Your Political Loyalty Determined by what TV shows you watch

Your Political Loyalty Determined by what TV shows you watch

by Liv | Published on November 11th, 2010, 10:09 am | Arts

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. cite

You might say I have Republican political beliefs because I watch the Amazing Race (which strikes me odd to be associated with mostly Republican television viewers), but you'd be wrong. Yes, I do watch Keith Olbermann one of the most popular Democrat television shows, as well as Dexter, but I don't necessarily watch any of the other shows on the list that's supposed to predict your political affiliation. So for grins and giggle, I'll post my line up....

Shows I watch: (that conservatives shouldn't)

What's yours?

Hard to pick ten, so here are my 14 favorite!

1. Mad Men
2. Doctor Who
3. Boardwalk Empire
4. Top Gear
5. Californication
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. Chuck
8. GPS with Fareed Zakaria
9. Eastbound and Down
10. Justified
11. The Defenders
12. Community
13. Big Bang Theory
14. SGU

My top ten for TV viewing:

"The Daily Show"
"ACC basketball (men)"
"ACC basketball (women)"
(maybe) "The Event"

Where does that put me? Prolly in with the Whig Party.

I of course didn't list my U.K. preferences.... which of course, I think immediately disqualifies us from being American let-alone Democrat or Republican...

Current UK shows we're watching:
QI
Doctor Who
Torchwood (Da best evar)
Sarah Jane
Top Gear

and in the past...
The IT Crowd (I came to drink milk and kick ass, and I just finished my milk)
Catherine Tate Show (Bling, bling.)
Gavin & Stacey (Makes me slit my wrist I don't live in Barry Island)
Survivors
Hex
Bob & Rose (Love it!)
Skins

and a boat load more I can't think of....

I think I've gone so far left, I've broken the meter.

I've only watched four of those shows and some of the rest I've never even heard of. LOL So what political party is one affiliated with if they don't watch CBS, NBC, or ABC?

My list (in no particular order):

1. Dexter
2. House
3. LOST (I never missed an episode and now I'm watching it all over again with the kids, via DVDs)
4. Pawn Stars
5. American Pickers
6. Stan Lee's Super Humans
7. Ancients behaving badly
8. The Tudors
9. Mythbusters
10. Wicked Attractions
11. Deadly women
12. History's Mysterys
13. Penn & Teller Bullsh%t
14. This American Life (I like both the Showtime and NPR shows)
15. The United States of Tara

College Football
College Basketball
The Event
The Walking Dead
Big Bang Theory

Mybe this is why I was a registered democrat for so many years!

I looked at the lists and realized I don't watch much TV any more, at least not "deliberately." There are only two shows that I make the time to watch weekly:

1. How I Met Your Mother
2. Mad Men

The rest of the list (alphabetized to maintain some order)

may be shows I'll watch but usually the have been recorded and I watch at my leisure the next day or whenever I get around to it. They may also be shows I have watched and enjoyed but don't make it a point to watch them:

3. 30 Rock
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Californication
6. Chuck
7. The Colbert Report
8. Community
9. The Daily Show
10. Doctor Who
11. Drinking Made Easy (Three Sheets)
12. Family Guy
13. House
14. Modern Family
15. Torchwood

There's nothing on that list - on either side that I 'watch'

I have sat through some episodes of NCIS and Law and Order, and I have watched Olbermann on the Internet - but only if I've been sent there after reading something.

The Daily Show is about the only program I make a regular effort to watch.

Mythbusters is getting tired, as is Dirty Jobs. The Learning Channel is finished unless you want to learn about a bunch of people you wouldn't even want to have a beer with living boring and dysfunctional lives

Top Gear has jumped the shark.

Meh forget about 13 channels of (expletive), I've got 99.

Oh and re-runs of the Red Green Show November 12th, 2010, 7:02 pm

Oh and re-runs of the Red Green Show

How could I have left out "Drinking Made Easy" and "Walking Dead"???

College ball goes without saying.

Oh, I am a HUGE fan of "This American Life" too, but I think that show was only on Showtime for 2 seasons. Wonder if they will do more? Its the best radio show in the world, I thought it translated to TV well.

Sanjuro wrote:Oh, I am a HUGE fan of "This American Life" too, but I think that show was only on Showtime for 2 seasons. Wonder if they will do more? Its the best radio show in the world, I thought it translated to TV well.

Did you see the one about the people who had the pet bull and when it died, they had it cloned? But instead of being sweet and docile like the original bull, this cloned one was vicious and tried to kill the guy twice. The man refused to believe that it wasn't the same bull and was sure it would settle down and become sweet eventually. I laughed my butt off...it was the most ludicrous thing I'd ever seen. :lol:

And yes, I totally agree, TLC has become the stupid pregnancy stories channel. :evil:

Jamy wrote:
Sanjuro wrote:Oh, I am a HUGE fan of "This American Life" too, but I think that show was only on Showtime for 2 seasons. Wonder if they will do more? Its the best radio show in the world, I thought it translated to TV well.

Did you see the one about the people who had the pet bull and when it died, they had it cloned? But instead of being sweet and docile like the original bull, this cloned one was vicious and tried to kill the guy twice. The man refused to believe that it wasn't the same bull and was sure it would settle down and become sweet eventually. I laughed my butt off...it was the most ludicrous thing I'd ever seen.

YES! That was so surreal. FANTASTIC episode.

I assume you saw his surprise cameo on The Daily Show? I almost fell out of my chair:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfj6kf_the-daily-show-you-re-welcome-violent-video-games_news

An the "moment of Zen" was icing on the cake:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTBCF0QuW_8

A Person wrote:Oh and re-runs of the Red Green Show

Oh my goodness! AP and I are finding common ground. I love the Red Green show. :clap:

BecauseHeLives wrote:
A Person wrote:Oh and re-runs of the Red Green Show

Oh my goodness! AP and I are finding common ground. I love the Red Green show.

I have never heard of this, but you have me curious now. I just added a season of it onto my Netflix list. :wink:

Jamy wrote:
BecauseHeLives wrote:
A Person wrote:Oh and re-runs of the Red Green Show

Oh my goodness! AP and I are finding common ground. I love the Red Green show.

I have never heard of this, but you have me curious now. I just added a season of it onto my Netflix list.

There is a red green website and many of the skits are on youtube.