Common Sense Australia

Common Sense Australia is an Australian adaptation of the British series of the same name and a spinoff to Gogglebox Australia. The series, which is produced by Endemol Shine Australia,^[1] is a co-production between subscription television (STV) network The LifeStyle Channel and free-to-air (FTA) network Network Ten. It will air on The LifeStyle Channel first, and then airs on Network Ten a day later.

Common Sense Australia
Genre	Reality Television
Based on	Common Sense
Narrated by	Jo Van Es
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Shine Australia
Original release
Network	LifeStyle (Pay TV) Network Ten (free-to-air)
Release	5 July (2017-07-05) – 23 August 2017 (2017-08-23)

Common Sense was commissioned in November 2016, similar to Gogglebox Australia, is a local adaptation of a British series of the same name, and is jointly commissioned by both Foxtel and Network Ten.^[2][3]

Format

Common Sense features a cast of real people and their real opinions as they gather the week's most talked-about news topics while in conversation with one another in their workplaces, from topics of general news and current affairs to the latest in politics, sport and popular culture.

Cast

People[4]	Ages	Information
Kathy & Nicki	45 & 31	Hairdressing mums
Lord Frank & Robert	74 & 70	Business partners
Brett & Lawrence	29 & 27	Removalists and best mates
Helen & Sarah	30 & 32	Entrepreneurs
Aileen, Jean & Ted	89, 92 & 86	Retirees
Ayden & Jake	21 & 29	Real estate agents
Mark & Neal	53 & 39	Barristers
The Yip Family	39-70	Darren, Trudi, Aileen and Matthew, potato sellers
Betty, Lois & Michelle Anne	78, 75 & 49	Lois and Michelle Anne are mother and daughter, along with their business partner Betty who are all co-owners of a bra shop
Eric & Luke	56 & 26	Butchers

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Network Ten (FTA)			The Lifestyle Channel (STV)
			Timeslot	First aired	Last aired	Timeslot	First aired	Last aired
	1	8	Thursday 8:30pm	6 July 2017 (2017-07-06)	24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)	Wednesday 7:30pm	5 July 2017 (2017-07-05)	23 August 2017 (2017-08-23)

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	STV air date	STV viewers	FTA air date	FTA viewers
1	1	"Episode 1"	5 July 2017 (2017-07-05)	56,000[5]	6 July 2017 (2017-07-06)	463,000[6]
Topics featured:
2	2	"Episode 2"	12 July 2017 (2017-07-12)	N/A[7]	13 July 2017 (2017-07-13)	342,000[8]
Topics featured:
3	3	"Episode 3"	19 July 2017 (2017-07-19)	N/A[9]	20 July 2017 (2017-07-20)	228,000[10]
Topics featured:
4	4	"Episode 4"	26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)	N/A[11]	27 July 2017 (2017-07-27)	354,000[12]
Topics featured:
5	5	"Episode 5"	2 August 2017 (2017-08-02)	N/A[13]	3 August 2017 (2017-08-03)	N/A
Topics featured:
6	6	"Episode 6"	9 August 2017 (2017-08-09)	N/A[14]	10 August 2017 (2017-08-10)	N/A
Topics featured:
7	7	"Episode 7"	16 August 2017 (2017-08-16)	N/A[15]	17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)	298,000[16]
Topics featured:
8	8	"Episode 8"	23 August 2017 (2017-08-23)	N/A[17]	24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)	194,000[18]
Topics featured: