Gogglebox free-to-air premiere up on last year as The Checkout debut down on last year

Miranda Ward

April 8, 2016 10:02

The return of the ABC’s The Checkout pulled in 653,000 metro viewers at 8:00pm last night, down on last year’s debut, which was watched by 727,000 while the return to Ten of Gogglebox, at 8:30pm, grabbed 629,000.

It was up on last year’s free-to-air premiere, which saw 495,000 metro viewers tune in.

Gogglebox was the third most-watched show amongst viewers aged 16-39 and the most-watched show amongst 18 to 49-year-old viewers and 25-54 year olds.

The most-watched non-news program of the evening was Seven’s My France with Manu, which grabbed 713,000 metro viewers at 7:30pm.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.

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Robbo 8 Apr 16

I enjoyed Gogglebox, but it had a slightly nastier edge to it (the Daryl Somers stuff in particular) than I remember last year, which I found a litte unsettling.

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