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Partisan TV: College football vs. ‘The Daily Show’ Need to reach Ultra-Conservatives with your political message? Got a message for Super-Democrats? Trying to sway Mild Republicans or on-the-fence liberals during this election cycle? A new report from Experian Simmons is here to help, listing the 20 shows with the highest concentration of party loyalists and swing voters.
Super-Democrat: Jon's your man
Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" has the highest concentration of Super-Democrats, besting the network’s other faux newscast by one slot.
Brad Barket
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Associated Press
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Super Democrat? Yes to Colbert.
”The Colbert Report” and Stephen Colbert’s conservative persona have the second-highest concentration of staunch liberal watchers. An upset? Not so much.
Kristopher Long
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Associated Press
Super Democrat: Loving Liz Lemon?
Well, she did mock Sarah Palin. Tina Fey's Liz Lemon and Alec Baldwin’s Reagan-worshipping Jack Donaghy in "30 Rock" rank No. 3 among Democrats in this study.
Ali Goldstein
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Associated Press
Super Democrat: 'Shameless,' please
The Showtime series “Shameless” has one of the highest concentration of full-fledged Democrats.
Showtime
Super Democrat: 'Modern Family'
A gay couple and a May-November marriage are unexceptional on ABC’s hit “Modern Family,” which receives a high concentration of loyal Democrat viewers, followed in this report by HBO’s "Game of Thrones" and Lifetime’s "Project Runway."
Peter "Hopper" Stone
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ABC
Ultra-Conservatives: Are you ready for some football?
ESPN's broadcasts of regular-season college football is the big winner with Ultra-Conservatives. We wonder: Why just regular-season matchups? Do the liberals sneak in for bowl games?
Wade Payne
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Associated Press
Ultra-Conservatives: See, we do like PBS!
PBS’s "Antiques Roadshow" has the second-highest concentration of staunch conservatives, according to the report. HGTV’s "Property Brothers" and "House Hunters" also made the list, at Nos. 14 and 15, respectively.
Jeffrey Dunn
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Ultra-Conservatives: Liberty, Hoda and Kathy Lee
The chatty duo of Hoda Kotb, left with Jordin Sparks, and Kathy Lee Gifford receive a high saturation of Republican viewers, taking the No. 3 spot in the report with the fourth hour of NBC’s "Today."
Peter Kramer
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Associated Press
Ultra-Conservatives: Ready for some (more) football?
ESPN2’s campus gridiron programming ranks No. 4, with ABC’s Saturday night college football 10th. But college basketball? A measly 19th.
Patrick Semansky
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Associated Press
Ultra-Conservative: Dance Dance Counterrevolution
The mirror-ball trophy is a draw for conservatives, with results night of "Dancing With the Stars" taking fifth place in the report.
Kelsey McNeal
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Associated Press
Mild Republicans: Some 'Rules' are fine
Mild Republicans have committed themselves to CBS’s "Rules of Engagement."
Monty Brinton
Mild Republicans: Wild about motorcyles
A high concentration of conservative viewers show loyalty to docudramas, including Discovery’s "Sons of Guns" (No. 2), History Channel’s "Brad Metzler’s Decoded" (No. 4) and FX’s scripted drama about an outlawed motorcycle club, "Sons of Anarchy," shown.
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Mild Republicans: Fishing (for a candidate?)
TLC’s "Deadliest Catch" also has a high concentration of moderate conservative viewers. The reality series that follows Alaskan king-crabbing boats placed at No. 8, behind A&E’s "The Glades" and Discovery’s "Gold Rush."
Rick Gershon
Mild Republicans: We pwn 'Pawn Stars'
Cash on the barrelhead, please. The History channel reality series on pawnshop owners ranks No. 2 in concentration.
History
Mild Republicans: Don't touch my stuff
A pattern here? Acquire product (fish), pawn it or store it. A&E’s "Storage Wars" ranks 11the on the Mild Republican section of this report.
Emily Shur
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A&E Network
On-the-Fence Liberals: Cartoon break
Adult Swim’s "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" is the first cartoon to make the top five of any list in this report, ranking second in concentration of On-the-Fence Liberals, after BBC’s "The Graham Norton Show."
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On-the-Fence Liberals: Well, it's British ...
Another BBC show appears at No. 3 for borderline liberals. The car show "Top Gear" pulls in just ahead of Comedy Central’s "Tosh.0."
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BBC
On-the-Fence Liberals: Yeah, 'Dad' is at the CIA, but ...
Fox’s "American Dad" and Adult Swim’s "Robot Chicken" rank at Nos. 5 and 6, topping "Futurama" (No. 8), "The Simpsons" (13) and "Squidbillies" (16).
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AP
On-the-Fence Liberals: My life as a dog
FX’s "Wilfred," starring Elijah Wood, left, and Jason Gann, is another comedy series that skews Democratic, placing seventh. You can bark if you want to.
Ray Mickshaw
On-the-Fence Liberals: Nothing is sacred
Among the comedies thickest with moderate Democrats, "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia" takes the 10th slot, followed by another FX hit, "Louie."
Ray Mickshaw
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FX
Green Traditionalists: Coupons and tow trucks
Green traditionalists, described as being largely independents with a focus on environmental issues, are plentiful on truTV’s series about the owners of a repo company "Lizard Truck Towing" and TLC’s "Extreme Couponing."
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TLC
Green Traditionalists: Yes, but she recycles!
In a departure from the reality-based series that topped the list, traditionalists are a large chunk of the audience for USA’s "Covert Affairs," the drama centered on a young CIA operative played by Piper Perabo.
Steve Wilkie
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USA Network
Green Traditionalists: We knew this already
The syndicated "Mentalist," about a psychic-turned-investigative consultant, ranks No. 6 for this group.
Michael Yarish
Green Traditionalists: No 'Hoarding' jokes, please
TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" slides in at No. 7 among Traditionalists, along with the network's "Little Couple" (11th) and "Hoarding: Burried Alive" (20th).
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TLC
Nothing says 'tradition' quite like Betty White
Green Traditionists also adore USA’s "White Collar" and TV Land’s "Hot in Cleveland," starring Betty White.
Barbara Nitke
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USA Network
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