List of longest-running television shows by category
This is a list of the longest-running television shows by category. The criterion for being the longest-running show is by the number of years the show has been on the air and not the number of episodes produced.
The Brazilian show Programa Silvio Santos is the longest-running television show of all time hosted by the same person.
Category | Show name | Country | Duration | Channel/Network | Episodes |
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Drama show | Õnne 13 | ![]() |
1993–present | Eesti Televisioon (ETV) | 800+ |
Children’s show (preschool) | Play School | ![]() |
1966–present | Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | 4,500+ |
Drama | Kopi kade | ![]() |
1987–present | ITN | 1,800+ |
Agriculture Information | Country Calendar | ![]() |
1966–present [1] | TVNZ 1 | 1,100+ |
Talk show | Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand | ![]() |
1968–present | El Nueve, Televisión Pública, América TV, El Trece | |
Animated | Sandmännchen | ![]() |
1959–present | Deutscher Fernsehfunk | 22,200 |
Anime for kids | Sazae-san | ![]() |
1969–present | Fuji Television | 2,500+[2] |
Annual live international beauty pageant | Miss Universe | ![]() |
1955–present | CBS, NBC, FOX | 64 |
Annual live national beauty pageant | Miss America | ![]() |
1955–present | ABC, CBS, NBC | 63 |
Automotive | Top Gear | ![]() |
1977–2001, 2002–present | BBC Two | 515; 161+9 specials |
Charity show | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon | ![]() |
1966–2014 | Various | 48 |
Children's show | Blue Peter | ![]() |
1958–present | BBC One, CBBC | 5,000 (as of 1 February 2018) |
Comedy | KVN | ![]() |
1961–present | Channel One Russia, KVN TV | |
Cooking show | Today's Cooking | ![]() |
1957–present | NHK | |
Current affairs series | Panorama | ![]() |
1953–present | BBC One | Teleclub |
Fantasy | Wansapanataym | ![]() |
1997–2005; 2010–2019 | ABS-CBN | 734 |
Documentary | Teleenciclopedia | ![]() |
1965–present | TVR1 | 2500+ |
Film review | Film | ![]() |
1971–2018 | BBC One | |
Finance show | The Money Programme | ![]() |
1966–2010 | BBC Two | |
Game show | Des chiffres et des lettres | ![]() |
1965–present | France 3 | 20,000 (as of October 2012) |
Historical drama | Zenigata Heiji | ![]() |
1958–present | ||
Medical drama | Casualty | ![]() |
1986–present | BBC One | 1182 (as of December 2020) |
Medicine talk show | Trupi dhe Shëndeti | ![]() |
1962–present | RTSH | 1000+ |
Magazine show | Ittyadi | ![]() |
1994–present | Bangladesh Television | 300+ (as of 2016) |
Music chart show | Top of the Pops | ![]() |
1964–2006; Christmas shows only 2006–present | BBC One, BBC Two | 2,219 |
Music talent show | NHK Nodo Jiman | ![]() |
1953–present | NHK | 2,900 (as of 2012) |
Music video show | Rage | ![]() |
1987–present | ABC1, ABC2/Fly TV, ABC Me | |
News show | Meet the Press | ![]() |
1947–present | NBC | 4,946+ |
Newscast | CBS Evening News | ![]() |
1948–present | CBS | 16,400+ |
Outside broadcast | Lord Mayor's Show | ![]() |
1937–1938, 1946–present (not broadcast during WW2 1939–1945)[3] | BBC Television Service, BBC One | |
Police procedural | Tatort | ![]() |
1970–present | Das Erste | 1,136 (as of 6 September 2020)[4] |
Quiz show | It's Academic | ![]() |
1961–present[5] | ||
Reality show | America's Funniest Home Videos | ![]() |
1989–present | American Broadcasting Company | 681 (as of May 19, 2019) |
Religious program | Le Jour du Seigneur | ![]() |
1949–present | ||
Satire | Extra 3 | ![]() |
1976–present | Das Erste | |
Science fiction series | Doctor Who | ![]() |
1963–1989, 2005–present[6] | BBC One | 862 (as of 1 January 2021) |
Science show | The Sky at Night | ![]() |
1957–present | BBC One, BBC Four | 804 (as of September 2020) |
Sing-along show | Allsång på Skansen | ![]() |
1979–present | Sveriges Television | 223+ |
Sitcom | Last of the Summer Wine | ![]() |
1973–2010 | BBC One | 295 |
Sketch comedy show | Sábados Felices | ![]() |
1972–present | ||
Soap opera | Coronation Street | ![]() |
1960–present | ITV | 10000+ |
Song contest | Sanremo Music Festival | ![]() |
1955–present | RAI (radio broadcast since 1951, tv broadcast since 1955) | |
Sports show | Hockey Night in Canada | ![]() |
1952–present | CBC, City/Sportsnet, CTV | Unknown; Began as radio broadcast in 1931 |
Sports magazine show | La Domenica Sportiva | ![]() |
1953–present | RAI | 3318 (as of 10 May 2020) |
Sports variety | Grandstand | ![]() |
1958–2007 | BBC One, BBC Two | 3500 (estimated) |
Sports outside broadcast | The Championships, Wimbledon[7] | ![]() |
1937,[8] 1939, 1946–present | BBC Television Service, BBC One/Two | |
Tabloid newscast | TV Patrol | ![]() |
1987–present | ABS-CBN | |
Talk show | The Tonight Show | ![]() |
1954–present | 12,690 | |
Teen drama | Grange Hill | ![]() |
1978–2008 | 605 | |
Telenovela | Anna Liza | ![]() |
1980–1985 | GMA Network | 1,317 |
Travel show | Holiday | ![]() |
1969–2007 | BBC One | 622 |
TV feedback show | Points of View | ![]() |
1961–present | BBC One, BBC Two | Unknown |
Variety show | Sábado Gigante | ![]() ![]() |
1962–1986; Univision: 1986–2015 | Canal 13 | 2,800+ |
Variety Show | Programa Silvio Santos | ![]() |
1963–present | SBT | 3000+ |
Western | Gunsmoke | ![]() |
1955–1975 | 635 |
See also
- List of longest-running United States television series
- List of longest-running UK television programmes
- List of longest-running Australian television series
- List of longest-running Philippine television series
- List of longest-running U.S. cable television series
- List of longest-running U.S. primetime television series
- List of longest-running U.S. first-run syndicated television series
- List of television series canceled after one episode
- List of television programs by episode count
References
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- "The Lord Mayor's Show dates". BBC Genome. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- "Die Fälle – Tatort – ARD | Das Erste".
- "Mac McGarry, 'It's Academic' host, dies at 87". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- "BBC One – Doctor Who – Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- "Wimbledon". Genome Project. 9 October 2018.
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