"SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden" might have drawn cries of partisan bias, but despite the controversy — or perhaps because of it — the film about the killing of the terrorist leader yielded big numbers with its premiere on National Geographic Channel on Sunday night, handing the network its best ratings in more than a year, and the sixth-highest ratings in the network's history.
Sunday's premiere of "Seal Team Six," which was initially slated for theatrical release before getting snapped up by National Geographic Channel, posted a 1.4 rating in the 25-54 demographic — four times the network's average in the Sunday 8 to 10 p.m.