We’ve documented Fox News’ strong ratings throughout the year – 2009 saw their best ratings of all time…and the past few years have been huge as well.

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When looking at the cable news landscape as a whole, through the top 20 programs in total viewers and the demo, the dominance can be viewed in a different, but still obvious, light.

The Huffington Post has the breakdown of the top cable programs of 2009. #1 in both categories was The O’Reilly Factor, which has been the same for years. Sean Hannity had the silver and Glenn Beck got the bronze in both categories.

In total viewers, FNC had all of the top 10 programs of 2009. MSNBC’s first appearance on the list was #11, with Countdown – followed by two more FNC shows. #14 on the list was Larry King Live of CNN. The first HLN entry to the top 20 was #18 Nancy Grace.

In the A25-54 demo, FNC had the top seven programs. Countdown finished #8, Grace at #10 and Anderson Cooper at #12.

While FNC dominated the top of both lists, more non-FNC shows appeared on the demo top 20. In fact, Cooper and Grace made the list twice.

Below are the full top 20s. Happy New Year:

Total Viewers 1. The O’Reilly Factor 2. Hannity 3. Glenn Beck 4. Special Report 5. On The Record 6. The Fox Report 7. O’Reilly Factor (repeat) 8. Your World 9. Americas Newsroom 10. Studio B 11. Countdown 12. Happening Now 13. The Live Desk 14. Larry King Live 15. Fox & Friends 16. Rachel Maddow 17. AC360 18. Nancy Grace 19. Campbell Brown 20. Situation RoomDemo1. The O’Reilly Factor2. Hannity3. Glenn Beck4. On The Record5. The O’Reilly Factor (repeat) 6. Fox Report7. Special Report8. Countdown9. America’s Newsroom10. Nancy Grace11. Fox & Friends12. AC 36013. Your World14. Rachel Maddow15. Larry King16. Studio B17. Live Desk18. AC 360 (repeat)19. Nancy Grace (repeat)20. MSNBC Investigates

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