* BrokenBase: Bill Schulz's [[http://www.mediaite.com/tv/foxs-red-eye-announces-the-departure-of-repulsive-sidekick-bill-schulz/ abrupt, mysterious departure]] and subsequent replacement by Joanne Nosuchinsky led to division among long-time fans. Most were heartbroken and angered that he didn't get a proper send-off; some stopped watching the show entirely; some were saddened but decided to give Joanne a chance; and some (mostly among the show's more rigidly conservative following who didn't appreciate Bill's blend of liberalism and oddball humor) were actively delighted to see him get a HotterAndSexier replacement.
** Greg's intro of Jill [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vvTgpv-jaU sparks this]].
* FridgeBrilliance: Greg's character, oafish, racist, misogynistic, constantly getting the simplest of facts wrong, and possibly a self-hating homosexual, is the perfect deconstruction of what the typical liberal thinks everyone on Fox News is.
* HarsherInHindsight: One time, the three panelists took a jab at the [[UsefulNotes/CanucksWithChinooks Canadian Armed Forces]], saying they were pretty much non-existent, and have been doing next to nothing while stationed in Afghanistan (basically running through every "weak Canadian" stereotype imaginable). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X9tBjt0DUk Later that day, four Canadian soldiers were killed in action in Afghanistan, the last of 116 fatalities there at that point of time]]. Naturally, no one was amused.
* HoYay: OnceAnEpisode. Seriously. If one was to take their jokes seriously, you'd think Greg and Andy were an old, married gay couple and Bill Schulz is the loosest gay man to ever live.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Andy's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOjUKwoHUyw "apology"]] to Music/ChrisBrown. Quite possibly '''the''' definitive TakeThat to Brown.
* OlderThanTheyThink: The show frequently plays strange Website/YouTube videos as if they are relevant to the story being discussed. Doing so has caused some detractors to claim the show is ripping off Tosh.0, despite the fact that Red Eye predates Tosh.0 and has been doing the video gag for longer as well.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Let's put it this way: If you liked ''Red Eye's'' Conservative-Liberal-Libertarian-balance dynamic between Greg, Bill, and Andy...Bill's leaving and subsequent replacement by the more Libertarian/Conservative-leaning Joanne probably hurts part of the show's charm for you.
** Also [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] regarding Pinch, Bill's newspaper-Muppet. The paper used to have a ''very'' central role in the show--offering comments on the stories, having entire ''specials'' oriented around him. etc. He eventually was limited to a funny during-the-intro comment on what the ''New York Times'' has to offer in the day's issue...and then for a time disappeared altogether--until fans complained, emphasizing that he was a major BreakoutCharacter. Greg brought him back ''for a time'', but he still made sure to remark when he did that the joke about the character was getting pretty old as far as he was concerned.