American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017–…) - episodes with scripts
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story is a docuseries combining archival footage, interviews and cinematic reenactments to tell the story of Playboy magazine's charismatic founder Hugh Hefner and his impact on global culture and history. American Playboy begins in post-war America and takes us through the launch of Playboy magazine in 1953 and the next six decades of Hefner's life and career. As he built his empire, Hefner became both a social justice advocate and a target of the conservative movement, battling with the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover while becoming an outspoken defender of civil rights.
Season 1
- 1. Before the Bunny: Marilyn Monroe
- 2. Birth of the Centerfold: The Girl Next Door
- 3. Becoming Mr. Playboy
- 4. Members Only: The Playboy Club
- 5. The Playboy Interview
- 6. Rebel with a Cause: Civil Liberties and Government Crackdowns
- 7. Below the Belt: Playboy and the Public Wars
- 8. Sex, Drugs and DEA Investigations
- 9. Down the Rabbit Hole: The Dorothy Stratten Murder
- 10. My Way