Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Conservative vs. Liberals; Partisan divide over favorite TV Shows

Not much of a surprise but there is a huge Partisan Divide over which TV Shows are favorites among Liberals and Conservatives. 

LIBERAL-DEMOCRAT FAVORITES:
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report (Comedy Central): As you might expect.
30 Rock and Parks and Recreation (NBC): Literate media-savvy comedies score high among Dems in general, notes Experian-Simmons senior marketing manager John Fetto. “Sarcastic humor is always a hook for them,” he adds.
The View (ABC): Shows that skew female tend to do better among Dems, while male-friendly shows tend to do perform higher among Republicans.
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC): Last year, the progressive Glee and Modern Family scored surprisingly strong among both political leanings. Among conservatives this year, the shows still do fairly well, but have dropped out of their top ranks.

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEAST FAVORITES:
Swamp Loggers
(Discovery): What are they doing on this show, feeding Nancy Pelosi to alligators?
Dog the Bounty Hunter (A&E) and COPS (syndication): “Question authority.”
The Ultimate Fighter (Spike TV): Conservatives can make their own “cut and run” jokes
The Price Is Right (CBS): Annnnd a budget-crisis joke.
CSI: Miami (CBS)

CONSERVATIVE-REPUBLICAN FAVORITES:
Swamp Loggers (Discovery) and Top Shot (History): Gritty documentary-style work-related reality shows on cable index really strongly with conservative Republicans. Swamp Loggers is particularly polarizing.
The Bachelor (ABC): They also tend to gravitate toward broadcast reality competition shows.
Castle (ABC): Ranks fairly high among Dems, too.
Mythbusters (Discovery)
Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy, American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Swamp People (History): If you’re a Republican candidate looking to raise money, put ads on History.


CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN LEAST FAVORITES:
Weeds (Showtime): Female-centered drama, lots of drug use and a morally murky antihero help make this show the lowest-ranked series among righties.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report (Comedy Central): But not disliked equally. Republicans prefer Colbert between the two (maybe some pretend he’s being serious).
South Park (Comedy Central): Aww, South Park is an equal opportunity offender! But, again, media-darling sarcastic comedies tend to be a turn-off.
TMZ (syndication)
General Hospital (ABC)

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