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Bingle a hit / flop as show divides the press

Some say in showbiz that as long as they're talking about you that's all that really matters.

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Some say in showbiz that as long as they’re talking about you that’s all that really matters.

Today Being Lara Bingle can be happy that it’s generating chatter after its second episode aired last night.

The show was a hit… or a flop…. depending on who you read today.

The Herald Sun has two headlines:

Bingle Crashes in TV Ratings (AAP)

and

Bored With Being Lara Bingle Already by Colin Vickery.

The Sydney Morning Herald meanwhile says

Bingle ‘a hit’ as Viewers Return For Second Glimpse by Michael Idato

plus a column from David Dale headlined Where The Bloody Hell Are You? (we’ve all been waiting to use that one!).

The show pulled 782,000, which will stand as its overnight figure before timeshifted is added. Last week it was 925,000.

The number also indicates a drop from its lead in of MasterChef of 1.03m, but drops are to be expected in second episodes. If it’s lucky the show may “J-curve” -a term used to describe a big start followed by a sudden drop and then slowly rebuilding.

TEN has previously noted it is far more interested in demographics than Total People.

On that front Being Lara Bingle was second in its timeslot in all three demos, which is none too bad for its second outing.

I caught about half of the episode until the earth shook and I got distracted. What I saw didn’t grab me at all. It was lifeless and skipped through story points it had set-up. For me the most interesting content of the show was just an aside in the first episode, that Bingle is famous yet lonely. That’s worth exploring please.

Despite the earth moving for me, it wasn’t because of Lara Bingle, and her show wasn’t enough to lure me back to finish the episode.

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  1. They should rename it “We need to talk about Lara!” Her family especially her Mum and Nana are great. Josh (Ep 2 “I’m not Lara’s bitch”) is a scream and her PA plays exasperated really well. Lara is a cuckoo in the wrong nest. Everyone in that show basically does their best to tolerate her. Lara comes across as spoilt, selfish, transparently manipulative and dim mostly. Everybody else is a hoot! She should live in the Shire and she could be in 2 shows.

  4. If they axe this, it’s not a good look for The Shire…. These dramality shows are very niche programs – even though everyone has heard of them, The Kardashians is only on Channel E!, and The Hills is only on MTV. They are not prime time productions, but are slicker than any cheap knock offs Ten can muster. Ten should leave these shows to Foxtel – they will never succeed in the prime time multichannel market.

  5. As i said in a previous thread – it will flop after another 3 or 4 episodes because it is a rubbish reality program on a network that is renouned for having nothing but flops ……… ytt, yasmines getting married, etc etc etc ……..until 10 starts making quality programs all their reality programs are going to turn over within a matter of weeks or a short couple of months ………

  7. slightly off track, but has there been any more news on Brynne’s show? if mother nature is such a hater of lara that there would be an earthquake during the show, brynnes show is probably going to split the earth in two.

  9. I dont find the show interesting but I find the motives for it interesting. Before seeing the show, I wanted to give Lara the ‘benefit of the doubt’. An ‘average’ girl who was unprepared for the attention that came her way… but from what I have seen of it (about half of both eps), it makes me like her less. She comes across as spoiled, selfish, very immature, with little grasp on reality and how actions impact on others. I work with teenagers a lot and she reminds me a lot of the less mature 15-16 year olds. As such, I dont think this show will do much to help her credibility. Also, while I wanted to believe that the ‘nude photo’ was not a stunt, this show would have little to talk about without it…

  10. I watched the first episode on replay on Monday night and just thought “what’s the point”? I really don’t get it. With the whole ‘moving to Bondi’ thing it feels even more contrived than it probably actually is – it’s supposed to be about her life but straight away she’s pointing out that this isn’t the way she normall spends her time, it’s all for the show. Didn’t bother last night.

  12. Interesting about the lonely comment. I wonder if some of Lara’s real life friends don’t want to be on camera? I remember on some other reality shows that its been mentioned before.

    I am watching this. I don’t exactly warm to Lara. But I like the fashion side of it.

  13. it depends how you look at it. it is probably doing ok ‘by ten’s standards’ which are pretty low at the moment. but in general as a show in that slot on Australian tv there is no way a show in the 700’s is a hit unless it is doing something extraordinary in the demos, which it isn’t.

    as for ‘no bad publicity’ i think a DUI, sex tape, racism scandal etc. would all be great for the show. but as soon as the media reports it as a flop i think that makes it offputting to a lot of viewers.
    if it has one more drop and gets into the low 700’s or 600’s then it is definitely a flop and i dont think it will turn around.

  14. Last time the earth shook for me – I wasn’t watching telly Ha!

    Seriously though, I think The Block and it’s ‘Halo’ effect is also a contributor in the ratings for both MC and Lara. Nine’s offerings ran overtime I believe which would have eaten away at Lara’s average viewership

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