You Are Politically What You Watch on TV
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Autumn DeWilde/FOX(NEW YORK) — Democrats and Republicans disagree on most things including their favorite TV shows.
Entertainment Weekly conducted a poll of 25,000 adults to find out their political affiliation and the programs they watch most often, with the exception of news and sports.
Judging by the lists, there isn’t a lot of overlap:
Democrats’ Favorite TV Shows:
American Experience (PBS)
American Masters (PBS)
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (CNN)
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Ask This Old House (PBS)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Braxton Family Values (WE tv)
Community (NBC)
Cosmos (Fox)
Doctor Who (BBC America)
Fashion Police (E!)
Glee (Fox)
Homeland (Showtime)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
Masterpiece (PBS)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nature (PBS)
New Girl (Fox)
Nova (PBS)
Portlandia (IFC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
Project Runway All Stars (Lifetime)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Scandal (ABC)
Shameless (Showtime)
Tamar & Vince (WE tv)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
The Good Wife (CBS)
The Mindy Project (Fox)
The Newsroom (HBO)
The Simpsons (Fox)
The Soup (E!)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC)
The View (ABC)
This Old House (PBS)
What Would You Do? (ABC)
Republicans’ Favorite TV Shows:
American Idol (Fox)
American Pickers (History)
Being Human (Syfy)
Blue Bloods (CBS)
Bones (Fox)
Buying and Selling (HGTV)
Castle (ABC)
Duck Dynasty (A&E)
Flip This House (A&E)
Giada at Home (Food Network)
Hallmark Original Movie (Hallmark Channel)
House Hunters (HGTV)
House Hunters International (HGTV)
Intelligence (CBS)
Longmire (A&E)
Love It or List It (HGTV)
Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo)
Mystery Detectives (HLN)
NCIS (CBS)
New Girl (Fox)
Pawn Stars (History)
Person of Interest (CBS)
Prospectors (The Weather Channel)
Psych (USA)
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
Rent or Buy (HGTV)
Revolution (NBC)
Talking Dead (AMC)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The American Bible Challenge (GSN)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Blacklist (NBC)
The Following (Fox)
The Goldbergs (ABC)
The Mentalist (CBS)
The Voice (NBC)
Top Gear (BBC America)
Top Gear (History)
Treehouse Masters (Animal Planet)
The only real takeaway from this is that people from both parties apparently love Zooey Deschanel because Fox’s New Girl is one few programs on both lists.
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