One-Third Of 'The Hills' Audience Leaves With Lauren Conrad

Access Hollywood - October 22, 2009 12:02 PM PDT
Story photo: One-Third Of 'The Hills' Audience Leaves With Lauren ConradLauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari at the reveal and launch party of LG Electronics' (LG) Scarlet HD TV Series at the Pacific Design Center on April 28, 2008 in Los Angeles, California WireImageAccess Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fans of MTV's "The Hills" won't settle for just any blonde reality starlet.

Following Lauren Conrad's departure, almost one-third of the show's audience has fled from the semi-scripted reality series.

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When news broke that LC was leaving the series, some of her fellow cast members, including Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, slammed the idea that the show would suffer without its original leading lady.

"We don't need her. We'll miss her. I just don't know if we need her," Heidi previously told MTV News.

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But it appears the blonde may have been wrong.

According to Media Life Magazine, the audience for the September 29 season premiere with new leading lady and LC rival, Kristin Cavallari, was down 30 percent compared to the prior season's debut, which starred LC.

The Season 5, Part 2 premiere netted just 2.36 million total viewers and three weeks later the number of people tuning in had slipped even further to 1.72 million. And among 18-34-year-olds, current episodes are getting less than half of the 2.3 million fans that tuned in each weak two seasons ago.

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MTV noted that it's still the network's second-most-watched show and the highest-rated program on television in its timeslot for viewers 12-34.

Could Kristin be the problem? Or possibly her candid take on show the show is crafted?

"I pretty much do anything they have me do because I don't care," she told the Los Angeles Times in September, just before her season debut. "I mean, we're filming a TV show. Let's make it interesting. Let's have a good time with it."

The MTV series' scripted tendencies are not exactly a secret, but previous stars have been a bit more tightlipped about how the show is produced - well, until Kristin came along.

"Everyone is trying to get story lines and create drama in their lives," she continued in Times interview. "It's just so...fake. There's no truth to it. At all."

As for Lauren, since leaving "The Hills" she's had a best-selling novel -- "L.A. Candy" --which is loosely based on her experiences on the MTV series. The novel, which is just the first in a series of planned books, has also been option by Summit Entertainment as a feature film.

Following her last episode of the "The Hills" in June, LC blogged, "A part of me is sad to say goodbye to something that has been such a prominent part of my life, but I know that it was time and I am very happy with my decision."

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  • joe
    Kristin is stuck on her self
    report abuseposted November 20, 2009 10:34 AM PST
  • Emma
    I miss LC alot:( She MADE the show but when of course psshh Kristen "Devillari" took her place everything fell downhill! She's now trying to hook up with Brody?! NO GIRL! Was Dating Audrina's Ex?! NO GIRL! Ticking Jade Off?! NO GIRL! No one wants her on the hills! This is what I want to tell Kristin: GET A FREAKING LIFE THAT DOESNT INVOLOVE RUINING OTHER PEOPLE
    report abuseposted November 15, 2009 12:31 PM PST
  • Crystal
    i misss lc... kristin is a %@!*# but she is the only thing keeping the show afloat as of right now.
    report abuseposted November 6, 2009 8:15 PM PST
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    report abuseposted November 1, 2009 6:29 AM PST
  • Janet
    I hate Kristin. I can't stand her. I hate Heidi and Spencer, they really need to get a life. When Lauren left I stopped watching. The show lost all of it's life when Lauren left.
    report abuseposted October 28, 2009 8:33 PM PDT
  • Janet
    I hate Kristin. I can't stand her. I hate Heidi and Spencer, they really need to get a life. When Lauren left I stopped watching. The show lost all of it's life when Lauren left.
    report abuseposted October 28, 2009 8:33 PM PDT
  • Sihamou
    I LOVE KRISTIN
    report abuseposted October 27, 2009 11:57 AM PDT
  • Son
    Of course its Kristen why I don't watch.... I can't tolerate her AT ALL. Team LC all the way!
    report abuseposted October 26, 2009 12:12 PM PDT
  • __A_YAHOO_USER__
    ok i loved "The Hills" since the beginning. Ever since Kristin got on the show i cant stand it. shes nothing but drama and all the girls on their act funny just because their scared of her. and them being scared just makes her more famous. but i think the show did better without Kristin. They need to throw her off the show.
    report abuseposted October 26, 2009 6:58 AM PDT
  • __A_YAHOO_USER__
    Ok i loved "The Hills" since the beginning. i stayed up every monday just to watch it. but now since Kristin is on the show i hate watching. shes nothing but drama and i hate how the girls on the show are scared of her. them being scared of her just gives her more power. so i think since Kristin has been on the show its not the same.
    report abuseposted October 26, 2009 6:55 AM PDT
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