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Cable News Ratings: Top 30 Programs For July 2011 (PHOTOS, POLL)

HLN Surges Like Crazy: See The Top 30 Cable News Programs For July 2011
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Another month, another boring old list of cable news ratings. In July, Fox News cleared the field as usual, racking up the top--wait. It didn't?

No, it didn't. The story of July 2011 is not the story of Fox News' dreary domination of the cable field. It's the story of HLN's unbelievable surge in ratings. The reason, of course, was the Casey Anthony trial, which HLN has ridden to record-busting numbers for months. July was HLN's best month ever in both total viewers and the A25-54 demo. Just one stat? Nancy Grace's ratings were up a full 98% from the same period in 2010. These huge numbers mean that lots of shows that normally get nowhere near the top of the cable news list are all over July's slideshow.

Elsewhere, the ratings were fairly stable. How did individual programs fare? Below, see the top 30 cable programs of July 2011. As usual, all ratings come from the Nielsen agency.

Cable News Ratings Q2 2011(CLONED)
2. Hannity(01 of25)
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Fox News -- 2.059 million total viewers
3. Special Report with Bret Baier(02 of25)
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Fox News -- 1.815 million total viewers
5. Fox Report with Shepard Smith(03 of25)
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Fox News -- 1.576 million total viewers
4. On the Record with Greta van Susteren(04 of25)
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Fox News -- 1.658 million total viewers
6. Nancy Grace(05 of25)
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HLN -- 1.350 milllion total viewers
7. The Five/Glenn Beck(06 of25)
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Fox News -- 1.325 million total viewers
8. Your World with Neil Cavuto(07 of25)
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Fox News -- 1.231 million total viewers
10. Dr Drew(08 of25)
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HLN -- 1.140 million total viewers
12. Studio B(09 of25)
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Fox News -- 1.046 million total viewers
13. America Live(10 of25)
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Fox News -- 1.033 million total viewers
14. HLN Special Report(11 of25)
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HLN -- 1.015 million total viewers
16. Fox & Friends(12 of25)
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Fox News -- 965,000 million total viewers
15. The Rachel Maddow Show(13 of25)
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MSNBC -- 974,000 total viewers
17. Issues (6AM)(14 of25)
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HLN -- 958,000 total viewers
18. Issues (11PM)(15 of25)
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HLN -- 951,000 total viewers
20. HLN News(16 of25)
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HLN -- 915,000 total viewers
21. Prime News (17 of25)
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HLN -- 899,000 total viewers
22. The Ed Show(18 of25)
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MSNBC -- 872,000 total viewers
24. HLN Local Edition(19 of25)
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HLN -- 787,000 total viewers
25. Anderson Cooper 360 (10PM)(20 of25)
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CNN -- 760,000 total viewers
26. Joy Behar(21 of25)
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HLN -- 758,000 total viewers
27. Hardball with Chris Matthews(22 of25)
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MSNBC -- 728,000 total viewers
29. Morning Express(23 of25)
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CNN -- 620,000 total viewers
30. The Situation Room(24 of25)
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CNN -- 606,000 total viewers
14. Fox and Friends(25 of25)
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Fox News -- 1.106 million total viewers

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