8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Fortnight", received 1.76 million viewers, which was an 8.3% audience share. The 2014 Christmas special was watched by 1.75 million viewers: a 7.6% audience share. In 2014, "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" was nominated for the British Comedy Awards in two categories: Best Comedy Panel Programme and Best Comedy Moment of 2014. Sean Lock was also nominated for Best Male Television Comic, and Joe Wilkinson was nominated for Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown is a crossover between the panel games "8 Out of 10 Cats"
Joe Wilkinson 2. "Live at the Electric" also features his own sketches, which are largely based on dark humour. Since 2014, Wilkinson has appeared as a resident comedian on the revived series of "Celebrity Squares", hosted by Warwick Davis on ITV. It returned for a second series in April 2015. In 2016, he starred in the Sky 1 series "Rovers" which he co-wrote with David Earl. He was also a contestant on the Dave comedy game show series "Taskmaster". Since 2012, Wilkinson has made regular appearance on the "8 Out of 10 Cats" spin-off show, "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown".