Anti-porn groups are calling for the removal of NBC's new series "The Playboy Club" before the premiere has even aired, FOXNews.com reported Wednesday.

Groups believe the show, which is set in 1963 and centers on the lives of the employees at the first Playboy Club in Chicago, promotes pornography and the exploitation of women.

Anti-porn foundation Pink Cross is determined to shut down the show using a petition on the foundation's website.

"What's shown in 'The Playboy Club' is not real -- Playboy definitely damages people. It's pornography, it's sex trafficking and it exploits women," said the founder of Pink Cross, ex-porn actress Shelley Lubben.

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