Why couldn't SOAPNet pick up Swingtown?

It is my honest belief that CBS sabotaged "Swingtown" from being picked up for any other network, be it broadcast or cable. It would have had a huge chance if CBS didn't pay everybody so much, rendering other stations unable to meet the demands which CBS dishes out. Also, for five months they could have let it go when Bravo picked up the re-airing rights to the first season, but they chose to hang on to it until the contracts were finished with (1/1/09). Don't you think if you were an actor and waited five months with no answer it would make you just a little bit antsy? It took Jack Davenport until December to pick another role second in line to "Swingtown." Same with Brittany Robertson.

CBS knew what they were doing. They didn't want anybody else to have the show. It hurt their conservative feelings so much that they chose to be vindictive of it. They still won't tell us officially. Look how fast they let go of fan favorite "Moonlight." Almost as soon as it aired the season finale, it was cancelled to the point CBS tore it out of their schedule for the following week in repeats.

Sure, there could have been Showtime, FX, SOAPNet, Bravo, etc. CBS would never allow that!

Let's face it. CBS is an old person's station, highly conservative where parents whine about their children seeing any little bit of flesh but allows them to watch every CSI ever made. You know, that's only violence! Not to forget "Big Brother" doesn't get any flak even if it does show bad behavior and unedited swearing.

dnique729

Soapnet wouldn't even pick up PASSIONS, and that was an actual Soap Opera.