About

From Academy Award-winning Executive Producer Brian Grazer, "The Playboy Club" is a provocative new NBC drama about a time and place that challenged the existing social mores and transformed American culture forever. It's the early 1960s, and at the center of Chicago lies the legendary and seductive Playboy Club, a living, breathing fantasy world filled with $1.50 cocktails, music, glitter and of course, beautiful Bunnies. The key to the club, which offers the ultimate in beauty, is the most sought-after status symbol of its time. But all that glitters isn't gold, and in the back rooms and alleys behind the club, life happens - both good and bad.

Nick Dalton (Eddie Cibrian, "CSI: Miami," "Third Watch") is the ultimate playboy and one of the city's top attorneys, rubbing elbows with everyone in the Windy City's power structure. With mysterious and complicated ties to the mob, he comes to the aid of Maureen (Amber Heard, "Zombieland," "Pineapple Express"), the stunning and innocent new Bunny at the club, who accidentally kills the patriarch of the Bianchi crime family. Dating Nick is Carol-Lynne (Laura Benanti, "Take the Lead," "Eli Stone"), a bombshell of a beauty and an established star at the Playboy Club who's ready to be more than a Bunny. As she seeks an opportunity to elevate her stature even higher at the club, she can't help but notice that something is developing between Nick and Maureen. Adding to the charm of the club is Janie (Jenna Dewan Tatum, "American Virgin," "Step Up"), the foxy and carefree life of the party who is dating Max (Wes Ramsey, "CSI: Miami," "Dracula's Guest"), a sweet and romantic bartender. Brenda (Naturi Naughton, "Lottery Ticket," "Fame"), a stunning beauty with a dry wit, has big aspirations. Bunny Alice (Leah Renee, "True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet") manages to take care of everyone but herself, and while married, is hiding a huge secret from everyone. Pearl (Jenifer Lewis, "Strong Medicine," "What's Love Got To Do With It") is the club's seamstress who's been there since day one and knows more about what it takes to survive than anyone. Running the club and answering only to the top is general manager Billy Morton (David Krumholtz, "Numb3rs," "Superbad"), who also shares a close friendship with Nick. With all of these larger-than-life ambitions, there are even greater secrets. It's a good thing Hef's Playboy Mansion is open after hours for a little R&R - and burying your past.

In addition to Grazer, executive producers include Chad Hodge ("Runaway," "Tru Calling"), Francie Calfo ("Scoundrels"), Jason Burns ("The House Bunny," "The Girls Next Door"), Dick Rosenzweig ("The House Bunny," "The Girls Next Door") and Ian Biederman ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"). Hodge also wrote the pilot, which was directed by Alan Taylor ("Mad Men," "The Sopranos"). The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television and Alta Loma Entertainment.

Credits

  • Starring
  • Eddie Cibrian
  • Amber Heard
  • Laura Benanti
  • Naturi Naughton
  • Leah Renee
  • Jenna Dewan Tatum
  • David Krumholtz
  • Wes Ramsey
  • Jenifer Lewis
  • Executive producers
  • Chad Hodge
  • Brian Grazer
  • Francie Calfo
  • Jason Burns
  • Dick Rosenzweig
  • Ian Biederman
  • Director
  • Alan Taylor (pilot)
  • Co-executive producer
  • Leslie Linka Glatter
  • Karyn Usher
  • Supervising producer
  • Mark Fish
  • Producers
  • Robin Gurney
  • Hannah Shakespeare
  • Co-producer
  • Monica Macer
  • Consulting producers
  • Luke Schelhaas
  • David Schulner
  • Line producer
  • Carol Trussell
  • Pilot writers
  • Chad Hodge and Becky Mode
  • Staff writers
  • Lana Cho
  • Steven Levenson
  • Casting directors
  • Jason LaPadura (pilot)
  • Natalie Hart (pilot)
  • Jennifer Rudnicke (pilot)
  • Mickie Paskal (pilot)
  • Scott Genkinger (series)
  • Production designer
  • Scott Murphy (pilot and series)
  • Director of photography
  • Kramer Morgenthau (pilot)
  • Joe Gallagher (series)
  • Associate producers
  • Dieter Ismagil
  • Mark L. Mitchell
  • Editors
  • Conrad Smart (pilot)
  • Nicholas Erasmus (pilot and series)
  • Elena Maganini (series)
  • Scott Richter (series)
  • Music supervisor
  • Wendy Levy (pilot and series)

Recent Episodes

Air Date: 10/3/11
Ep 102: An Act of Simple Duplicity

Maureen cozies up to the mob; Nick steps up his campaign, and Carol-Lynne breaks in a new Bunny.

Air Date: 9/26/11
Ep 101: The Scarlet Bunny

The Bunnies compete to be Hef's pick as a centerfold; Nick steps up his campaign for State's Attorney.

Air Date: 9/19/11
Ep 100: Pilot

In Chicago in the early 1960s, a young woman seeking adventure as a Bunny in the glamorous world of the Playboy Club quickly finds herself in over her head.