Jenny McCarthy VH1 Show Inspired By Hefner’s ‘Playboy After Dark’

Jenny McCarthy says her new show on VH1 will aim for the vibe of Playboy After Dark, a cheesy syndicated television program hosted by Hugh Hefner in the late 1960s.

Playboy After Dark was simulated party at the Playboy Mansion although it was scripted and shot in a Los Angeles TV studio.

McCarthy’s late-night talk show, which has been in development for years, premieres on the VH1 network on February 8 at 10:30 pm Eastern time.

The Jenny McCarthy Project, she said, will have a throwback party atmosphere just like Hef’s old-school show attempted to portray, according to The Examiner :

“What is missing in late night — to me — is a bit of sexiness. Not that Jay Leno is not sexy, but I l feel like the template that I talked about is Playboy After Dark. What I love that Hugh Hefner did was kind of have this sexy, after hours party but also have really great conversations with his guests. That was really my goal … trying to incorporate that kind of sexiness with having really great conversations with celebrities.”

According to AP , “one segment she plans with celebrity guests is the ‘groundbreaking interview,’ which is talking to guests while both are lying on the ground. McCarthy also plans a game, ‘Drunk, Dumb or Both,’ asking men outside a bar questions like, ‘what color is a red boat?’ ”

As The Inquisitr previously reported, McCarthy — who posed for Playboy magazine in 1993 — said that she “was excited that late-night, especially cable, is going to let me have that free reign. It will be a little bit more tame and not as vile [as her MTV show Singled Out ] but I think that the honesty will still be there, and the fun will still be there.”

Does Jenny McCarthy’s new show sound like “fun” and will you be watching?

Here’s a Playboy After Dark clip with The Byrds as the musical guest: