And we have a winner — or a loser, depending on how you look at it. NBC has announced that they have cancelled The Playboy Club after just three episodes due to low ratings.
The new TV series revolves around patrons and staff of the Playboy Club in Chicago during the 1960s. The cast includes Amber Heard, David Krumholtz, Eddie Cibrian, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Laura Benanti, Leah Renee Cudmore, Naturi Naughton, and Wes Ramsey.
The show debuted on September 19th to a very disappointing 1.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 5.02 million viewers. It was a distant third in the timeslot. The following week, Playboy Club dropped 19%, to a 1.3 and 3.97 million.
Per the fast affiliates, last night’s episode dropped further still to a 1.2 rating and just 3.39 million.
The Playboy Club and NBC have been hit with sharp criticism from the PTC but ultimately it’s the ratings that did this series in. NBC has announced that they are cancelling Playboy Club effective immediately. They’ll fill the timeslot with repeats of Prime Suspect, the peacock network’s under-performing Thursday night drama. On October 31st, NBC will premiere Rock Center with Brian Williams in the Monday night timeslot.
It’s believed that seven episodes of Playboy Club have been produced but it’s unclear if the production team will be allowed to finish the 13 episode order or when/if NBC will release any of them.
UPDATED: You can follow all of the cancelled or renewed NBC shows here.
What do you think? Are you sorry that Playboy Club has been cancelled? Why do you think it failed to attract a bigger audience?
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yes very mad! i watch alot of TV i mean alot! i know good shows from bad ones. this one had alot of potential. I’ve been watching a fair amount of new shows this season so far, most of which has been the usual garbage. I looked forward to my Monday nights for this show. If we’ve ever learned anything from cancelled shows, it’s that ratings dont mean jack. Are you guys unaware that more and more people everyday don’t watch television shows on TV anymore? Just because they dont get watched right of your website or the station, doesn’t… Read more »
I love this show, NBC is crazy, at least let us finish the season
love the show, women were beginning to become empowered, this show seems like it would focus on this. i hope cable picks it up.
My daughter and I are super disappointed NBC canceled Playboy Club! This series would have benefited from not being on Monday nights across from Monday Night Football. Too bad, as it had it all – a 60’s vibe, mafia, murder, scandal, love, homosexuality issues. What can we do to get it back?
I loved this show, maybe it should be picked up by HBO!
It was a great show with all the rightb ingrddients – babes, the mob, politics – really too bad. I hope a cxable netowk picks it up!!
If you want to watch a far better show, watch Mad Men…that’s quality. This was, well, NOT quality. Just a sad rip-off with a loser actor.
savetheplayboyclub.webs.com save the show, go to teh website and sign the petitions and send letters!
i loved this show !!! upset about the cancellation so soon !!!
Stupid show.
VERY Disappointed in NBC for cancelling the show!!!!!!! I really enjoyed it I hope they will allow the writers to finish the series and we’ll be able to watch it online…
I’m going to miss thus show, hope another cable network picks it up, please bring it back…also swingers!!
Love thus show, why cancel hope another cable station pucks it up..or sell the DVDs to the end of the episodes…..sucks left me wanting more, bring it back like, swingers.!!
I hope another network picks it up too! It’s not fair they never had a chance to finish up the season = [ I like this show
VERY DISAPPOINTED in NBC cancelling this show! It wasn’t given a chance…after all…it had such sdtiff competition..not sure what they were thinking. Sure would like to have seen the rest of the episodes.
They probably should’ve played up the mob drama bits in the solicitations and numerous advertisements and named it something other than The Playboy Club. Let it be billed as a 1960s mob drama that just happens to feature a Playboy club; that was closer to the actual show, as I understand it. You’re going to lose most of half of that 18-49 demo (women) immediately if you’re billing it as some mindless show with women in bunny suits. Then you’ll lose a majority of the people who DID tune in when they realize it’s not Cinemax — and not even… Read more »