After The Playboy Club was cancelled by NBC, Playboy’s Hugh Hefner wrote, “It should have been on cable, aimed at a more adult audience.” Chad Hodge, the TV series’ creator and executive producer, agrees and hopes that the show will find new life there. Hodge is a Chicago native who previously worked on shows like Tru Calling and created CW’s Runaway.
He recently told Out, “I think NBC gave up too soon… Had NBC stuck with the show I think many more millions would have eventually shown up. Those who found the show realized it wasn’t what they expected — it was good. It was entertaining, sophisticated, and dazzling. It dealt with social mores and moral ethics. And it was an intentional guilty pleasure.”
Hodge is hopeful however that another NBC channel might still rescue Playboy Club. He said, “For weeks now, I’ve been saying we should move over to Bravo. This is a fun, sexy, soapy show, and our core audience is women and gay men. No brainer for them. Bravo has wanted to get into scripted programming for years now. I’d love them to pick up the show. If one million people watched our show on Bravo — a quarter of our NBC audience — it would be a runaway hit.”
The show creator believes that Americans are too conservative about sex, but too liberal when it comes to violence. He noted, “What happened? Remember Basic Instinct? Fatal Attraction? The Red Shoe Diaries? We’ve become such prudes… Sexuality is part of life. I’d be more worried about my kid seeing horrific violence than I would about them seeing network-approved make-out sessions.”
What do you think? Is Bravo a better fit for Playboy Club? Would you watch it there?
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I really hope Bravo picks The Playboy Club up. I think the show is really good. Has some great actors and Actresses attached to it. Especailly Cassidy Freeman, whom was in the latest episode. I wanna know what’s going to happen with this supposed love triangle. lol
I would watch it!! I really like the show, It is extremely Interesting, I would watch Bravo for the first time if they picked it, maybe I would get into a few more of their shows. It has a great concept and I am really interested in what is going to happen next. PLEASE SAVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!
Liked the show very much! I Certainly have seen more explicit shows in sexual content and brutality earlier than the 10pm slot on regular TV! Good thing The American Horror Show aried on cable!!!!
I will follow the Playboy Club.
Yes I love this show. It is on at 10pm, which is a perfectly acceptable time for adult programming on any channel. No child under 17 should be up watching tv past then! BRAVO PLEASE pick it up!
THE PLAYBOY CLUB program is awesome. It had a story line and could have taken us in a million different ways. It WASN”T a cop series, it WASN’T a reality show, it is a program that will entertain us for an hour a week. We have family members from 15 yrs. old to 95 yrs. old watching the program. I really believed in NBC and thought they would be able to see that THE PLAYBOY CLUB is a winner and NBC should have been able to stand up and fought for THE PLAYBOY CLUB. There isn’t any raw nudity, or… Read more »
YES! Bravo save Play Boy I’m hooked completely and I can’t get enough of it. It’s sexy , mysterious, thrilling and mysterious, It keeps you guessing and coming back for more. It’s filmed classy which is rare…it screams quality.
TOTALLY! Put it on Bravo, We Will Watch! Until then, I will miss the beautiful sets, costumes… we definitely need this back on the air, somewhere. 🙂
Love the Playboy show. Will follow it wherever it goes. Please keep us informed where it goes. Shame on NBC. They had a lot of STUfF they should have gotten rid of instead.
I love the show and will watch it no matter what channel it goes too
I love the show and hope it goes to another channel and I will watch it. NBC does not have any shows that I watch now and that was the only one.
I would absolutely watch it on any network! Im sick of getting so invested in a show and they cancel it so fast. Will definitely miss this one if it doesn’t come back.
a bad show is a bad show is a bad show…..i doubt bravo could afford for this expensive over budget horrible show…. a dead dog doesnt need to keep getting beat
Yes I would def tune in every week! I love the concept of TPBC, it isnt just sex, it was about the different lives of the bunnies. Personally I think they need to sit and watch the shows again then judge it.
I would purchase the box set of the Playboy Club if it were available so Of COURSE I would watch it on Cable! Anything to get it away from the Mormons!
YES, I WILL! I’m totally agree with the article and what Chad Hodge is saying in it!
I really, really, really hope that Playboy Club will find his own place.