The Playboy Club
NBC | Release Date: September 19, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
13
Negative:
8

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
The New YorkerNancy FranklinSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: I said that The Playboy Club might be promising. Guess what? I lied. Read full review
30
SalonMatt Zoller SeitzSep 20, 2011
Season 1 Review: They want to be both fun and edifying and end up being neither, and style-wise, they feel too much like Wikipedia entries with actors. The series might have managed to overcome these problems (partly, at least) if it had a a strong point-of-view, however conflicted, toward what it's showing us. But it doesn't. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraSep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: The Playboy Club is nothing but a tarted-up mob drama; the bunnies may be used as the marketing and milieu but the main narrative is about the men, and no one seems aware of the irony. Read full review
30
PopMattersRenee Scolaro MoraSep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: While options during the era were surely limited, the show's broad strokes don't do justice to the choices women were making, or their self-awareness while making them. Read full review
25
People WeeklyTom GliattoSep 16, 2011
Season 1 Review: Playboy Club makes the mistake of aping Mad Men's Stern social seriousness. [26 Sep 2011, p.54]
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 16, 2011
Season 1 Review: Unless the writing of the show improves exponentially, it may not be around long enough for us to remember the characters' first names, much less learn their last. Read full review
10
SlateTroy PattersonSep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: For viewers looking for a solid hour long drama, it is one more thing not to watch. Read full review
0
TimeJames PoniewozikSep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: What was one of the worst drama pilots of the fall is now one of the worst for slightly, superficially different reasons. Read full review
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