- For the movie, see The Girl Next Door.
The Girls Next Door is an eight-part reality television series on E! Entertainment network in late summer 2005. It is the brainchild of executive producer Kevin Burns and Hugh Hefner. The series focused on the lives of Hefner's three girlfriends living with him at the Playboy Mansion: Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson, with Hefner making cameo appearances in each episode. Various Playmates and playmate hopefuls also have cameo appearances.
The series not only showcased events at the Playboy Mansion (e.g. Fight Night, 4th of July celebration), it also shed light in other Playboy related events, such as Playboy Jazz Festival at Hollywood Bowl, Playboy playmate test shoots at Playboy Studio West, Operation Playmate, Party night, birthday parties, etc.
To celebrate the success of the series, Playboy published a special nude pictorial of Holly, Bridget and Kendra in its November 2005 issue. The original 8-episode run was expanded to 15 episodes with the season finale airing in early December 2005.
The tagline of the show is, "You call it fantasy, they call it home."
Season 2 and Beyond
On November 29th, 2005, the thefutoncritic.com, reported that the E! Network ordered an undisclosed number of episodes for a second season.
On January 20th, 2006, Holly Madison confirmed on her official website that E! has indeed ordered a second season, and filming will begin in April.
On January 25th, 2006, Kendra further confirmed a second season, and a DVD release on her MySpace.com Blog. She added that episode topics will include "Traveling to San Diego and other tight places, my Kendra's 21st B-day, and a lot of cool [stuff]" She also added that it won't begin ariing until August. Finally, she confirmed that the DVD of the first season will be coming out soon.
On January 30th, 2006, Bridget further confirmed that the second season will premiere in August.
In the February 2006 issue of Playboy, the girls, acting as guest columnists, provide Valentine's Day tips. They reportedly have a three-page spread.
On April 1, 2006, Holly reported in a Myspace.com Blog that filming would begin the following week.
On April 6th, 2006, Holly reported that Season One will be on DVD August 1st. 1
Episodes
Number Title Airdate
Season 1
- 01: Meet the Girls 8/7/2005
- 02: The New Girls in Town 8/7/2005
- 03: Happy Birthday, Kendra! 8/14/2005
- 04: What Happens in Vegas 8/21/2005
- 05: Fight Night 8/28/2005
- 06: Operation Playmate 9/11/2005
- 07: Just Shoot Me 9/25/2005
- 08: Midsummer Night's Dream 10/2/2005
- 09: Under the Covers 10/23/2005
- 10: Ghostbusted 10/30/2005
- 11: Grape Expectations 11/6/2005
- 12: I'll Take Manhattan 11/13/2005
- 13: My Kind of Town 11/20/2005
- 14: Tennis, Anyone? 11/27/2005
- 15: It's Vegas, Baby 12/4/2005
Season 2
- 16 Season Premiere 8/??/2006
Ratings
Very little is known about the ratings of The Girls Next Door, since cable ratings are rare to find. But it is known that the series premiere, Meet the Girls/My Kind of Town fared very well. 990,000 viewers tuned in, which caused a 0.5 rating/1 share among adults 18-49. While a "1" share may not sound great, it doubled from what E! previously had on in that timeslot.
Fan Base
The Girls Next Door has attracted not only a fanbase from adolescent males, but a large group of 20 to 40-year old women, and even teenagers below the age of 18.
Yahoo Groups
Hundreds of posts a day can be found at all three girls' Yahoo Groups
Of the three groups, Bridget's group "Brie" is the most active, peaking at 1200 posts in November, 2005.
Myspace
Both Kendra and Holly have Myspace's.
External links
- Official Site of all the Girlfriends
- Official Holly Madison Website
- Official Bridget Marquardt Website
- Official Kendra Wilkinson Website
- The Girls Next Door at IMDb
- The Girls Next Door at E!
- The Girls Next Door at Playboy.com WARNING: contains nudity
Also, for links to the girls' Myspaces and Yahoo Groups, see above
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