Entertainment Weekly released the results of a survey Tuesday that compares the viewing habits of Democrats and Republicans. The study, conducted by Experian-Simmons exclusively for the magazine, revealed some interesting likes and dislikes for the left-and-right leaners.

When Glenn Beck ended his run on FOX News, the channel had a plethora of options with which to replace him. And they landed on what was probably the most unlikely of formats — a five-person panel show that tackles the day’s topics from several angles. It’s like The View, but for political junkies. And with more suspenders.

CBS News wants you to know that reporters at The New York Times, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and Entertainment Weekly all got it wrong in comparing Scott Pelley‘s first week as anchor of The CBS Evening News to the final weeks of Katie Couric‘s time in the chair. As we put it yesterday, “it’s too early to fairly judge the CBS Evening News‘ transition from Katie Couric to Scott Pelley in terms of ratings, but in his first week on the job, Pelley largely held on to the viewers Couric had, but seems to have lost some of the viewers who tuned in for the post-Couric newscasts with interim anchor Harry Smith.”

What does a governor do after leaving office? Why, adopt a cool superhero costume and fight crime of course–complete with art by comic book legend Stan Lee and a “secret high-tech crime-fighting center under his house in Brentwood.” Of course.

Welcome to the world of The Governator, perhaps Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s coolest project since The Terminator. “The word Governator combined two worlds: the world of politics and the movie world. And [this cartoon] brings everything together. It combines the governor, the Terminator, the bodybuilding world, the True Lies,” Schwarzenegger told Entertainment Weekly, which features the comic book art on the magazine’s cover. “When I ran for governor back in 2003 and I started hearing people talking about ‘the Governator,’ I thought the word was so cool.”

While the internet is virtually going bezerk over news that Arianna Huffington is now Michael Arrington‘s boss, it’s nice to take a break to remember those who have come before us, carving their way through the competitive world of media before any of us had to lose sleep over SEO or slideshows. So, in that vein, here’s a pretty cool bit of media history: We’ve been able to find Jeff Jarvis‘ original pitch for Entertainment Weekly, from way back in 1988.

Glenn Beck seems to inspire criticism from some of the most random of places. On his weekly segment with Bill O’Reilly last night, Beck responded to comments made about him by novelist Stephen King, who compared him to “urban nutcakes” in the honesty of his perceived insanity. Beck was pretty happy to have been called honest.

MediaWeek is reporting today that Time Inc. title Entertainment Weekly will soon be changing their publishing schedule so that the magazine will show up to its subscriber base and newsstands on Friday. This new move is meant to attract more advertising dollars from retail and food industries because readers will now get their issues in advance of the weekend. While the knee-jerk reaction by many is that this is a sure sign of EW‘s imminent demise, the truth is that it’s actually a vote of confidence by Time Inc., and more likely means that it will be around for a long time.

Last week, the A.V. Club interviewed actress Chloe Sevignyy who plays one of the wives on the HBO program Big Love and she gave some shockingly honest responses. In this case, of course, “shockingly honest” should be read as “totally ripped apart the show she works on”. The interview instantly began burning up the blogosphere which is unsurprising considering the high profile nature of the program and the fact that Ms. Sevigny led off with a money quote as fantastic as “It was awful this season.” Ouch.

Those familiar with the Escher-esque narrative devices employed by the writers and producers of Lost know that part of the fun in following the show is reading the encapsulation and analysis the next day. While there are many who play the game of adding context to a meaning to a show that dares to lack both, one of the absolute best is Entertainment Weekly‘s Jeff Jensen, who works furiously through the night to publish his 6 to 8-page precis the following morning under the moniker Doc Jensen. Alas, his latest is not up, so here are some other options for you to mull.

The year 2009 was a remarkably troubled year for magazine publishing — filled with lay-offs, declining ad revenue, and serious questions about the viability of the medium as a whole. Yet, in this sea of bad news, a few titles were able to eke out some positive attention and influence over the field — thanks, in part, to the vision and leadership of their editors. Who among them did we find to do his or her job the best? Jon Meacham, Editor-in-chief for Newsweek. His runner-up and reader poll winner after the jump.

With this weekend’s release of the latest entry in “The Twilight Saga:” New Moon, it’s safe to say a new publicity blitz is upon us. In this edition of Cover Wars, we remember the classics from the Twilight franchise, knowing full well that many more are now in print. We call it The Greatest Twilight Cover So Far.

Who knew that the cover of a gay magazine could put everyone in such a bad mood. Adam Lambert used an interview with Entertainment Weekly to respond to allegations made earlier in the week by Out magazine editor Aaron Hicklin that Lambert didn’t want to be seen as “too gay” in the magazine devoted to being, well, openly gay.

Yesterday, we got extremely excited for the next entry in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and to celebrate we took a look back at the all-time greatest Twilight magazine covers so far. We picked one cover, but the fans had other ideas. And the winner is…

The latest issue of the UK edition of Esquire features actor/comedian Ricky Gervais shot with arrows. It’s a visual reference to the famous Muhammad Ali Esquire cover from April 1966, and that cover is, of course, a clever visual nod to the famous paintings of St. Sebastian. And although it may be time to give that particular homage a well-deserved rest, this got us thinking about other magazine covers that have referenced magazine covers. Here’s a brief recent history.

Over at Webdesigner Depot, Angela West has put together an excellent list of 30 of the most controversial magazine covers of all time. A) we wish we had thought of it first, and B) we urge our readers to check it out.

Remember how Entertainment Weekly was coming out with a revolutionary ‘video-in-print’ ad that would change the future of advertising forever? Well, as of this week, it’s out. But has anybody noticed?

Desperate times. Entertainment Weekly, the magazine that is consistently rumored to be going web-only, is including a video ad (literally) in its upcoming print issue. Is it merely another desperate sign of magazines trying to bring what interest on the web to print? Aren’t we post-novelty?