Tapping into the grey market! Channel Nine to bring The Golden Bachelor series to Australia to help senior citizens looking for love - following Ten's axing of The Bachelor READ MORE: Osher Günsberg puts on a brave face as he makes his first public appearance following Channel 10 axing The Masked Singer and The Bachelor By Stephen Bisset For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:25 EDT, 27 August 2024 | Updated: 21:28 EDT, 27 August 2024 e-mail View comments Channel Nine is set to bring the latest Bachelor spinoff, The Golden Bachelor, to Australian screens following Ten axing the popular reality franchise in May. TV Blackbox reported that Nine will be formally announcing an Australian version of The Golden Bachelor at its yearly Upfronts event in October. The original series, which screened on ABC in the US, starred 72-year-old Gerry Turner, a retired restauranteur and widower.
Gerry chose to propose to 70-year-old Theresa Nist and the network aired their wedding as a live special. Despite the fanfare, the couple divorced three months later. The series proved to be a ratings juggernaut for ABC, with the finale hitting 6.
1 million American screens, giving the franchise its highest numbers in three years. Its premiere episode also set ratings records for ABC, as reported by Deadline , debuting as the highest-rated premiere on Hulu for any series in the franchise, and as ABC's number one series premiere ever on the streaming platform Live+3. The publication also reported that th.