The Playboy Club

[Sawyer]

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I like the look of this. I wish network TV would do more period pieces.

 

[Paroxysm]

Of all the "adult dramas" to take to network television, this seems like one of the worst choices. The material makes it easy to lean on weak, sexed-up plots, while the restrictions prevent them from actually showing people who just watch HBO for the **** what they want to see. I can't imagine it working.

I'm a lot more excited about Pan Am.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Looks pretty slick and the period setting is cool. Isn't the lead the guy who used to drive the ambulance in Third Watch?

 

[Shifty]

Of all the "adult dramas" to take to network television, this seems like one of the worst choices. The material makes it easy to lean on weak, sexed-up plots, while the restrictions prevent them from actually showing people who just watch HBO for the **** what they want to see. I can't imagine it working.

I'm a lot more excited about Pan Am.

There are nudity clauses that may be used for DVD releases and international broadcasts.

Anyways this seemed better suited for the old NBC Thursday night 10pm slot instead of Mondays. Lot of history to use and it looks like it will be weaving in real life people (Tina Turner, Hugh Hefner) which can make things interesting.

Alan Taylor directed Mad Men and The Sopranos pilots, along with other shows like Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones so it should look great.

 

[DACrowe]

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I like the look of this. I wish network TV would do more period pieces.

Oh yeah, I'm sure it's the period that makes you want to watch this show.

Honestly, given what this show is marketing, it not being on HBO or Showtime seems like it's going to hurt the show's longterm viability. Mad Men was built around more than Christina Hendricks's figure. This show rests on Amber Heard, though not her shoulders, which is all they will show.

 

[antsman41]

Nick Dalton trying his best to be Don Draper...

This show is just going to be a nuetered HBO/Showtime show, which is sad. It would have been great on one of those two networks.

 

[The Question]

I find it funny that everyone assumes that the show hinges solely on fanservice and thus not actually being able to see naked women will ruin it. The trailer certainly indicates that it's about sexuality, but that doesn't mean you have to see nudity for it to be good.

 

[dark_b]

why not make a normal teaser?

why did they have to tell us that she killed him ?

 

[PyroChamber]

I saw the filming of this show a couple of months ago.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Nick Dalton trying his best to be Don Draper...

This show is just going to be a nuetered HBO/Showtime show, which is sad. It would have been great on one of those two networks.

No it doesn't. That's like saying American Dreams needed to be on cable so people can say the n-word and beat black people.


This dude isn't fit to smell the dirty underwear that holds Draper's wang.


There's potential. Whoever cast Eddie Ciberian needs to be fired though. Hopefully the writing a lot better than the teaser indicates.

 

[DACrowe]

I find it funny that everyone assumes that the show hinges solely on fanservice and thus not actually being able to see naked women will ruin it. The trailer certainly indicates that it's about sexuality, but that doesn't mean you have to see nudity for it to be good.

Because this show is not really about the idea of sexuality or a specific time period. A show like Mad Men was broadly exploring that era and both why some (white businessmen) are nostalgic for it and why the era was full of hypocrisy in itself. A show like Rome was broadly tackling a specific point in ancient history from the top to the bottom.

This show is sold, marketed and named after Playboy. Playboy is synonymous with sex and nudity. The show is about providing a certain type of historical (and misogynistic) fantasy to male viewers. The claim that it is exploring gender roles in the early '60s (like Mad Men) is like those saying Playboy is about the articles. The thing though is this literal Playboy show can never deliver what the name and premise promises on network TV.

That is why it will fail in my estimation.

 

[The Question]

Because this show is not really about the idea of sexuality or a specific time period. A show like Mad Men was broadly exploring that era and both why some (white businessmen) are nostalgic for it and why the era was full of hypocrisy in itself. A show like Rome was broadly tackling a specific point in ancient history from the top to the bottom.

This show is sold, marketed and named after Playboy. Playboy is synonymous with sex and nudity. The show is about providing a certain type of historical (and misogynistic) fantasy to male viewers. The claim that it is exploring gender roles in the early '60s (like Mad Men) is like those saying Playboy is about the articles. The thing though is this literal Playboy show can never deliver what the name and premise promises on network TV.

That is why it will fail in my estimation.

How do you know that? You have never actually seen the show. It's not out yet. You are making an assumption based on thw show's name that is not otherwise supported.

 

[Paroxysm]

why not make a normal teaser?

why did they have to tell us that she killed him ?

and she did it with a high heel shoe.

 

[Sawyer]

It can happen.

 

[DACrowe]

How do you know that? You have never actually seen the show. It's not out yet. You are making an assumption based on thw show's name that is not otherwise supported.

The show's called The Playboy Club and is marketed around girls in skimpy outfits who are supposed to be subservient to men. The show is being sold as "sex" for male audiences. The '60s period drama is the "articles" excuse. If it can't deliver on that the way shows that cover broader, more ambitious subjects on HBO (like Boardwalk Empire or Game of Thrones)....I don't see how it can succeed.

You're arguing it might be a good show. I don't know. But a show marketed on the "Playboy" name and "sex" will not survive on NBC given the current TV market. Pan Am has a better chance of becoming a hit, in my opinion.

 

[The Question]

The show's called The Playboy Club and is marketed around girls in skimpy outfits who are supposed to be subservient to men. The show is being sold as "sex" for male audiences. The '60s period drama is the "articles" excuse. If it can't deliver on that the way shows that cover broader, more ambitious subjects on HBO (like Boardwalk Empire or Game of Thrones)....I don't see how it can succeed.

You're arguing it might be a good show. I don't know. But a show marketed on the "Playboy" name and "sex" will not survive on NBC given the current TV market. Pan Am has a better chance of becoming a hit, in my opinion.

But you're making a very huge assumption based on very little evidence. It's a show called The Playboy Club because it takes place in The Playboy Cub. It features scantly clad women because the real Playboy Clubs do. That's pretty much all we know about the plot, other than the fact that there's a storyline involving covering up an accidental homicide. I'm not saying it won't be stupid exploitation, I'm saying it's too early to tell for sure.

 

[Dark Raven]

So anyone watching this? It's meant to debut tomorrow.

 

[Sawyer]

It's up against Hawaii Five-0, so I probably wont watch it as it airs, but I'll give it a look on demand.

 

[Dark Raven]

It's up against Hawaii Five-0, so I probably wont watch it as it airs, but I'll give it a look on demand.

Well, I never watch anything when it airs, as I'm usually busy at the time. I always watch everything recorded. I never like to sit through commercials anyway. It's always best to fast forward through them.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Looks pretty slick and the period setting is cool. Isn't the lead the guy who used to drive the ambulance in Third Watch?

Yes, Eddie Cibrian who cheated on his first wife with Leann Rimes, who is now his current wife.

 

[Prison Mike]

Yes, Eddie Cibrian who cheated on his first wife with Leann Rimes, who is now his current wife.

that's all he's known for...lol

 

[SPIDER-MAN-ROX]

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I like the look of this. I wish network TV would do more period pieces.

Check out Pan Am about female flight attendants, that starts on Sunday September 25th, on ABC. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1826805/

 

[Dark Raven]

that's all he's known for...lol

Well he was in one season of CSI: Miami, but was written out (his character died) when Adam Rodriguez decided to come back full time to the series as a cast member. He was also in Sunset Beach.

And the other guy, David Krumholz, is known for his role as Charlie Epps in Numbers. That's quite a change from a maths genius to a night club owner. His series was more successful than Eddie Cibrian's.

But who is watching the series for those two really? It's the 60s setting and the girls - well, Amber Heard. I don't really know the other actresses.

 

[Raiden]

I'm only remotely interested in this series because of Amanda Heard, but why put it on NBC? With HBO, Showtime, Starz, and Cinemax all doing adult-orientated shows with actual nudity, why have the Playboy Club on one of the major networks which is strict about censorship? This seems like a dumb move.

 

[Dark Raven]

I'm only remotely interested in this series because of Amanda Heard, but why put it on NBC? With HBO, Showtime, Starz, and Cinemax all doing adult-orientated shows with actual nudity, why have the Playboy Club on one of the major networks which is strict about censorship? This seems like a dumb move.

Maybe NBC commissioned it? Or maybe they commissioned a series set in the 60s, and the writers came up with The Playboy Club as their best idea? Of course, if that's the case, they could've greenlit a series with a different theme set in the 60s. After all, there is Pan Am on ABC.

I'm only really mostly interested in this for Amber Heard and the 60s setting, but the latter could get old since we already have Mad Men and Pan Am, so there might not be anything to set the Playboy Club apart (except for the nudity, which will be censored anyway).

I'm not sure I'd keep watching this show anyway. I'll check out a few episodes, but it could get very soapish and boring.