The Girls Next Door
The Girls Next Door (known as The Girls of the Playboy Mansion in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, New Zealand, Italy, the United Kingdom,South Africa,Germany and Sweden), is a reality television series that premiered in August 2005 on E! (Entertainment Television).
The series was created by executive producer Kevin Burns and Hugh Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. The series focuses on the lives of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends who live with him at the Playboy Mansion: Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson. Hefner and various other Playmates make guest appearances.
The series not only showcased events at the Playboy Mansion (e.g. Fight Night, 4th of July celebration,etc.) but also shed light on other Playboy related events such as the Playboy Jazz Festival at Hollywood Bowl, playmate test shoots at Playboy Studio West, Operation Playmate, pillow fights, party night, birthday parties, etc.
To celebrate the success of the series, Playboy published a special nude pictorial of Holly, Bridget, and Kendra in the November 2005 issue. The original eight-episode run of the series was expanded to fifteen episodes with the first season finale airing in early December 2005. The series' second season began on July 30, 2006. To celebrate the launch of the second season, a second nude pictorial of the trio was published in September 2006. The third season of the show began airing March 4, 2007. The tagline of the show is "We call it a fantasy. They call it home."
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
| Number | Episode Title | Airdate | Notable Guest Stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Here's Looking at You, Hef | 7/30/2006 | Jonathan Baker |
| 02 | Career Dazed | 8/6/2006 | |
| 03 | 80 Is The New 40 | 8/6/2006 | Paris Hilton, Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump |
| 04 | Mutiny on the Booty | 8/13/2006 | |
| 05 | San Diego or Bust | 8/20/2006 | |
| 06 | Heavy Petting | 9/03/2006 | |
| 07 | Sleepwear Optional | 9/10/2006 | |
| 08 | I See London, I See France | 9/17/2006 | |
| 09 | When in Rome | 9/24/2006 | |
| 10 | Baby Talk | 10/1/2006 | Jonathan Baker |
| 11 | The 21 Club | 10/8/2006 | |
| 12 | Girls Will Be Ghouls | 10/15/2006 | |
| 13 | The Age of Aquarium | 10/29/2006 | |
| 14 | Rabbit Season | 11/05/2006 | |
| 15 | We Can Work It Out | 11/12/2006 | Hector Echavarria |
| 16 | Playboys After Dark | 11/19/2006 |
Season 3
| Number | Episode Title | Airdate | Notable Guest Stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Snow Place Like Home | 3/04/2007 | Jonathan Baker |
| 02 | Let Them Eat Birthday Cake | 3/11/2007 | Sara Jean Underwood, Monica Leigh, Tiffany Fallon, Cristal Camden |
| 03 | May The Horse Be With You | 3/18/2007 | |
| 04 | My Bare Lady | 4/1/2007 | |
| 05 | Calendar Girls | 4/8/2007 | |
| 06 | Snowboarded | 4/15/2007 | Shaun White, Jonathan Baker |
| 07 | Hearts Afire | 4/22/2007 | |
| 08 | P.M.O. Why Not? | 5/6/2007 | Sara Jean Underwood |
| 09 | Family Affairs | 5/13/2007 | |
| 10 | Home, Sweet Suite | 5/20/2007 | |
| Special | Bedtime Stories: The Best of the Girls Next Door | 5/28/2007 | Special Hour-long clip show |
- Note: Season Two Premiere was a special one-hour version of episodes #201 and #202 entitled, "Happy Birthday, Hef".
- Note: Episodes #212 and #301 were originally aired commercial-free.
Future
- There are still four episodes left in Season 3. (Scheduled to air in August, 2007)
- E! has picked up a 12-episode 4th season, which will premiere in December, 2007.
DVD releases
- The first season was released on DVD on August 1, 2006[1]
- The second season was released on DVD on May 1, 2007[2]
- The third season DVD release date is TBD
- The Girls Next Door Workout DVD was released on May 15, 2007[3]
Ratings
The series premiere, Meet the Girls, fared very well. 990,000 viewers tuned in with a 0.5 rating/1 share among adults ages 18 to 49, roughly double the average number that E! pulls in that timeslot. [citation needed]
The first episode of Season 2 pulled in 1.6 million viewers, a 3-year high for an E! series. [citation needed]
The Third Season premiere, Snow Place Like Home, delivered the second highest-ratings for a season premiere in E!'s 16-year history. "Girls" averaged a 1.8 rating/5 share in adults 18-34 and attracted a total of 2.17 million viewers overall. [citation needed]
Trivia
 | This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (July 2007) |
- The three women made a cameo appearance in Scary Movie 4.
- Holly, Bridget, and Kendra were a voice on the animated television series Robot Chicken.
- Every Playmate of the Year since 2004 has appeared on the show: Carmella DeCesare (2004), Tiffany Fallon (2005), Kara Monaco (2006), Sara Jean Underwood (2007).
References
- ^ "tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=5855 Release info on 1st season". Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=6447 Release info on 2nd season". Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "Girls-Next-Door-Workout Video". Retrieved 2007-05-22.
External links
- The Girls Next Door at E!
- The Girls Next Door at Playboy.com (Note: Contains nudity)
- The Girls Next Door at IMDb