Familiarity with the television set as a principal news and entertainment medium has allowed for a smooth transition of television programmes into the language classroom (Mishan, 2005). However, in the technology-rich environment we live in today, access to television programmes in foreign languages is not restricted to class. A good understanding of the reception of such authentic material can help inform its appropriate use by learners in different contexts. This study explores the reception of a Japanese variety show that features same-language text on screen by language learners of Japanese and native Japanese speakers through the use of eye-tracking technology and questionnaires (Sikkema, 2017). This paper reports on a section of the findings from the eye-tracking data analysis. Following a brief description of the research project, this paper describes the distribution of visual attention between different stimuli in the video stimulus by taking a closer look at participants' fixation count and total fixation duration. [For the complete volume of short papers, see ED590612.]