Patrol shows bolster Seven on quiet night for TV audiences

Seven again won the market share battle for TV audiences last night as its two police patrol shows topped the non-news category in another quiet summer evening for the networks.

Motorway Patrol, which aired at 7.30pm, was the fifth most watched show of the evening with a metro audience of 766,000 with Highway Patrol close behind on 713,000.

They helped Seven to an audience share of just over 19 per cent, according to OzTam overnight ratings, ahead of Nine’s 17.6 per cent with Ten third on 14.7 per cent.

ABC captured 11.3 per cent and SBS 4.3 per cent.