The Girls Next Door: The Bunny House is a failed[1] backdoor pilot for a potential third spin-off of The Girls Next Door, which aired on August 8, 2010.[2]
| The Girls Next Door: The Bunny House | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | The Girls of the Playboy Mansion: The Bunny House |
| Created by | Kevin Burns |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Original release | |
| Network | E! |
| Release | August 8, 2010 |
| Related | |
Synopsis
editMeet the girls next door to The Girls Next Door, who inhabit the world's most exclusive sorority house. These girls date in similar circles and compete for the same gigs.[3]
Development
editThe planned seventh season of The Girls Next Door was to begin regularly featuring the residents of the Playmate House after Karissa and Kristina Shannon moved in following their break-ups with Hugh Hefner in January 2010.[4][5] However Hefner asked them to move out after being displeased they had boyfriends.[6] With Crystal Harris as the only remaining cast member of The Girls Next Door, it was decided a backdoor pilot[7] that would focus completely on the residents of the Playmate House would be filmed.
While E! passed on the series, production had hopes that the series still had a chance. Jayde Nicole and Claire Sinclair were given roles on the upcoming second season of Holly's World in hopes that audiences would respond to their characters, therefore prompting renewed interest in The Bunny House.[8] Holly's World was cancelled after its second season, alongside fellow The Girls Next Door spin-off Kendra, after the then-new E! president Bonnie Hammer vowed to "get rid of the more Playboy trashy element" from the network,[9] which resulted in The Bunny House never being picked up to series.
Cast
editThe show includes Jaime Edmondson, Hope Dworaczyk, Claire Sinclair, Jayde Nicole, Crystal McCahill, and Crystal Harris.[10][11][12]
Pilot
edit| Series episode |
Season episode |
Title | U.S. viewers (millions) |
Original U.S. airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Girls Next Door: The Bunny House"[3] | 1.467[13] | August 8, 2010[2] | |
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As Claire Sinclair begins her life as a Playboy Playmate, Hope Dworaczyk prepares for the 2010 Playmate of the Year Awards Ceremony. | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Twitter / Hugh Hefner: @JuliannaBastos If either..." Twitter.com. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
- ^ a b "Shows A-Z - girls next door, the on e". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ a b "The Girls Next Door - Playboy Models; Kristina, Karissa, and Crystal". eOnline.com. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ^ Nicole Lyn Pesce (January 13, 2010). "Split! Hugh Hefner's twin girlfriends Kristina and Karissa Shannon move out of the Playboy mansion". Daily News (New York). Retrieved January 16, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Twitter / Hugh Hefner: @1brebug We're shooting an ..." Twitter. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
- ^ "Hefner Orders Twins Out of Playmate House : NewsTime : Entertainment". NewsTime. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ "Twitter / Hugh Hefner: @GNDpastNpresent Yes, if t". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ^ Madison, Holly. Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny.
- ^ "Bonnie Hammer Reveals E! Rebranding Plans; Wants Up to Four New Kardashian Spinoffs". Hollywood Reporter. 7 December 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ "Twitlonger: Everyone Spread word to watch @GNDBunnyHouse Sunday, 10:30pm on E! with my girls @Jayde_Nicole @Crys". TwitLonger.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ^ "Twitlonger: @GNDBunnyHouse Debuts Sunday 10:30pm on E! with the gorgeous @jaimeedmondson @hopedworaczyk @annasop". TwitLonger.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ^ "Twitlonger: And of course more with @CrystalHarris & @cristalcamden hanging with all of the earlier hotties". TwitLonger.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ^ "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Glades,' 'True Blood' Steady, 'Rubicon' Goes Unnoticed & Much More". TVbytheNumbers.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2010.