New Episodes of 8/10 Cats Does Countdown

[Gevin Chapwell]

A new series started on Friday.

[Philip A]

I wonder how the 23rd January 2026 episode did in the viewing figures directly up against The Traitors Final!

[Philip A]

16th January 2026 episode pulled in a 7-day rating of 963,000 viewers; daytime Countdown on 12th January had 391,000.

Source: thinkbox.tv

[Philip A]

Series 30 to be filmed this summer: https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/catsdoesc ... n-summer26

[Philip A]

Series 30 Episode 1 amassed 699,000 viewers including 1-week of catch-up but still placed 6th in Channel 4's weekly top 10; daytime Countdown had 390,000 but audience share was an impressive 13.5%.

[Gevin Chapwell]

I didn't even know this had started up again. Looks like there's been two episodes!

[Philip A]

I didn't even know this had started up again. Looks like there's been two episodes!

That’s why I’m not keen on new episodes in the summer. What surprises me more though is the last series was only 4 episodes.

[Philip A]

Looks like the latest series has stopped after just 2 episodes and has been swapped with repeats. Last series only got 3 episodes, and the series before had just 4. Clearly struggling to find its audience. I know they’re recording a few more but not sure this series has much of a future.