NBC’s PlayBoy Club Cancelled

After just 3 aired episodes, NBC has decided to cancel the brand new drama, “The Playboy Club.” The series will be replaced by Brain Williams’ news magazine show called “Rock Center.”

Poor Ratings

The series debuted to a very poor showing on Sept. 20, reeling in just 5 million viewers and a 1.6 rating. By the third and final episode of the season, viewership had fallen even further to just 3.2 million viewers and a 1.2 rating.

Now, three straight weeks of poor ratings and viewership numbers doesn’t always get a show axed….unless it already came with the controversy surrounding “The Playboy Club.”

Angry Parents

From the get-go, it seemed as if the adult-catered series was doomed. After it was announced that it would be released as part of NBC’s fall lineup, the Parents Television Council asked for a boycott of the series, calling it “degrading and sexualizing,” as they targeted and tried to get the show’s sponsors to pull out of their agreements before it actually aired.

But it wasn’t only parents who were angry. Even former Playboy Bunnies themselves found the new drama series to be unsettling. All-in-all, it was reported that seven advertisers pulled out of the series by its second episode.

NBC’s Salt Lake City affiliate even went as far as cancelling the show altogether in the state and its surrounding areas.

Producer Strikes Back

Chad Hodge, the producer of the show, recently expressed the fact that he wishes his show was given a better chance to succeed.

In an interview, Hodge was quoted saying, “I think there’s a perception of the show that’s false. There of different brands of feminism. This is a fun, sexy soap.”

My opinion

After reading that “The PlayBoy Club” was cancelled, I was glad to see that somebody in America took a stand for morality. In a day and age where almost anything goes in terms of entertainment, it was somewhat surprising that “The PlayBoy Club” was ridiculed and stepped upon so intensely.

I’m glad to see it. Perhaps this will demotivate producers, directors, and network stations from deciding to put this kind of trash on the airwaves in the future.

BTW…its kind of neat to see how one organization can bring down an entire T.V. series with one fell swoop, isn’t it?