Playboy TV Sets 'Cougar Club LA' Reality Series
Playboy TV will jump into docu-reality genre with the March 19 debut of Cougar Club LA, network officials said Tuesday.
The series features five mature, single women looking to meet young available men, according to the service. The series,
“Cougar Club follows an amazing group of women who are beautiful, fearless and unapologetically predatory.” Playboy TV Vice President of Programming and Production, Wendy Miller said in a statement. "Women who are older than their male partners have a completely different power dynamic. Cougars take charge and younger guys are more than happy to oblige a woman who’s confident, experienced and goes after exactly what she wants.”
Watch a trailer for the series below:
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