Being Lara Bingle is an Australian reality television series that premiered on 12 June 2012 on Network Ten. The series followed the misadventures of model and television personality, Lara Bingle.
Cast Lara Bingle – Model and TV personality Hermione Underwood – Lara's former manager and best friend Josh Bingle – Lara's brother Sharon Bingle – Lara's mother
Production The reality series was filmed at Bondi Beach in New South Wales and other locations including Los Angeles, Melbourne, India, and New Zealand.
Reception In April 2013, Network Ten expressed that "the extreme youth focus that led to programs like (the similarly unsuccessful) The Shire and Being Lara Bingle being commissioned is not quite right for us" and that Ten would now move on from that focus.http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/article/16640608/ten-admits-bingle-bungle-in-243m-loss/
Viewership The series aired in the 8:00 pm–8:30 pm timeslot on Tuesdays. Ratings aggregated by OzTam subsequent to the premiere of the series indicate that the premiere episode received an estimated viewership of 925,000 viewers, during which a peak of 1.3 million was reached. Episodenumber Original air date Viewers Nightlyrank Weeklyrank 1 12 June 2012 925,000 13 41 2 19 June 2012 786,000 14 44 3 26 June 2012 684,000 17 4 3 July 2012 728,000 13 5 10 July 2012 650,000 16 6 17 July 2012 713,000 11 7 24 July 2012 768,000931,000Numbers were inflated because Being Lara Bingle took in MasterChef viewers when the show ran overtime. On actual screening minutes, it attracted 768,000 watchers. 9 8 31 July 2012 463,000Ratings for this episode dropped lower possibly due to coverage of the Olympics on another channel. 20 9 7 August 2012 10 7 August 2012 387,000 Notes
See also WAG Nation The Stafford Brothers
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