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This is a list of the longest running United States television series, ordered by number of years the show has been aired. This list includes only first-run series originating in North America and available throughout the U.S. via national broadcast networks, U.S. cable networks, or syndication. Series continuations (with name changes and/or changes in network) are noted, but series' revivals are treated as separate from the originals (see The People's Court and Jeopardy!). Series broadcast within the US but produced in other countries, such as Coronation Street (50 years as of 2010) and Doctor Who (47 years), are not included. Series shaded in light blue are currently in production.
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Top 25 longest running series
[edit]Length | Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
Notes |
62 years | 62nd | Meet the Press (NBC News)[1] | NBC | November 6, 1947 | present | 4,843+ | Longest running show. |
59 years | 61st | CBS Evening News (CBS News)[2] | CBS | August 14, 1948 | present | 16,400+ | Longest running network newscast. |
61 years | 61st | Music and the Spoken Word[3] | Syndicated | October 1949 | present | ||
58 years | 58th | Today (NBC News) | NBC | January 14, 1952 | present | 20,700+ | |
57 years | 59th | Hallmark Hall of Fame[4] | NBC | December 24, 1952 | December 17, 1978 | 236 | Not broadcast on a regular schedule, with only a limited number of productions per year. |
CBS | November 14, 1979 | April 30, 1980 | |||||
PBS | February 9, 1981 | May 6, 1981 | |||||
CBS | December 1, 1981 | January 29, 1989 | |||||
ABC | April 30, 1989 | April 23, 1995 | |||||
CBS | December 10, 1995 | present | |||||
57 years | 57 | Guiding Light (CBS Daytime)[5] | CBS | June 30, 1952 | September 18, 2009 | 15,762 | Longest running dramatic series of any genre. Longest running daytime drama. |
56 years | 56th | World News (ABC News)[6] | ABC | September 1953 | present | 15,722+ | |
54 years | 55th | The Tonight Show[7] | NBC | September 27, 1954 | present | 10,452+ | |
54 years | 55th | Face the Nation (CBS News) | CBS | November 7, 1954 | present | ||
53 years | 54th | It Is Written | Syndicated | March 1956 | present | First religious television program to broadcast in color.[8] | |
55 years | 54th | The Open Mind | Syndicated | 1956 | present | ||
55 years | 54 | As the World Turns (CBS Daytime) | CBS | April 2, 1956 | September 17, 2010 | 13,858 | |
51 years | 52 | The Wonderful World of Disney [9] | ABC | October 27, 1954 | June 11, 1961 | 1,224 | |
NBC | September 24, 1961 | August 16, 1981 | |||||
CBS | September 26, 1981 | May 3, 1983 | |||||
ABC | February 2, 1986 | May 22, 1988 | |||||
NBC | October 9, 1988 | August 26, 1990 | |||||
Disney Channel |
September 23, 1990 | August 25, 1996 | |||||
ABC | September 28, 1997 | December 24, 2008 | |||||
51 years | 51 | The NFL on CBS | CBS | September 30, 1956 | January 23, 1994 | 4,975+ | |
September 6, 1998 | present | ||||||
46 years | 47th | Professional Bowlers Tour (ABC Sports)[10] | ABC[11] | 1962 | June 21, 1997 | ||
CBS | 1998[12] | 2000 | |||||
ESPN | 1998 | present | |||||
47 years | 47th | General Hospital (ABC Daytime) | ABC | April 1, 1963 | present | 12,020+ | |
45 years | 45 | Wide World of Sports (ABC Sports) | ABC | April 29, 1961 | August 2006[13] | ||
45 years | 45th | Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon | Syndicated | September 1966 | present | 45 | |
45 years | 45th | Days of our Lives (NBC Daytime) | NBC | November 8, 1965 | present | 11,271+ | |
41 years | 42nd | Washington Week[14] | NET, PBS | February 23, 1967 | present | 2000 | |
41 years | 41 | Romper Room/Romper Room & Friends[15] | Syndicated | February 1953 | September 1994 | ||
41 years | 41st | One Life to Live (ABC Daytime) | ABC | July 15, 1968 | present | 10,614+ | |
41 years | 41st | 60 Minutes (CBS News) | CBS | September 24, 1968 | present | ||
40 years | 40th | Sesame Street | NET | November 10, 1969 | May 8, 1970 | 4,212 | Longest running children's show.[16] |
PBS | November 9, 1970 | present | |||||
40 years | 40th | All My Children (ABC Daytime) | ABC | January 5, 1970 | present | 10,309+ |
Scripted programs
[edit]Prime time
[edit]Daytime
[edit]News and current affairs
[edit]Sports
[edit]Reality
[edit]Religious
[edit]Children
[edit]Old
[edit]40+ years
[edit]Length | Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
Notes |
62 years | 62nd | Meet the Press (NBC News)[17] | NBC | November 6, 1947 | present | 4,843+ | Longest running show. |
59 years | 61st | CBS Evening News (CBS News)[18] | CBS | August 14, 1948 | present | 16,400+ | Longest running network newscast. |
61 years | 61st | Music and the Spoken Word[19] | Syndicated | October 1949 | present | ||
58 years | 58th | Today (NBC News) | NBC | January 14, 1952 | present | 20,700+ | |
57 years | 59th | Hallmark Hall of Fame[20] | NBC | December 24, 1952 | December 17, 1978 | 236 | Not broadcast on a regular schedule, with only a limited number of productions per year. |
CBS | November 14, 1979 | April 30, 1980 | |||||
PBS | February 9, 1981 | May 6, 1981 | |||||
CBS | December 1, 1981 | January 29, 1989 | |||||
ABC | April 30, 1989 | April 23, 1995 | |||||
CBS | December 10, 1995 | present | |||||
57 years | 57 | Guiding Light (CBS Daytime)[21] | CBS | June 30, 1952 | September 18, 2009 | 15,762 | Longest running dramatic series of any genre. Longest running daytime drama. |
56 years | 56th | World News (ABC News)[22] | ABC | September 1953 | present | 15,722+ | |
54 years | 55th | The Tonight Show[23] | NBC | September 27, 1954 | present | 10,452+ | |
54 years | 55th | Face the Nation (CBS News) | CBS | November 7, 1954 | present | ||
53 years | 54th | It Is Written | Syndicated | March 1956 | present | First religious television program to broadcast in color.[24] | |
55 years | 54th | The Open Mind | Syndicated | 1956 | present | ||
55 years | 54 | As the World Turns (CBS Daytime) | CBS | April 2, 1956 | September 17, 2010 | 13,858 | |
51 years | 52 | The Wonderful World of Disney [25] | ABC | October 27, 1954 | June 11, 1961 | 1,224 | |
NBC | September 24, 1961 | August 16, 1981 | |||||
CBS | September 26, 1981 | May 3, 1983 | |||||
ABC | February 2, 1986 | May 22, 1988 | |||||
NBC | October 9, 1988 | August 26, 1990 | |||||
Disney Channel |
September 23, 1990 | August 25, 1996 | |||||
ABC | September 28, 1997 | December 24, 2008 | |||||
51 years | 51 | The NFL on CBS | CBS | September 30, 1956 | January 23, 1994 | 4,975+ | |
September 6, 1998 | present | ||||||
46 years | 47th | Professional Bowlers Tour (ABC Sports)[26] | ABC[27] | 1962 | June 21, 1997 | ||
CBS | 1998[28] | 2000 | |||||
ESPN | 1998 | present | |||||
47 years | 47th | General Hospital (ABC Daytime) | ABC | April 1, 1963 | present | 12,020+ | |
45 years | 45 | Wide World of Sports (ABC Sports) | ABC | April 29, 1961 | August 2006[29] | ||
45 years | 45th | Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon | Syndicated | September 1966 | present | 45 | |
45 years | 45th | Days of our Lives (NBC Daytime) | NBC | November 8, 1965 | present | 11,271+ | |
41 years | 42nd | Washington Week[30] | NET, PBS | February 23, 1967 | present | 2000 | |
41 years | 41 | Romper Room/Romper Room & Friends[31] | Syndicated | February 1953 | September 1994 | ||
41 years | 41st | One Life to Live (ABC Daytime) | ABC | July 15, 1968 | present | 10,614+ | |
41 years | 41st | 60 Minutes (CBS News) | CBS | September 24, 1968 | present | ||
40 years | 40th | Sesame Street | NET | November 10, 1969 | May 8, 1970 | 4,212 | Longest running children's show.[32] |
PBS | November 9, 1970 | present | |||||
40 years | 40th | All My Children (ABC Daytime) | ABC | January 5, 1970 | present | 10,309+ | |
39 years | 40th | Monday Night Football (ABC Sports) | ABC | September 21, 1970 | December 26, 2005 | 626+ | |
ESPN | August 14, 2006 | present |
35-39 years
[edit]Length | Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
39 years | 39th | NFL Films Presents | Syndicated | 1968 | 1997 | ||
ESPN | 1997 | present | |||||
NFL Network | November 4, 2003 | present | |||||
39 years | 39th | Agronsky & Co./Inside Washington | Syndicated | 1969 | present | ||
39 years | 39th | NBC Nightly News (NBC News) | NBC | August 3, 1970 | present | ||
38 years | 38th | The Hour of Power | Syndicated | February 1970 | present | 1,900+ | |
38 years | 38th | Great Performances | PBS | November 4, 1972 | present | ||
38 years | 38th | The Price Is Right (CBS Daytime)[33] | CBS | September 4, 1972 | present | 7,203+ | Longest running game show. |
38 years | 38th | The Young and the Restless (CBS Daytime) | CBS | March 26, 1973 | present | 9,331+ | |
37 years | 37th | Masterpiece Theatre | PBS | January 10, 1971 | present | ||
37 years | 37th | Nova | PBS | March 3, 1974 | present | 631 | |
36 years | 36th | Saturday Night Live[34] | NBC | October 11, 1975 | present | 685+ | The longest running prime-time TV show |
35 years | 35 | Search for Tomorrow (CBS and NBC Daytime) | CBS | September 3, 1951 | March 29, 1982 | 9,130 | |
NBC | March 26, 1982 | December 26, 1986 | |||||
35 years | 35 | Another World (NBC Daytime) | NBC | May 4, 1964 | June 25, 1999 | 8,891 | |
34 years | 35 | Soul Train | Syndicated | October 2, 1971 | March 25, 2006[35] | 1,117 | |
34 years | 35 | Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser[36] | PBS | November 20, 1970 | June 24, 2005 | ||
34 years | 35 | Evening at Pops | PBS | July 12, 1970 | August 29, 2004 | ||
35 years | 35th | 700 Club[37] | Syndicated[38] | 1966 | present | ||
ABC Family | 1977 | present |
30-34 years
[edit]Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
34 | Good Morning America | ABC | September 1, 1975 | present | 8,623+ | |
33 | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | NET | February 19, 1968 | October 1970 | 895 | |
PBS | October 1970 | August 31, 2001 | ||||
33 | Family Feud | ABC | July 12, 1976 | June 14, 1985 | 2,311 | |
CBS | July 4, 1988 | June 29, 1992 | ||||
Syndicated | September 20, 1999 | present | 976+ | |||
33 | Firing Line | Syndicated | 1966[39] | 1971 | 1,504 | |
PBS | 1971 | December 26, 1999 | ||||
33 | The Victory Garden[40] | PBS | April 16, 1975 | present | ||
32 | American Bandstand[41] | ABC | August 5, 1957 | November 5, 1987 | 4,134 | |
Syndicated | 1987 | 1988 | ||||
USA | April 8, 1989 | October 7, 1989 | ||||
32 | PBS NewsHour[42] | PBS | October 20, 1975 | present | ||
32 | Inside the NFL | HBO | 1977 | February 6, 2008 | ||
Showtime | September 10, 2008 [43] | present | ||||
31 | Faith for Today[44] | ABC | May 21, 1950 | 1955 | ||
Syndicated | 1955 | 1981 | ||||
31 | Creative Living with Sheryl Borden | Syndicated | 1976 | present | ||
31 | Austin City Limits | PBS | 1976 | present | ||
31 | Live from Lincoln Center | PBS | January 30, 1976 | present[45] | ||
31 | CBS News Sunday Morning | CBS | January 28, 1979 | present | ||
30 | 20/20 | ABC | June 6, 1978 | present | ||
30 | SportsCenter | ESPN and ABC | September 7, 1979 | present | 31,511+ | More episodes than any other television series. |
30 | Live from the Met[46] | PBS | 1977 | 2007 | ||
30 | This Old House | PBS | 1979 | present | 786+ | |
30 | Mystery![47] | PBS | February 5, 1980 | 2008 | ||
30 | Nightline[48] | ABC | March 24, 1980 | present |
25-29 years
[edit]Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Bobby Jones Gospel | BET | November 1980 | present | ||
29 | Love of Life | CBS | September 24, 1951 | February 1, 1980 | 7,500 | |
29 | Captain Kangaroo[49] | CBS | October 3, 1955 | December 8, 1984 | ||
29 | Lou Dobbs Tonight[50] | CNN | June 1, 1980 | November 11, 2009 | ||
29 | Washington Journal[51] | C-SPAN | October 7, 1980 | present | ||
28 | The Edge of Night | CBS | April 2, 1956 | November 28, 1975 | 7,420 | |
ABC | December 1, 1975 | December 28, 1984 | ||||
28 | This Week[52] | ABC | 1981 | present | ||
28 | Entertainment Tonight | Syndicated | September 14, 1981 | present | ||
28 | The Woodwright's Shop[53] | PBS | 1981 | present | 360+ | |
28 | Nightly Business Report[54] | PBS | 1981 | present | ||
28 | Noticiero Univision[55] | Univision | June 1, 1981 | present | ||
27 | The Lawrence Welk Show[56] | ABC | July 2, 1955 | September 4, 1971 | ||
Syndicated | 1971 | February 1982 | ||||
27 | The Phil Donahue Show[57] | Syndicated | 1969 | 1996 | ||
27 | The McLaughlin Group | Syndicated | 1982 | present | ||
27 | Nature | PBS | October 10, 1982 | present | 440+ | |
27 | Frontline | PBS | January 17, 1983 | present | 490+ | |
26 | MotorWeek[58] | PBS | 1982 | present | ||
26 | The David Susskind Show[59] | Syndicated | 1961 | 1987 | ||
26 | Wheel of Fortune | Syndicated | September 19, 1983 | present | 5030+ | |
26 | Real Videos | TBN, JCTV | October 4th, 1985 | present | 900+ | |
25 | What's My Line?[60] | CBS | February 16, 1950 | September 3, 1967 | 2,191 | |
Syndicated | September 1968 | September 1975 | ||||
25 | Insight | Syndicated | October 2, 1960 | January 21, 1985 | ||
25 | Camera Three | CBS | January 22, 1956 | 1979 | ||
PBS | 1979 | July 1, 1980 | ||||
25 | Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom | NBC | January 6, 1963 | April 11, 1971 | ||
Syndicated | 1971 | 1988 | ||||
25 | Jeopardy! (revival)[61] | Syndicated | September 10, 1984 | present | 5500+ | |
25 | Larry King Live | CNN | June 3, 1985 | present |
20-24 years
[edit]Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | CBS Morning News[62] | CBS | September 2, 1963 | January 9, 1987 | ||
24 | WCW Saturday Night[63] | WTCG/WTBS/TBS | January 1976[64] | June 24, 2000 | ||
24 | Hee Haw[65] | CBS | June 15, 1969 | July 17, 1971 | ||
Syndicated | 1971 | 1992 | ||||
24 | Truth or Consequences [66] | CBS[67] | September 7, 1950 | May 1951 | ||
NBC[68] | 1952 | 1952 | ||||
NBC | May 18, 1954[69] | September 24, 1965 | ||||
Syndicated[70] | 1966 | 1974 | ||||
24 | Bodies in Motion | ESPN | 1983 | 1994 | ||
Fox Sports Net | 1994 | 1995 | ||||
Discovery Health | 1995 | 2004 | ||||
FitTV | 2004 | present | ||||
24 | Sunday NFL Countdown | ESPN | September 7, 1985 | present | ||
24 | National Geographic Explorer[71] | Nickelodeon | 1985 | 1986 | ||
WTBS/TBS | 1986 | 1999 | ||||
CNBC | 1999 | 2001 | ||||
MSNBC[72] | 2001 | 2005 | ||||
National Geographic | 2005 | present | ||||
23 | At the Movies[73] | Syndicated | September 18, 1986 | August 14, 2010 | ||
23 | Death Valley Days | Syndicated | March 1, 1952 | August 1, 1975 | 558 | |
23 | The Ed Sullivan Show[74] | CBS | June 20, 1948 | June 6, 1971 | 1087 | |
23 | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Syndicated | September 8, 1986 | September 9, 2011 (scheduled) | 3724+ | |
23 | Sábado Gigante[75] | Univisión | April 12, 1986 | present | ||
23 | Hometime | PBS | November 1, 1986 | present | ||
23 | Crossfire | CNN | 1982 | June 3, 2005 | ||
23 | George Michael Sports Machine[76] | NBC | September 2, 1984 | September 8, 1991 | ||
Syndicated | September 15, 1991 | March 25, 2007 | ||||
22 | America's Most Wanted | Fox | February 1, 1988 | present | 940+ | |
22 | Grand Ole Opry Live[77] | TNN | April 20, 1985 | August 2001 | ||
CMT | August 2001 | 2003 | ||||
GAC[78] | 2003 | present | ||||
22 | The Original Amateur Hour[79] | DuMont | January 18, 1948 | October 1949 | ||
NBC | October 1949 | September 1954 | ||||
ABC | October 1955 | June 1957 | ||||
NBC | July 1957 | October 1958 | ||||
CBS | May 1959 | October 1959 | ||||
ABC | March 1960 | September 26, 1960 | ||||
CBS | October 2, 1960 | September 27, 1970 | ||||
22 | The Merv Griffin Show | NBC | October 1962 | March 1963 | ||
Syndicated | 1965 | 1969 | ||||
CBS | August 18, 1969 | February 11, 1972 | ||||
Syndicated | 1972 | September 1986 | ||||
22 | The NFL on NBC[80] | NBC | 1975 | 1997 | ||
22 | Bold and the Beautiful | CBS | March 23, 1987 | present | 5500+ | |
22 | College GameDay (football series) | ESPN | September 1987 | present | ||
22 | NFL Primetime | ESPN | 1987 | present | ||
22 | Showtime at the Apollo[81] | Syndicated | 1987 | present | ||
22 | The Simpsons[82] | FOX | December 17, 1989 | present | 472 | Longest running Prime-Time Entertainment show (comedy or drama), and longest running animated program. |
21 | Live with Regis and Kelly[83] | Syndicated | September 5, 1988[84] | present | 6,490+ | |
21 | COPS | Fox | March 11, 1989 | present | 800+ | |
21 | American Experience | PBS | October 1, 1988 | present | 230+ | |
21 | Reading Rainbow | PBS | June 6, 1983 | November 10, 2006 | 155 | |
21 | Issues and Answers[85] | ABC | 1960 | 1981 | ||
21 | Mike Douglas Show | Syndicated | 1961 | 1982 | 6,000+ | |
21 | Sneak Previews[86] | PBS | 1975 | 1996 | ||
21 | This Week in Baseball [87] | Syndicated | 1977 | 1998 | ||
21 | Style with Elsa Klensch | CNN | June 1, 1980 | January 2001 | ||
21 | Cookin' Cheap | PBS | 1981 | 2002 | ||
21 | For Your Home | Syndicated | December 1, 1996 | present | ||
20 | The Red Skelton Show | NBC | September 30, 1951 | June 21, 1953 | ||
CBS | September 22, 1953 | June 23, 1970 | ||||
NBC | September 14, 1970 | August 29, 1971 | ||||
20 | Gunsmoke[88] | CBS | September 10, 1955 | September 1, 1975 | 635 | Tied with Law & Order as longest running Prime-Time Drama. |
20 | Law & Order | NBC | September 13, 1990 | May 24, 2010 | 456 | Tied with Gunsmoke as longest running Prime-Time Drama. |
20 | Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito[89] | PBS | October 1989 | present | Longest running Cooking Program. | |
20 | The Secret Storm | CBS | February 1, 1954 | February 8, 1974 | 5,195 | |
20 | Lassie | CBS | September 12, 1954 | March 21, 1971 | 588 | |
Syndicated[90] | October 7, 1971 | 1974 | ||||
20 | Concentration (original series) | NBC | August 25, 1958 | March 23, 1973 | 3,796 | |
Syndicated | 1973 | 1978 | ||||
20 | 48 Hours[91] | CBS | January 2, 1988 | present | ||
20 | The New Yankee Workshop | PBS | January 1988 | June 27, 2009 | ||
20 | Biography[92] | A&E | April 6, 1987[93] | August 2006 | ||
Biography Channel | August 2006 | present[94] | ||||
20 | Evans and Novak[95] | CNN | September 1982 | November 9, 2002 | ||
20 | The Doctors | NBC | April 1, 1963 | December 31, 1982 | 5,280 |
16-19 years
[edit]Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | The Porter Wagoner Show | Syndicated | 1960 | 1979 | ||
19 | The NFL Today (original series) | CBS | 1975 | January 23, 1994 | ||
19 | Computer Chronicles | PBS | 1983 | June 25, 2002 | ||
19 | Friday Night Videos[96] | NBC | July 29, 1983 | May 24, 2002 | ||
19 | The Sports Reporters[97] | ESPN[98] | October 9, 1988 | present | ||
19 | ESPN Sunday Night Football[99] | ESPN | November 8, 1987[100] | January 1, 2006 | ||
19 | P.O.V. | PBS | July 5, 1988 | present | ||
19 | Inside Edition | Syndicated | January 9, 1989 | present | ||
19 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | November 26, 1989 | present | 407+ | |
18 | Art Linkletter's House Party[101] | CBS | September 1, 1952 | September 5, 1969 | ||
NBC | December 29, 1969 | September 25, 1970 | ||||
18 | The Danny Thomas Show | ABC[102] | September 29, 1953 | July 1957 | ||
CBS[103] | September 1957 | September 2, 1971 | ||||
18 | Baseball Tonight | ESPN | March 19, 1990 | present | ||
18 | WWF superstars | syndication | 1984 | 1996 | 800 | |
USA | 1996 | 2000 | ||||
TNN | 2001 | 2002 | ||||
18 | ESPN Major League Baseball[104] | ESPN, ESPN2[105] | April 15, 1990 | present | ||
17 | NBA on CBS | CBS | October 20, 1973 | June 14, 1990 | ||
17 | NBA Inside Stuff | NBC | 1990 | 2002 | ||
ABC | 2002 | present | ||||
17 | Outside the Lines | ESPN | 1990 | present | ||
17 | Showbiz Today | CNN | October 29, 1984 | 2001 | ||
17 | USA Tuesday Night Fights | USA | March 30, 1982 | 1998 | ||
17 | The Capital Gang | CNN | September 7, 1988 | 2005 | ||
17[106] | Power Rangers[107] | FOX[108] | August 28, 1993 | September 7, 2002 | 700 | Longest running United States Tokusatsu Series.[109] |
ABC Family[110] | March 3, 2002 | August 31, 2006 | ||||
Toon Disney[111] | February 14, 2004 | February 12, 2009 | ||||
ABC[112] | September 14, 2002 | August 28, 2010 | ||||
Nicktoons[113] | October 2010 (tentative) | Unknown | ||||
Nickelodeon[114] | February 2011 (tentative) | Unknown | ||||
17 | The Montel Williams Show | Syndicated | June 24, 1991 | May 16, 2008 | 3000+ | |
16 | Lilias, Yoga, and You[115] | PBS | 1976 | 1999 | ||
16 | MTV Unplugged | MTV | November 26, 1989 | March 2, 2007[116] | 108 | |
16 | Booknotes | C-SPAN | April 2, 1989 | December 5, 2004 | ||
16 | E! News[117] | E! | September 1, 1991 | present | ||
16 | The Jerry Springer Show | Syndicated | September 20, 1991 | present | 3,362 | |
16 | Investigative Reports | A&E | September 27, 1991 | present | ||
16 | Charlie Rose | PBS | September 30, 1991 | present | ||
16 | Reliable Sources | CNN | March 7, 1992 | present | ||
18 | The Real World[118] | MTV | May 21, 1992 | present | 435+ | Longest running MTV Reality Series. |
16 | Dateline NBC[119] | NBC | March 31, 1992 | present | 1,606+ | |
16 | Wheel of Fortune (daytime) | NBC | January 6, 1975 | June 30, 1989 | ||
CBS | July 17, 1989 | January 11, 1991 | ||||
NBC | January 14, 1991 | September 20, 1991 | ||||
16 | Fight Back! With David Horowitz | Syndicated | 1976 | 1992 | ||
16 | Late Show with David Letterman | CBS | August 30, 1993 | present | 2,900+ | |
16 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien[120] | NBC | October 17, 1993 | February 20, 2009 | 2,725 | |
16 | WWE Monday Night Raw | USA | January 11, 1993 | September 18, 2000 | 900+ | Longest running weekly episodic television series in history. |
TNN/Spike TV | September 25, 2000 | September 26, 2005 | ||||
USA | October 3, 2005 | present |
12-15 years
[edit]Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | I've Got a Secret | CBS | June 19, 1952 | April 3, 1967 | 350+ | |
15 | Concentration | NBC | August 25, 1958 | March 23, 1973 | 3,796 | |
15 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS | October 29, 1950 | September 15, 1964 | 343 | |
NBC | September 25, 1964 | September 10, 1965 | ||||
15 | That Good Ole Nashville Music | Syndicated | 1970 | 1985 | ||
15 | Scientific American Frontiers | PBS | October 1, 1990 | October 19, 2005 | 97 | |
15 | Newton's Apple | PBS | 1983 | 1998 | ||
15 | Inside the Actors Studio | Bravo | August 14, 1994 | present | ||
15 | ER | NBC | September 19, 1994 | April 2, 2009 | 331 | |
14 | South Park | Comedy Central | August 13, 1997 | present | 200+ | |
14 | Watch Mr. Wizard (original series) | NBC | May 26, 1951 | June 27, 1965 | 547 | |
14 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet[121] |
ABC | October 10, 1952 | September 3, 1966 | 435 | |
14 | The Jack LaLanne Show | Syndicated | 1956 | 1970 | ||
14 | Bonanza[122] | NBC | September 12, 1959 | January 16, 1973 | 430 | |
14 | Hollywood Squares | NBC | October 17, 1966 | June 20, 1980 | 3,536 | |
14 | Knots Landing | CBS | December 27, 1979 | May 13, 1993 | 344 | |
14 | Ryan's Hope | ABC | July 7, 1975 | January 13, 1989 | 3,515 | |
14 | The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | ABC | September 13, 1986 | September 2, 2000 | 387+ | |
14 | Marty Stouffer's Wild America | PBS | 1982 | 1996 | 120 | |
14 | An Evening at the Improv | A&E | February 3, 1982 | January 1, 1996 | ||
14 | Speed Week | ESPN | 1983 | 1997 | ||
14 | Video Soul | BET | June 26, 1983 | 1997 | ||
14 | Loving[123] | ABC | June 26, 1983 | March 28, 1997 | 3,169 | |
14 | Nick News with Linda Ellerbee | Nickelodeon | 1992 | Present | ||
14 | Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures | Syndicated | September 1, 1993 | present | ||
14 | NFL Matchup | ESPN, ESPN2[124] | September 5, 1993 | present | ||
14 | MADtv | FOX | October 14, 1995 | May 16, 2009 | 321 | |
14 | Monday Night Countdown | ESPN | September 6, 1993 | present | ||
14 | Modern Marvels | History Channel | January 1, 1995 | present | 529+ | |
14 | Road Rules | MTV | July 19, 1995 | present[125] | ||
14 | Judge Judy | Syndicated | September 16, 1996 | present | Longest running reality courtroom show currently in production. | |
13 | Arthur | PBS | September 2, 1996 | present | 155 | Third-longest running animated television program with a consistent setting, after "The Simpsons" and "South Park". |
13 | Rugrats | Nickelodeon | August 11, 1991 | June 8, 2004 | 172 | |
13 | Real World/Road Rules Challenge | MTV | September 28, 1997 | present | ||
13 | Let's Make a Deal[126] | NBC | December 30, 1963 | December 27, 1968 | ||
ABC | December 30, 1968 | July 9, 1976 | ||||
13 | Howdy Doody | NBC | December 27, 1947 | September 24, 1960 | ||
13 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | NBC | June 6, 1950 | June 1957 | ||
CBS | October 1957 | August 28, 1963 | ||||
13 | The 20th Century[127] | CBS | October 20, 1957 | January 4, 1970 | ||
13 | Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | CBS | September 9, 1972 | August 25, 1984 | ||
Syndicated | 1984 | 1985 | ||||
13 | Homes Across America[128] | HGTV | December 1994 | October 12, 2005 | ||
13 | Kickin' It with Byron Allen[129] | Syndicated | 1994 | present | ||
13 | Extra[130] | Syndicated | September 5, 1994 | present | 4,000+ | |
13 | Fox NFL Sunday | Fox | September 18, 1994 | present | ||
13 | Entertainers with Byron Allen[131] | Syndicated | September 1994 | present | ||
13 | Dallas | CBS | April 2, 1978 | May 3, 1991 | 357 | |
13 | PM Magazine[132] | Syndicated | September 1978 | January 1, 1991 | ||
13 | Later | NBC | August 22, 1988 | February 1, 2001 | ||
13 | Unsolved Mysteries (original series) | NBC | January 20, 1987[133] | September 5, 1997 | 560+ | |
CBS | November 13, 1997 | June 11, 1999 | ||||
Lifetime | July 2, 2001 | September 20, 2002 | ||||
13 | Tim Russert | CNBC | 1994 | 2008 | ||
13 | The Late Late Show[134] | CBS | January 9, 1995 | present | 2,578+ | |
13 | King of the Hill | FOX | January 12, 1997 | September 13, 2009[135] | 259 | |
13 | Golf Talk | Golf Channel | January 17, 1995 | present | ||
13 | Golf Central | Golf Channel | January 18, 1995 | present | ||
13 | Hannity & Colmes | Fox News Channel | October 6, 1996 | January 9, 2009 | ||
12 | The Joker's Wild | CBS | September 3, 1972 | June 13, 1975 | 3,026 | |
Syndicated[136] | September 1977 | May 23, 1986 | ||||
12 | Star Search[137] | Syndicated | September 10, 1983 | May 20, 1995 | ||
12 | To Tell the Truth | CBS | December 18, 1956 | September 6, 1968 | ||
12 | The Joy of Painting | PBS | 1983 | 1995 | ||
12 | Divorce Court (original series)[138] | Syndicated | 1957 | 1969 | ||
12 | CBS Reports | CBS | October 27, 1959 | September 7, 1971 | ||
12 | The Lucy Show[139] | CBS | October 1, 1962 | September 2, 1974 | 156 | |
12 | The People's Court (original series)[140] | Syndicated | September 1981 | 1993 | 2,484 | |
12 | My Three Sons | ABC | September 29, 1960 | September 2, 1965 | ||
CBS | September 16, 1965 | August 24, 1972 | ||||
12 | NYPD Blue | ABC | September 21, 1993 | March 1, 2005 | 261 | |
12 | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | September 1, 1984 | May 19, 1996 | 264 | |
12 | Hawaii Five-O (original series) | CBS | September 26, 1968 | April 26, 1980 | 284 | |
12 | Loving | ABC | June 27, 1983 | November 10, 1995 | 3,169 | |
12 | Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous | Syndicated | January 1984 | September 1996 | ||
12 | CBS This Morning[141] | CBS | November 30, 1987 | October 29, 1999 | 2,143+ | |
12 | House of Style | MTV | January 1, 1989 | 2000 | ||
12 | The Jenny Jones Show | Syndicated | September 16, 1991 | September 12, 2003 | 1,500 | |
12 | Room by Room | HGTV | December 31, 1994 | 2006[142] | ||
12 | The NBA on NBC | NBC | 1990 | 2002 | ||
12 | Squawk Box | CNBC | 1995 | present | ||
12 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | HBO | 1995 | present | ||
12 | Private Screenings | TCM | January 1, 1996 | present | ||
12 | NFL Flims Presents | ESPN | 1993 | present | ||
12 | X-Play | G4 | 1998 | present | 1000+ | |
12 | WWE Friday Night SmackDown | UPN | August 26, 1999 | September 15, 2006 | 575+ | |
The CW | September 22, 2006 | September 26, 2008 | ||||
MyNetwork TV | October 3, 2008 | September 24, 2010 | ||||
SyFy | October 1, 2010 | present |
10-11 years
[edit]Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | Cheaters | Syndicated/ The CW | November 26, 1999 | present | 220 |
11 | Kraft Television Theatre[143] | NBC | May 7, 1947 | October 1, 1958 | 650 |
11 | The Voice of Firestone | NBC | September 5, 1949 | June 1954 | |
ABC | June 1954 | June 1959 | |||
ABC | September 1962 | June 16, 1963 | |||
11 | You Bet Your Life | NBC | October 5, 1950 | June 29, 1961 | 429 |
11 | The Andy Williams Show | CBS | 1957 | 1959 | |
NBC | 1962 | 1971 | |||
11 | Beat the Clock (original series)[144] | CBS | March 23, 1950 | September 12, 1958 | |
ABC | October 13, 1958 | January 30, 1961 | |||
11 | Jeopardy! (original NBC series)[145] | NBC | March 30, 1964 | January 3, 1975 | 2,753 |
11 | The General Electric College Bowl[146] | CBS | January 4, 1959 | 1963 | |
NBC | 1963 | June 14, 1970 | |||
11 | The Wilburn Brothers Show | Syndicated | 1987 | 1998 | 354 |
11 | Law and Order: Special Victims Unit | NBC | September 20, 1999 | Present | 236 |
11 | Divorce Court (revival reality show) | Syndicated/Fox Twentieth Television | September 15, 1999 | Present | 2,076 |
11 | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | September 11, 1967 | March 29, 1978 | 278 |
11 | M*A*S*H | CBS | September 17, 1972 | February 28, 1983 | 251 |
11 | Cheers | NBC | September 30, 1982 | May 20, 1993 | 273 |
11 | Late Night with David Letterman | NBC | February 1, 1982 | June 25, 1993 | 1,810 |
11 | The Howard Stern Show | E! | June 18, 1994 | July 8, 2005 | |
11 | Frasier | NBC | September 16, 1993 | May 13, 2004 | 264 |
11 | Geraldo | Syndicated | 1987 | 1998 | |
11 | Married... with Children | Fox | April 5, 1987 | June 9, 1997 | 259 |
11 | Happy Days | ABC | January 15, 1974 | May 26, 1984 | 255 |
11 | Love Connection | Syndicated | September 12, 1983 | July 1, 1994 | 2,425 |
11 | Talk Soup | E! | December 26, 1991 | May 17, 2002 | |
11 | Martha Stewart Living | Syndicated | 1993 | 2004 | |
11 | Ricki Lake | Syndicated | September 13, 1993 | August 27, 2004 | |
11 | All That | Nickelodeon | September 6, 1994[147] | October 22, 2005 | 184 |
11 | The Daily Show | Comedy Central | July 22, 1996 | present | 1,720+ |
11 | 7th Heaven[148] | The WB | August 26, 1996 | September 18, 2006 | 243 |
The CW | September 25, 2006 | May 13, 2007[149] | |||
11 | Despierta America | Univision | April 14, 1997 | present | |
11 | Imus in the Morning[150] | MSNBC | September 2, 1996 | April 11, 2007 | |
11 | Access Hollywood | Syndicated | September 9, 1996 | present | 3,265+ |
11 | Fox News Live | Fox News Channel | October 6, 1996 | present | |
11 | Your World with Neil Cavuto | Fox News Channel | October 6, 1996 | present | |
11 | The O'Reilly Factor[151] | Fox News Channel | October 6, 1996 | present | |
11 | Gardening by the Yard | HGTV | 1996 | present | |
11 | E! True Hollywood Story | E! | 1996 | present | 500+ |
11 | Fox News Sunday | Fox[152] | 1996 | present | |
11 | A Wedding Story | TLC | 1996 | present | |
11 | Antiques Roadshow | PBS | January 1, 1997 | present | |
11 | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | CBS | January 12, 1949 | April 28, 1959 | |
11 | The Jeffersons | CBS | January 18, 1975 | July 23, 1985 | 255 |
11 | Religion & Ethics Newsweekly | PBS | September 5, 1997 | present | |
11 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | May 1, 1999 | present | 263 |
10 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts[153] | CBS | December 6, 1948 | July 21, 1958 | |
10 | Studio One[154] | CBS | November 7, 1948 | September 29, 1958 | |
10 | Pantomime Quiz[155] | CBS | October 4, 1949 | August 28, 1951 | |
NBC | January 2, 1952 | March 26, 1952 | |||
CBS | July 4, 1952 | September 1952 | |||
CBS | July 1953 | August 28, 1953 | |||
DuMont | October 20, 1953 | April 13, 1954 | |||
CBS | July 9, 1954 | August 27, 1954 | |||
ABC | January 1955 | March 1955 | |||
CBS | July 8, 1955 | September 6, 1957 | |||
ABC | April 1958 | September 1958 | |||
ABC | January 1959 | September 1959 | |||
10 | The Arthur Murray Party[156] | ABC | July 20, 1950 | September 1950 | |
DuMont | October 1950 | March 1951 | |||
ABC | April 1951 | May 1952 | |||
CBS | July 1952 | August 1952 | |||
DuMont | October 1952 | April 1953 | |||
CBS | June 1953 | October 1953 | |||
NBC | October 1953 | September 1955 | |||
CBS | April 1956 | September 1956 | |||
NBC | July 1957 | September 6, 1960 | |||
10 | Smilin' Ed's Gang[157] | NBC | August 26, 1950 | May 19, 1951 | |
CBS | August 11, 1951 | April 11, 1953 | |||
ABC | August 22, 1953 | April 23, 1955 | |||
CBS | August 20, 1955 | December 31, 1960 | |||
10 | General Electric Theater | CBS | February 1, 1953 | September 16, 1962 | |
10 | America's Test Kitchen | PBS | 2001 | Present | |
10 | The Pink Panther Show[158] | NBC | September 13, 1969 | September 2, 1978 | |
ABC | September 9, 1978[159] | September 1, 1979 | |||
10 | A Current Affair | Syndicated | July 28, 1986 | 1996 | |
10 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (original series) | Syndicated | December 10, 1987 | February 9, 1990 | 193 |
CBS | September 10, 1990 | November 2, 1996 | |||
10 | Stargate SG-1[160] | Showtime | July 27, 1997 | May 17, 2002 | 215[161] |
Sci Fi | June 7, 2002 | March 13, 2007[162] | |||
10 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents[163] | NBC | October 2, 1955 | June 26, 1960 | 366 |
CBS | September 25, 1960 | June 26, 1962[164] | |||
NBC | September 20, 1962 | July 3, 1964 | |||
CBS | October 5, 1964 | May 10, 1965 | |||
10 | Murphy Brown | CBS | November 14, 1988 | May 18, 1998 | 247 |
10 | Hard Copy | Syndicated | September 18, 1989 | April 26, 1999 | |
10 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Cartoon Network/Adult Swim | April 15, 1994 | May 31, 2008 | 110 |
10 | Friends | NBC | September 22, 1994 | May 6, 2004 | 236 |
10 | JAG | NBC | September 1, 1995 | May 22, 1996[165] | 227 |
CBS | January 3, 1997 | April 29, 2005 | |||
10 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Fox | October 4, 1990 | May 17, 2000 | 296 |
10 | Nashville Now | TNN | March 1, 1983 | January 1, 1993 | |
10 | Getting Fit | ESPN | 1987 | 1997 | |
10 | Mystery Science Theater 3000[166] | Comedy Central | November 27, 1989 | May 18, 1996 | 198 |
Sci Fi Channel | February 1, 1997 | August 8, 1999[167] | |||
10 | The Crocodile Hunter | Animal Planet | October 1996 | 2006 | 345 |
10 | Barney & Friends[168] | PBS | April 5, 1992 | present | 248 |
10 | The People's Court (revival)[169] | Syndicated | September 1997 | present | 1500+ |
10 | Hardball with Chris Matthews[170] | CNBC | 1997 | 1999 | |
MSNBC | 1999 | present | |||
10 | Emeril Live | Food Network | 1997 | present | |
10 | Denise Austin's Daily Workout | Lifetime | 1997 | present | |
10 | The U.S. Steel Hour | ABC | October 27, 1953 | June 21, 1955 | |
CBS | July 6, 1955 | August 13, 1963 | |||
10 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | ABC | August 16, 1999 | June 27, 2002 | 1000+ |
Syndicated | September 16, 2002 | present | |||
10 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CBS | October 6, 2000 | Present | 200+ |
See also
[edit]- Lists of longest running U.S. shows by broadcast type:
- Lists of longest running shows internationally.
- List of shortest running shows.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio (as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press) in 1945
- ^ CBS Television News 1948-1951, Douglas Edwards with the News 1951-1963
- ^ Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio July 15, 1929.
- ^ Originally Hallmark Playhouse radio series, was Hallmark Television Playhouse (1952-1954)
- ^ Originally The Guiding Light. Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio January 25, 1937.
- ^ ABC Evening News 1953-1965 and 1967-1978; Peter Jennings and the News 1965-1967; World News Tonight 1978-2006; World News with Charles Gibson 2006-present
- ^ Includes the various permutations and rebrandings over the years, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- ^ http://www.itiswritten.com/about/facts
- ^ Disney anthology television series aired under a variety of titles, including Disneyland, Disney's Wonderful World of Color and The Magical World of Disney. The current title is The Wonderful World of Disney. See the main article for a complete broadcast history
- ^ Name often altered to reflect primary sponsor. Name on current broadcasts: Denny's PBA Tour
- ^ In addition, NBC televised the fall tour, 1984-1991
- ^ 1998-2000 broadcast seasons were shared by CBS and ESPN
- ^ Weekly broadcasts ended January 1, 1997; irregular airings afterward; officially ended with the absorption of ABC Sports into ESPN
- ^ Originally Washington Week in Review
- ^ Was available to stations in both franchised and syndicated versions as Romper Room from 1953 to 1981; Was retitled Romper Room & Friends in 1981 and became a syndicated-only series as the local versions ended production
- ^ This only applies to the time that a children's program has broadcasted nation wide. Technically a few other children's programs may have run longer in years/seasons than Sesame Street. Its just that some of those programs' seasons/years don't count as said programs weren't broadcasted nation wide for their entire run.
- ^ Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio (as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press) in 1945
- ^ CBS Television News 1948-1951, Douglas Edwards with the News 1951-1963
- ^ Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio July 15, 1929.
- ^ Originally Hallmark Playhouse radio series, was Hallmark Television Playhouse (1952-1954)
- ^ Originally The Guiding Light. Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio January 25, 1937.
- ^ ABC Evening News 1953-1965 and 1967-1978; Peter Jennings and the News 1965-1967; World News Tonight 1978-2006; World News with Charles Gibson 2006-present
- ^ Includes the various permutations and rebrandings over the years, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- ^ http://www.itiswritten.com/about/facts
- ^ Disney anthology television series aired under a variety of titles, including Disneyland, Disney's Wonderful World of Color and The Magical World of Disney. The current title is The Wonderful World of Disney. See the main article for a complete broadcast history
- ^ Name often altered to reflect primary sponsor. Name on current broadcasts: Denny's PBA Tour
- ^ In addition, NBC televised the fall tour, 1984-1991
- ^ 1998-2000 broadcast seasons were shared by CBS and ESPN
- ^ Weekly broadcasts ended January 1, 1997; irregular airings afterward; officially ended with the absorption of ABC Sports into ESPN
- ^ Originally Washington Week in Review
- ^ Was available to stations in both franchised and syndicated versions as Romper Room from 1953 to 1981; Was retitled Romper Room & Friends in 1981 and became a syndicated-only series as the local versions ended production
- ^ This only applies to the time that a children's program has broadcasted nation wide. Technically a few other children's programs may have run longer in years/seasons than Sesame Street. Its just that some of those programs' seasons/years don't count as said programs weren't broadcasted nation wide for their entire run.
- ^ Originally The New Price Is Right; longest running game show in American television history.
- ^ Originally NBC Saturday Night
- ^ Date of airing of last first-run episode. Since then, reruns have been syndicated as Best of Soul Train
- ^ Became Wall Street Week with Fortune after original host was fired in 2002
- ^ Aired locally on WYAH-TV Portsmouth, Virginia, 1966-1977; evolved from locally-broadcast telethons 1962-1966
- ^ Simulcast with cable network transmission
- ^ Pilot taped April 4, 1966
- ^ Jim Crockett's Victory Garden, 1975-79
- ^ Continuation of Bandstand, which aired on WFIL 1952–1957
- ^ Previously The Robert MacNeil Report (1975), The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (1975-1983), The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour 1975-1995
- ^ Scheduled
- ^ Also Westbrook Hospital, 1975-1981
- ^ Not currently on a regular schedule
- ^ Also known as The Metropolitan Opera Presents
- ^ Started in 2008, Mystery! was absorbed into Masterpiece (the former Masterpiece Theatre) and airs under the banner Masterpiece Mystery!
- ^ Evolved from The Iran Crisis - America Held Hostage (1979-80)
- ^ Reruns aired in syndication, 1984-1992
- ^ Began as Moneyline. Became Lou Dobbs Moneyline in 2001, Lou Dobbs Tonight in 2003
- ^ Weekend editions are simulcast on the BBC Parliament channel with the name America This Week
- ^ Succeeded Issues and Answers; full title throughout its run is This Week With (host's name), beginning with David Brinkley, 1981-1996. Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson co-anchored from 1996-2002. George Stephanopoulos has been the host since 2002.
- ^ Broadcast only in North Carolina, 1979-1981
- ^ Broadcast locally only on WPBT, 1979-1981
- ^ Originally titled "Noticiero SIN" when the Univision Network was known as SIN (Spanish International Network).
- ^ Originally The Dodge Dancing Party; reruns have been airing since 1982 on various PBS stations, often times re cut and spliced with new footage from surviving cast members to give the illusion of new episodes.
- ^ Originally The Phil Donahue Show
- ^ Also syndicated, 1982-present
- ^ Originally Open End; prior to syndication, aired on WNTA-TV 1958-1961
- ^ Longest-running game show in prime time network television
- ^ Hosted by Alex Trebek
- ^ Morning 1979-1982
- ^ Previously Georgia Championship Wrestling (1972-1984), World Championship Wrestling (1984-1992)
- ^ Date when WTCG was distributed nationally via cable (WTCG evolved into TBS). Broadcast on WTCG started January 1972.
- ^ Renamed Hee Haw Silver for 1992-1993 season ("greatest hits"); reruns aired on The Nashville Network 1992-1997
- ^ Originated on NBC Radio 1940-1951.
- ^ Hosted by Ralph Edwards
- ^ Hosted by Jack Bailey
- ^ Hosted by Bob Barker; Steve Dunne also hosted a primetime version on NBC, 1958
- ^ Hosted by Bob Barker
- ^ Host: Tom Chapin (1985-1988), Robert Urich (1988-1995), Bob Ballard (1988-1995), Boyd Matson (1995-2003), Michael Fay (2001), Lisa Ling (2003-)
- ^ Show renamed National Geographic Ultimate Explorer 2003-2005
- ^ Title through 1986. Subsequent titles: Siskel & Ebert & the Movies (1986–1989), Siskel & Ebert (1989–1999), Roger Ebert & the Movies (1999–2000), Ebert & Roeper and the Movies (2000–2001), Ebert & Roeper (2001-2007), At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper (2007-2008)
- ^ Aired as Toast of the Town until 1955
- ^ Continuation of series that aired 1962-1985 on Chile's Canal 13
- ^ Evolved from George Michael's Sports Final, 1980-1984 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111600669.html)
- ^ Oldest continuously running radio program, airing on WSM radio, Nashville, Tennessee
- ^ As Grand Ole Opry Live!
- ^ Originated on radio as Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, 1934-1946
- ^ Originally GrandStand, then changed name to reflect year; was also NFL Live 1987-1997
- ^ Also known as Showtime in Harlem, Showtime, and Live in Hollywood
- ^ Only its time as its own television show is counted here; it began on The Tracey Ullman Show as animated shorts. It is currently the longest running prime time entertainment program with a consistent setting and recurring characters. While other prime-time shows have run longer, they are all news, sports, anthology or variety programs.
- ^ Other names: Live With Regis and Kathie Lee (1988-2000), Live With Regis (2000-2001)
- ^ Date of first episode distributed nationally; was aired by WABC locally at The Morning Show, 1983-1988
- ^ Originally ABC Press Conference; succeeded in time slot by This Week
- ^ Originally Opening Soon at a Theater Near You (1975-1977); Sneak Previes Goes Video 1989-1991
- ^ Original version hosted by Mel Allen (1977-1996), Warner Fusselle (1996), and Ozzie Smith (1997-1998)
- ^ It was at one time, prior to The Simpsons succeeding them, known as the longest running prime time entertainment program with a consistent setting and recurring characters. While other prime-time shows have run longer, they are all news, sports, anthology or variety programs.
- ^ America's longest-running cooking show, running consecutive episodes and consecutive seasons. While some believe Julia Child's series to have run longer, Child and other appeared in series with different names, hosts. Ciao Italia has been on the air since 1989.
- ^ Syndicated title: Lassie and Timmy
- ^ Also called 48 Hours Investigates
- ^ Originated on CBS
- ^ Reran CBS originals, 1984-1987
- ^ Rebroadcast A&E originals, 1999-2006
- ^ Other names: Evans, Novak, Hunt, and Shields (1998-2001), Novak, Hunt, and Shields (2001-2002)
- ^ Name changed to Friday Night 1994-2000, Late Friday 2001-2002. In both cases, the name change accompanied a change in program format
- ^ Full title ESPN Magazine's Sport Reporters
- ^ Program rebroadcast later the same day on ESPNEWS
- ^ Moved to NBC in 2006, at which time Monday Night Football moves from ABC to ESPN
- ^ Sunday Night Football shared with TNT, with TNT getting the first half of the season, ESPN the second half, 1990-1997
- ^ Also on CBS Radio, 1945-1967
- ^ As Make Room for Daddy; NBC used the same name when airing reruns of this series, 1960-1965
- ^ As The Danny Thomas Show
- ^ Includes Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball, etc.
- ^ ESPN2 started broadcasting major league baseball games in 2002 in addition to those offered by ESPN
- ^ In 2010, in between the 17th season and the 18th season of the show, Disney chose to create and broadcast a "newly re-versioned" season of episodes instead of an actual new season. Since this season isn't actual new episodes in of themselves, but rather old episodes with new special effects thrown in them, this season isn't counted towards the total season count. It is however mentioned here to note its existence in addition to the total season count.
- ^ While the show takes place in the same fictional universe, as a whole, for its entire run; it is often renamed on a yearly basis as the central location, theme, and characters change almost completely on a season by season basis. In essence, most seasons of the show can be thought of more as a series of individual shows that make up a larger television franchise, like Star Trek for example.
- ^ First broadcasted episodes on August 28, 1993. Premiered new episodes from August 28, 1993 till August 10, 2002. Last broadcasted episodes on September 7, 2002.
- ^ Costumes and footage loosely adapted from Super Sentai.
- ^ First broadcasted episodes on March 3, 2002. Premiered new episodes from February 14, 2004 till November 20, 2004. Last broadcasted episodes on August 31, 2006.
- ^ First broadcasted episodes on February 14, 2004. Premiered new episodes from February 5, 2005 till November 3, 2008. Last broadcasted episodes on February 12, 2009.
- ^ First broadcasted episodes on September 14, 2002. Premiered new episodes from September 14, 2002 till November 15, 2003; then again from March 7, 2009 till December 26, 2009. Premiered broadcasts of old episodes "newly re-versioned" from January 2, 2010 till August 28, 2010. Last broadcasted episodes on August 28, 2010.
- ^ All 700 previous season episodes (and possible encore airings of the new season of 40 episodes) was announced to air on this channel following Saban buying back Power Rangers from Disney on March 12, 2010. Exact details aren't entirely known at this point however. A promotional DVD handed out at Nickelodeon's San Diego Comic-Con 2010 booth indicates the first airing to be sometime in October 2010.
- ^ A new season of 20 hours (40 episodes) was announced to air (premiere) on this channel in 2011 following Saban buying back Power Rangers from Disney on March 12, 2010. Exact details aren't entirely known at this point however. Tony Oliver, during his discussion panel at Power Morphicon 2010, indicated the first airing to be sometime in February 2011.
- ^ Local transmission only (WCET), 1972-1996
- ^ New episodes sporadic after 2001
- ^ Previously E! News Daily and E! News Live
- ^ According to MTV, 19th season began August 8, 2007
- ^ Also known as Dateline (day of week it airs), Dateline With Stone Phillips
- ^ Although branded and treated as a separate series, technically this is a continuation of Late Night with David Letterman (11 seasons), and was in turn followed in 2009 by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. As such, Late Night, as an entity, can be said to be currently in its 28th season.
- ^ Longest running live-action sitcom.
- ^ First US network series to film all its episodes in color
- ^ Renamed The City (1995-1997)
- ^ Presently, each episode first airs on ESPN2 on Fridays, then is repeated on ESPN two days later
- ^ Season 14 in progress; the start of Season 15 has been announced for January 2008
- ^ original network series - syndicated version ran 1971-1977; short-lived "revivals" followed
- ^ The 21st Century 1967-1970
- ^ Had 13 week seasons, according to HGTV
- ^ Evolved from Jammin' (1991-1994)
- ^ Originally Extra:The Entertainment Magazine
- ^ Originally Entertainers
- ^ Aired locally on KPIX San Francisco as Evening: The MTWTF Show, 1976-1978
- ^ Includes series of specials, Jan. 1987 to May 1988
- ^ Host: Tom Snyder 1995-1999, Craig Kilborn 1999-2004, Craig Ferguson 2004-
- ^ Show was kept in production for four episodes beyond what FOX had ordered for the final season. Several months after the last broadcast on FOX, these four leftover episodes premiered in syndication from May 3rd through May 7th, 2010.
- ^ Syndicated revival prompted by success of syndicated repeats of CBS episodes in 1976
- ^ Ed McMahon's Star Search, 1992-1995
- ^ With Judge Voltaire Perkins
- ^ Originally The Lucille Ball Show; was also Here's Lucy 1968-1974
- ^ With Judge Joseph Wapner
- ^ This Morning 1996-1999
- ^ HGTV continues to present reruns after non-renewal of series
- ^ Also known as Kraft Mystery Theatre (1958); another series of the same name ran concurrently on ABC, 1953-1955
- ^ Emcee: Bud Collyer
- ^ Hosted by Art Fleming
- ^ Also known as G.E. College Bowl; on NBC radio, 1953-1955; pilot shot 1955
- ^ "Special preview" airing, April 16, 1994
- ^ Longest-running family drama on television, per Reuters article about 7th Heaven finale
- ^ Scheduled date of last episode
- ^ Simulcast of live program at WFAN New York
- ^ Originally The O'Reilly Report
- ^ First-run broadcast on Fox; repeated in the afternoon of the same day on Fox News Channel
- ^ On CBS radio 1946-1956
- ^ Originated on CBS Radio, 1947
- ^ Originally aired locally in Los Angeles, 1947-1950
- ^ The first series to be shown on four US broadcasting networks
- ^ Began on radio as Ed McConnell and the Buster Brown Gang, 1929-1950; became Andy's Gang in 1954 when Andy Devine became host after McConnell's death
- ^ The Pink Panther Meets the Ant and the Aardvark 1970-1971; The New Pink Panther Show 1971-1974; The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show 1976-1977; Think Pink Panther 1977-1978
- ^ As The All New Pink Panther Show
- ^ Longest-running American-produced science fiction series.
- ^ According to Sci Fi Wire
- ^ Cancellation announced by Sci Fi Channel, August 21, 2006
- ^ The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962-1965
- ^ One episode wasn't aired on network TV, but was included in later syndication packages
- ^ One episode made its premiere on USA Network as part of a JAG rerun package. The episode, planned to be the first of a two-part story, never aired on NBC before cancellation.
- ^ Also known as MST3K; first aired locally on KTMA, 1988-1989
- ^ official end of series, although one "unofficial" episode (Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders) was shown a month later
- ^ Reruns only (no first-run episodes) in 1994, 1996, and 2001
- ^ Judges: Ed Koch (1997-1999), Jerry Sheindlin (1999-2001), Marilyn Milian (2001-present)
- ^ Originally Politics with Chris Matthews
References used for above
[edit]- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present ISBN 0-345-45542-8
- TV Guide Guide to TV (2006) ISBN 0-7607-7572-9
- The show's listing on www.tv.com and www.epguides.com
- The show's homepage (if available) and the Internet site of the network that offered the show.