Old, but could be fun: Top TV Shows among liberals and conservatives. Which do you watch?

[boxman15]

In 2012, the parties and political groups will be reaching out to certain demographics, so these lists could come in handy for them. The Democratic Party and liberal groups would do good targeting comedies and late-night talk shows, while the Republican Party and conservative groups would do good targeting reality TV and the History Channel.

Which of these shows do you watch?

Liberal Democrats
1. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2. The Colbert Report
3. Masterpiece
4. 30 Rock
5. Parks and Recreation
6. The View
7. Glee
8. Modern Family
9. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
10. Treme
11. Cougar Town
12. The Late Show with David Letterman
13. The Soup
14. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
15. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
16. Outsourced
17. Raising Hope
18. Saturday Night Live
19. The Office
20. American Masters
21. Project Runway
22. United States of Tara
23. Shameless
24. Parenthood
25. Conan

Conservative Republicans
1. Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction
2. This Old House
3. The 700 Club
4. Swamp Loggers
5. Top Shot
6. The Bachelor
7. Castle
8. New Yankee Workshop
9. MythBusters
10. Larry the Cable Guy
11. American Pickers
12. Swamp People
13. Wheel of Fortune
14. Top Gear
15. The Middle
16. Pawn Stars
17. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
18. Antiques Roadshow
19. The Biggest Loser
20. Hawaii Five-O
21. Dancing with the Stars
22. Man vs. Wild
23. Auction Kings
24. NCIS
25. The Mentalist

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/research-firm-breaks-down-politics-of-tv-this-old-house-vs-the-daily-show/2011/12/06/gIQAQPSkaO_story.html

I watch The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Office, SNL, Parks & Rec, Modern Family, and Conan religiously, but I'll watch Pawn Stars or Mythbusters if I see they're on.

[justiceischeap]

1. Amazingly, I don't watch any of those shows.

On either list... What I do watch is:

The Good Wife
Dexter
Boardwalk Empire
Nurse Jackie
Blue Bloods
Lost Girl (Canadian TV show)

[dipsydoodle]

24. Me neither

but in fairness its a bit different being UK.

I wouldn't watch Stewart if you paid me - just a shallow copy of our UK stuff.

[justiceischeap]

26. I actually prefer UK television shows

Some of my faves have been Bad Girls, Band of Gold, Spooks, Skins, The Prisoner. I think you Brits tend to produce better television.

[TheWraith]

43. Nor I, except The Daily Show once in a blue moon.

It's not that it's not good, I'm just kind of burnt out on seeing stupidity, even if I'm laughing at it.

I've been spending my time instead watching Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Borgias, and some of the other premium channel stuff.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

58. Me neither

I watched SNL decades ago along and Conan but I haven't watched any of these shows in years. I haven't even watched the shows on your list. I have a collection of hundreds and hundreds of old B&W films including over 600 French films from the 30s to the 60s. Or a good book, a pipe, an a glass of Armagnac before a roaring fire is my idea of high entertainment when I'm not watching Rachel Maddow or reading posts here.

[justiceischeap]

63. I'd just like to point out your post sounds very elitist

Freeper heads will pop when/if they read it.

[msongs]

2. TV? what is that? nt

[xxqqqzme]

3. Dem list, I watch

1, 2, 3, 4, 12, & 20.

rethug list - 2 & 8

Many of the named programs, I never heard: Cougar Town, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, United States of Tara, Shameless ??? The science channel is one of my 'go to' channels

[asjr]

4. I'm a liberal Dem and I didn't see

the funniest show of all and that is The Big Bang Theory.

[etherealtruth]

6. love it

[Mz Pip]

10. Love that show!

My absolutely favorite sit com. Other than 30 Rock, it's the only one I watch.

[Maraya1969]

33. OMG I just turned on to that show several months

ago and I watch several episodes a day. It is hysterical. Can you tell me when the new episodes are on and which season they are in? I'm trying to catch up on all previous seasons.

I get a relaxed "all is well with the world" feeling when I turn on a well loved sitcom. I have tons of them saved on my TIVO and I watch many just to relax and to stop thinking, like old Seinfeld episodes or Two and 1/2 Men.

[NEOhiodemocrat]

38. That is our favorite show

Husband and I try not to miss it

[etherealtruth]

5. The only TV shows I watch with any regularity

... are The Big Bang Theory and Bones (I must admit I catch these on "On demand&quot

[GoCubsGo]

9. I cannot believe "The Big Bang Theory" isn't on the "Liberal" list.

That has got to be the funniest show on TV, IMHO.

[etherealtruth]

12. I know

I haven't loved a sitcom since Arrested Development (probably the funniest show E-V-E-R)

[taught_me_patience]

7. I'm suprised Sons of Guns is not tops for conservatives

With their gun fetishes and all...

I swear Discovery is becoming the "Gun Channel".

[GoCubsGo]

8. I love the first comment in the "comments" section

"Conservative Republicans like to watch other people work for free on PBS. No surprise there." Yep. And, it's pretty ironic, considering they're always trying to kill off PBS.

I don't know how they did this poll. The funny thing for me about it is that the shows on the lists that I watch on a fairly regular basis are all on the "Conservatives" list: Antiques Roadshow, This Old House, Hawaii Five-O (McGarrett is such a hottie.) I like many of the shows on the "Liberal" list, but the vast majority of them are on past my bed time. I also don't have cable.

[Kingofalldems]

11. I'm doomed! This Old House and Antiques Roadshow

are two of my favorites. And I don't watch any on the other list. The View should be banned, IMHO.

[DesertRat]

13. Why should The View be banned?

[Kingofalldems]

18. Hyperbole. But I do dislike the show.

[southernyankeebelle]

21. To bad it is one of my must see shows unless there are politicans on it. I usually watch the first

part until the guests come on then I change the channel. I like alot of the liberal list plus my favorite channel is SciFi channel. Discovery channel and now I just got the HBO channels added because I like their mini series like Mildred Pierce. Great programming. Love all the masterpiece programs.

[EFerrari]

14. How do those wind up on the conservative list? That's just weird.

They should have about the same audience as American Masters and Masterpiece, imo.

[RC]

15. I pick my own shows

1. The Big Bang Theory - Best show out there.
2. Person of Interest
3. House
4. Grey Anatomy
5. Blue Bloods
6. Body of Proof
7. Unforgettable
9 A Gifted Man
10. Nova
11. Castle
12. NCIS - Both or all three or what ever.
13. The Mentalist

I am not a follower. I pick my own shows to like. If nothing is on, I will find something else to do besides watching whatever is on.

[hfojvt]

49. Castle, the Mentalist and NCIS are on the conservative list

Blue Bloods probably should be. The Reagans? Seriously?

Originally I could not stand the Big Bang Theory, although I myself could be one of the drab 4, but I am starting to be able to tolerate it in re-runs.

[RC]

57. So what? I don't see much political with them. They are TV shows that could stand a bit more realism

Nothing there to make me want to vote for bush bots or any of the clown car bunch.
Besides how did they come up with the Dem/Repug lists anyway?

I really liked Chicago Code, but I think it was a little too close to reality and made the powers that be there a little uneasy.

[one_voice]

59. Good list...

I watch all but two. (#1 and #10)

A few I don't watch on a regular basis, but am getting caught up. I started watching late.

[DesertRat]

16. Top 4 plus #8 on the Lib list are my favorite shows

The only show on the Conserv list I watch is Dancing with the Stars.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. I watch more shows on the conservative list

Does that make me a bad person?

[Little Star]

23. Join the club!

[Broderick]

28. me too lol

[Adsos Letter]

19. What, no "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives?"

Love that show!

[Mopar151]

50. With you 1000% n/t

[Muskypundit]

20. Daily show, colbert report, mythbusters, and any man v. wild show

So an even split. But to be fair I really don't think conservatives should watch mythbusters with all that liberal science and stuff.

[Little Star]

22. That list is crap!!! Here is what I like from both lists...

I might add that the only reality shows I give a dang about are DWTS, AGT and who do you think you are.

From the Democratic list:
1. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2. The Colbert Report

From the Repug List:
1. This Old House
2. Castle
3. New Yankee Workshop
4. Antiques Roadshow
5. Hawaii Five-O
6. Dancing with the Stars
7. NCIS
8. The Mentalist

My own list:
Justified
The Killing
Homeland
Suits
Person of Interest
Unforgettable
Harry’s Law
Bones
Ringer
Nikita
Covert Affairs
NCIS LA
The Glades
Necessary Roughness
All the CSI’s

New Shows I’m Waiting For:
The Finder
NYC 22
Alcatraz

[Little Star]

25. LOL. I keep my DVR player busy.

[one_voice]

60. Great list!!

Just started watching Justified and Nikita.

I don't watch Covert affairs--though I'm thinking about starting.

Everything else you have I watch. Also looking for to the same shows you are.

Many shows I watch on demand or netflix so I'm behind. I'll watch an entire season in a day or two.

Also add to your list:

American Horror Story

Walking Dead

The Closer

Rizzoli and Isles

Franklin and Bash

Supernatural

The Good Wife

Blue Bloods

I know I'm forgetting some.

That doesn't count what I watch from the 'pay channels' (HBO, Showtime etc)

[Little Star]

61. Oops, I forgot...

Rizzoli and Isles & Franklin and Bash on my original list. I already watch them both! LOL

My husband watches The Coser and The Good Wife I just never got into them.

Blue Bloods I catch every now and again and I like it.

American Horror Story & Walking Dead are zombie stuff right? I don't do Zombies or any Syfi just not my cup of tea.

[one_voice]

62. Walking Dead is zombies...

American Horror Story is ghosts and murder and way over the top and I love it. LOL!

I like horror and some syfi...I watch a couple of shows on the syfi channel too.

I forgot Ringer, Revenge, and the Secret Circle...

Did you have Ringer on your list? I might have missed it.

edited to add...Once upon a time and Grimm.

I'm gonna stop now and look for a 12 step program...I obviously have a problem.

[Little Star]

64. LOL! Oh yes, I have Ringer on my list. You betcha! n/t

[Kingofalldems]

27. Can the Kardashians be forced off the air?

[DevonRex]

29. I like all in the first list and 3 in the second.

I watch Top Gear and the Mentalist and NCIS. What? I think Mark Harmon is still cute...

[NRaleighLiberal]

30. Only two - and only now and then - Masterpiece, and Letterman. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

31. 8 shows on the liberal list -- 0 shows on the conservative list.

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Interesting. K&R

Edited for recount: I DVR The Daily Show, Colbert, 30 Rock, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Treme, The Soup, SNL, and Project Runway.

[Iggo]

37. 2 on the lib list, 0 on the con.

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30 Rock and Modern Family are the only ones on either list that I DVR.

[Ezlivin]

32. Apparently I watch programs disliked by both sides!

Where's "Hell on Wheels," "The Walking Dead" or "The Ultimate Fighter"?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

34. Weird....

I love Castle.

Also like Big Bang Theory (which I'm surprised Cons don't object to the title alone) How I Met Your Mother, Mad Men, Nikita and American Dad.

[CBHagman]

35. Masterpiece, American Masters, Antiques Road Show

Team PBS here.

[Speck Tater]

36. I watch 1 show on the LIB list, but 7 shows on the conservative list. Go figure.

Gotta have my Mythbusters and NCIS for sure (been following NCIS since the days of JAG almost 17 years ago), and American Pickers is just plain fun. And I'm really sorry to have to admit this, but Larry the Cable guy makes me laugh. I can't help it.

I'll watch the Daily Show once in a while (that's the 1 LIB show I counted), but I'm not a Colbert fan. It just doesn't grab me.

Most of the other shows on both lists I never even heard of. I don't have cable, so I watch what I watch via Netflix, Hulu or other Internet sources.

[SoCalDem]

39. Some of them from group one..only 1 from group two

1. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2. The Colbert Report
3. Masterpiece

9. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

12. The Late Show with David Letterman

14. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

17. Raising Hope

20. American Masters

22. United States of Tara
23. Shameless
24. Parenthood


Conservative Republicans

7. Castle

25. The Mentalist

[rug]

40. Where the hell is Storage Wars?

[supernova]

41. 8 liberal/4 conservative

Liberal:
Daily Show
Colbert
Masterpiece
SNL
Letterman
United States of Tara
Craig Ferguson

Conservative:
This Old House
Mythbusters
American Pickers
Tie: Antiques Roadshow/NCIS

AR depends on where they are. American Pickers can be fun. Watched Pawn Stars for a while til I realized that it probably isn't *that* hard to run a pawn shop in Las Vegas. Can you say gambling debts? I knew you could.

[WCGreen]

42. The only one's I occassionally watch on the Right sidde are The Mentalist and Castle....

I watch most of the ones on the Democrat list....

[slay]

44. Only one I watch from the conservative column is Castle

and i watch about 1/5th of the liberal side.

[bhikkhu]

45. I haven't seen a single one!

...and looking down both lists, there's not a single one that sounds like much more than wasted time.

[RebelOne]

53. Me neither. Watched Dancing With The Stars only when Chaz Bono was on. n/t

[47of74]

46. Occasionally MythBusters, otherwise none of the above

I like watching World's Dumbest <fill in the blank>, especially when it's about something other than crime. Such as World's Dumbest Competitions, Smartest Inventions, Record Breakers, and so on.

[fujiyama]

47. I watch several of the shows from the "liberal" list

including the NBC Thursday night line up (The Office, Parks and Rec, Community). Outsourced was canceled. I'll admit I used to watch it, even though it wasn't that great. I'm not completely surprised it was axed. I hope Community survives. It's a well written show and is pretty funny. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is hysterical though.

Colbert and The Daily Show are definitely shows that would appeal more to liberals than conservatives (while the opposite is true with the 700 Club) but most on the two lists aren't particularly ideological. With some of the comedies, it's usually pretty clear the writing is done by liberals, but then again it shouldn't be a surprise that a creative profession like script writing would draw liberals. Most conservatives are neither very funny or creative.

I don't have cable, but I enjoy Mythbusters and Pawn Stars. I catch those when I can. I'm actually a bit surprised Mythbusters would be in the second list but I think it has to do with it being on the Discovery Channel. Top Gear is fun too but I don't catch it very often.

What's interesting is that the second list draws a lot of older viewers (Leno, Wheel of Fortunes, NCIS, 700 Club)...

[lamp_shade]

48. Where's Family Guy?

[Tikki]

51. You need to add CSI New York and Bluebloods under conservative favorites..

Tikki

[Ship of Fools]

52. Stewart, Colbert, Treme, The Office. That's it for me.

[distantearlywarning]

54. None of the above.

Except for an occasional episode of Glee.

[McCamy Taylor]

55. Robot Chicken, Dexter, Torchwood, the Food Network (esp. Chopped!), Beavis & Butthead

Loved the Chopped episode with the lunch ladies. Made me cry. Oh, and Restaurant Impossible where they renovated the soup kitchen was a real winner, too.

However, Robot Chicken is the only thing that will make me put down whatever I am doing and run to the TV. The Lindsay Lohan as the Highlander episode is one of the funniest things ever.

"I want a trailer in my trailer."

http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/highlohander.html

Edit: Oh, and Alton Brown is God.

[Little Star]

65. I agree about Alton!! n/t

[dana_b]

56. TDS,Colbert and

Project Runway.

[bagimin]

66. Nobody's watching 60 Minutes?

yet it's usually in the top ten. Surprised there's not more mention of Homeland,Boardwalk Empire and Justified.
I have a soft spot for local shows The Glades and Burn Notice.

[Still Blue in PDX]

67. Well, that's just weird.

Conservatives watch The Mentalist and Castle?

My never-miss list:

The Mentalist
Castle
Masterpiece
Grimm
Leverage
Once Upon a Time

and I'm finally warming up to Doctor Who. It took me a long time to get over David Tennant and Richard T. Davies leaving the show.

My husband watches quite a few of the shows on the Conservative Republicans list, which might explain why I don't like him as much as I used to. I thought it was just because I was jealous because he's retired and I'm not.

[Odin2005]

68. Somebody tell the pukes that the Mythbusters guys are Progressives.

Interesting that Liberals watch Letterman and Cons watch Leno.

[dems_rightnow]

69. I knew this study was crap

When there was NO overlap in top 25 shows.

[muriel_volestrangler]

72. It's actually an index of 'likelihood a viewer is in that demographic'

So:

Meanwhile, “Masterpiece” is the third highest indexing show among liberal Democrats, trailing only the two Comedy Central faux-news programs. “Masterpiece” indexes at a whopping “234,” which means a “Masterpiece” viewer is 134&#8201;percent more likely to be a liberal Democrat than the average adult viewer.

So you wouldn't expect overlap. You could get it, if the shows were less popular with 3rd, 4th, etc. demographics, but it's not surprising not to see overlap at the top of each list.

[Yavin4]

70. Liberal Shows I Watch - 15

Conservative shows - 0

[hobbit709]

71. Out of all those the only one I watch on a regular basis

is Mythbusters.

[JI7]

73. The View being on the Liberal list makes the liberal list worse

overall. no matter how great/bad the rest of the shows on both lists are.

and i don't believe many conservatives watch the shows on that list. most of the ones i know just watch Fox News all day.