When Love Comes To Town finale drags down Nine’s Tuesday ratings

Tim Burrowes

June 25, 2014 10:11

Nine had one of its weakest nights of the year on Tuesday with its finale of dating show When Love Comes To Town averaging just 536,000 metro viewers according to preliminary data from OzTAM.

Decision time on When Love Comes To Town

As a result Seven easily won the night with a share of 26.8 per cent while Nine (17.7 per cent) was nearly in the unusual situation of being beaten by Ten (15.5 per cent). ABC1 rated 11.3 per cent.

Unusually, Ten beat Nine in Perth by 14 per cent to 12.6 per cent and in Adelaide by 14.7 per cent to 14.3 per cent.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Aussie Austridge 25 Jun 14

What a disaster this program has been for Nine. They had a popular program – Farmer Wants A Wife – but they decided that was “too blokey” and they replaced it with this program about a busload of women travelling from town to town looking for a bonk. Strong women? Weak ratings.

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