NBC’s biggest primetime gamble just became the first cancelled show of the season: The Playboy Club has been pulled from the network’s schedule. The move is no surprise and, indeed, was expected months before the show premiered. WOW The industry had low expectations for the 1960s set drama, which attempted to replicate a retro Mad Men vibe but for a wide audience and on a network with plenty of content restrictions.
Playboy Club premiered to low ratings and then dropped for each of its three telecasts, with last night hitting only 3.4 million viewers and a 1.2 rating in the adult demo.
NBC will fill the Monday night slot with repeats of new police drama Prime Suspect, which likewise needs some assistance in the Nielsen ratings. There are no plans to run off remaining Playboy Club episodes in another time period.
Wow cancelled already?? Smh
Wow… I really wanted Naturi to WIN. 3LW really fucked her up!
They probably should have put a show like this on a network like HBO or Showtime so that they could really go all the way in with the dialogue and the acting and showcase everything we know to be what playboy is all about.