If you are a fan of Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, The Watcher and The Act, you will not want to miss Welcome to Chippendales on Hulu.
The series follows the founding of Chippendales, an all-male striptease dance troupe by Steve Banerjee, an Indian immigrant to the U.S. who had the goal of achieving the American Dream.
With the help of Emmy-winning producer and famed choreographer Nick De Noia, Chippendales reached incredible levels of success as women flocked to see the men dressed in nothing but their underwear and a white collar and cuff set.
However, there was a much darker side, culminating in the arrest of Banerjee on murder-to-hire, arson and racketeering charges in 1994.
Newsweek has everything you need to know about Welcome to Chippendales so you do not miss a second of the jaw-dropping series.
How Many Episodes Are In Welcome to Chippendales?
There are eight episodes of Welcome to Chippendales on Hulu.
Audiences have already reached the halfway point in the series, which unfortunately means the finale is rapidly approaching.
The highly anticipated finale is set to air on Tuesday, January 3, bringing an end to the gripping series. However, the good news is, if you fancy re-watching the show or are a little behind, all eight episodes will be available to stream and download at your leisure via Hulu.
Newsweek has the episode release dates below:
- Episode 1: Tuesday, November 22
- Episode 2: Tuesday, November 22
- Episode 3: Tuesday, November 29
- Episode 4: Tuesday, December 6
- Episode 5: Tuesday, December 13
- Episode 6: Tuesday, December 20
- Episode 7: Tuesday, December 27
- Episode 8: Tuesday, January 3
To watch Welcome to Chippendales, you must be a Hulu customer. You can subscribe to Hulu now for $7.99.
Disney+ customers in the U.K. will be able to watch all episodes of Welcome to Chippendales on the streaming platform from Wednesday, January 11.
Who Stars in Welcome to Chippendales?
Actor, comedian and screenwriter Kumail Nanjiani portrays Steve Banerjee, the founder of Chippendales, the first all-male striptease dance troupe.
Nanjiani is best known for his role as Dinesh in Silicon Valley and for co-writing and starring in the Oscar-nominated film, The Big Sick.
Audiences may also recognize him from his role as Kingo in Eternals, Haja in Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Vik in The Boys.
Nanjiani told Newsweek about taking on the role of Steve and his character's ultimate downfall.
He shared: "As he gets successful, he doesn't feel any differently about himself. He just thinks it's going to be more successful and he needs more success. He just starts to control things and he starts off emotionally immature, but in a way that's sort of, perhaps, charming, which is a strong word, but in a way that has some positive aspects to it, and he ends up still emotionally immature."
Tony-award-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford portrays Irene, Steve's wife in Welcome to Chippendales.
Ashford is best known for her role as Betty in Masters of Sex and Paula Jones in Impeachment: American Crime Story. Her other credits include Unbelievable, Bad Education and B Positive.
Murray Bartlett plays Nick De Noia, an Emmy-winning choreographer who helped Banerjee transform Chippendales into a household name.
Audiences will most likely recognize Bartlett for his role as Armond in The White Lotus, Dom in Looking and Mouse in Tales of the City. He will star in the upcoming HBO series, The Last of Us.
Juliette Lewis plays Denise in Welcome to Chippendales, a huge fan of the striptease show who works her way up to become a costume designer and De Noia's right-hand woman.
Lewis is best known for her roles in Cape Fear, Husband and Wives and Natural Born Killers.
Most recently she appeared in The Act as Stephanie Godejohn and in Yellowjackets as Natalie.
Also starring in Welcome to Chippendales is Downtown Abbey's Dan Stevens as Paul Snider and model and actress Nicola Peltz as Dorothy Stratten.
Episodes of Welcome to Chippendales air every Tuesday on Hulu.
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