Sea Patrol take Nine’s TV ratings to safe harbour

Tim Burrowes

May 19, 2009 11:21

Nine’s positioning of Sea Patrol into the Monday night slot vacated by Underbelly appears to have paid off, with the network winning the TV ratings night.

The first episode of the new series of the naval drama pulled in a TV audience of 1.4m, according to preliminary ratings figures from OzTam.

Monday night’s free TV audience share: Nine 26.2%; Seven 25.9%; Ten 23.7%; ABC 18%; SBS 6.2%

Monday’s top 10 shows:

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.