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- 2011
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2011
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2011
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2011
- TV-14
- NBC
The Playboy Club
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 19, 2011
45
5.4
All Seasons
Top Cast
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.
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.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 User Ratings
5.4
32% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
45% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
24% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 User Ratings
5.4
32% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
45% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
24% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Alta Loma Entertainment
- Imagine Television
- Storyland
- 20th Century Fox Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 19, 2011
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Art Directors Guild
• 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
