Swinging Headed To CBS Primetime

WHEN the television series "Swingtown" has its premiere on June 5, viewers can expect to see the following scenes in the first episode: a ménage à trois; a high school junior smoking pot and later flirting with her English teacher; the flagrant enjoyment of quaaludes and cocaine; and the sight of the neighborhood scold unwittingly stumbling upon a groaning and slithering orgy. "Why don't you kick your shoes off, Mom, and join the party?" is how a middle-aged participant, clad only in mutton chops, says hello.

Debauchery, however, is only an appetizer for the main story line: the open marriage of an airline pilot and his wife, who, in pursuit of new partners, set about seducing the businessman and housewife who have just moved in across the street.

Seems like something that would be right at home on HBO or Showtime, where programs tend to loiter in the muck of moral ambiguity. But "Swingtown," a one-hour scripted drama, will appear on CBS.

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