The Playboy Club - Cancelled

The Playboy Club was the first series this season to get cut after only 3 episodes, soon followed by Free Agents, a sitcom. Both were produced by NBC, a network with constant complaints from fans who say they don't give shows a chance. But the ratings for The Playboy Club were lower than the decolletage of the bunnies, so you can't really blame them.

I truly enjoyed the pilot of this show, and found it has a lot more going for it than most of the other shows which premiered this season. A lot of people who saw the pilot liked it, in fact. Too bad so few people watched in the first place. If you start low, you aren't getting any higher. It takes a lot of buzz and interest for ratings to grow, and if your pilot gives numbers that are likely to get it cancelled, no one new is going to check you out.

I didn't even get around to seeing the second episode yet, and now I doubt I'll both with it or the third, but that decision probably came before the show was cancelled. I didn't watch it when it was on - it was in competition with Castle - and when it came time to choose what I would watch in my spare time, The Playboy Club simply didn't get priority. Who's going to make the effort for something that's not even going to get it's 13-episode order on the air?

What are your feelings on this shows cancellation?