[4][5] The Checkout, with a new look, logo, opening theme and art, still retaining original cast and segments, returned for a sixth season on 30 January 2018.

[7] The Checkout featured segments that examined the practices and methods of manufacturers, retailers, service providers and advertisers.

Using a humorous style, the show highlighted practices that are misleading, dishonest, unfair or occasionally even illegal or unethical.

Examples include a segment on overpriced Wi-Fi services offered in certain hotels,[8] the lack of scientific proof for the health benefits claimed by manufacturers of complementary medicines,[9][10] and the concept of peer-to-peer lending.

[13] Juliette Hughes at the Australian Catholic Office for broadcasting wrote (in 2013) "The Checkout retains some of the verve and righteous anger of The Chaser, indeed could almost be said to be knocking over a few of the moneychangers' tables in what passes for today's secular temples, the premises ....of revered corporations.

"[26] Gordon Farrer, for The Sydney Morning Herald, wrote, "Typical bloody lefty pinko commie ABC, launching yet another assault on Things That Good People Hold Dear.....Humph.

If you accept The Checkout's view of the world, marketing and advertising are industries out of control, full of charlatans, unfair restrictions on consumers, misrepresentation and outright lies about products of less-than-essential value to human existence.