New TVNZ 1 Hit No Mistake

TVNZ 1’s Sunday newcomer The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes was an immediate hit in the core commercial demographic and crushed the movies on TVNZ 2 and Three.

It averaged a 4.41 rating/31.50 share to draw 90,543 adults 25-54 — 30,000 more than the previous week’s final of Grand Designs.

It did benefit from Sunday delivering a larger lead-in week-on-week: 7.74 rating/38.97 share, or 48,000 more viewers.

1 News and Hyundai Country Calendar also rated higher week-on-week, all of which helped 9.30 drama Redemption to improve from a 0.84 rating/8.83 share for its undistinguished premiere to a 1.33 rating/15.76 share.

TVNZ 2’s most popular 25-54 programme was MasterChef Australia (3.46 rating/16.08 share) while its primetime movie Clash of the Titans (1.14 rating/10.49 share) was out-rated by its afternoon attraction Despicable Me 3 (1.76 rating/12.00 share).

Three’s Jack Reacher averaged a 19.5 rating/19.94 share to improve on its low-rating lead-in, Lego Masters (1.67 rating/8.91 share).

The network’s afternoon replay of SailGP averaged a 1.25 rating/10.40 share.

The night’s most-watched programmes in the 25-54 demo were: 1 News, Hyundai Country Calendar, Sunday, The Chase (5.30), The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, MasterChef Australia, Newshub Live at 6pm, The Chase (5.00), Jack Reacher and Despicable Me 3.

The biggest 25-54 channel shares were: TVNZ 1, 40.06; Three, 14.84; TVNZ 2, 12.38; Duke, 2.78; Rush, 2.13; Eden, 2.05; Bravo, 1.74; HGTV, 1.66; Prime, 0.33.