The Playboy Club (NBC)
What It's About: Set in 1963, the series follows a group of young women working as bunnies at the Chicago Playboy club. The drama follows Maureen, a recently hired bunny with aspirations to become a stage performer who accidentally kills a customer, prompting the city's most influential lawyer Nick Dalton to come to her aid.
The Good: With Amber Heard, Laura Benanti and Naturi Naughton, the talent in the "bunnies" department certainly does not disappoint. The series looks very slick and artistically shot as well.
The Bad: Eddie Cibrian seems to be trying a little too hard to channel his inner Don Draper, and the show, being on a broadcast network channel, will bound to not be as racy as one would expect a show about Playboy to be.
My Thoughts: The Mad Men comparisons will be inevitable, but this show looks like campy fun that I would enjoy. Drama and scandal is at the forefront of this show, and the girls are quite attractive too. What concerns me is Eddie Cibrian, who is not the best actor, and also how far this show will be willing to push the envelope. Given all the controversy surrounding it pre-airing already, I assume that they will tone down a lot of the Playboy content in this show....which to me, is quite a disappointment.
When It's On: Mondays at 10 P.M.
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