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- NBC
- Sep 19, 2011
- NBC
- Sep 19, 2011
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
45
25% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
46% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
29% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
45
25% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
46% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
29% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
A sharply drawn and riveting one from the evidence on hand, and bolstered by a skilled cast. This club should lure plenty of customers, television-viewing variety. They'll have good reason.
Some might say the show is overstuffed with stories, but I had no problem following the various strands, even if some were less interesting than others.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 User Ratings
5.7
34% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
47% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
19% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 User Ratings
5.7
34% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
47% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
19% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
I really liked this show, certainly was better than most of the other new shows out there. I can't believe they pulled it after 3 weeks. Thought it was well made and had some good drama going on, not to mention some good eye candy. Hopefully the rest of the series will be out on DVD
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SEASON 1
What we get is an unwieldy and mostly humdrum combination of mob tale and backstage musical.
Given the emphasis on soapy doings and shiny exteriors, the serial threatens to short-change its most interesting attributes, glancingly commenting on issues pertaining to sociology and the sexual revolution (such as a Bunny marveling, "I make more money than my father") while lacking the latitude to truly probe them.
The whole thing quickly becomes hokey and a grind. Blame goes consistently to the writing.
While options during the era were surely limited, the show's broad strokes don't do justice to the choices women were making, or their self-awareness while making them.
What was one of the worst drama pilots of the fall is now one of the worst for slightly, superficially different reasons.
I read some negative reviews on this one, so I almost didn't check it out. I'm glad I did though, there was a lot to like here. Eddie Cibrian proved that he's way too hot for Leanne Rimes, and some of the hot chicks could act. Drawbacks here include allowing Hugh Hefner to narrate even with his loose dentures (gag) and not casting a hot young actor as Heff. In the pilot he's only shown from behind at the end. Fix that and I'll watch again.
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SEASON 1
Not as bad as I pictured it. Of course I've always viewed the entire Playboy empire as a bit of a farce. Hefner (or the Heff-like narrator) tries to sell himself as a pioneer of civil and women's rights while he has women prancing around with bunny ears and cotton tails sticking out of their bums. I wonder how many times the phrase "like Madmen" was tossed around during the writers meetings?
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SEASON 1
I tried to like this show - I was hoping for something engaging and entertaining but after persisting with it I have given it the flick. The reason? The constant glorification and sanctification of Hef. The man made lots of money off **** and ass... fine, I can accept that - but please, stop the revisionist butt-kissing which paints the man as some sort of social champion, changing the world, curing it's ills, empowering women and supporting special interest groups. The whole thing comes off reeking of a self-serving propaganda piece as opposed to the entertaining show it could have been.
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SEASON 1
I know how hard these new shows starting to keep struggling and struggling because of the Nelson ratings. Just like NBC, these shows have a lot on their minds thinking: who's getting the axe this fall" and I'm playing a new game called "The Watch or Die" game. The first one who got their bees stunged was "The Playboy Club." I agree with the PTC and that's why NBC made their fate into execution. The criticism, the controversies they had over the past summmer or spring including a Utah NBC affiliate banning the show for puting its weight over "pornographic material," and the reason why the show's cancelled is the ratings. I read Playboy Magazine, watch Playboy TV, and having their own primetime show is inappropriate. I thought this was going to be a TV-MA type of show, but NBC is the only network who got the slowest amount of shows. So "The Playboy Club" is one of the worst shows of 2011, but Hef is still the man!
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