Survey reveals favorite TV shows of Democrats, Republicans

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As you may have surmised, there are some television shows that turn off adherents to one political party while being embraced by the other side of the aisle.

This has been confirmed by a national poll recently conducted by Entertainment Weekly and research firm Experian Marketing Services. EW says the poll was “taken in the field” for more than a year and completed last summer, although the results have just been released.

If a show didn’t appear on a list for either Democrats or Republicans, that means it doesn’t draw a heavily partisan audience. More than 25,000 U.S. adults were asked about their political leanings and their favorite entertainment shows — excluding news and sports programs.

Comedies like NBC/Yahoo’s “Community”, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and IFC’s “Portlandia” are favorites among Democrats, as are late night programs like “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

Republican favorites include A&E’s “Duck Dynasty,” CBS’ “NCIS” and “Person of Interest” as well as five HGTV programs. In perhaps a surprise, the post-“The Walking Dead” chat show “Talking Dead” appeared on the GOP list of favorites.

Several reality series appeared on both lists.

One anomaly in the study is that Fox’s “New Girl” managed to get on both lists, which [Experian analyst John] Fetto says can happen in the unlikely event that card-carrying partisans of both stripes are partial to the same show compared to unregistered voters or Independents.

Below are the full lists of shows that disproportionately appeal to members of one political party over another:

Democrat favorites:

Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart* (Comedy Central)
The Colbert Report* (Comedy Central)
Community (NBC)
Portlandia (IFC)
Masterpiece (PBS)
The Newsroom (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
What Would You Do? (ABC)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nova (PBS)
Project Runway All Stars (Lifetime)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Scandal (ABC)
The Soup (E!)
New Girl (Fox)
American Masters (PBS)
Fashion Police (E!)
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Nature (PBS)
Shameless (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
American Experience (PBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (CNN)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
Braxton Family Values (WE tv)
The Simpsons (Fox)
The View (ABC)
Cosmos (Fox)
This Old House (PBS)
Glee (Fox)
The Mindy Project (Fox)
Doctor Who (BBC America)
Homeland (Showtime)
Tamar & Vince (WE tv)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Ask This Old House (PBS)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC)
Mad Men (AMC)

Republican favorites:

Rent or Buy (HGTV)
Buying and Selling (HGTV)
Hallmark Original Movie (Hallmark Channel)
Blue Bloods (CBS)
Duck Dynasty (A&E)
Longmire (A&E)
House Hunters International (HGTV)
Love It or List It (HGTV)
Prospectors (The Weather Channel)
Flip This House (A&E)
New Girl (Fox)
Person of Interest (CBS)
The Following (Fox)
Revolution (NBC)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
NCIS (CBS)
Being Human (Syfy)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Top Gear (History)
The Mentalist (CBS)
The American Bible Challenge (GSN)
House Hunters (HGTV)
Castle (ABC)
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
Talking Dead (AMC)
Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Treehouse Masters (Animal Planet)
American Idol (Fox)
The Voice (NBC))
Pawn Stars (History)
Top Gear (BBC America)
Bones (Fox)
American Pickers (History)
Psych (USA)
Giada at Home (Food Network)
Mystery Detectives (HLN)
Intelligence (CBS)
The Goldbergs (ABC)