The ratings year has not even officially begun and it has claimed its first scalp.

The Nine Network's heavily promoted Excess Baggage has lived up to its title. The network will shed the show from its schedule, relegating it to the digital channel Go from next Monday.

Go ... the latest move for Channel Nine's Excess Baggage. Credit:Channel Nine

"We have decided to move Excess Baggage," Nine's head of programming and production Andrew Backwell said. "The show has performed below expectations, so it is a move we believe will provide the best possible audience for the show."

Nine launched the show with huge fanfare, and a production and marketing price tag of over $20 million, confident it would topple Ten's The Biggest Loser and cement Nine's control of the 7pm timeslot.