List of longest-running United States television series

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 United States via national broadcast networks, U.S. cable networks, or syndication. Series continuations (with name changes and/or changes in network) are noted. Series broadcast within the U.S. but produced in other countries, such as Coronation Street (60 years) and Doctor Who (57 years) are not included (see: List of longest-running UK television series).

Series shaded in light blue with bold are currently in production.

Over 60 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
73 years	70	Meet the Press[note 1] (NBC News)	NBC	November 6, 1947[1]	present	3,600+	Longest-running show.
72 years	72	CBS Evening News[note 2] (CBS News)	CBS	May 3, 1948	present	16,400+	Longest-running network newscast.
71 years	71	Music & the Spoken Word[note 3]	Syndicated	October 1949	present	4,768 (as of January 31, 2021)[2]	Longest-running non-news television program.
69 years	69	Hallmark Hall of Fame[note 4]	NBC	December 24, 1951*	December 17, 1978	260	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	April 24, 2011
			ABC	November 27, 2011	April 20, 2014
			Hallmark Channel	November 30, 2014[3]	present
69 years	68	Today (NBC News)	NBC	January 14, 1952	present	18,201 (as of July 31, 2020)	Longest-running morning show.
67 years	67	Backyard Farmer	Nebraska Educational Telecommunications	June 1, 1953	present	(over) 1280 as of January 2017	Longest running show for home lawn and gardening (The show claims to be "The longest running locally produced program in television history."[4])
67 years	67	ABC World News Tonight [note 5]	ABC	September 1953	present	15,722+
66 years	66	The Tonight Show[note 6]	NBC	September 27, 1954	January 25, 1957	2,000 episodes before the Carson era.[note 7]	Hosted by Steve Allen. Tonight Starring Steve Allen.
				July 29, 1957	March 30, 1962	2,000 episodes before the Carson era.[note 7]	Hosted by Jack Paar. Tonight Starring Jack Paar.
				October 1, 1962	May 22, 1992	6,714	Hosted by Johnny Carson. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
				May 25, 1992	May 29, 2009	3,775	First time Hosted by Jay Leno. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
				June 1, 2009	January 22, 2010	145 (1 unaired)	Hosted by Conan O'Brien. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
				March 1, 2010	February 6, 2014	835[5]	Second time Hosted by Jay Leno. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
				February 17, 2014	Present	1,402 (as of February 4, 2021) [note 8]	Hosted by Jimmy Fallon. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
66 years	64	Face the Nation (CBS News)	CBS	November 7, 1954	present
64 years	64[6]	It Is Written	Syndicated	March 1, 1956[6]	present		Longest-running religious television program to broadcast in color.
64 years	64	The Open Mind	Syndicated[7]	May 1956[8]	present		Longest-running public television program.
61 years	61	NFL on NBC[note 9]	NBC	October 22, 1939	January 25, 1998	5,000+	GrandStand was the original name of the program. NBC originally carried many NFL games including the Pro Bowl. It later carried AFL/AFC games until 1997 when NBC lost its AFC contract to CBS. NBC later resumed its NFL coverage with NBC Sunday Night Football. It currently airs a Sunday night game every week and the NFL's kick-off games, along with the Super Bowl.
61 years	61	NFL on NBC[note 9]	NBC	August 6, 2006	present	5,000+
64 years	61	NFL on CBS	CBS	September 30, 1956	January 23, 1994	6,133[9]	CBS originally broadcast NFL games from 1956 to its merger with the AFL in 1970. It continued to broadcast NFC regular and playoff games until 1994 when CBS lost the rights to broadcast these games to Fox. The network returned its football broadcasts by 1998 after CBS acquired the rights to broadcast AFC regular and playoff games from NBC.
64 years	61	NFL on CBS	CBS	September 6, 1998	present	6,133[9]

50–59 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
61 years	58	CBS Sports Spectacular	CBS	January 3, 1960	Present
60 years	36	NASCAR on ABC	ABC	February 26, 1961	August 5, 2000
60 years	36	NASCAR on ABC	ESPN	March 10, 2007	October 11, 2014
57 years	57	Guiding Light[note 10] (CBS Daytime)	CBS	June 30, 1952	September 18, 2009	15,762	Longest-running dramatic series (soap opera) of any genre. Longest-running daytime drama. While its television debut was on June 30, 1952, The Guiding Light*'s first incarnation was as a radio show, which premiered on January 25, 1937, giving the production a total runtime of 72 total years.
59 years	59	It's Academic	WRC-TV WJZ-TV WVIR-TV	October 7, 1961	present		Longest-running game show of any type. Longest-running high school quiz show (broadcast in the Baltimore, Charlottesville, and Washington, D.C. areas only).
59 years	59	Professional Bowlers Tour[note 11]	ABC[10]	January 27, 1962	June 21, 1997		ESPN airs some of the tours on ABC.
			CBS	1998[note 12]	1999
			Fox Sports	1999	2000
			ESPN	2000	present
59 years	53[11]	The NFL Today[12]	CBS	September 17, 1961	January 23, 1994		Is the pre-game show counterpart to the NFL on CBS. Originally was 15 minutes long.
59 years	53[11]	The NFL Today[12]	CBS	September 6, 1998	Present
57 years	53[note 13]	CBS Morning News	CBS	September 2, 1963	1979		This version of the program was replaced by CBS This Morning, and later by The Early Show. The program was on hiatus for two years, then retooled and reintroduced in 1982.
57 years	53[note 13]	CBS Morning News	CBS	October 4, 1982	present
57 years	57	General Hospital (ABC Daytime)	ABC	April 1, 1963	present	14,000 (as of February 23, 2018)[13]	Longest-running dramatic series (soap opera) still in production.[13]
57 years	29	Let's Make a Deal	NBC	December 30, 1963	December 27, 1968	3,200 [14]	Originally hosted by Monty Hall. Current host is Wayne Brady.
			ABC	December 30, 1968	July 9, 1976	3,200 [14]
			Syndicated	1971	1977	281
				1980	1981	195
				1984	1986	340
			NBC	1990	1991	128
			NBC	2003	2003	3
			CBS	2009	Present	1,500+
54 years	54	As the World Turns (CBS Daytime)	CBS	April 2, 1956	September 17, 2010	13,858
56 years	47	Jeopardy!	NBC	March 30, 1964	January 3, 1975	2,753	Originally presented by Art Fleming.
			Syndicated	September 1974	September 1975	39
			NBC	October 2, 1978	March 2, 1979	108
			Syndicated	September 10, 1984	present	7,000+ [15]	Formerly presented by Alex Trebek.
66 years	53	The Wonderful World of Disney[16]	ABC	October 27, 1954	June 11, 1961	2000	Anthology television series featuring wide variety of topics ranging from Disney animation to live-action and documentaries. Walt Disney was the original host from show's inception until his death in 1966. From 1991 to 1997 and since 2008, the series only airs sporadically as a special presentation a few times a year.
			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
			ABC	December 12, 2015	present
53 years	53	Sábado Gigante	Univision	August 8, 1962	September 19, 2015	2,800+	Longest-running imported TV show.
55 years	55	Days of Our Lives (NBC Daytime)	NBC	November 8, 1965	present	14,000[17]
54 years	54	The 700 Club[note 14]	Syndicated[18]	1966	present
54 years	54	The 700 Club[note 14]	CBN & Freeform	1977	present
53 years	50	Washington Week[note 15]	NET, PBS	February 23, 1967	present	over 2,000	Longest continuous running Public Television show on PBS, having started on its predecessor NET and carrying over to PBS, along with Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, and others in 1970.
53 years	53	NFL Films Presents	Syndicated	September 17, 1967[19][20]	January 26, 1997
			ESPN	August 31, 1997	present
			NFL Network	November 4, 2003	present
52 years	53	60 Minutes (CBS News)	CBS	September 24, 1968	present	2,325 (as of December 3, 2017)[21]
51 years	27	Scooby-Doo[note 16]	CBS	September 13, 1969	October 27, 1973	41	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
			CBS	September 9, 1972	October 27, 1973	24	The New Scooby-Doo Movies
			ABC	September 11, 1976	December 23, 1978	40	The Scooby-Doo Show
				September 22, 1979	January 5, 1980	16	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
				November 8, 1980	December 18, 1982	33 (99 shorts)	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
				September 10, 1983	December 1, 1984	26	The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
				September 7, 1985	December 7, 1985	13	The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
				September 10, 1988	August 17, 1991	27	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
			The WB	September 14, 2002	July 21, 2006	42	What's New, Scooby-Doo?
			The WB	September 23, 2006	March 15, 2008	26	Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
			Cartoon Network	April 5, 2010	April 5, 2013	52	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
			Cartoon Network/Boomerang	October 5, 2015	March 18, 2018	52	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
			Cartoon Network/Boomerang	June 27, 2019	present	40	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
51 years	51	Sesame Street	NET	November 10, 1969	October 2, 1970	4,561[note 17]	Longest-running children's show.[note 18] While Sesame Street remains on the PBS schedule, new episodes now premiere on HBO and become available to PBS nine months later. This also applied to HBO Max starting to Season 51 when the show moved to HBO Max.[22]
			PBS	October 5, 1970	present
			HBO	January 16, 2016	July 11, 2020
			HBO Max	November 21, 2020	Present

40–49 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
48 years	48	Day of Discovery	Syndicated	May 5, 1968	February 6, 2016
46 years	45	Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon[note 19]	Syndicated/ABC	September 4, 1966[23]	August 31, 2014	45	Annual broadcast; was broadcast as a two-hour special on ABC in 2013 and 2014.
51 years	50	Hour of Power	Syndicated	February 1970	present	2610 as of February 8, 2020
50 years	50 (NFL seasons)	Monday Night Football	ABC	September 21, 1970	December 26, 2005	718 (games)	Since 2016 and 2018 respectively, ABC has simulcast ESPN's coverage of its NFL Wild Card playoff game and the Pro Bowl. In 2020, ABC simulcasted three select ESPN Monday Night Football games. Per NFL Policy, all games that are broadcast via cable or satellite television on a Pay TV Network must also be made available on over-the-air television stations in each participating team's local market.
			ABC	January 9, 2016	Present
			ESPN	September 11, 2006	present
50 years	50	NBC Nightly News (NBC News)	NBC	August 3, 1970	present		NBC has had an evening broadcast since 1948, starting with Camel News Caravan, lasting until 1956, when it was replaced by Nightly News' predecessor the Huntley-Brinkley Report.
50 years	46	Masterpiece Theatre[note 20]	PBS	January 10, 1971	present
48 years	49	The Price Is Right (CBS Daytime)[24]	CBS	September 4, 1972	present	9,176 (as of End of Season 48)	Longest-running game show to be broadcast nationally.
45 years		Wide World of Sports (ABC Sports)	ABC	April 29, 1961	August 2006[note 21]
45 years	45	Agronsky & Co./Inside Washington	Syndicated [25]	1969	December 20, 2013
45 years	45	One Life to Live (ABC Daytime)	ABC	July 15, 1968	January 13, 2012	11,136	While the show had ceased airing as a television series it was still in production for a brief time after. On April 29, 2013 the show had resumed airing now as a web series on the internet and could be seen through Hulu, iTunes and YouTube until August 19, 2013 before being confirmed as being discontinued again on September 3, 2013.
48 years	48	Great Performances	PBS	November 4, 1972	present
47 years	47	The Young and the Restless (CBS Daytime)	CBS	March 26, 1973	present	12,000[26]	[27]
46 years	35	Wheel of Fortune	Syndicated	September 19, 1983	present	6,000+ [28]	Syndicated version normally runs in the evening. 2nd longest-running game show.
	16		NBC	January 6, 1975	June 30, 1989		Network version normally ran in the late morning.
			CBS	July 17, 1989	January 11, 1991
			NBC	January 14, 1991	September 20, 1991
41 years	41	Romper Room/Romper Room & Friends[note 22]	Syndicated	February 9, 1953[29]	September 1994
41 years	42	All My Children (ABC Daytime)	ABC	January 5, 1970	September 23, 2011	ABC: 10,712 (television) TOLN: 43 (internet and television) Total: 10,755	While the show had ceased airing as a television series it was still in production for a brief time after. On April 29, 2013 the show had resumed airing now as a web series on the internet and could be seen through Hulu, iTunes and YouTube until September 2, 2013 before being confirmed as being discontinued again on November 11, 2013.
46 years	47	Nova	PBS	March 3, 1974	present	884
45 years		The Victory Garden[note 23]	PBS	April 16, 1975	present
45 years	46	Saturday Night Live[note 24]	NBC	October 11, 1975	present	899	The longest-running sketch comedy show on American television, as well as the longest-running variety show in U.S. history.
45 years	45	PBS NewsHour[note 25]	PBS	October 20, 1975	present		Was hosted by Robert MacNeil (1975–1995) and Jim Lehrer (1976–2011).
45 years	45	Good Morning America	ABC	November 3, 1975	present	9,914+
45 years	45	Austin City Limits	PBS	1976	present	900
45 years	45	Creative Living with Sheryl Borden	Syndicated	1976	present
45 years	43	Live from Lincoln Center	PBS	January 30, 1976	present[30]	251
43 years	41	Inside the NFL	HBO	September 14, 1977	February 6, 2008		Len Dawson and Nick Buoniconti hosted the show together 1978–2001.
43 years	41	Inside the NFL	Showtime	September 10, 2008	present
42 years	43	20/20 (ABC News)	ABC	June 6, 1978	present	500+	Long time hosts were Hugh Downs (1978–99) and Barbara Walters (1979–2004, 2013–14).
40 years	40	NASCAR on CBS	CBS	February 12, 1960	July 15, 2000
40 years	40	The Bugs Bunny Show	ABC (1960-1968, 1986-2000), CBS (1968-1985)	October 11, 1960	September 2, 2000	1040 episodes, including at least 5,000 total shorts being aired, although many were re-runs.	Longest-running cartoon program on broadcast television, the last non-Disney ABC Kids show, and the last non-Educational and Informational (E/I) Saturday morning cartoon on broadcast TV.
48 years	16	The Joker's Wild	CBS	September 4, 1972	June 13, 1975	3,026
			Syndicated[note 26]	September 5, 1977	May 23, 1986
			Syndicated	September 10, 1990	March 8, 1991
			TBS & TNT	October 24, 2017	March 20, 2019
40 years	40	Nightly Business Report[note 27]	PBS	January 22, 1979	December 27, 2019	10,680
40 years	38	Nightline[note 28]	ABC	March 24, 1980	present		Hosted by Ted Koppel (1980-2005).
42 years	40	CBS News Sunday Morning	CBS	January 28, 1979	present		Originally hosted by Charles Kuralt (1979–1994), followed by Charles Osgood (1994–2016), and Jane Pauley (2016–present).
41 years	41	This Old House	PBS	February 20, 1979	present	1,041 (as of May 31, 2020)	Originally hosted by Bob Vila until 1989. Norm Abrams is the only original personality still appearing on the show.
42 years	38	The Woodwright's Shop[note 29]	PBS	1979	present	481
41 years	39	SportsCenter	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews	September 7, 1979	present	60.000	More episodes than any other television series.

35–39 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
40 years	36	Washington Journal[note 30]	C-SPAN	October 7, 1980	present
39 years	32[note 31]	The People's Court	Syndicated	September 14, 1981	May 17, 1993[note 32]	2,484	Judged by Joseph Wapner.
				September 8, 1997[note 33]	1999	1,500+	Judged by Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City.
				1999	2001		Judged by Jerry Sheindlin, the husband of Judy Sheindlin of Judge Judy.
				2001	Present		Judged by Marilyn Milian.
39 years	35	Noticiero Univision[note 34]	Univision	June 1, 1981	present
39 years	40	Entertainment Tonight	Syndicated	September 14, 1981	present	11,675 [31]	Longest-running entertainment news program.
39 years	40	MotorWeek[note 35]	PBS	October 15, 1981	present
39 years	38	This Week[note 36]	ABC	November 15, 1981	present		Originally hosted by David Brinkley (1981–1996), currently hosted by George Stephanopoulos (2002-2010, 2012–Present).
39 years	38	Late Night[note 37]	NBC	February 1, 1982	June 21, 1993	1,819	... with David Letterman
				September 13, 1993	February 20, 2009	2,725	... with Conan O'Brien
				March 2, 2009	February 7, 2014	969	... with Jimmy Fallon
				February 24, 2014	present	1,102 (as of February 4, 2021) [32]	... with Seth Meyers
39 years	35	The McLaughlin Group	Syndicated [33]	January 1, 1982	August 12, 2016		The show ended its run when John McLaughlin died in 2016, but was then revived in 2018 with new host Tom Rogan.
38 years		Nature	PBS	October 10, 1982	present
38 years	12	Wild America	PBS/Syndicated	September 14, 1982	present	120	Hosted by Marty Stouffer.
38 years	37 [34]	Frontline	PBS	January 17, 1983	present	757
37 years	37	American Bandstand	WFIL-TV	October 7, 1952	October 7, 1957	3,000	Hosted by Dick Clark (1956–1989).
			ABC	October 7, 1957	September 5, 1987
			Syndicated	September 19, 1987	June 4, 1988
			USA	April 8, 1989	October 7, 1989
35 years	10	Columbo	NBC	February 20, 1968	May 13, 1978	69	Was on hiatus from 1978-1989, during the change in broadcast networks.
35 years	10	Columbo	ABC	February 6, 1989	January 30, 2003	69
35 years	35	Search for Tomorrow (CBS & NBC Daytime)	CBS	September 3, 1951	March 23, 1982	9,130
35 years	35	Search for Tomorrow (CBS & NBC Daytime)	NBC	March 26, 1982	December 26, 1986	9,130
35 years	35	Another World (NBC Daytime)	NBC	May 4, 1964	June 25, 1999	8,891	Longest-running continuous title sequences on television.
35 years	35	Bobby Jones Gospel	BET	January 27, 1980	July 31, 2016
35 years	35	Soul Train	Syndicated	October 2, 1971	March 25, 2006[35]	1,117
35 years	35	Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser[note 38][note 39]	PBS	November 20, 1970	June 24, 2005		Since 2016, a new version of the program is now airing on the Fox Business. [note 40]
35 years	29	National Geographic Explorer[36]	Nickelodeon	1985	1986	233
			TBS	1986	1999
			CNBC	1999	2001
			MSNBC[note 41]	2001	2005
			National Geographic	2005	present
35 years	31	Grand Ole Opry Live[37]	TNN	April 20, 1985	August 2001
			CMT	August 2001	2003
			GAC[38]	2003	present
36 years	32	Real Videos	TBN, JCTV	October 4, 1984[39]	present	900+

30–34 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
34 years	34	Evening at Pops	PBS	July 12, 1970	August 29, 2004
34 years	34	American Masters	PBS	June 22, 1986	Present	236 (as of June 14, 2018)[40]	[41]
33 years	29	Biography[42]	A&E	April 6, 1987[note 42]	August 2006		Biography was cancelled in 2012, and later revived in 2017.
33 years	29	Biography[42]	Biography Channel [43]	August 2006	present[44]		Biography was cancelled in 2012, and later revived in 2017.
33 years	31	The Bold and the Beautiful[45]	CBS	March 23, 1987	present	8,000 (as of January 4, 2019)[46]	[46]
33 years	31	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	NET	February 19, 1968	May 1, 1970	912 (including specials)	Fred Rogers died in 2003 due to a digestive cancer.
33 years	31	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	PBS	February 15, 1971	August 31, 2001	912 (including specials)	Fred Rogers died in 2003 due to a digestive cancer.
33 years		Firing Line	Syndicated	April 4, 1966[47]	1971		Longest-running public affairs program to have a single host.
33 years		Firing Line	PBS	1971	December 26, 1999
33 years	18	CBS This Morning	CBS	November 30, 1987	October 29, 1999	3,110
33 years	18	CBS This Morning	CBS	January 9, 2012	present	1,667+
32 years	27	NBA on TNT	TNT	October 30, 1988	present
32 years	33	American Experience	PBS	October 1, 1988	present	351
32 years	33	Live with Kelly and Ryan[note 43]	Syndicated	September 5, 1988[note 44]	present	7,580 (as of April 11, 2016)
32 years	30	POV	PBS	July 5, 1988	Present	400+
33 years	34	48 Hours[note 45]	CBS	January 2, 1988	present	991[48]
32 years	30	Inside Edition	Syndicated	January 9, 1989	present	6,625+ (as of May 28, 2015)
31 years	31	America's Funniest Home Videos	ABC	November 26, 1989	present	710
31 years	32	Cops	FOX	March 11, 1989	May 4, 2013		Cancelled in response to national protests against the killing of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department.[49][50]
			Spike	September 14, 2013	November 13, 2017
			Paramount Network	January 22, 2018	May 11, 2020
31 years	29	This Week in Baseball	Syndicated	April 1, 1977	September 26, 1998		The program was on hiatus 1998–2000. Original version hosted by Mel Allen (1977–1996), Warner Fusselle (1996), and Ozzie Smith (1997–1998)
31 years	29	This Week in Baseball	FOX	April 8, 2000	September 24, 2011
31 years	31	Faith for Today[51]	ABC	May 21, 1950	1955
31 years	31	Faith for Today[51]	Syndicated	1955	1981
31 years	31	Lamp Unto My Feet[52]	CBS	1948	1979
31 years	32	The Simpsons[note 46]	FOX	December 17, 1989	present	695	Longest-running animated American series, longest running American sitcom, and longest running scripted prime-time series.
30 years	30	Baseball Tonight	ESPN	March 19, 1990	present
30 years	27	ESPN Major League Baseball[53]	ESPN, ESPN2[note 47]	April 15, 1990	present
30 years	30	Outside the Lines	ESPN	May 7, 1990	present
30 years	31	Gilad's Bodies in Motion	ESPN	1983	1994
			Fox Sports	1994	1995
			Discovery Health	1995	2004
			FitTV	2004	2011
			Discovery Life	2011	2015
			JLTV	2015	Present
30 years	30	NASCAR on ESPN	ESPN, ESPN2, ABC	1981	2002
30 years	30	NASCAR on ESPN	ESPN, ESPN2, ABC	2007	2014

25–29 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
30 years	19[note 48]	NBA Inside Stuff	NBC	October 27, 1990	2002		Was on hiatus from 2006-2013.
			ABC	September 7, 2002	January 15, 2006
			NBA TV	November 2, 2013	Present
29 years	29	Captain Kangaroo[note 49]	CBS	October 3, 1955	December 8, 1984	6,090	Bob Keeshan died in 2004.
29 years	29	Lou Dobbs Tonight[note 50]	CNN	June 1, 1980	November 11, 2009
29 years		Hometime	PBS	November 1, 1986	January 30, 2016
29 years	29	WCW Saturday Night[note 51]	TBS	December 25, 1971	August 19, 2000
28 years	28	The Edge of Night	CBS	April 2, 1956	November 28, 1975	7,420
28 years	28	The Edge of Night	ABC	December 1, 1975	December 28, 1984	7,420
28 years	29	Love of Life	CBS	September 24, 1951	February 1, 1980	7,316
28 years	26	Hee Haw[note 52]	CBS	June 15, 1969	February 23, 1971	655
			Syndicated	September 18, 1971	June 26, 1993
			TNN	November 23, 1996	December 27, 1997
28 years	28	ESPN SpeedWorld	ESPN	1979	2006
28 years	28	Mystery![note 53]	PBS	February 5, 1980	2008
27 years	27	The Lawrence Welk Show[note 54]	ABC	July 2, 1955	September 4, 1971	1,065	Lawrence Welk died in 1992.
27 years	27	The Lawrence Welk Show[note 54]	Syndicated	1971	February 1982	1,065
29 years	29	The Phil Donahue Show[54]	Syndicated	1969	1996	5,515
29 years	29	The David Susskind Show[55]	Syndicated	1961	1987		David Susskind died in 1987.
26 years	27	College GameDay (football series)	ESPN	September 1987	present
26 years	27	NFL Primetime	ESPN	1987	present
27 years	26 [note 55][note 56]	Power Rangers[note 57]	FOX[note 58]	August 28, 1993	September 7, 2002	860+	Longest-running United States Tokusatsu series.[note 59]
			ABC Family[note 60]	March 3, 2002	August 31, 2006
			Toon Disney[note 61]	February 14, 2004	February 12, 2009
			ABC[note 62]	September 14, 2002	August 28, 2010
			The CW[note 63]	August 25, 2012	January 12, 2013
			Nickelodeon[note 64]	February 7, 2011	present
			Nicktoons[note 65]	February 11, 2011	present
25 years	25	What's My Line?[56]	CBS	February 16, 1950	September 3, 1967	CBS: 876 Syndication: 1,320 Total: 2,196
25 years	25	What's My Line?[56]	Syndicated	September 1968	September 1975	CBS: 876 Syndication: 1,320 Total: 2,196
25 years	26	Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel	HBO	April 2, 1995	present
25 years	25	Sunrise Semester	CBS	September 9, 1957	October 1, 1982	800+
25 years	23	Insight	Syndicated	October 2, 1960	January 21, 1985	250
25 years	25	Camera Three	CBS	January 22, 1956	1979
25 years	25	Camera Three	PBS	1979	July 1, 1980
48 years	34	Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	NBC	January 6, 1963	April 11, 1971		Wild Kingdom was on hiatus 1988-2002 and ultimately was cancelled in 2011. The original host, Marlin Perkins, died in 1986.
			Syndicated	1971	1988
			Animal Planet	September 17, 2002	May 22, 2011
29 years	29	The Sports Reporters[note 66]	ESPN[57]	October 9, 1988	May 7, 2017
25 years	25	Larry King Live	CNN	June 3, 1985	December 16, 2010	6,120[58]	Since 2012, King now hosts Larry King Now that is very similar.
25 years	25	The Oprah Winfrey Show	Syndicated	September 8, 1986	May 25, 2011	4,561[59]
29 years	29	E! News[60]	E!	September 1, 1991	present	7,500+
27 years	27	The Jerry Springer Show	Syndicated	September 20, 1991	July 26, 2018	4,969
26 years	25	Charlie Rose	PBS	September 30, 1991	November 17, 2017
28 years	29	Dateline NBC[note 67]	NBC	March 31, 1992	present	1,700+
28 years	28	Reliable Sources	CNN	March 7, 1992	present
28 years	33	The Real World	MTV	May 21, 1992	present	614	Longest-running MTV reality series. Epsides were 30 minutes long until 2008, after that each was one hour long.
28 years	28	WWE Raw	USA Network	January 11, 1993	September 18, 2000	{{#expr:1445 + {{age in weeks	Longest-running professional wrestling program on national television (while WCW Saturday Night ran for longer overall, the first 5 years of the program were only locally broadcast; some locally televised promotions such as Portland and Houston ran as long as 40 years).
			TNN/Spike TV [61]	September 25, 2000	September 26, 2005
			USA Network	October 3, 2005	present
27 years	27	Monday Night Countdown	ESPN	September 6, 1993	present
27 years	27	NFL Matchup	ESPN, ESPN2[note 68]	September 5, 1993	Present		Produced by NFL Films.
28 years	29	To the Contrary	PBS	April 1, 1992	Present
29 years	29	Maury	Syndicated	September 9, 1991	Present	3,500+	Presented by Maury Povich.

20–24 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
26 years	26	Truth or Consequences	CBS	September 7, 1950 [note 69]	May 1951		Originated on NBC Radio 1940–1951.
			NBC	1952 [note 70]	1952
			NBC	May 18, 1954 [note 71]	September 24, 1965
			Syndicated	1966 [note 72]	1974
				1977 [note 73]	1978
				1987 [note 74]	1988
24 years	24	At the Movies[note 75]	Syndicated	September 18, 1986	August 14, 2010
24 years	24	At the Movies[note 75]	PBS	January 2011	December 2011
32 years	24	Crossfire	CNN	1982	June 3, 2005		Was on hiatus from 2005-2013.
32 years	24	Crossfire	CNN	September 9, 2013	October 15, 2014		Was on hiatus from 2005-2013.
23 years	24	Nick News with Linda Ellerbee	Nickelodeon	April 18, 1992	December 15, 2015	178	Longest-running Nickelodeon series
23 years	22	Showtime at the Apollo[note 76]	Syndicated	September 12, 1987	May 24, 2008	1,094	Was on hiatus in 2008-2016. Three specials were aired in 2016 and 2017
23 years	22	Showtime at the Apollo[note 76]	FOX	March 1, 2018	May 24, 2018	1,094
23 years	23	Primetime (ABC News)	ABC	August 3, 1989	May 18, 2012		Originally hosted by Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer.
27 years	11	The X-Files	FOX	September 10, 1993	May 19, 2002	218	The program was on hiatus 2002-2016. Two new seasons have since been produced.
27 years	11	The X-Files	FOX	January 24, 2016	present	218
23 years	18	Death Valley Days	Syndicated	March 1, 1952	August 1, 1975	452
23 years	24	The Ed Sullivan Show[note 77]	CBS	June 20, 1948	June 6, 1971	1,068
23 years	23	The George Michael Sports Machine[note 78]	NBC	September 2, 1984	September 8, 1991		George Michael died in 2009.
23 years	23	The George Michael Sports Machine[note 78]	Syndicated	September 15, 1991	March 25, 2007		George Michael died in 2009.
24 years	25	America's Most Wanted	FOX	February 7, 1988	April 21, 2012	1,186
24 years	25	America's Most Wanted	Lifetime	December 2, 2011	October 12, 2012	1,186
29 years	29	Lilias, Yoga and You[note 79]	PBS	1976	1999	500[62]
23 years	21	Reading Rainbow	PBS	June 6, 1983	November 10, 2006	155
22 years	22	The Original Amateur Hour[note 80]	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
23 years	23	The Merv Griffin Show	NBC	October 1962	March 1963	4,855	Merv Griffin died in 2007.
			Syndicated	1965	1969
			CBS	August 18, 1969	February 11, 1972
			Syndicated	1972	September 1986
27 years	27	The Late Show	CBS	August 30, 1993	May 20, 2015	4,261[63]	Hosted by David Letterman. Late Show with David Letterman.
27 years	27	The Late Show	CBS	September 8, 2015	Present	1,040 (as of February 4, 2021)	Hosted by Stephen Colbert. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
26 years		NFL on Fox	FOX	August 12, 1994	present
26 years	23	Inside the Actors Studio	Bravo	August 14, 1994	present	277
21 years	22	Kickin' It with Byron Allen[note 81]	Syndicated	1994	present
26 years	27	Extra[note 82]	Syndicated	September 5, 1994	present	8,244[64]
26 years	26	Fox NFL Sunday	FOX	September 18, 1994	present
27 years	22	Entertainers with Byron Allen[note 83]	Syndicated	September 1993	present	19
19 years	19	Modern Marvels	History Channel	January 1, 1995	April 11, 2015	690
26 years	23 [note 84]	The Late Late Show[note 85]	CBS	January 9, 1995	March 26, 1999	777	Hosted by Tom Snyder.
				March 29, 1999	August 27, 2004	1,190	Hosted by Craig Kilborn.
				September 20, 2004	December 31, 2004	79	Hosted by Guest Hosts.
				January 3, 2005	December 19, 2014	2,058	Hosted by Craig Ferguson.
				January 5, 2015	March 20, 2015	45	Hosted by Guest Hosts.
				March 23, 2015	present	872 (as of February 4, 2021)[note 86]	Hosted by James Corden.
26 years	23	Golf Central	Golf Channel	January 17, 1995	present
25 years	25	Squawk Box	CNBC	August 7, 1995	present
25 years	25	Private Screenings	TCM	January 1, 1996	present		Hosted by Robert Osborne.
24 years	24	My Classic Car	TNN, MAVTV & Motor Trend	1997	present	520 (as of June 27, 2020)
24 years	25 [65]	The Daily Show	Comedy Central	July 22, 1996	present	3,515	Hosted by Craig Kilborn (1996–98), Jon Stewart (1999–2015), and Trevor Noah (2015–present).
24 years	25[66]	Arthur	PBS	October 7, 1996	present	246 (480 segments)	Longest-running animated series on PBS, longest-running animated children's series on U.S. television, and second longest-running animated series on American television.
24 years		Access Hollywood	Syndicated	September 9, 1996	present
24 years	25	Judge Judy	Syndicated	September 16, 1996	present	2,612	Longest-running reality courtroom show. Hosted by Judy Sheindlin.
24 years	20	MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon	Syndicated	October 1, 1996	present	950+
24 years	24	Your World with Neil Cavuto	Fox News	October 6, 1996	present		Hosted by Neil Cavuto.
24 years		Fox Major League Baseball	FOX	June 1, 1996	Present
23 years	23	Hardball with Chris Matthews[note 87]	CNBC	1997	1999		Hosted by Chris Matthews.
23 years	23	Hardball with Chris Matthews[note 87]	MSNBC	1999	2020		Hosted by Chris Matthews.
24 years	24	WNBA on ESPN	ESPN	1997	present
24 years	24	Antiques Roadshow	PBS	January 9, 1997	present
23 years	20	¡Despierta América!	Univision	April 14, 1997	present
23 years	24	The View	ABC	August 11, 1997	present	5,000[67]	[68][69]
23 years	23	South Park	Comedy Central	August 13, 1997	present	308	Longest-running Comedy Central series and the third longest-running animated series on American television.
23 years	21	Fox & Friends	Fox News	February 1, 1998	present
22 years	36	The Challenge[note 88]	MTV	June 1, 1998	present	478
22 years	17	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	ABC	August 5, 1998	September 4, 2004	173 [note 89]
			ABC Family[note 90]	January 17, 2005	December 15, 2007	46
			The CW	July 16, 2013	Present	108 [note 91]
22 years	11	Will & Grace	NBC	September 21, 1998	May 18, 2006	246	Show was on hiatus from 2006 to 2017.
22 years	11	Will & Grace	NBC	September 28, 2017	present	246	Show was on hiatus from 2006 to 2017.
21 years	13	SpongeBob SquarePants	Nickelodeon	May 1, 1999	Present	265	Second longest-running Nickelodeon series, longest-running Nickelodeon animated series, the first and (so far) only Nicktoon to get an eleventh and twelfth season, the second longest-running animated children's show on U.S. television, and the fifth longest-running animated series on U.S. television.
22 years	19	Family Guy	FOX	January 31, 1999	November 9, 2003	359	Fox's second longest-running American animated series and the fourth longest-running animated series on American television.
22 years	19	Family Guy	FOX	May 1, 2005	Present	359
21 years	21	WWE SmackDown	UPN	April 29, 1999	September 15, 2006	{{#expr:1119 + {{age in weeks
			The CW	September 22, 2006	September 26, 2008
			MyNetworkTV	October 3, 2008	September 24, 2010
			Syfy	October 1, 2010	December 31, 2015
			USA	January 7, 2016[70][71]	September 24, 2019
			FOX	October 4, 2019	Present
21 years	19[72]	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[73]	ABC	August 16, 1999	June 27, 2002	ABC: 385[73]* Syndication: 3,010	Although Millionaire has multiple versions known around the world, the American version is the longest running.
			Syndicated	September 16, 2002	Present
			ABC	April 8, 2020	Present
21 years	21	Family Feud (second revival)	Syndicated	September 20, 1999	Present	2,390+	Original series ran from 1976 to 1985 (on ABC and in syndication); an earlier revival aired from 1988 to 1995 (on CBS from 1988–1993 and in syndication from 1988–1995).
21 years	22	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	NBC	September 20, 1999	Present	484	The longest running currently-running scripted non-animated U.S. prime-time television series; longest running television spinoff.
21 years	21	The O'Reilly Factor[note 92]	Fox News	October 6, 1996	April 21, 2017		Final three episodes (April 19–21, 2017) were simply titled The Factor, with hosts Dana Perino (April 19–20) and Greg Gutfeld (April 21).
21 years	21	Issues and Answers[note 93]	ABC	1960	1981
21 years	21	Mike Douglas Show	Syndicated	1961	1982	4,017	Mike Douglas died in 2006.
21 years	21	Style with Elsa Klensch	CNN	June 1, 1980	January 2001
21 years	21	Cookin' Cheap	PBS	1981	October 2002
21 years	21	The New Yankee Workshop	PBS	January 1988	June 27, 2009	284
21 years	21	Sneak Previews[note 94]	PBS	1975	1996		Had been hosted by: Roger Ebert (1975–1982), Gene Siskel (1975–1982), Neal Gabler (1982–1985), Jeffrey Lyons (1982–1996), and Michael Medved (1985–1996).
20 years	20	The Red Skelton Show	NBC	September 30, 1951	June 21, 1953	672
			CBS	September 22, 1953	June 23, 1970
			NBC	September 14, 1970	August 29, 1971
20 years	20	Gunsmoke[note 95]	CBS	September 10, 1955	September 1, 1975	635	Tied longest-running prime-time drama.
20 years	20	Law & Order	NBC	September 13, 1990	May 24, 2010	456	Tied longest-running prime-time drama.
20 years	20	The Secret Storm	CBS	February 1, 1954	February 8, 1974	5,195
20 years	20	Investigative Reports	A&E	September 27, 1991	2011[74]		Hosted by Bill Kurtis.
20 years	20	Faith 20	Syndicated	1977	1997
20 years	20	The Doctors	NBC	April 1, 1963	December 31, 1982	5,155
20 years	20	Evans and Novak[note 96]	CNN	September 1982	November 9, 2002		Originally hosted by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak; later joined by Al Hunt and Mark Shields.

15–19 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
18 years	25	The Bachelor	ABC	March 25, 2002	Present	256
15 Years	15	Supernatural		September 13, 2005	November 19, 2020	320
25 years	17	E! True Hollywood Story	E!	1996	present	501	The program has been on hiatus since 2014, but is expected to return.[75]
24 years	24	Fox News Sunday	FOX[note 97]	1996	present	1,292 (as of January 26, 2021)	Currently hosted by Chris Wallace.
22 years	19	A Wedding Story	TLC	1996	present
13 years	13	Gardening by the Yard	HGTV	1996	2009
11 years	11	Denise Austin's Daily Workout	ESPN2 & Lifetime	1997	2008		Was hosted by Denise Austin.
20 years	10	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	October 15, 2000	present	100 (plus 60-minute special)	Longest-running scripted HBO program.
15 years	22	Ben 10	Cartoon Network	December 27, 2005	April 15, 2008	52	Ben 10 (2005)
				April 18, 2008	March 26, 2010	46	Ben 10: Alien Force
				April 23, 2010	March 31, 2012	52	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
				September 22, 2012	November 14, 2014	80	Ben 10: Omniverse
				April 10, 2017	present	172	Ben 10 (2017)
17 years	11	Teen Titans	Cartoon Network Kids' WB	July 19, 2003	January 22, 2005	39	Teen Titans
			Cartoon Network	January 29, 2005	July 16, 2005	13
			Cartoon Network Kids' WB	September 24, 2005	January 16, 2006	13
			Cartoon Network	April 23, 2013	present	285	Teen Titans Go!
19 years	19	Lassie	CBS	September 12, 1954	May 1971	591
19 years	19	Lassie	Syndicated	September 1971	March 24, 1973	591
19 years	19	The Porter Wagoner Show	Syndicated	1960	1979
19 years	19	Computer Chronicles	PBS	1983	June 25, 2002		Was presented by Stewart Cheifet.
19 years	19	Friday Night Videos[note 98]	NBC	July 29, 1983	May 24, 2002
19 years	19	ESPN Sunday Night Football[note 99]	ESPN	November 8, 1987[note 100]	January 1, 2006
18 years	18	Art Linkletter's House Party[note 101]	CBS	September 1, 1952	September 5, 1969		Was hosted by Art Linkletter.
18 years	18	Art Linkletter's House Party[note 101]	NBC	December 29, 1969	September 25, 1970		Was hosted by Art Linkletter.
18 years	18	NASCAR on TBS	TBS	February 27, 1983	October 8, 2000
15 years	15	WWF Superstars	Syndicated	September 6, 1986	1996	924
			USA	1996	2000
			TNN[note 102]	2000	August 2001
64 years	36	Divorce Court	Syndicated	1957	1962	5,767	Broadcast in Black & White 1957-1962.
				1967	1969
				1984	1993
				September 15, 1999	Present		Produced by 20th Television.
20 years	21	Big Brother (U.S. series)	CBS	July 5, 2000	present	719[note 103]	Big Brother has multiple versions known around the world; the U.S. version is the second-longest-running. Episode count also includes one Celebrity Edition.
20 years	40	Survivor (U.S. series)	CBS	May 31, 2000	Present	596	Features two seasons per year.
20 years	21	Cheaters	Syndicated	October 21, 2000	Present	330
19 years	12	Cyberchase	PBS	January 21, 2002	present	126	Second longest running PBS animated show and sixth longest-running American animated series.
17 years	17	NBA on CBS	CBS	October 20, 1973	June 14, 1990
17 years	17	Showbiz Today	CNN	October 29, 1984	2001
16 years	16	USA Tuesday Night Fights	USA	March 30, 1982	August 25, 1998
17 years	17	Capital Gang	CNN	September 7, 1988	2005
17 years	17	The Montel Williams Show	Syndicated	September 30, 1991	May 16, 2008	4,325	Was hosted by Montel Williams.
20 years	10	Rick Steves' Europe	PBS	September 3, 2000	Present	129	Hosted by travel writer Rick Steves.
16 years	16	MTV Unplugged	MTV	November 26, 1989	March 2, 2007[note 104]	108
16 years	16	Booknotes	C-SPAN	April 2, 1989	December 5, 2004	801	Had been presented by Brian Lamb. The program lead to Book TV becoming regular weekend programming on C-SPAN2.
17 years	18	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Syndicated	September 8, 2003	Present	2,988 (as of December 9, 2020)	Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.
16 years	16	Fight Back! with David Horowitz	Syndicated	September 20, 1976	1992	582 (including California/Consumer Buyline)	Was hosted by David Horowitz.
16 years	14	Forensic Files	TLC & TruTV	April 23, 1996	June 17, 2011	406, including six hour-long specials
16 years	14	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet[note 105]	ABC	October 3, 1952	April 23, 1966	435	The longest running U.S. live-action sitcom.
20 years	20	America's Test Kitchen	Syndicated	August 4, 2001	Present	489
19 years		Fox NASCAR	FOX	February 11, 2001	Present
16 years	10	The Fairly OddParents	Nickelodeon	March 30, 2001	November 25, 2006	172 (283 segments)	Second longest-running Nickelodeon animated series and the sixth longest-running American animated series.
16 years	10	The Fairly OddParents	Nickelodeon	February 18, 2008	July 26, 2017	172 (283 segments)
15 years	15	Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures	Syndicated	October 2, 1993	May 24, 2008		Was hosted by Jack Hanna.
15 years	16	Sportsworld[note 106]	NBC	1978	1992
15 years	11	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Adult Swim	December 30, 2000	August 30, 2015	139 (1 unaired)[76]	Longest-running Adult Swim series and the seventh longest-running animated series on U.S. television. The episode "Boston" was never released.
18 years	14	Barney & Friends[note 107]	PBS	April 6, 1992	November 2, 2010	268
20 years	31 [77]	For Your Home	PBS	1996	2016
54 years	20	I've Got a Secret	CBS	June 19, 1952	April 3, 1967	CBS 1952-67: 681 Syn 1972-73: 39 CBS 1976: 4 Oxygen: 120[78] GSN 2006: 40	Presented by Garry Moore and Steve Allen.
			Syndicated	September 11, 1972	September 9, 1973		Presented by Steve Allen.
			CBS	June 15, 1976	July 6, 1976		Presented by Bill Cullen.
			Oxygen	2000	2001		Presented by Stephanie Miller.
			GSN	April 17, 2006	June 9, 2006		Presented by Bil Dwyer.
33 years	24	Concentration	NBC	August 25, 1958	March 23, 1973	3,770	Presented by Hugh Downs and Bob Clayton.
			Syndicated	September 10, 1973	September 8, 1978	975	Presented by Jack Narz.
			NBC	May 4, 1987	September 20, 1991	1,020	Presented by Alex Trebek.
16 years	13	Ghost Hunters	Syfy	October 6, 2004	Present	243 (+ 12 specials not included)	The program was on hiatus 2016-2019.
15 years	15	The Jack Benny Program	CBS	October 28, 1950	September 15, 1964	260	Starred Jack Benny.
15 years	15	The Jack Benny Program	NBC	September 25, 1964	April 16, 1965	260	Starred Jack Benny.
15 years	15	That Good Ole Nashville Music	Syndicated	1970	1985
15 years	15	Scientific American Frontiers	PBS	October 3, 1990	April 13, 2005	97
15 years	15	Newton's Apple	PBS	October 15, 1983	October 31, 1999	195
15 years	15	ER	NBC	September 19, 1994	April 2, 2009	331
15 years	15	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	CBS	October 6, 2000	September 27, 2015	337
19 years	32	The Amazing Race (U.S. series)	CBS	September 5, 2001	Present	373	Two seasons per year.
19 years	15	Don Francisco Presenta	Univision	October 10, 2001	January 30, 2012
19 years	15	BET's Top 25	BET	September 22, 2001	Present
17 years	18	Last Call with Carson Daly	NBC	January 8, 2002	May 24, 2019	2,000[79]	Hosted by Carson Daly.
19 years	19	Closing Bell	CNBC	February 4, 2002	Present
22 years	19	Fox College Football	FOX & Fox Sports	January 1, 1999	Present
21 years	18	Independent Lens	PBS	August 9, 1999	Present	405
20 years		The Essentials	TCM	2001	Present
18 years	18	Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	February 21, 2003	Present	542 (as of September 18, 2020)	Hosted by Bill Maher.
21 years	16	Early Today	NBC	September 9, 1999	Present		Lead in to the Today show.
17 years	17	Morning Joe First Look	MSNBC	2004	Present
19 years		Sally	Syndicated	October 17, 1983	May 24, 2002		Was hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael.
13 years	15	The Apprentice	NBC	January 8, 2004	February 13, 2017	192	The first 14 seasons were presented by Donald Trump.
13 years	20	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	E!	October 14, 2007	Present	260 + 5 specials
16 years	20	The First 48	A&E	June 3, 2004	Present	436
15 years	21	Intervention	A&E	March 6, 2005	Present	307
10 years	12	Storage Wars	A&E	December 1, 2010	Present	269 (as of March 2019)
17 years	17	The Dating Game	ABC Daytime	December 20, 1965	July 6, 1973		Hosted by Jim Lange.
			ABC Primetime	October 6, 1966	January 17, 1970
			Syndicated	September 10, 1973	September 1974
			Syndicated	September 4, 1978	September 1980
			Syndicated	September 15, 1986	September 8, 1989		Hosted by Elaine Joyce (1986–1987) & Jeff MacGregor (1987–1989).
			Syndicated	September 9, 1996	September 1999		Hosted by Brad Sherwood Brad Sherwood & Chuck Woolery (1997–1999).

10–14 years


Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
14 years	15	On the Record	Fox News	February 12, 2002	September 6, 2016		...with Greta Van Susteren
14 years	15	On the Record	Fox News	September 7, 2016	November 11, 2016		...with Brit Hume
14 years	13	Ryan's Hope	ABC	July 7, 1975	January 13, 1989	3,515
14 years	5	Davey and Goliath	Syndicated	February 25, 1961	June 29, 1975	73 (including specials)
11 years		Elmo's World	PBS	November 16th, 1998	November 10th, 2009	127 (including specials)
14 years	15	An Evening at the Improv	A&E	February 3, 1982	January 1, 1996
14 years	17	MythBusters	Discovery & TLC	January 23, 2003	March 5, 2016	296
14 years	7	Futurama	FOX	March 28, 1999	August 10, 2003	140
14 years	7	Futurama	Comedy Central	March 23, 2008	September 4, 2013	140
14 years	8	Dora the Explorer	Nickelodeon	August 14, 2000	June 5, 2014	178	Third longest-running Nickelodeon animated series. The program was on hiatus from 2014 to 2019.
14 years	8	Dora the Explorer	Nickelodeon	July 7, 2019	August 9, 2019	178
14 years	14	Watch Mr. Wizard	NBC	May 26, 1951	June 27, 1965	547	Don Herbert was Mr. Wizard.
14 years	14	The Jack LaLanne Show	Syndicated	1956	1970
10 years	10	Adventure Time	Cartoon Network	April 5, 2010	September 3, 2018	283	Longest-running Cartoon Network original series from the 2010s
10 years	10	Adventure Time	HBO Max	June 25, 2020	present	2	Distant Lands specials
7 years	6	Mickey Mouse	Disney Channel	June 28, 2013	July 20, 2019	96	Longest-running Disney animated series from the 2010s
7 years	6	Mickey Mouse	Disney+	November 18, 2020	present	10	Continuing with The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
14 years	14	Bonanza[note 108]	NBC	September 12, 1959	January 16, 1973	431
19 years	12	Cyberchase	PBS	January 21, 2002	present	126	Second longest-running PBS animated show and tenth longest-running American animated series.
38 years	26	Hollywood Squares	NBC	October 17, 1966	June 20, 1980	3,536	NBC Daytime
				January 12, 1968	September 13, 1968		NBC Primetime
				January 4, 1969	August 30, 1969	46	Saturday morning
			Syndicated	September 9, 1972	April 10, 1981
			NBC	October 31, 1983	July 27, 1984	192	NBC Daytime
			Syndicated	September 15, 1986	June 16, 1989	585
			Syndicated	September 14, 1998	June 4, 2004	1,050
14 years	14	Knots Landing	CBS	December 27, 1979	May 13, 1993	344
14 years	14	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show	ABC	September 13, 1986	September 2, 2000	387+
15 years	15	Criminal Minds	CBS	September 22, 2005	February 19, 2020	324
12 years	12	Marty Stouffer's Wild America	PBS	1982	1994	120
14 years	14	Speed Week	ESPN	1983	1997
15 years	15	Video Soul	BET	June 26, 1981	September 1996
15 years	15	MADtv	FOX	October 14, 1995	May 16, 2009	329 (plus 1 special)	Longest running rival sketch show to Saturday Night Live; longest-running Fox sketch show.
14 years	14	X-Play	G4	July 4, 1998	January 23, 2013	1,378 (706 hours)
13 years	14	NASCAR on TNT	TNT	July 22, 2001	July 13, 2014
18 years	14	Illegal Knowledge	Access Tucson	March 24, 2002	present	66+
18 years	14	Barefoot Contessa	Food Network	November 30, 2002	present	275
28 years	17th Season	Monday Night Baseball	ESPN	April 13, 1992	present
18 years	18	American Idol	FOX	June 11, 2002	April 7, 2016	609
18 years	18	American Idol	ABC	March 11, 2018	present	609
18 years	18	Shepard Smith Reporting	Fox News	August 2002	October 11, 2019		Hosted by Shepard Smith. Originally titled Studio B with Shepard Smith.
18 years	18	The Daily Buzz	Syndicated, The CW Plus	September 16, 2002	present
18 years	18	Dr. Phil	Syndicated	September 16, 2002	present	2,191[80]	Hosted by Phil McGraw.
18 years	18	Around the Horn	ESPN	November 4, 2002	Present	2,580+[81]	Currently moderated by Tony Reali.
18 years	18	NBA Countdown	ESPN	December 25, 2002	present
18 years	18	NBA on ESPN	ESPN & ABC	December 25, 2002	Present		Sometimes broadcast on ABC as NBA on ABC.
15 years	7	The Venture Bros.	Adult Swim	February 16, 2003	October 7, 2018[82]	81 (+1 pilot and 4 specials)
13 years	15	Good Eats	Food Network	July 7, 1999	April 29, 2010	256
13 years	15	Good Eats	Cooking Channel	May 27, 2010	February 10, 2012	256
13 years	13	Howdy Doody	NBC	December 27, 1947	September 24, 1960		Was in Black & White until 1956, and color thereafter.
13 years	14	Armstrong Circle Theatre	NBC	June 6, 1950	June 1957	370
13 years	14	Armstrong Circle Theatre	CBS	October 1957	August 28, 1963	370
13 years		The 20th Century[note 109]	CBS	October 20, 1957	January 4, 1970		Was hosted by Walter Cronkite.
9 years	4	Bear in the Big Blue House	Disney Channel	October 20th, 1997	April 28th, 2006	118
13 years	8	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	CBS	September 9, 1972	October 24, 1981	110 + 5 specials	Presented by Bill Cosby.
13 years	8	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	Syndicated	September 1, 1984	August 10, 1985	110 + 5 specials	Presented by Bill Cosby.
13 years	14	Dallas	CBS	April 2, 1978	May 3, 1991	357
13 years	13	PM Magazine[note 110]	Syndicated	September 1978	August 30, 1991
13 years	13	Later	NBC	August 22, 1988	January 18, 2001		Originally hosted by Bob Costas.
15 years	15	Unsolved Mysteries	NBC	January 20, 1987[note 111]	September 5, 1997	593
			CBS	November 13, 1997	June 11, 1999
			Lifetime	July 2, 2001	September 20, 2002
			Spike TV [83]	October 13, 2008	April 27, 2010
13 years	13	Tim Russert	CNBC	1994	2008
13 years	13	King of the Hill	FOX	January 12, 1997	May 6, 2010 [note 112]	259	Third longest running Fox animated series.
13 years	13	Hannity & Colmes	Fox News	October 6, 1996	January 9, 2009
13 years	9	Rugrats	Nickelodeon	August 11, 1991	August 1, 2004 (2004-08-01)[84]	172	First longest-running Nickelodeon animated series.
17 years	18	NCIS	CBS	September 23, 2003	present	404
15 years	24	America's Next Top Model	UPN	May 20, 2003	May 17, 2006	72
			The CW	September 20, 2006	December 4, 2015	316
			VH1	December 8, 2016	Present	30
12 years	13	Road Rules	MTV	July 19, 1995	May 9, 2007
11 years	12	NASCAR on Speed	Speed	February 11, 2002	August 17, 2013
13 years	13	Star Search[note 113]	Syndicated	September 10, 1983	May 20, 1995		Originally presented by Ed McMahon.
13 years	13	Star Search[note 113]	CBS	2003	April 2004		Originally presented by Ed McMahon.
12 years	12	American Sports Cavalcade	TNN	1983	1995
64 years	28 [85]	To Tell the Truth	CBS	December 18, 1956	September 6, 1968
			Syndicated	1969	1978
			Syndicated	1980	1981
			NBC	1990	1991
			Syndicated	2000	2002
			ABC	2016	Present
12 years	31	The Joy of Painting	PBS	January 11, 1983	May 17, 1994	403	Starred Bob Ross.
12 years	12	CBS Reports	CBS	October 27, 1959	September 7, 1971
12 years	12	My Three Sons	ABC	September 29, 1960	September 2, 1965	380 (184 in black-and-white, 196 in color)
12 years	12	My Three Sons	CBS	September 16, 1965	August 24, 1972	380 (184 in black-and-white, 196 in color)
12 years	12	NYPD Blue	ABC	September 21, 1993	March 1, 2005	261
12 years	12	Murder, She Wrote	CBS	September 30, 1984	May 19, 1996	264 (+ 4 TV movies)
12 years	12	Hawaii Five-O (original series)	CBS	September 26, 1968	April 26, 1980	279
12 years	12	Loving	ABC	June 26, 1983	November 10, 1995	3,169[86]
12 years	12	Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous	Syndicated	January 1984	September 1996
12 years	12	House of Style	MTV	January 1, 1989	2000
12 years	12	The Jenny Jones Show	Syndicated	September 16, 1991	September 12, 2003	1,500
12 years	12	Room by Room	HGTV	December 31, 1994	2006[note 114]
12 years	12	NBA on NBC	NBC	1990	2002
16 years	17	American Dad!	FOX	February 6, 2005	September 21, 2014	300	Fox's third longest-running animated series and second longest-running Seth MacFarlane show.
16 years	17	American Dad!	TBS	October 20, 2014	present	300
15 years	10	Robot Chicken	Adult Swim	February 20, 2005	present	200 (and 10 specials)
12 years	25	Lockup	MSNBC	June 4, 2005	February 11, 2017	237
15 years	17	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	March 27, 2005	present	369
12 years	12	Two and a Half Men	CBS	September 22, 2003	February 19, 2015	262
11 years	11	The Chris Matthews Show	Syndicated	September 22, 2002	July 21, 2013		Was hosted by Chris Matthews.
11 years	11	Kraft Television Theatre[note 115]	NBC	May 7, 1947	October 1, 1958	525
11 years	11	Homes Across America [note 116]	HGTV	December 1994	October 12, 2005
11 years	11	The Voice of Firestone	NBC	September 5, 1949	June 1954		Was previously on NBC radio.
			ABC	June 1954	June 1959
			ABC	September 1962	June 16, 1963
11 years	11	You Bet Your Life	NBC	October 5, 1950	June 29, 1961	529	Was presented by Groucho Marx. Previously was on multiple radio networks.
11 years	11	The Andy Williams Show	CBS	1957	1959		Starred Andy Williams.
11 years	11	The Andy Williams Show	NBC	1962	1971		Starred Andy Williams.
11 years	11	Beat the Clock (original series)[note 117]	CBS	March 23, 1950	September 12, 1958
11 years	11	Beat the Clock (original series)[note 117]	ABC	October 13, 1958	January 30, 1961
11 years	12	The General Electric College Bowl[note 118]	CBS	January 4, 1959	1963
11 years	12	The General Electric College Bowl[note 118]	NBC	1963	June 14, 1970
11 years	11	The Wilburn Brothers Show	Syndicated [87]	1963	1974	354
11 years	11	The Carol Burnett Show	CBS	September 11, 1967	March 29, 1978	279	Starred Carol Burnett.
11 years	11	Happening Now	Fox News	November 5, 2007	June 8, 2018
10 years	3	Wonder Pets!	Nickelodeon	March 3, 2006	September 3, 2016	Shorts: 2 Full-length episodes: 62 [88]	Fifth longest-running Nickelodeon show and second longest-running Nick Jr. series.
11 years	11	MASH*	CBS	September 17, 1972	February 28, 1983	256
11 years	11	The Howard Stern Show	E!	June 18, 1994	July 8, 2005		Hosted by Howard Stern.
11 years	11	Geraldo	Syndicated	1987	1998		Last two seasons aired as The Geraldo Rivera Show.
11 years	11	Love Connection	Syndicated	September 19, 1983	July 1, 1994	2,425
11 years	11	The Danny Thomas Show	ABC[note 119]	September 29, 1953	July 1957	344
11 years	11	The Danny Thomas Show	CBS[note 120]	September 1957	September 14, 1964	344
11 years	11	Talk Soup	E!	January 7, 1991	May 17, 2002
11 years	11	Martha Stewart Living	Syndicated	September 1993	2004		The very similar The Martha Stewart Show aired 2005-2012.
11 years	5	The Crocodile Hunter	Animal Planet	October 25, 1996	September 4, 2007	78 (including pilot and 13 specials)	Longest-running Animal Planet series.
11 years	8	ToonHeads	Cartoon Network	October 2, 1992	July 1, 2001	102 (2 unaired)
11 years	8	ToonHeads	Adult Swim	November 4, 2001	November 23, 2003	102 (2 unaired)
11 years		Ricki Lake	Syndicated	September 13, 1993	May 21, 2004		Was hosted by Ricki Lake.
11 years	11	All That	Nickelodeon	April 16, 1994[note 121]	present	206	Was on hiatus from 2005-2019.
11 years	11	7th Heaven[89]	The WB	August 26, 1996	May 8, 2006	243
11 years	11	7th Heaven[89]	The CW	September 25, 2006	May 13, 2007[note 122]	243
11 years	11	Imus in the Morning[note 123]	MSNBC	September 2, 1996	April 11, 2007		Was hosted by Don Imus.
11 years	11	Fox News Live	Fox News	October 6, 1996	February 24, 2008
11 years	11	The Jeffersons	CBS	January 18, 1975	July 23, 1985	253
11 years	11	Paula's Home Cooking	Food Network	2002	2013	135+
10 years	11	Married... with Children	FOX	April 5, 1987	June 9, 1997	259
10 years	11	Happy Days	ABC	January 15, 1974	September 24, 1984	255
10 years	10	Between The Lions	PBS	April 3, 2000	November 22, 2010	130
15 years	15	Supernatural	The WB	September 13, 2005	May 4, 2006	327
15 years	15	Supernatural	The CW	September 28, 2006	present	327
18 years	16	NFL Total Access	NFL Network	2003	present	297
12 years	12	Bones	FOX	September 13, 2005	March 28, 2017	246
15 years	29	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	June 1, 2005	present	459
15 years	19	Hell's Kitchen	FOX	May 30, 2005	present	287
15 years	14	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	FX	August 4, 2005	2012	154
15 years	14	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	FXX	September 4, 2013	present	154
12 years	12	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	September 24, 2007	May 16, 2019	279
14 years	13	Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern	Travel Channel	November 1, 2006	present	147
13 years	12	Squidbillies	Adult Swim	October 16, 2005	present	123
14 years	11	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Cartoon Network	April 15, 1994	July 22, 2001	80	Second longest-running Cartoon Network original series.
			Adult Swim	September 2, 2001	April 12, 2004	13
			GameTap	April 12, 2006	May 31, 2008	17
10 years	12	Intimate Portrait	Lifetime	January 3, 1994	October 3, 2005	271
10 years	10	American Morning	CNN	September 12, 2001	December 30, 2011	2,688
10 years	10	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts[note 124]	CBS	December 6, 1948	January 1, 1958		Starred Arthur Godfrey.
10 years	10	Arthur Godfrey and His Friends	CBS	January 12, 1949	April 28, 1959
20 years	20	Total Request Live	MTV	September 14, 1998	November 16, 2008	2,254
20 years	20	Total Request Live	MTV	October 2, 2017	November 2018	2,254
10 years	4	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse	Playhouse Disney	May 5, 2006	January 3, 2011	79	Longest-running Disney animated series from 2000s
10 years	4	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse	Disney Junior	February 14, 2011	November 6, 2016	46	Longest-running Disney animated series from 2000s
10 years	6	Blue's Clues [90]	Nickelodeon	September 8, 1996	August 6, 2006	143[90]	Sixth longest-running Nickelodeon show and third longest-running Nick Jr. series.
10 years	10	Studio One[note 125]	CBS	November 7, 1948	September 29, 1958	467
10 years	10	Pantomime Quiz[note 126]	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 years	10	The Arthur Murray Party	ABC	July 20, 1950	September 1950		The first series to be shown on four U.S. broadcasting networks
			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 years	10	Smilin' Ed's Gang[note 127]	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 years	10	A Current Affair	Syndicated	July 28, 1986	August 30, 1996
11 years	11	Cheers	NBC	September 30, 1982	May 20, 1993	275 (including three double-length episodes and a triple-length finale)
11 years	11	Frasier	NBC	September 16, 1993	May 13, 2004	264
10 years	10	Getting Fit	ESPN	1987	1997
10 years	10	American Chopper	Discovery & TLC	September 29, 2002	December 17, 2012	233
10 years	10	Friends	NBC	September 22, 1994	May 6, 2004	236
10 years	10	Beverly Hills, 90210	FOX	October 4, 1990	May 17, 2000	293
10 years	10	NASCAR on TNN	TNN	1991	2000
10 years	10	Stargate SG-1	Showtime & Syfy	July 27, 1997	March 13, 2007	214 + 2 DVD films	Spawned two direct-to-DVD movies, Stargate: Continuum and Stargate: The Ark of Truth. Syfy's longest running series.
10 years	10	The French Chef	PBS	February 11, 1963	February 11, 1973	201	Starred Julia Child.
10 years	10	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	CBS	December 28, 1987	November 2, 1996	193	Spawn many TV series spin-offs including its most recent series.
10 years	13	Curious George	PBS	September 4, 2006	April 1, 2015	168 (3 specials)	Longest-running animated spin-off show of an animated movie.
10 years	6	Ed, Edd n Eddy	Cartoon Network	January 4, 1999	November 8, 2009	70 (131 segments)	Longest-running Cartoon Network original series from the 90s and longest-running Cartoon Cartoon
10 years		The Boondocks	Adult Swim	November 6, 2005	June 23, 2014
10 years	10	Smallville	The WB	October 16, 2001	May 11, 2006	217[91]	[91]
10 years	10	Smallville	The CW	September 28, 2006	May 13, 2011	217[91]	[91]
10 years	10	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	NBC & USA	September 30, 2001	June 26, 2011	195	Moved to USA in 2007.
10 years	10	JAG	CBS	September 23, 1995	April 29, 2005	227
11 years	12	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	September 22, 2009	Present	271
30 years	11	Murphy Brown	CBS	November 14, 1988	December 20, 2018	260	Was on hiatus 1998-2018.
20 years	10	Roseanne	ABC	October 18, 1988	May 22, 2018	231	Was on hiatus 1997-2018.
10 years	10	CSI: Miami	CBS	September 23, 2002	April 8, 2012	232
11 years	11	Modern Family	ABC	September 23, 2009	April 8, 2020	250
10 years	10	The United States Steel Hour	ABC & CBS	October 27, 1953	June 12, 1963	253	Moved to CBS in 1955.
11 years	11	Baywatch	NBC	September 22, 1989	April 6, 1990	242
11 years	11	Baywatch	Syndicated	September 23, 1991	May 14, 2001	242
18 years	16	The Bachelorette	ABC	January 8, 2003	Present	182
18 years	17	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	ABC	January 26, 2003	Present	2,965 (as of January 12, 2021)[92]	Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
20 years	18 (US)	Secrets of the Dead	PBS	May 15, 2000	Present	88 (US)
11 years	12	Shark Tank	ABC	August 9, 2009	Present	256
14 years	15	America's Got Talent	NBC	June 21, 2006	Present	373
11 years	13	American Ninja Warrior	NBC	December 12, 2009	Present	170[93]	[93]
9 years	19	The Voice	NBC	April 26, 2011	Present	472
13 years	14	American Greed	CNBC	June 21, 2007	Present	188 (& 3 specials)
15 years	16	So You Think You Can Dance	FOX	July 20, 2005	Present	296
10 years	10	General Electric Theater	CBS	February 1, 1953	June 3, 1962	302	Was presented by Ronald Reagan.
14 years	15	Rachael Ray	Syndicated	September 18, 2006	Present	2,000+ [94]	Hosted by Rachael Ray.
12 years	12	The Wendy Williams Show	Syndicated	July 14, 2008	Present	1500+	Hosted by Wendy Williams.
13 years	14	The Steve Wilkos Show	Syndicated	September 10, 2007	Present	2,000	Hosted by Steve Wilkos.
14 years	15	The Real Housewives of Orange County	Bravo	March 21, 2006	Present	268	Part of The Real Housewives franchise.
12 years	13	The Real Housewives of Atlanta	Bravo	October 7, 2008	Present	269	Part of The Real Housewives franchise.
12 years	12	The Real Housewives of New York City	Bravo	March 4, 2008	Present	239	Part of The Real Housewives franchise.
14 years	17	Top Chef	Bravo	March 8, 2006	Present	260
14 years	12	Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles	Bravo	August 29, 2006	Present	126
13 years	11	Flipping Out	Bravo	July 31, 2007	Present	108 (as of November 20, 2018)
11 years	20	Worst Cooks in America	Food Network	January 3, 2010	Present	143
7 years	25	Guy's Grocery Games	Food Network	October 20, 2013	Present	256
15 years	13	Iron Chef America	Food Network	March 6, 2005	Present	205
15 years	14	Food Network Star	Food Network	June 5, 2005	Present	75
13 years	33	Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives	Food Network	April 23, 2007	Present	419[95]
7 years	26	Beat Bobby Flay	Food Network	August 24, 2013	Present	319	Hosted by Bobby Flay.
12 years	47	Chopped	Food Network	January 13, 2009	Present	543 + 31 specials
15 years	16	Deadliest Catch	Discovery	April 12, 2005	Present	262 (as of September 22, 2020)
15 years	14	Cash Cab	Discovery	December 5, 2005	Present	487 (as of August 26, 2020)	Was on Hiatus 2012-2017.
11 years	12	Tosh.0	Comedy Central	June 4, 2009	Present	301
11 years	17	Pawn Stars	History	July 19, 2009	Present	577
11 years	21	American Pickers	History	January 18, 2010	Present	315
11 years	16	Ancient Aliens	History	March 8, 2009	Present	188
10 years	11	Ice Road Truckers	History	June 17, 2007	November 9, 2017	138
10 years	12	Swamp People	History	August 22, 2010	Present	197
12 years	11	Fareed Zakaria GPS	CNN	June 1, 2008	Present	215 (as of June 12, 2012)	Hosted by Fareed Zakaria.
10 years	10	USA Up All Night	USA	January 7, 1989	March 7, 1998	900+
32 years	12	Mystery Science Theater 3000	KTMA-TV	November 24, 1988	1989	217	Was on Hiatus from 1999-2017.
			Comedy Channel	1989	1991
			Comedy Central	1991	1996
			Syfy	1997	1999
			Netflix	April 14, 2017	November 22, 2018
17 years	17	Anderson Cooper 360°	CNN	September 8, 2003	Present	1,521	Hosted by Anderson Cooper.
12 years	16	What Would You Do?	ABC	February 26, 2008	Present
10 years	10	Nashville Now	TNN	March 8, 1983	October 15, 1993
10 years	11 seasons	Shameless (US TV series)	Showtime	January 9, 2011	present [note 128]	126 (and counting)	Showtime's longest running original scripted series

Notes

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 (1951–1954)
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 2006–2009; ABC World News with Diane Sawyer 2009–2014
There have been six major hosts of the Tonight Show during seven tenure periods.
There were various other hosts for some short periods during the pre-Carson years. Please see the hosting history for further details.
The total number of episodes is 12,688.
Originally GrandStand, then changed name to reflect year; was also NFL Live 1987–1997
Originally The Guiding Light. Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio January 25, 1937.
Name often altered to reflect primary sponsor. Name on current broadcasts: Denny's PBA Tour
1998–2000 broadcast seasons were shared by CBS and ESPN
The show was off the air for two years.
Aired locally on WYAH-TV Portsmouth, Virginia, 1966–1977; evolved from locally broadcast telethons 1962–1966
Originally Washington Week in Review
This listing counts different incarnations of the Scooby-Doo franchise on television. However, no new "Scooby-Doo" episodes were produced for 22 years of its on-air run.
Season 44 (2013–2014) was the first time episodes were numbered in a seasonal order rather than the numerical and chronological fashion used since the show premiered. For example, episode 4401 means "the first episode of the 44th season", not "the 4401st episode" (it is in fact the 4328th episode).
This only applies to the time that a children's program has broadcast nationwide. Technically, a few other children's programs may have run longer in years/seasons than Sesame Street without being broadcast nationwide.
Jerry Lewis died in 2017.
Was renamed to Masterpiece in 2008.
Weekly broadcasts ended January 1, 1997; irregular airings afterward; officially ended with the absorption of ABC Sports into ESPN
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
Known as Jim Crockett's Victory Garden from 1975 to 1979
Originally NBC's Saturday Night
Previously The Robert MacNeil Report (1975), The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (1975–1983), The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour 1975–1995, & The News Hour with Jim Lehrer 1995–2009.
Syndicated revival prompted by success of syndicated repeats of CBS episodes in 1976
Broadcast locally only on WPBT, 1979–1981
Evolved from The Iran Crisis – America Held Hostage (1979–80).
Broadcast only in North Carolina, 1979–1981
Weekend editions are simulcast on the BBC Parliament channel with the name America This Week
12 (original series)
23 (revived series)
35 (overall)
Show went on hiatus from 1993 to 1997.
Show was on hiatus from 1993 to 1997.
Originally titled Noticiero SIN when Univision was known as SIN (Spanish International Network).
Also syndicated, 1982–present
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 was host from 2002 to 2010. Christiane Amanpour took over as host in 2010.
Late Night, as an entity, is in its 38th season. Over that period it has had four hosts, listed in the notes column.
Became Wall Street Week with Fortune after original host was fired in 2002
Louis Rukeyser died in 2006.
Current host is Maria Bartiromo.
Show renamed National Geographic Ultimate Explorer 2003–2005
Reran CBS originals, 1984–1987
Other names: Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988–2000), Live with Regis (2000–2001), Live with Regis and Kelly (2001–2011), Live with Kelly and Michael (2012–2016).
Date of first episode distributed nationally; was aired by WABC locally at The Morning Show, 1983–1988
Also called 48 Hours Investigates
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.
ESPN2 started broadcasting major league baseball games in 2002 in addition to those offered by ESPN
Original series ran for 15 seasons, four seasons of the revival.
Reruns aired in syndication, 1984–1992
Began as Moneyline. Became Lou Dobbs Moneyline in 2001, Lou Dobbs Tonight in 2003
Broadcast locally on WQXI in 1971 and moved to WTBS starting in 1972. Went national when WTBS launched their satellite feed in 1976. Began as Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1971. Became World Championship Wrestling in 1981 and WCW Saturday Night in 1992. Ended as WCW Saturday Morning in 2000.
Renamed "The Hee Haw Show" for 1991–92 season, and Hee Haw Silver for 1992–1993 season ("greatest hits")
Started in 2008, Mystery! was absorbed into Masterpiece (the former Masterpiece Theatre) and airs under the banner Masterpiece Mystery!
Originally The Dodge Dancing Party; reruns have been airing since 1982 on various PBS stations, oftentimes recut and spliced with new footage from surviving cast members to give the illusion of new episodes.
In 2010, in between the Power Rangers RPM season and the Power Rangers Samurai 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 is not actual new episodes in of themselves, but rather old episodes with new special effects thrown in them, this season is not usually counted by fans or the current owner of the show (Hasbro) towards the total season count (making the current season count one less than expected despite being on for 27 years). However, it is mentioned here anyway because the current owner of the show, from a production standpoint, does consider its existence as an official season in addition to the other seasons despite not including it in the total season count.
Also see List of Power Rangers episodes.
While the show takes place in the same fictional universe 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.
First broadcast episodes on August 28, 1993. Premiered new episodes from August 28, 1993 till August 10, 2002. Last broadcast episodes on September 7, 2002. In select markets was aired on another station other than Fox; such as independent stations, UPN or The WB (see Fox Kids broadcasting ambiguities).
Costumes and footage loosely adapted from Super Sentai.
First broadcast episodes on March 3, 2002. Premiered new episodes from February 14, 2004 till July 10, 2005. Last broadcast episodes on August 31, 2006.
First broadcast episodes on February 14, 2004. Premiered new episodes from July 16, 2005 till November 3, 2008. Last broadcast episodes on February 12, 2009.
First broadcast 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 broadcast episodes on August 28, 2010.
First broadcast episodes on August 25, 2012. Never premiered a new episode and never reran new episodes as encore airings shortly after they premiered. All airings were reruns from an older season. Last broadcast episodes on January 12, 2013.
First broadcast episodes on February 7, 2011. Premiered new episodes from February 7, 2011 till the present. Has yet to make its last broadcast.
First broadcast episodes on February 11, 2011. As of the present has never premiered a new episode, but does rerun them as encore airings shortly after they premiere. Also airs reruns from previous seasons. Has yet to make its last broadcast.
Full title ESPN Magazine's Sport Reporters
Also known as Dateline (day of week it airs), Dateline With Stone Phillips
Presently, each episode first airs on ESPN2 on Fridays, then is repeated on ESPN two days later.
Hosted by Ralph Edwards.
Hosted by Jack Bailey until 1956.
Hosted by Bob Barker; Steve Dunne also hosted a prime-time version on NBC, 1958.
Hosted by Bob Barker.
Hosted by Bob Hilton.
Hosted by Larry Anderson.
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), At the Movies (2009–2010), Ebert presents At the Movies (2011).
Also known as Showtime in Harlem, Showtime, and Live in Hollywood
Aired as Toast of the Town until 1955
Evolved from George Michael's Sports Final, 1980–1984 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111600669.html)
Local transmission only (WCET), 1972–1996
Originated on radio as Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, 1934–1946
Evolved from Jammin' (1991–1994)
Originally Extra:The Entertainment Magazine
Originally Entertainers
Tom Snyder hosted for 4 seasons, Craig Kilborn for 5, Craig Ferguson 9 for and James Corden for 7.
Host: Tom Snyder 1995–1999, Craig Kilborn 1999–2004, Craig Ferguson 2004–2014, James Corden 2015–Present.
The total number of episodes, for each host all combined, is 4,733 as at January 24, 2019.
Originally Politics with Chris Matthews
Originally known as Road Rules: All Stars, followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge.
List of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series) episodes.
Now called Freeform.
All episodes total: 363 (as of February 2019).
Originally titled The O'Reilly Report (1996–98).
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
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.
Other names: Evans, Novak, Hunt, and Shields (1998–2001), Novak, Hunt, and Shields (2001–2002)
Is repeated in the afternoon of the same day on Fox News Channel
Name changed to Friday Night 1994–2000, Late Friday 2001–2002. In both cases, the name change accompanied a change in program format
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
Relaunched as Paramount Network in 2018.
For list of episodes, see here.
New episodes sporadic after 2001.
Longest-running U.S. live-action sitcom.
Was also known as NBC SportsWorld.
Reruns only (no first-run episodes) in 1994, 1996, and 2001
First U.S. network series to film all its episodes in color
Known as The 21st Century from 1967–1970
Aired locally on KPIX San Francisco as Evening: The MTWTF Show, 1976–1978
Includes series of specials, Jan. 1987 to May 1988
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 3 through May 7, 2010.
Ed McMahon's Star Search, 1992–1995
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
Had 13 week seasons, according to HGTV
Emcee: Bud Collyer
Also known as G.E. College Bowl; on NBC radio, 1953–1955; pilot shot 1955.
As Make Room for Daddy; NBC used the same name when airing reruns of this series, 1960–1965
As The Danny Thomas Show
"Special preview" airing April 16, 1994
Scheduled date of last episode
Simulcast of live program at WFAN in New York.
On CBS radio 1946–1956
Originated on CBS Radio, 1947
Originally aired locally in Los Angeles, 1947–1950
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
Will conclude soon; currently airing the final season

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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
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Originally The New Price Is Right; longest-running game show in American television history.
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Not currently on a regular schedule.
(as of December 28, 2018; 9,730 weekdays; 1,945 weekend)
The total number of episodes, for each host all combined, is 6,298, as at January 21, 2019.
primarily to public television
Number of seasons can be found at the List of Frontline episodes.
Date of airing of last first-run episode. Since then, reruns have been syndicated as Best of Soul Train
Host: Tom Chapin (1985–1988), Robert Urich (1988–1995), Robert Ballard (1988–1995), Boyd Matson (1995–2003), Michael Fay (2001), Lisa Ling (2003–)
Oldest continuously running radio program, airing on WSM radio, Nashville, Tennessee
As Grand Ole Opry Live!
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Now called FYI.
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Also Westbrook Hospital, 1975–1981
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Includes Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball, etc.
Originally The Phil Donahue Show
Originally Open End; prior to syndication, aired on WNTA-TV 1958–1961
Longest-running game show in prime time network television
Program rebroadcast later the same day on ESPNews
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22 (5 on ABC, 17 in syndication)
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12 (1956–1968)
9 (1969–1978)
1 (1980–1981)
1 (1990–1991)
2 (2000–2002)
3 (2016–)
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