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'''The Girls Next Door''' (known as '''The Girls of the Playboy Mansion''' in Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, 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."
| Contents |
| Episodes |
| Season 1 |
| Season 2 |
| Season 3 |
| Future |
| DVD releases |
| Ratings |
| Cameo appearances |
| References |
| External links |
Episodes
★ 'Season 1' E! 9:00 P.M.; Sundays
★ 'Season 2' E! 10:00 P.M.
★ 'Season 3' E! 10:00 P.M.; Sundays
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 |
| 11 | 'Training Dazed' | ''8/12/2007'' | |
| 12 | 'Dangerous Curves' | ''8/19/2007'' | |
| 13 | 'Surely, You Joust' | ''8/26/2007'' | |
| 14 | 'Guess Who's Coming to Luncheon?' | ''9/2/2007'' |
★ 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
★ 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'' was released on DVD on May 15, 2007[3]
Ratings
| Number | Episode Title | Airdate | Rating/Share (Adults 18-49) | Viewers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 'Meet the Girls' | 8/07/2005 | 0.5/1 | 990,000 | Roughly double the average number that E! pulls in that timeslot |
| 16 | 'Here's Looking at You, Hef' | ''7/30/2006'' | N/A | 1.6 Million | 3-year high for an E! series |
| 32 | 'Snow Place Like Home' | ''3/04/2007'' | 1.8/5 | 2.17 million | Second-highest season premiere in E!'s 16-year history |
Cameo appearances
Since the show began, the three women have made cameo appearances in a variety of other films and television programs. They appeared in ''Scary Movie 4'', lent their voices to an episode of ''Robot Chicken'', and guest starred in an episode of the daytime drama ''General Hospital'' on August 29, 2007, as part of a Walter Mitty-like fantasy sequence by the character Damien Spinelli. The women have also appeared in a music video for the group Nickelback, in their song "Rockstar".
There have also been cameo appearances by many stars on the "The Girls Next Door". Many stars of different genres have been seen, and every Playmate of the Year since 2004 has appeared on the show: Carmella DeCesare (2004), Tiffany Fallon (2005), Kara Monaco (2006), and Sara Jean Underwood (2007).
References
1. tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=5855 Release info on 1st season
2. tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=6447 Release info on 2nd season
3. ''Girls-Next-Door-Workout Video''
External links
★ ''The Girls Next Door'' at E!
★ ''The Girls Next Door'' at Playboy.com (''Note: Contains nudity'')
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