Essay: "The Playboy Club" is Off the Air
Long before it aired, the new fall tv show "The Playboy Club" on the NBC network was a controversial show. Not surprisingly, the conservative pressure group "The Parents Television Council" condemned it. Feminists naturally condemned it, and even former Playboy Bunny turned feminist Gloria Steinem condemned it. Perhaps largely as a result of this controversy, low ratings, and a lousy Monday night timeslot (when many of its intended audience are likely watching Monday Night Football), the "Playboy Club" was pulled from the airwaves after a mere three episodes. I watched all three episodes and I rather enjoyed the show. In about the first ten minutes of the pilot episode a drop dead gorgeous Bunny, Maureen, played by Amber Heard, is manhandled and attacked by a prominent Chicago gangster who has a membership key. Before he can rape her, Maureen unintentionally kills the thug with her stiletto heels. Once again, the highly flawed Nielson ratings causes a potentially good show to meet its demise before its time.
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