Name: American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story Season 1
Genre: Biography, Documentary, Drama
Released: 2017

S01 Episode 1

Before the Bunny: Marilyn Monroe

A surprising turn of events leads to Marilyn Monroe becoming Playboy's first pin-up.

40 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 2

Birth of the Centerfold: The Girl Next Door

Playboy's formula for success - a focus on the `girl next door' - is born after Hugh Hefner persuades his subscription manager to pose for the magazine's first centrefold.

42 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 3

Becoming Mr. Playboy

During the 1950s, Hugh Hefner uses the national success of Playboy as an opportunity to speak out about social issues - while enjoying the perks attendant upon being Mr Playboy.

42 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 4

Members Only: The Playboy Club

In Chicago, Hugh Hefner opens the Playboy Club - and creates the perfect nightlife hostess in the bunny - in order to make the Playboy bachelor lifestyle available to the public.

41 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 5

The Playboy Interview (I Read the Magazine for the Articles)

Hugh Hefner gives birth to the Playboy Interview, a platform upon which pressing social issues can be discussed. Controversy follows the publication of an interview with Malcolm X.

41 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 6

Rebel With a Cause: Civil Liberties and Government Crackdowns

Hugh Hefner works around the clock after becoming addicted to an amphetamine drug. He uses Playboy in his fight for civil rights and publishes the final written words of Martin Luther King, Jr.

40 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 7

Below the Belt: Playboy and the Public Wars

War erupts between Playboy and Penthouse. Hugh Hefner finds love in Hollywood.

41 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 8

Sex, Drugs and DEA Investigations

Bobbie Arnstein, secretary of and close friend to Hugh Hefner, is caught up in a conspiracy to destroy the Playboy empire. Her loyalty to Hefner turns out to be deadly.

38 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 9

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Dorothy Stratten Murder

Hugh Hefner retreats to his Los Angeles mansion permanently following the death of Bobbie Arnstein. Tragedy strikes again when Playmate Dorothy Stratten is murdered by her estranged husband.

43 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

S01 Episode 10

My Way

Playboy approaches bankruptcy. In order to secure his brand's future, Hugh Hefner sacrifices his friends and seeks the help of his family.

46 mins · Fri, 7 Apr 2017

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