The Playboy Club
| The Playboy Club | |
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Promotional image from NBC
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| Also known as | 'Bunny Tales Playboy' |
| Genre |
Historical fiction Crime drama |
| Created by | Chad Hodge |
| Starring |
Eddie Cibrian Laura Benanti Amber Heard Naturi Naughton Leah Renee Cudmore Jenna Dewan Wes Ramsey David Krumholtz Sean Maher |
| Opening theme | "Walk Like a Man" |
| Composer(s) | Terry Dexter |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 (4 unaired)(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Chad Hodge Brian Grazer Francie Calfo |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
20th Century Fox Television Imagine Television Storyland Entertainment Alta Loma Entertainment |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 19 – October 3, 2011 |
The Playboy Club is an American historical crime drama television series that ran on NBC from September 19 to October 3, 2011. Set in 1961, the series centers on the employees (known as Bunnies) of the original Playboy Club operating in Chicago.
The Playboy Club was canceled on October 4, 2011, after three episodes aired, due to its low ratings. It was the first cancellation of the 2011–12 television season. NBC continued to film the series until October 10, 2011, hoping to sell the series to another network. Both Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner and show creator Chad Hodge have expressed hope that the series will be picked up by Bravo.
When production wrapped on October 10, 2011, Hodge and Laura Benanti both confirmed that they had finished seven episodes, including the pilot. Benanti further stated that the seventh episode has two endings, one of which is more final to the series.
20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television were the production companies for the show that eventually became The Playboy Club. They had previously attempted to produce the concept during the 2010–11 television season but the project never came to fruition. After that initial attempt, the companies approached screenwriter Chad Hodge, who became the show's creator and an executive producer. Imagine co-founder Brian Grazer and president Francie Calfo also served as executive producers, as did Richard Rosenzweig, a longtime executive and consultant with Playboy Enterprises.Alta Loma Entertainment, Playboy's entertainment production arm, received copies of all the story outlines and scripts for review but, according to Hodge, took a very hands-off approach and did not get heavily involved in the creative process. Likewise, Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner reviewed each of the scripts personally, but did not provide much direct input or request major changes. The original title of the series was Bunny Tales, then Playboy, before the final title The Playboy Club was chosen. The show's pilot script was the first new drama series ordered by NBC for the 2011–12 television season.
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