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, Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson (from left to right) on the cover of November 2005 issue of '' Playboy '']] ''The Girls Next Door'' is an eight-part , Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson , with Hefner making Cameo Appearances in each episode. Various Playmate s 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 shit" She also added that it won't begin airing 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
Season 2
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.
Also, for links to the girls' Myspaces and Yahoo Groups, see Above |
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