HD Ratings: MasterChef NZ Sizzles

The first series of MasterChef NZ in seven years has scratched a Kiwi itch, with Sunday’s premiere scorching the competition in the core commercial demographics.

Launching on the back of the final of Dancing With the Stars NZ, it averaged 4.4% of Three’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, and 3.2% of the next most important demo, 18-49s.

TVNZ 1’s 8.30 rival, the final of George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations, respectively averaged 2.6%/2.1% of these key demos but was soon overtaken by TVNZ 2’s movie Fast & Furious.

But the night’s biggest crowdpleaser outside of 1 News at 6pm was Hyundai Country Calendar (7.7%/5.4%), which helped lead-out Sunday (4.0%/2.9%) to be competitive with DWTS in the 25-54 demo.

Over 90 minutes, DWTS averaged 4.2% of 25-54s and 3.9% of 18-49s vs 1.7%/1.3% for TVNZ 2’s Britain’s Got Talent.

Eden’s 8.30 movie Vice averaged 0.1% of both demos while Prime’s new drama serves The Cleaning Lady mustered 0.2% of 25-54s and 0.1% of 18-49s as did lead-out Yellowstone and Maori TV’s movie Selma.

TVNZ 1 won the night with 34% shares of both major demos while Three finished a clear second.

On Saturday night, TVNZ 2’s movies Cars 3 and Suicide Squad dominated and on Friday Jack Reacher was a winner for Three.

Note: These overnight ratings exclude viewership of the networks’ +1 SD channels.