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[MillerT1]

Block needed to go against AGT again and Big Brother and Celeb Apprentice weren't ready.

[Mark]

dead on arrival - under 900,000.

[Hear It First]

dead on arrival - under 900,000.

That would be a concern for Nine. A major concern. Personally the show did nothing for me so not surprised.

[Chris]

I was looking forward to this show as the promotions actually made me feel like this was a must watch show. Boy was I wrong. It was just plain boring, stretched out and nothing new. And with no eliminations for 5 weeks and the show to be on 5 nights a week, I can only imagine that this is just going to be one big borefest. The cheesyness of the contestants walking through the desert and finding items from home that made them cry. Give me a break!

This show actually has potential to be quite good if it's a one hour once a week offering, with an elimination at the end of each episode. But as usualy Channel 9 are ruining everything by putting it on 5 nights a week for over an hour some nights.

[Mr. J]

dead on arrival - under 900,000.

That's actually way higher than I was expecting. I beat TBL which is a positive sign.

[CJM]

That's actually way higher than I was expecting. I beat TBL which is a positive sign.

Biggest Loser won in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Sydney and Melbourne is where the show beat Biggest Loser, which I'm not at all surprised about considering the massive promotion this show has had during the high rating cricket. I think it will drop quickly and Biggest Loser will be winning again by this time next week.

[Reuder7]

750k versus 700k is not exactly 'winning'.

[Reuder7]

A huge fail for Excess Baggage! Cheap and nasty, I have no idea why Nine went ahead with it considering the failing of The Biggest Loser on Ten. I think Nine's micro idea of 'just include celebrities and it will be fine' has blown up.

[ryaneco]

I wonder if the tanking of Excess Baggage will slow the momentum down of Nine's 7pm shows and impact on the block.
How long will it last too. Is it another HomeMade..... I reckon Big Bang to be reinstated by the week starting Feb 12 (ratings week)

[J Bar]

If Excess Baggage fails an excess of Reality programming on telly, I think Nine may be in for a repeat of last year when they pinned all their hopes on an excess of Comedy.

[InTheWild]

If Excess Baggage fails an excess of Reality programming on telly, I think Nine may be in for a repeat of last year when they pinned all their hopes on an excess of Comedy.

Aggreed. The success of seven and the former success of nine was because they had a diverse schedule and didnt put all eggs in one basket.

I think nine would be at panic stations this morning. It definately would have fallen of their expectations.

[go_russ_go]

'The cheesyness of the contestants walking through the desert and finding items from home that made them cry. Give me a break!"
Damn - that would have actually been worth watching. car crash telly!!! Now how did 9 sneak into their houses and get said items to "surprise" the celebs. Not that 9 would stoop to setting things up, would they?
Can someone explain what the attraction is of watching fatties bluuber and sweat during my dinner time? Is it just an old-fashioned freak show?
Anyway it should finally signal the end of "celeb" reality which i thought had finished with Celeb Circus and Celeb Ice Skating. good old 9 - they sure know how to flog a dead horse.

[TV Cynic]

If YTT continues to get ratings 9 will have a stripped celebrity version next year.

[Wasp & Bee]

Agree with other posters here that the thinking behind it appeared to be "just add celebrities and it will be fine!". Horrible first episode though - there was that bit for half an hour where they were walking around finding bits from home and crying... I mean, come on Channel Nine, it's really BORING television. Doesn't bode well for the rest of the season and as a viewer I just found it manipulative and trite. As for the format being pretty much the same as Biggest Loser (despite what they told us in the promos); that horse has been decomposing on Ten for some time, what made them think they could resurrect it? Celebrities? Kate Ceberano? Give me a break...

[jimbo]

There is nothing wrong with last nights ratings! Excess Baggage is clearly not expected to set the world on fire and instead just do okay during the period that they have cricket on/is still summer and lower viewing figures generally. CA, The Block and Big Brother are what counts. And this could still increase like CA did. If it averages 900k across its short run, 9 should be happy.

[go_russ_go]

Everyone wondering about EB looking like TBL should realise the 9 hired the guy who did the last two seasons of TBL - richard campbell (no stranger to the buffet himself). He would have brought his TBL playbook with him and not been allowed to deviate from the script - except for chucking some "celeb" fatties into the mix.
A lot of people who work on MKR also work on Masterchef. TV has turned into a world of short term contracts with people just moving from show to show throughout the year. No wonder they all look the same.

[Squee!]

It will do what Nine is satisfied with it to do (to finally kill off TBL for good) despite its mediocrity.

[Wasp & Bee]

Realistically reality TV has had its day anyway. People aren't interested any longer, they know it's all contrived for the viewer. Not sure what the next big thing is but it's not this dead horse that's for sure.

To be fair about Excess Baggage, it isn't Kate Ceberano's fault it stinks to high heaven; neither is it the "celebs" fault. It's just not an exciting format and these personal stories things aren't that interesting any more. There's too much voyeurism and I'm personally not that interested in either the celebs or the Joe Public's stories about how their weight ran away from them. There's also the aspect of trying to work out why they have to be in those exotic locations... is it because they got money from Tourism WA or something?

[Reuder7]

@ Squeel!, the show is a failure for Nine. No way did they launch it for the sole purpose of destroying TBL, considering TBL is no threat to anyone. Are TBBT repeats really in danger of being beaten by TBL, I don't think so.

[seanie]

625k last night. First flop of the year.