R.I.P. The Playboy Club
As Brandi Glanville cackles (or should I say "COCKles" so that prude asshole Kyle Richards can clutch her prayer cloth), I'm throwing a black veil over my Tivo box and mourning the loss of a TV show I was actually getting into. This is just like the time when my 15-year-old self and my neighbor were dry humping in the garage and just when things were about to go from PG-13 to NC-17, my mom tried to get in and screaming at me to stop blocking the door with the old sofa and let her in. This is just like that. NBC has busted into the garage and yelled at The Playboy Club to go back home and to stop rubbing on its son's ass cheeks like that. They just had to ruin a good time.
This is what Entertainment Weekly has to say about The Playboy Club getting stuffed into an urn after only 3 episodes:
Playboy Club premiered to low ratings and then dropped for each of its three telecasts, with last night hitting only 3.4 million viewers and a 1.2 rating in the adult demo. Despite having relatively tame content, the show wasn’t helped by conservative group the Parents Television Council vehemently protesting the show. And sharp-eyed Playboy Club viewers got a hint last night something might have been up last night when NBC didn’t air a promo for a fourth episode.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.
NBC has also given full life to Whitney and Up All Night by picking them up for the rest of the season.
Well, the good news is that Eddie Cibrian can stop thinking he's network TV's answer to Don Draper. My butch lesbian friend who has the thickest Spanish accent ever does a better Don Draper impersonation when she's drunk than Eddie does when he's sober. Bitch is more like Don DRABer. And the good news for Eddie is that at least he has LeAnn Rimes' checking account to fall back on.
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Submitted by Evil_Cupcake on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 2:04pm.
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Yeah, that's her name. MITM was a throw back slap stick kinda show, loved it.
The Ken Burns doc is actually pretty good if you like that sort of thing, learning about the nation's history. It's only three parts. You find out things you wouldn't figure on before, like the role women played in it (major figures), how corrupt politics were back then, how middle america was as influential then as they are now, how some major historical figures played a part (the Kennedy's patriarch, Winston Churchill), how America's social issues were interlinked with Prohibition, all sorts of things.
It's fascinating but a little boring in the early parts. Check it out if you can.
Did they cancel "Breaking Bad" or is the series just coming to an end?
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All together now: FUCK MY LIFE. - The One-and-Only Michael K- 6/17/11
No surprised, although the show was decent.
That's why you need cable. A show like "Mad Men" would have never made it on network TV. Maybe A&E should pick up the show as a compliment to "Mad Men" and make it raunchy so people will actually watch.
Next to go off the air is "Charlie's Angels"...
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All together now: FUCK MY LIFE. - The One-and-Only Michael K- 6/17/11
Submitted by snowpiece on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:29pm.
I wanted Terra Nova to be good, I miss Lost so much, but, no, it's really pretty shitty
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Me, too. I love Jason O'Mara, loved Life on Mars (the U.S. version), loved him on The Closer. But I actually fell asleep (and I'm a fucking insomniac) during the first episode. The whole 3 kids thing - wtf? she's a fucking scientist - and then the teens getting into trouble otg. The second ep wasn't as bad, but who the hell writes the shitty dialog?
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"Your ignorance makes me ill and angry. Your savageness...must...end."
Thanks Koopa & Evil - glad there's still another season.
This is why I don't watch network tv. 3 weeks and they pull the plug? Money grubbing assholes. Fuck them. And this is why HBO, Showtime and the like will continue to stomp all over them. I'd rather pay $20 extra a month for quality programming than to be forced to sit through the shit on network tv. If you're lucky you can find one show and it usually gets canceled. Don't even get me started on Fox. Those assholes are the worse.
Can't any network come up with anything better than this anyway? I'm getting very sick of re-makes and period piece 50s-60s-70s social dramas. WE GET IT THEY WERE REPRESSED MOVE ALONG NOW.
Submitted by bambam on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:52pm.
Yeah, Jane Kazmeric (?) was superb in that role.
Is that the Ken Burn's doc on prohibition? I heard that was supposed to be excellent.
annobanano - the last season of Breaking bad will consist of 16 episodes.
Didn't even know this show existed.
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Bugs Bunny 'What's Opera, Doc?"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VMqQ6XnmI (Beginning portion)
Dre,Eminem, Skylar- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA770wpLX-Q&ob=av3e
Submitted by annobanano on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 2:00pm.
@ Evil - Oh crap - had not heard about Breaking Bad. So next weeks season finale is really the end? I might be afraid to watch next week.
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No, next week is season finale but after next season, they are done as AMC pulled the plug, saying it's too expensive.
@ Evil - Oh crap - had not heard about Breaking Bad. So next weeks season finale is really the end? I might be afraid to watch next week.
Submitted by M.E. on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:52pm.
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I know right? Can't help thinking about it when you watch her. Now Wanda Sykes got hers lopped off and she had big ones. Too weird.
Submitted by Whamo on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:46pm.
Submitted by annobanano on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:14pm.
@ Whamo - The Wire ruled - and Omar is on Boardwalk Empire.
All hail THE WIRE!
I think the only show that was better than that was The Sopranos and only just a bit better.
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Everyone here in the UK was so damn late The Wire. Great show. James Ransone who played Ziggy in the second season needs to be on TV more.
I couldn't with Up All Night. They're too caught up in trying to be young and hip and just come off as stupid.
And CA's lack of tittyballs is very distracting. I know she had breast cancer and had both bewbs lobbed off, but she's now got NOTHING there and it distracts me.
last night's episode was like a total rip off of A Bunny's Tale. kirstie alley did it better tho.
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what's in your taco?: a. chicken b. beef c. fish d. QUEEF
HA HA HA HA HA! Can't wait to see what kind of stupid ass, bullshit reason Leanne gives on her twitter...
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She appears to be under the delusion that she is so hot that she can go around sans fards. She needs the fards.-Deb 7/29/11
Submitted by parissucksliterally on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:29pm.
I can't stand that Whitney chick. she is annoying as hell.
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I agree. And she thinks she's a lot funnier than she actually is.
Submitted by Evil_Cupcake on Tue, 10/04/2011 -1:33pm.
AMC, of course has canceled Breaking Bad, another good show that I loved. Bryan Cranston is awesome. I have loved that man for years. I loved him on Malcolm in the Middle. I miss that show. Now to me, that was a funny show.
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Totally agree with you. Why Jane what's her name never won the Emmy for best comedy lead actress is beyond me. The whole cast was great.
The Wire never won anything either, what is wrong with people?
ETA: Thumbs down on Terra Nova. I switched back and forth between that and Ken Burn's Prohibition documentary on PBS. Thank God they immediately repeated the doc, otherwise I felt I wasted an hour.
Submitted by annobanano on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:14pm.
@ Whamo - The Wire ruled - and Omar is on Boardwalk Empire.
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All hail THE WIRE!
I think the only show that was better than that was The Sopranos and only just a bit better.
@ Spice Dong,
TRUTH. I want the whole outfit, just for kicks, but the bag is retro fabulous!
I can't get into any of the new shows. Too bad most network tv blows.
Hahahaha @ Eddie The Leech Cibrian
Submitted by Koopa on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:38pm.
Yeah, and I was certainly expecting more realistic CGI from a Spielberg produced program.
I really wanted to love this show, but I am leaning more towards hate.
Not surprised. This show should have never been on network to begin with. It could have easily tread into a sexier area than it's *obvious* inspiration, Mad Men, cannot because of the station its on..
Now that Comcast outright OWNS NBC, we're not gonna get away from that gawd-awful, shitty Whitney show (and I gave it 2 whole episodes to make me laugh once, and it failed) for a minute. Especially since they're about to roll out Handler's show.
Pam Am to crash 'n' burn (pun intended) in 3...2...
So glad I don't have time to watch TV.
Submitted by Evil_Cupcake on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:30pm.
I am watching it, but last night I really struggled to get through it. I want more dino's and less stupid teen and adult action. If it doesn't improve by the next few episodes, I am walking.
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Same. The CGI ain't all that either.
The Wire. That show was just amazing! I would've thought that Charlies Angels would be axed before the Playboy Club. I haven't watched Up all Night; the premise of the show didn't interest me at all.
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"Crocs: They are to your eyes what second-hand smoke is to your lungs."
GOOD this show sucked dick. Pan Am is ok though.. it's filling my madmen void.
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"Bitch, your pancakes look fine to me."
*swoon* at DWM... such a BITCH! by Jack-n-the-
Submitted by annobanano on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:23pm.
@ snowpiece - he plays Chalky White (I know), a bootlegger that works for Nucky (Steve Buscemi). It's a pretty decent sized part.
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I do like Boardwalk Empire. And ITA, Chalky is an awesome character. I missed last Sunday's show, but HBO airs reruns every night practically.
thanks ano
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"Basically, Murlonio means "from Rob's ass" in Dumfuckanese." MK
"WE ARE THE TRIFECTA OF HATE ENTER THE TRIANGLE." Sucky 6/14/11
Submitted by snowpiece on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:29pm.
I wanted Terra Nova to be good, I miss Lost so much, but, no, it's really pretty shitty
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Agree. I had great hopes for this, but the whole soap opera family/teenage drama crap is ruining an otherwise great premise.
"I paid good money to get eaten out" - Samantha Jones
Dang, I didn't mind the show. Odds are, Gloria Steinem is happy.
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"Crocs: They are to your eyes what second-hand smoke is to your lungs."
AMC, of course has canceled Breaking Bad, another good show that I loved. Bryan Cranston is awesome. I have loved that man for years. I loved him on Malcolm in the Middle. I miss that show. Now to me, that was a funny show.
Terra Nova is Avatar without the blue people.
It sucks.
Snowy - season 1 is out on DVD, and season 2 just started on HBO.
Submitted by Koopa on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:27pm.
Terra Nova is just terrible.
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I am watching it, but last night I really struggled to get through it. I want more dino's and less stupid teen and adult action. If it doesn't improve by the next few episodes, I am walking.
The Cape, Chase, Dark Blue, Human Taget, all cancelled. Last season of Chuck and In Plain Sight.
There goes half of BH's que.
I can't stand that Whitney chick. she is annoying as hell.
Charlie's Angels, please be the next to go.
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Days like this I don't know what to with myself
this nostalgia movement for the early 60s triggered by Mad Men needs to die, because none of these me-too shows has good acting and writing like Mad Men does...I predict the same death for Pan Am...the only good thing about that one are the carry on Pan Am bags...i want one of those.
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"I paid good money to get eaten out" - Samantha Jones
I wanted Terra Nova to be good, I miss Lost so much, but, no, it's really pretty shitty
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"Basically, Murlonio means "from Rob's ass" in Dumfuckanese." MK
"WE ARE THE TRIFECTA OF HATE ENTER THE TRIANGLE." Sucky 6/14/11
Up All Night is awful. Couldn't make it through 15 minutes without being embarrassed because it sucked so bad.
It's probably a little cliche, but I just LOVE the Big Bang Theory. Sheldon Cooper is fucking awesome.
Boardwalk Empire is good too.
"My pug is smarter than your honor student."
Submitted by jerseygirl17 on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:22pm.
Submitted by howdareyou on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:07pm.
Submitted by Evil_Cupcake on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:02pm.
Submitted by SpiceDong on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:00pm.
NBC needs to bring back THE EVENT.
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The absolute worst network for SciFi is ABC. For some reason they decided to stop airing Flashforward in December until the following March. Late March. Like everyone's going to remember the interwoven details which were the whole point of the show. Of course, by then it got lost in the shuffle and canceled after one season.
I think the last current show I watched regularly was Caprica.
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I so agree with the Flashforward comment. It needed to be aired in a steady showing, because it was somewhat complicated to follow, but it was a good show, and I was pissed when they axed it. I also watched Caprica and liked it, and I was one of the few who liked and watched V. I swear, every single show I like, is put out to pasture. Maybe I should start watching shit I hate, and then they will be canceled.
Hawaii-50 is still on, much to my shock, because I like that show.
Terra Nova is just terrible.
anno I'll check out the dvd's are they even out yet?
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"Basically, Murlonio means "from Rob's ass" in Dumfuckanese." MK
"WE ARE THE TRIFECTA OF HATE ENTER THE TRIANGLE." Sucky 6/14/11
Too bad, I was rooting for the show. I know Eddie has some child support payments to make.
...My darling can't you see
My heart sounds just for you my dear...
jerseygirl, I LOVED "Caprica"!! And I don't really care for Sci-fi much at all.
The thing that got me watching was the ads they ran on the NYC buses. Intrigued me, so I watched and got hooked. I was crushed that they didn't continue.
Also loved "Rubicon" which no one else watched.
I couldn't even make it through the third act in the pilot. Terrible show.
Eddie is one of those people whose sex partners are substantially more interesting. Like Paul McCartney or Bill Clinton or Scarlett Johansson.
Submitted by Hekki on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:20pm.
Cuppy, I'm tellin' ya. You have to check out "Louie". But I'll understand if you don't like it.
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Oh, I am totally checking it out Hekki. I will let you know when I do.
I also liked that show they canceled on ABC a few years ago, The Unusuals. Ot was really good, and naturally lasted only one season, because the subtle humor was too much for the average viewer.
Does LeAnne even have that much money? How? she had like 1 hit 15 years ago
@ snowpiece - he plays Chalky White (I know), a bootlegger that works for Nucky (Steve Buscemi). It's a pretty decent sized part.