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Republicans like Modern Family, Dems prefer Community

post #1 of 64
11/11/10 at 12:56am
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According to months of data from leading media-research company Experian Simmons, viewers who vote Republican and identify themselves as conservative are more likely than Democrats to love the biggest hits on TV.

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post #2 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:00am
You'd think a show like Dexter would appeal more to hardcore republican types. Also, if 24 were still on it'd be nipping at Beck's heels.
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post #3 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:06am
Except for the Kardashians (WTF) and 90210, the Dem's list is pretty great television.
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post #4 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:12am
Age is a factor, that's why some of those shows show up on the Democrat side.

LOL at V though. It basically ended up damn near pandering to conservatives.
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post #5 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:13am
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Except for the Kardashians (WTF) and 90210, the Dem's list is pretty great television.
Private Practice and Brothers and Sisters?

Also, as a bleeding heart liberal, I wonder what my affinity for some of the comedies on the republican side say about me. Or, maybe this study is stupid.
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post #6 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:14am
Yeah, save for Modern Family (which is AWESOME), i consider every single one of those Republican shows to be terrible.

Private Practice is the weak link. Brothers and Sisters has great acting in it.
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post #7 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:34am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
Private Practice and Brothers and Sisters?

Also, as a bleeding heart liberal, I wonder what my affinity for some of the comedies on the republican side say about me. Or, maybe this study is stupid.
The parentheses are the opposing political party preferences. So what this tells me are that Dems have diverse tastes, liking shows Repubs like at almost the same degree. Whereas the Repubs are pretty opposed to shows Dems like.
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post #8 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:31am
This has taught me that both Republicans and Democrats watch a lot of shitty TV.

And is anyone else surprised that more Republicans don't watch Mad Men?
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post #9 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:37am
What a silly list. Although Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami being number 4 has forced me to look deep down inside myself and question my political beliefs.
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post #10 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:46am
Interesting. Many of the blue shows share commonalities like emotional subtlety & moral ambiguity while most of the red shows are "little thought required" & decidedly uncomplicated.

One would think that The Daily Show was #1 on the blue list.
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post #11 of 64
11/11/10 at 3:30am
Little thought required? Big Bang Theory has physics jokes, doesn't it? (fuck if I know, I don't watch it..)

Not sure what the purpose of this is. More Democrats > Republicans stuff?

Edit: Also @ Art Decade: My drunk logic is telling me that you're saying The Daily Show has "emotional subtlety" and "moral ambiguity" because those are things Democrats appreciate, and we all know Democrats love "The Daily Show."
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post #12 of 64
11/11/10 at 5:03am
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Little thought required? Big Bang Theory has physics jokes, doesn't it? (fuck if I know, I don't watch it..)
Terrible ones, yes.
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post #13 of 64
11/11/10 at 8:28am
It's not an especially tough not to crack. By definition, a liberal would be more into less beaten territory, and conservatives would be the target audience when something "appeals to everybody". Also, a lot of the hipper shows have suffered from the internet revolution, DVR, etc.

As to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, E! Network is basically for gay men and gay men in women's bodies. I have a lot of female, progressive friends who are into that crap, and from what I can tell, there's been a lot of resentment over how guy dominated mass media has been over the last few years, and girl-targeted guilty pleasures are like televised birth control pills or something.
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post #14 of 64
11/11/10 at 10:05am
So the dems love the 2 most violent shows on tv while reps love the comedy show about interracial relationships and a gay couple raising a child, interesting really.
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post #15 of 64
11/11/10 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by Werewolf Girl View Post
This has taught me that both Republicans and Democrats watch a lot of shitty TV.

And is anyone else surprised that more Republicans don't watch Mad Men?
Well, its a warts and all depiction of the early 60s(aka the pre-hippie era); I've read neocon complaints about the depiction of "our fathers" as racist, sexist, etc.
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post #16 of 64
11/11/10 at 10:19am
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Originally Posted by Waaaaaaaalt View Post
So the dems love the 2 most violent shows on tv while reps love the comedy show about interracial relationships and a gay couple raising a child, interesting really.
Interracial relationships only bother if it's the man that's not white. Not the woman. Especially if that woman is Sophia Vergara.
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post #17 of 64
11/11/10 at 10:28am
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Interracial relationships only bother if it's the man that's not white. Not the woman. Especially if that woman is Sophia Vergara.
And it's not a relationships harbored in the slums, it's the white old rich guy providing the hot wife who even jokes about her homebirth.
Sofia is a natural blonde by the way.

Dems love 30 rock.
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post #18 of 64
11/11/10 at 10:50am
All this list tells me is that there is a bipartisan effort to ignore Terriers.
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post #19 of 64
11/11/10 at 11:04am
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And it's not a relationships harbored in the slums, it's the white old rich guy providing the hot wife who even jokes about her homebirth.
Sofia is a natural blonde by the way.

Dems love 30 rock.
Yeah but gay couple raising a kid, kinda a big deal for those people. Although with such a large spanish population in the us it would be interesting to see how much ratings they contribute to the show. Im betting the spanish fellas might have a problem with that relationship too.
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post #20 of 64
11/11/10 at 12:08pm
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But the gay couple is played for laughs. There have been very few real relationshipy moments. They aren't seen as threatening.
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post #21 of 64
11/11/10 at 12:09pm
When it comes to representing un-orthodox relationships Modern Family is about as anodyne as possible.
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post #22 of 64
11/11/10 at 12:10pm
NCIS and Modern Family are the only two shows worth a crap on the Republican side.
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post #23 of 64
11/11/10 at 12:19pm
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But the gay couple is played for laughs. There have been very few real relationshipy moments. They aren't seen as threatening.
Yeah but aren't they all? Im just making a point that it might be a VERY small step in the right direction. I mean can it be a bad thing that the party thats known for hating other races and gays likes the show?
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post #24 of 64
11/11/10 at 12:41pm
the GOP prefers the show "V"... ahh, what a suprise, lol
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post #25 of 64
11/11/10 at 12:48pm
Am I misunderstanding what the numbers mean, or is Damages out of order?
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post #26 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:00pm
I think it's more interesting on the Republican side that Beck is the only show on cable.
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post #27 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:09pm
I prefer Modern Family to Community... Am I a republican?
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post #28 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:20pm
Nah, just a wanker.

It's funny, I never watch Olbermann. I only see clips of him online.
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post #29 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:24pm
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Am I misunderstanding what the numbers mean, or is Damages out of order?
Nope, it should be #14.
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post #30 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:25pm
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Am I misunderstanding what the numbers mean, or is Damages out of order?
The scoring also shows The Good Wife as scoring a 119 for the Republicans, meaning that it would tie for 6th on their list, making it the only cross-list show.
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post #31 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:27pm
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Little thought required? Big Bang Theory has physics jokes, doesn't it? (fuck if I know, I don't watch it..)

Not sure what the purpose of this is. More Democrats > Republicans stuff?

Edit: Also @ Art Decade: My drunk logic is telling me that you're saying The Daily Show has "emotional subtlety" and "moral ambiguity" because those are things Democrats appreciate, and we all know Democrats love "The Daily Show."
Whoa whoa whoa.. Easy there, tiger. I was actually thinking of the subtle & morally ambiguous hourlongs like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Damages & Dexter vs
the pedantic & decidedly uncomplex hourlongs like NCIS & V. That's all.

My Daily Show comment wasn't meant to be considered with this comparison. At all. My fault for throwing it in there.
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post #32 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:31pm
It's really telling that Big Bang Theory (a thoroughly terrible and despicable show) is on the GOP list of favorites.

A show about over-educated social misfits enjoyed by under-educated conformists. Nice.

The writers of that show don't seem to understand or appreciate geek culture in that special way that Brendon Small talks about regarding Metalocalypse and the death metal scene in Renn's recent interview. And that's what makes BBT such a terrible and despicable show.
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post #33 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:32pm
This is kind of a silly study...I usually vote Republican (yeah, I'll admit it), and all the shows I watch are in the "blue" column (well, not Olbermann ). The GOP's tastes aren't monolithic--and neither are the Democrats'.

I was curious why conservatives didn't like Mad Men, though. Isn't that show right up their Capitalist Alley?

Interesting in this study how "conservative politically" seems to dovetail with "conservative TV tastes" (esp. the good ol' fashioned multi-camera sitcoms that dominate their half of the list). In other words, the shows are "safe" because they're popular, formulaic, and familiar? Is that also why there's more reality TV on the red end--because it's a game they've all seen before, and know the rules to?
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post #34 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:35pm
Nobody comes off well here. Make fun of CSI or The Mentalist all you want... Dems prefer Kourtney and Khloe and Jersey Shore!
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post #35 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:43pm
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It's really telling that Big Bang Theory (a thoroughly terrible and despicable show) is on the GOP list of favorites.

A show about over-educated social misfits enjoyed by under-educated conformists. Nice.
Not to mention the way it takes some dumb blonde from the midwest to "teach them about life" and make them not be horrible.

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The writers of that show don't seem to understand or appreciate geek culture in that special way that Brendon Small talks about regarding Metalocalypse and the death metal scene in Renn's recent interview. And that's what makes BBT such a terrible and despicable show.
As I believe I've said before, this is a show depicting geek culture as imagined by people whose only exposure to geeks happens when the studio's IT department sends someone over to fix their Macs.
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post #36 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:47pm
Yup.
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post #37 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:48pm
Republicans don't watch Mad Men because they live(d) it.
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post #38 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:51pm
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This cracked me up.

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"The big shows with mass appeal tend to have above-average scores from Democrats and Republicans but with higher concentrations of Republicans," says John Fetto, senior marketing manager at Experian Simmons. "Looking at the Democrats' side, I don't mean to make light of it, but they seem to like shows about damaged people. Those are the kind of shows Republicans just stay away from."
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post #39 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:55pm
The best thing about these threads is seeing who comes out to defend shows like NCIS or The Mentalist.
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post #40 of 64
11/11/10 at 1:58pm
Another weird thing: I thought GLEE was one of the highest-rated scripted shows on TV right now. How come it didn't make either list??
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post #41 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:00pm
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I prefer Modern Family to Community... Am I a republican?
No, you're a Blue Dog.
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post #42 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:01pm
Why does the article call The Big Bang Theory "atheist friendly"? Is denouncing God a recurring joke?
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post #43 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:02pm
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Another weird thing: I thought GLEE was one of the highest-rated scripted shows on TV right now. How come it didn't make either list??
Most of Glee's fans don't vote yet?
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post #44 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:02pm
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The best thing about these threads is seeing who comes out to defend shows like NCIS or The Mentalist.
If you were referring to me, I wasn't defending them, I don't even watch them. Would still still mainline entire seasons over watching one episode of Jersey Shore.
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post #45 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:02pm
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Why does the article call The Big Bang Theory "atheist friendly"? Is denouncing God a recurring joke?
Science = atheist friendly, duh.
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post #46 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:19pm
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Why does the article call The Big Bang Theory "atheist friendly"? Is denouncing God a recurring joke?
More because one of the leads is an unabashed non-believer who is presented, if not positively, at least in a sympathetic light.

And some of you guys are reading way, waaaay too much into such a fluff show. I'll agree it's not exceedingly well-written, and delves into some of the same anti-intellectualism that shows like Frasier reveled in, but it's not a monstrous affront to decency. The characters are as amusing as any cookie-cutter sitcom, and it's nice to see the occasional Green Lantern reference, and Sheldon settling down in East Texas, resigned to a fate of teaching evolution to creationists.
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post #47 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:38pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
The best thing about these threads is seeing who comes out to defend shows like NCIS or The Mentalist.
The Mentalist blows it's done so much better on USA under the title "Psych".

But what may I ask is wrong with NCIS?
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post #48 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:48pm
Everything is wrong with NCIS, it's the show your parents watch.

Genuinely surprised by How I Met Your Mother being on the Republican side.
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post #49 of 64
11/11/10 at 2:56pm
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Most of Glee's fans don't vote yet?
And fans of the Kardashians AND 90210 DO vote? Scary thought
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post #50 of 64
11/11/10 at 3:30pm
Just another reason to love FNL.
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