TV series

The Checkout

2013–2018 · 6 seasons

A fast, funny, and sharply sarcastic look at everyday rip-offs that makes you laugh while feeling a bit outraged.

Overview: A satirical consumer affairs series which takes a no-holds-barred, irreverent and entertaining approach to explaining and exposing the ways that all of us are being ripped off. The Checkout is consumer affairs TV for the twenty first century offering a revolutionary new wonder diet of information and entertainment that’s clinically proven and 26% fat free.
How it feels: Satirical, light, cynical and absurd. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Class, power, corruption, media
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
power
corruption
media
deception
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
ensemble
procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild