Masterchef winner Tim Read, at work on the Dome of Doom dessert challenge during the 2015 final.

TV3 has dumped reality shows X Factor and Masterchef from its line-up for 2016.

Mediaworks' other reality offerings Grand Designs, The Block and The Bachelor – their best-performing reality show of the year – would all return, MediaWorks has confirmed.

FROM THE ARCHIVE:

* X Factor judges Natalia Kills, Willy Moon sacked

* Low ratings for X Factor final

* Tim Read triumphs as New Zealand's MasterChef 2015

* Masterchef NZ fails to impress

It would also introduce a local version of the gameshow Family Feud, in which two families compete to guess the most popular answers to questions, to be fronted by comedian Dai Henwood.

But Masterchef, which features Josh Emett, Mark Wallbank and Al Brown, suffered from low ratings in its first season on TV3 after being dropped by TVNZ and won't return.

Mediaworks group content director Andrew Szusterman said it appeared New Zealand's love affair with cooking shows was waning.

Masterchef was a great show but didn't perform to the network's expectations, he said.

X Factor judges: Stan Walker, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Melanie Blatt and Shelton Woolright.

The Stan Walker-led X Factor's absence from the schedules may not be permanent: it has traditionally been aired every second year. Mediaworks didn't say whether either show had a long-term future on the network.

"We never rule anything out," Szusterman said.

Smoke Music manager Mark de Jong, who has a management contract with the X Factor winning artists, was not surprised by the announcement.

He said he knew the show wouldn't run on consecutive years.

"Hopefully we get another series in 2017."

Mediaworks did announce returns of the Block, the Bachelor and Grand Designs, all of which it said had rated well, with the Bachelor remaining its best video-on-demand hit, with over one million streams so far.

Mediaworks also announced returns for local drama Westside – the prequel to Outrageous Fortune – Jono and Ben, Seven Days and its spin off, Seven Days of Sport.

Who can forget Poppy's defining moment on the Bachelor? Well lucky for all, it will be back for another go around.

Szusterman described Family Feud, which first aired in the US in 1976 and has been taken to 50 countries, as a "massive hit" in Australia since a local version there began in 2014.

Henwood said: "I have always been a fan of Family Feud and I'm looking forward to playing a hilarious gameshow with New Zealanders every weeknight."