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Not sure if they changed this on the Mark II (1995 two cabin) but you have a couple of options:

If you start in the stern at the shore power plug you can then add a TV/Telephone connector. Now you have to choose high or low!

High:
Run the cable around the startboard side of the boat as high as possible. When you reach the wall (bulkhead) that is all the way outboard and about as far forward as the main winch and as high as you can reach you will find a slot with wires going thru. If you poke thru that slot you will come out in the aft cabin and you can see the cables that are running along the overhead. Take down the 2" wide flashing (philips head screws) that runs the length of the cabin and you will see that it is actually a cable trough. Use some tie wraps to hold up the coax and continue to go forward. You can then poke thru to the top of the medicine cabinet in the head, and then again to the same "cable trough" in the main stateroom. Or, you can poke around on the forward side of the medicine cabinet and you will find a bunch of wires that are going down toward the bilge. They end up in the seat below the power panel. (See Low Route Below)

Low:
Run the cable down alongside the starboard side of the engine compartment. Then under the companionway and continue aft. Just before you reach the main bilge section you will see a bunch of wires running toward the starboard side. Run your cable there and you can bring them up into the seat below the power panel.

High from Low: You could route the cable up into the overhead at the medicine cabinet, but then it will be hanging down at the navigation table end.

Continue Low: If you look at the forward end of the starboard main cabin seat you will see a whole bunch of wires that run into the area behind the chart table. You can route the cable up that way.

Further Thought: If you go to the store and purchase a plastic plate of the kind that covers your electrical outlets at home but is made for cable you can do a nice little termination of your permanent run and still have the option to move the "outlet" for the TV at a later date. Sometimes these are sold with the little coax pass thru fixture mounted, sometimes they are just a plain plastic cover. If so, go to radio shack and they will sell you the little metal coax pass thru for next to nothing.

Final thought: I am amazed at how much marketing goes into wire. I find "gold plated - platinum covered - diamond quality - etc. etc." wire at places like Best Buy and Radio Shack for $5.00 per foot and up. The stuff makes absolutely no difference in reception quality or durability. Save yourself a lot of cost and find and buy the cheap stuff. (I don't subscribe to this for permanent electical wiring on the boat) There is a significant difference between "marine cable" and the other stuff. "Marine Cable" should be multi-strand with each strand individually tinned along the length of the wire. This inhibits decay while keeping the wire flexible - and it will flex in heavy seas and is carrying current. If it shorts out you could be in trouble. On the other hand if your cable TV wire shorts out you are in for maybe an hour of work to replace it.