the general idea is that since the broadcast networks get to use the public airwaves to broadcast programs to anyone and everyone with an antenna, they are subject to regulation by the FCC for decency of those freely available programs on those airwaves, which they get free to use in in the public trust.
Cable/satellite channels don't get conent regulation, because since you pay for them, you are "opting in" to their content. Since they don't use the public airwaves for free, just their own prvate infrastructure, they don't have legal obligations for the public good. It's you responsibility to control the content of these "opt in" services - a responsibility that people like the AFA think belongs with government.
These days, depending on whose statistics you read, about 13% (some say 24%) of the public gets their TV over the air using an antenna - hence the whole need a digital tv or digital converter box come February 2009, when the broadcasts change to digital from their historic analog transmission. The digital transmission uses less bandwidth, freeing prime spectrum for public safety uses (and highly profitable auctions to wireless companies that puts billions in the treasury). This small minority of over-the-air people causes the regulation of content, the infamous Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Nipplegate, the fines for the bare butts on NYPD Blue in the mountain/pacific time zones, etc.
Missed the pilot
I forgot about it. It sounds good. Ill be watching it tonite. Interesting news about Grant Show. Hot!
The thing with CBS, aside from the time, is that they have a lot less creative input when it comes to soaps. So there is less what they can do.
For One Thing....
Watching the premiere now...
I'd recorded this, and until this post, was probably going to delete it without watching it. Fifteen minutes in, it may actually be fun to watch, or I'm desperate during the summer season.
My big plus on this is Jack Davenport - I loved his, nerdy, clueless adorable role on the British series "Coupling" and I think he's still pretty adorable here. Time will tell.
As a lesbian viewer...
I bet the wives have already done it.
I bet new wife to the block and wife with the pool, pill cabinet and basement sex room (down the stairs, second door) have done it. If they didn't then what is the purpose of all four going to the room? If they were just gonna swap wouldn't they want privacy? How does that work? Or maybe the guys watched. But the ladies were all sorts of touchy. Plus when wife with the pool, pills and basement sex room gave new wife to the block the pill and she was all relaxed and open...she was way touchy and suggestive. Oh yes...they've done it.
Frigid wife will be a changed woman after having her first scissor bump. I mean...obviously husband of frigid wife has a sex drive...he wanted to stay at the party and he also wanted to do his little ice queen but she was having none of it.
Husband of pool and pill wife seems like the type that would like a good show.
Is it odd that I want them to get more into the rules of how that works in straight society? I mean...who hosts something like that? Does everybody know what's available and chose to ignore the darker half of the party because they really like the hamburgers and the company? Do you talk about it later? "Christ your wife has a ticght one." "Your wife said I was the biggest she's ever had." Do you invite church friends? "You can come but I'd leave by 8:30."
I need details.
Oh Shoot...
I kinda got the impression
I kinda got the impression that there was something lingering between Josh Hopkins' character and the dad who moved next door to the Deckers. (Sorry, I'm not quite used to the character names yet.)
When they packed up and left, they shared a lingering glance and a handshake that seemed filled with sadness. Later, you saw Josh Hopkins staring at his old neighbors at the Deckers' house with longing; you could read it as he was secretly in love with EITHER the husband or the wife.
Should be interesting. I found the show ALMOST over the top, but frothy enough that I'll keep watching.
Interesting...
This guy is a stud -- but I
Well, Knickie, Try
Well, Knickie,
Try looking DOWN further, and see if that helps. :)
I saw the original pilot
OMG...I can't wait for
OMG...I can't wait for Grant Show to swing. And I heart Michael Rady, who I first fell in lvoe with in Travelling Pants and then lusted after in Sleeper Cell.
Get with the program, Knickie!
There is no question in my mind that Grant Show is -- single-handedly -- going to bring back the handle-bar mustache.
Of course it's what's behind the stache that really counts and Show positively radiates babe-a-liciousness.
LOL! I just can't get by the