UPDATED: 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 PTC released a statement saying they were pleased with the cancellation:
“Bringing The Playboy Club to broadcast television was a poor programming decision from the start. We’re pleased that NBC will no longer be airing a program so inherently linked to a pornographic brand that denigrates and sexualizes women … we hope other broadcasters heed the important lessons of this programming debacle.”
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.
The move comes as NBC announced full-season pick-ups for new comedies Whitney and Up All Night, with one comedy’s fate yet to be announced — Free Agents, whose most recent number was below Playboy Club. With Free Agents scheduled to air tomorrow night, NBC likely wants to wait for the new episode to air before revealing any plans about its fate.
OK I HAVE HAD IT! I AM SO SICK AND TIRED TO DEATH OF THESE PARENT GROUPS. EVERYTIME I TURN AROUND HERE GOES ONE OF THESE PARENTS WITH NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT COMPLAIN. LISTEN UP PTC MEMBERS IT'S YOUR DAMN FAULT THAT YOU ALL HAD KIDS AND HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THEM. "THE PLAYBOY CLUB" WAS AN ADULT SHOW THAT CAME ON AT AN ADULT HOUR MONDAY AT 10 PM YOUR BRATS SHOULD BE IN BED ON A SCHOOL NIGHT AT THAT TIME. THE SHOW WAS BASED IN THE 60'S NOT CURRENTLY. IT IS IN FACT PART OF WOMAN HISTORY WEATHER YOU CHOOSE TO GET THAT OR NOT. YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WOMEN MADE A DECISION TO WORK AT THE CLUB AND YES THINGS HAPPENED THERE AS THEY HAPPEN EVERYWHERE. YOU AND YOUR KIDS HAD NO BUSINESS WATCH SUCH A SHOW. THERE ARE SO MANY CHANNELS FOR YOU FAMILY OD'D PEOPLE. YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD BASED ON YOUR ISSUES I.E.HAVING CHILDREN IN WHICH YOUR SINGLE LIFE IS NOW OVER. I DON'T WANT YOUR CHILDREN NEXT TO ME ON PLANES,IN RESTAURANTS,AT THE MOVIES,IN VACATION SPOTS... OH AND STOP TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING KID FRIENDLY I PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO GO ON VACATIONS TO RELAX AND BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO NOT WEAR A CONDOM I HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR SCREAMING BASTARD WHILE I'M TRYING TO RELAX AND YOU LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M THE WRONG PARTY HERE... SO NOW THAT I HAVE TOLD YOU JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU MARCHING IN THE STREET CHANGING MY LIFESTYLE BASED ON YOUR CHOICES... HOW DOES THAT FEEL??? SUCKS DOESN'T IT. STAY IN YOUR LANE AND I'LL STAY IN MINE.. GOT IT THE 9-MIDNIGHT SHIFT ON THE NETWORKS BELONG TO ME THE PERSON WHO LOVES ADULT HUMOR AND A DASH OF CONTROVERSY DO YOU SEE ME TRYING TO SEX UP SESAME STREET OR BLUE'S CLUES? NO...
