Masterchef most watched as the final of The Checkout grabs 740,000

The final episode of The Checkout on ABC1 was watched by 740,000 metro viewers last night, which was down on season one’s finale which attracted a metro audience of 882,000.

However it was up on this year’s season launch which had a metro audience of 716,000. The season posted its highest audience in April, which saw 825,000 metro viewers watch as Julian Morrow and Kate Browne exposed the tricks of online dating websites and the extortionate roaming charges imposed by mobile phone companies.

The episode was the second most watched show in the 8pm timeslot beating Nine’s repeat offering of The Big Bang Theory which grabbed a metro audience of 696,000 while Seven’s Jumbo Jet, which looked at the history of the Boeing 747, was watched by 671,000 metro viewers.