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* ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1931|11}}: Began airing on radio in November 1931 and moved to television in November 1952 (the first year of regular television broadcasts in Canada), and is the world's longest-running sports show.
* The ''Metropolitan Opera'' – {{Years or months ago|1931|12}}: Airs a radio broadcast season each year. Although going since Christmas of 1931 (and broadcast in January 1910 over experimental radio broadcasts), unlike ''The Guiding Light'' it only airs episodes during a season and is not continuous.
* ''Julehilsen til Grønland'' (Christmas greetings to Greenland) – {{Years or months ago|1932|12}}: Danmarks Radio first aired this in 1932 as a way for people in Denmark to send greetings to friends and family in Greenland and vice versa.
== At least 80 years ==
* ''CBS World News Roundup'' – {{Years or months ago|1938|03}}: Made its first broadcast on March 13, 1938 as a special report on the Anschluss; still runs every day at 8:00 AM EST. It surpassed ''Guiding Light'''s record on November 8, 2010, and is now listed as the longest continuously-running program in ''any'' medium.
* [[Superman]] – {{Years or months ago|1938|06}}: First appeared in ''[[Action Comics]]'' in June 1938. Many years, radio, TV and film spinoffs later he's still one of the most popular fictional characters ever.
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* ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1942|01}}: Has been airing on [[BBC|BBC Radio]] since 29 January 1942, making it the longest-running program in the history of British broadcasting. It still uses the original theme tune, Eric Coates' "By the Sleepy Lagoon" (with overdubbed seagull noises), and has only had four regular presenters (Roy Plomley, Michael Parkinson, Sue Lawley, Kirsty Young).
== At least 70 years ==
* ''[[Meet the Press]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1945|11}}: Weekly on television since November 6, 1947; debuted on radio in 1945 as ''American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press''.
* ''Arbeidsvitaminen'' (''Work vitamins'') – {{Years or months ago|1946|02}}: A music programme on AVRO in the Netherlands. The longest running daily radio show in the world, having started in February 1946.
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* ''[[The Archers]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1951}}: Has run since 1951 on [[The BBC|BBC radio]], and is now the world's longest-running extant [[Soap Opera]] in any medium (since the cancellation of ''[[Guiding Light]]'').
* ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1951|12}}: Airing on various networks since December 1951.
* ''[[Today]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1952|01}}: [[NBC]] morning news show, running daily in the US since January 1952.
* ''Tagesschau'' – {{Years or months ago|1952|12}}: The news programme has aired in the same 20:00 time slot on NWDR in Germany since Boxing Day 1952; it went to being broadcast seven days a week in 1961. The programme now serves as ARD's flagship news brand.
* [[Agatha Christie]]'s theatrical play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1952|11}}: Has been running on the West End since November 1952, pausing only for seven months in 2020 because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
* ''Panorama'' – {{Years or months ago|1953}}: Current affairs show airing on the BBC since 1953. Presently the longest-running program in the history of British television.
** The German version of ''Panorama'' – {{Years or months ago|1961}}: Produced by NDR and also called ''Panorama''. Has aired on Das Erste since 1961.
* The Major League Baseball ''Game of the Week'' – {{Years or months ago|1953}}: Ran on various networks from 1953–93; has aired on FOX since 1996.
* ''Brain of Britain'' – {{Years or months ago|1953}}: Britain's longest-running quiz program in any medium, began as a segment of ''What Do You Know?'' on BBC Radio in 1953, and has been a standalone program on Radio 4 since 1967. It has only had three regular presenters: Franklin Engelmann from 1953–72, Robert Robinson from 1973-2008, and Russell Davies since 2009.
* ''Face the Nation'' – {{Years or months ago|1954}}: Airing weekly on CBS since 1954.
* ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1954}}: Airing on NBC since 1954.
== At least 60 years ==
* ''Matysiakowie'' – {{Years or months ago|1956}}: Polish radio drama airing weekly since 1956.
* ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1956}}: Since 1956.
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* ''[[Coronation Street]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1960|12}}: ~7,500 episodes since December 1960
* ''It's Academic'' – {{Years or months ago|1961}}: Washington, D.C. televised academic game show, continually produced since 1961; listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' as the longest running quiz show in television history.
* ''Four Corners'' – {{Years or months ago|1961|08}}: Australian current-affairs show, running since August 1961
* ''[[University Challenge]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1962}}: On ITV from 1962-87 with Bamber Gascoigne, and on BBC2 since 1994 with Jeremy Paxman; British television's longest-running quiz show.
* Ireland's ''The Late Late Show'' – {{Years or months ago|1962|07}}: Since July 1962, has only had three regular presenters (Gay Byrne (1962–99), Pat Kenny (1999-2009), Ryan Tubridy (since 2009)). Not to be confused with the American ''[[The Late Late Show]]'', which has "only" been running since 1995.
* ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]'' films – {{Years or months ago|1962|10}}, with over two dozen major motion pictures.
* ''[[Encyclopedia Brown]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1963}}: The books began appearing in 1963. New ones were being published as late as 2011.
* ''[[General Hospital]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1963}}: Over 10,000 episodes since 1963; inspired a [[Novelty Pop Hit]] ''General Hospi-Tale''.
* ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1972+1965-1956}} years: 1956–65, then since 1972; originally hosted by Bill Cullen {1956-65}, then Bob Barker {1972-2007}, then Drew Carey {2007-}
* ''Horizon'' – {{Years or months ago|1964}}: The BBC pop-science programme has been running since 1964.
* ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1964}}: The original French version has been running since 1964.
* ''[[Match of the Day]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1964}}: Started in 1964, survived in various forms and now has a spin-off and magazine.
== At least 50 years ==
* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1965}}: Running since 1965.
* ''Ideas'' – {{Years or months ago|1965}}: Anthology series on CBC Radio since 1965
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' – The entire franchise was born {{Years or months ago|1965}}. Breaking it down as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, its TV incarnations have run for a total 22 years (1966–69; 1973–74; 1987-2005), plus {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1979}} years on film. Not to mention dozens (hundreds?) of books, both fiction and non-fiction, published since the days of the the original series.
* ''[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/68527 Vecernicek]'' – {{Years or months ago|1965}}: A Czech bedtime story program that has been running every evening since 1965, even with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ni6dIpQ2yM opening] unchanged for all these years.
* ''Letter From America'' – 58 years: On [[The BBC|BBC Radio]] from 1946-2004, ending when Alastair Cooke retired less than a month before his death.
* ''[[Chick Tracts]]'' – 56 years: Written by Jack Chick until his death in 2016.
* ''The 700 Club'' – {{Years or months ago|1966}}: Religious program airing since 1966 on WYAH, in national syndication since 1974, and on CBN since 1977; well-known as one of two CBN / Family Channel shows remaining on FOX Family / ABC Family (it, ''Living the Life'', the annual day-long CBN telethon, and the channel's "Family" title were all stipulations when Pat Robertson sold the network in 1998). Has been hosted by Robertson since its inception.
* ''[[Play School]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1966}}: Australian children's show, running since 1966 and isn't going anywhere any time soon.
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* ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby-Doo]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1969|09}}: Multiple series; at least one series was in first-run almost every year from 1969–91 and since 2002, plus one or more direct-to-video movies each year since 1998.
* ''[[The Sooty Show]]'' – 52 years: British children's TV favourite ran roughly from 1952-2004 under slightly different title changes and presenters. There are currently plans for a revived new series.
* ''[[Sazae-san]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1969|10}}: Began in October 1969, and is the Guinness World Record certified longest-running animated series ever.
* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1969|11}}: 4,000+ episodes since 10 Nov 1969. Multiple adaptations exist for other countries; there are also a few real streets named after the TV show.
* ''[[The Doctor Demento Show]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970}}: Barret Hansen first took on the [[Dr. Demento]] persona in 1970 on Pasadena station KPPC-FM, although it would be another four years before his show was nationally syndicated. It shifted to online streaming-only distribution in 2011.
* ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970|09}}: Running continuously since September 21, 1970, until 2005 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], currently on [[ESPN]].
* ''Radio Rochela'' – 51 years: Venezuelan longest-running comedy show. Began as a sketch section in a variety show in 1959, got its own timeslot in 1961, and ran almost uninterruptedly until 2010, only ending because their networks' closing.
* ''[[Tatort]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970|11}}: Known as ''Scene of the Crime'' in the USA. A German-language detective series which began airing in November 1970 on Das Erste in [[West Germany]], in 1972 on ORF 2 in Austria, and from 1990-2001 and again starting in 2011 on SF1 in Switzerland. Over 800 episodes have been produced, although the regional ARD broadcasters, ORF, and SF all contribute locally-produced episodes to the series, so that rather than having one central cast and location, different episodes will feature different casts and settings. Its [[East Germany|East German]] counterpart ''Polizeiruf 110'' has aired over 320 episodes since June 1971, on Fernsehen der DDR until 1990 and on Das Erste following the re-unification. Both shows share a timeslot in [[The Berlin Republic]].
* ''All Things Considered'' – {{Years or months ago|1971}}: News magazine program airing on [[NPR]] since 1971, airing its first instalment just months after NPR itself began broadcasting.)
* ''[[Die Sendung mit der Maus]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1971}}: German [[Edutainment Show]] for children, airing since 1971
* ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1971}}: has aired on PBS since 1971, although it's just called ''Masterpiece'' now; its sister program, ''Mystery!'' {now known as ''Masterpiece Mystery''}, has aired since 1980.
* ''Emmerdale'' (formerly ''Emmerdale Farm'') – {{Years or months ago|1972}}: British soap opera (began in 1972)
* ''Great Performances'' – {{Years or months ago|1972}}: PBS performing arts series, airing since 1972.
* ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1972}}: Has been running on BBC Radio 4 since 1972. Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden have been regular panellists since the very beginning (except for occasional breaks due to medical problems or other commitments), and Barry Cryer has been a regular panellist since the second series after alternating with Humphrey Lyttelton in the moderator's chair for the first series.
* ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1984+12}} years: (12 years with Art Fleming {1964-75 and 1978-79}, 26+ years with [[Alex Trebek]] {1984–Present})
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1972}}: Manga came around in 1972. An anime show and a second, manga series parallel to the original one were made in that same year, two sequels and several movies in that same decade, a related animé show ([[God Mazinger]]) in the eighties, an OVA series and movie in 2001 and a reboot in 2009. And then you have to count several alternate manga versions and one-shots produced throughout four decades. And this year [[Go Nagai|the creator]] [[Word of God|has stated]] he intends to make more Mazinger manga and anime.
* ''Marketplace'' – {{Years or months ago|1972|10}}: Consumer advocacy program on CBC-TV, loathed by manufacturers nationwide since October 1972.
* ''[[Mastermind]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1972|10}}: British quiz show airing since September 1972; from 1972-97 on BBC1 with Magnús Magnússon, 1998-2000 on BBC Radio 4 with Peter Snow, 2001-02 on Discovery with Clive Anderson, and 2003–present on BBC2 with John Humphrys
* ''[[The Young and
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1974}}: Has been around since 1974.
* ''[[NOVA]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1974}}: PBS science program produced by WGBH-TV Boston, airing since 1974
== At least 40 years ==
* ''The Las Vegas Folies Bergère'' – 49 years: One of the original Las Vegas showgirl extravaganzas, inspired by the original ''Folies Bergère'' in Paris, it opened in 1959 at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino and closed a few months shy of what would have been its 50th anniversary in 2009.
* ''[[Pobol y Cwm]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1974|10}}: Welsh-language [[Soap Opera]], [[The BBC]]'s longest-running television soap began in October 1974 and is still going.
* ''The Fifth Estate'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: CBC-TV newsmagazine program, since 1975.
* ''Fresh Air'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: Interview show, locally on WHYY Philadelphia since 1975, nationally on NPR since 1987.
* ''Good Morning America'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: ABC weekday morning show, airing since 1975.
* ''Panel Quiz Attack 25'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: Japanese quiz show, has been on the air since 1975.
* ''Quirks and Quarks'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: General-interest science program on CBC Radio since 1975.
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: Premièred October 11, 1975 and is still going with more than 800 episodes ([[Archive Panic|and that's not even counting the clip shows and anniversary episodes]]) in its first 45 completed seasons. Survived cast changes, writer changes, executive producer changes (with [[Lorne Michaels]], who was executive producer from 1975 to 1980, left for five years, then returned in 1985, as the most prominent), four directors (Don Roy King is the current director), three announcers [with Don Pardo as their most-used], [[Seasonal Rot]] leading to threats of cancellation in its 6th, 11th, and 20th seasons, several rival sketch shows that aired alongside it, fickle fans, cynical critics, seven cast member deaths (John Belushi,<ref>Died 1982 of a drug overdose</ref> Gilda Radner,<ref>Died 1989 from ovarian cancer</ref> Danitra Vance,<ref>Died 1994 from breast cancer</ref> Michael O'Donoghue,<ref>Also died in 1994 from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by years of migraine headaches</ref> Chris Farley,<ref>Died late 1997 from a drug overdose, much like Belushi did back in '82</ref> Phil Hartman,<ref>Died 1998; was shot and killed by his wife, Brynn, who committed suicide before the police could arrest her</ref> and Charles Rocket <ref>Died 2005 from a slashed-throat suicide</ref>), four writers' strikes (with the 2007-08 one being the most recent), eight Presidential administrations (starting with [[Gerald Ford]]), controversial events behind the scenes (Nora Dunn's boycotting the Andrew "Dice" Clay episode, Chevy Chase's fight with [[Bill Murray]] backstage, Garrett Morris' cocaine-induced nervous breakdown after being forced to play a monkey in a Canadian ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' parody, etc), and a boatload of modern historical events and pop culture trends that have changed society for better and worse (some of which were mocked by ''SNL'').
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* ''This Week in Baseball'' – {{Years or months ago|1977}}: (in syndication 1977-1998, on FOX 2000-present)
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1977}}: 1977-2001, 2002–Present; if you include ''Wheelbase'', ''[[Top Gear]]'' has been running in one form or another since 1964.
* ''The House'' – {{Years or months ago|1977|10}}: CBC Radio parliamentary affairs show, year-round since October 1977
* ''[[20/20]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1978}}: ABC's US newsmagazine, airing since 1978.
* ''[[Bassie En Adriaan]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1978}}: Since 1978.
* ''[[Doraemon]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1979+1974-1973}} years: (second longest-running animé ever, until recently with the same principal voice cast. Aired one season in 1973, then continuously on a different network since 1979. They tried canning it in 2005, an idea which lasted all of a month before it was [[Uncancelled]].)
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2005+1989-1963}} years: Ran from 1963 to 1989, and again from 2005 onward.
* ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' – 42 years: Started in 1964; weekly show stopped in 2006, but lives on in special editions.
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* ''[[Kochikame|Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kôen Mae Hashutsujo]]'' – 40 years: Called ''Kochikame'' for short, and for good reason — it's the longest continuously-running manga series in terms of number of volumes, though ''Golgo 13'' beats it in years. Started in 1976 and ran until 2016, with 1,960 chapters collected in 200 tankoban volumes. It ''also'' has a 367-episode anime adaptation and two movies.
* ''[[Wetten, dass...?]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1981}}: German language show, broadcast in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 1981.
* ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1982}}: The first book was released in 1982. An [[Interquel]] taking place between books four and five was scheduled for release in 2012.<!-- should be in [[Print Long Runners]], not here? -->
* ''[[Countdown]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1982}}: (Britain; the first program on Channel 4, started in '82, 5000+ episodes)
* ''[[Late Night]] with...'' – {{Years or months ago|1982}}: Since 1982- on NBC; hosted by [[David Letterman]] {1982-93}, [[Conan O'Brien]] {1993-2009}, and Jimmy Fallon {2009-}
* The comic ''[[Urbanus]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1982}}: Since 1982.
* ''Waratte Iitomo!'' – {{Years or months ago|1982|10}}: A live-broadcast Japanese variety show, has been on the air since October, 1982. There has only been one host throughout its entire run, who holds a Guinness world record for longest continued hosting of a live television program.
* ''Legends in Concert'' – {{Years or months ago|1983}}: A celebrity impersonator revue, opened at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV in 1983 and ran there until 2009—when it moved next door to Harrah's Hotel and Casino and picked up where it left off. Sister productions in Atlantic City, NJ, Branson, MO, and Myrtle Beach, SC have all had decade-plus runs; the latter two are still performing.
* ''[[Young Wizards]]'' - {{Years or months ago|1983}}: Series of [[Young Adult Literature|Young Adult]] [[Urban Fantasy]] novels by [[Diane Duane]]
* ''[[Family Feud]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1999 +1995-1988+1985-1976}} years: (airing since 1976 on ABC {1976-85}, CBS {1988-94}, NBC {2008 specials}, and syndication {1977-85, 1988–95, 1999-)
* ''Frontline'' – {{Years or months ago|1983}}: PBS public-affairs program, since 1983.
* ''[[BattleTech]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1984}}: A futuristic wargame; ownership has changed hands a few times since the original 1984 launch.<!-- does this belong in [[Video Game Long Runners]]? -->
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1984}}: [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage|A comic book]] that started in 1984 has spawned two [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|animated]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|series]] (with a third in the works), [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|a film series]], two other [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures|comicbook]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IDW|universes]] and several video games.
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* ''[[Transformers]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1984}}: Present in some form, either TV or comics, more or less continuously since 1984.
== At least 30 years ==
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' – 39 years: The original theatrical series ran from 1930-69. In that period it went through various directors, animators, producers, and not to mention characters. And that's not counting the various spin-offs, revivals, and movies. It didn't even stop for the [[World War II|darkest days of war]] as it had [[Wartime Cartoon#Warner Brothers|a duty]] to fulfill.
* ''Front Page Challenge'' – 38 years: (Canadian celebrity panel quiz show that ran from 1957–95.
* ''[[American Bandstand]]'' – 37 years: Thirty years on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], five years locally in [[Philadelphia (useful notes)|Philadelphia]], one year in syndication, one year on [[USA Network]].
* ''Here's Humphrey'' – 37 years: Australian children's show, 1966-2003
* ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' – 37 years: British [[Sitcom]], 1973-2010.
* ''[[Wide World of Sports]]'' – 37 years: (1961–98)
* ''[[
* ''[[Eastenders]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1985}}: 3,300+ episodes since 1985
* ''[[
* ''[[From Eroica with Love]]'' – 36 years: first published in 1976 and concluded in 2012.
* ''Mr. Squiggle'' – 36 years: Australian children's show, 1959–95.
* ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' – about 36 years: Minnesota Public Radio variety show. Ran from 1974 to 2016 with interruptions; two very similar shows ran during the breaks from 1987–89 and 1989-92. Garrison Keillor hosted this show until 2016, but did not host the very similar ones that ran during its breaks. Minnesota Public Radio forced Keillor out on November 29, 2017 because of "allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him," announcing on the December 16, 2017 broadcast that it would replace the show with ''Live from Here''.
* ''At the Movies'' – {{Years or months ago|1986}}: Originally with ''Siskel & Ebert'' (before Siskel [[Author Existence Failure|died]] in 1999). From 1986-99 with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, 1999-2000 with Ebert and guests, 2000-06 with Ebert and Richard Roeper, 2006-08 with Roeper and guests, 2008-09 with Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz, and 2009-10 with A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips, for a total of 24 years. Revived on PBS in 2011 as ''Roger Ebert Presents "At the Movies"''.
** If one counts their 1975-82 tenure on ''Opening Soon at a Theater Near You''/''Sneak Previews'' (which ran for another 14 years after they left for a total run of 21 years) and their 1982-86 stint on the original ''At the Movies'', Siskel and Ebert were co-presenting film review programs for 24 years.
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* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1986}}: The first game ''Rogue Trader'', was released in 1986.
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1986}}: The game of fantasy battles, actually appeared first, in 1983.
* ''Another World'' – 35 years: (1964–99; 8,891 episodes)
* ''[[Car Talk]]'' – 35 years: Locally on WBUR Boston since 1977, nationally on [[NPR]] since 1987, last new episodes in 2012. Reruns are still on-air on some platforms.
* ''Don McNeill's Breakfast Club'' – 35 years: Aired on NBC Blue (later ABC Radio) from 1933-68.
* ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]'' – 35 years: Since 1973 on radio, since 1993 on TV; ended with a New Year's Eve special on December 31, 2008.
* ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' – 35 years: 9,130 episodes, from 1951–86.
* ''[[Soul Train]]'' – 35 years: 1971-2006.
* ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1987}}: Began in 1987; longest-running show on FOX. Briefly canceled in Fall 1996; fans, law enforcement, and the governments of 32 states rallied together to successfully persuade FOX to [[Uncanceled|uncancel]] the show a month and a half later. Upon returning, it resumed its regular Saturday-night timeslot and paired with ''[[COPS (series)|COPS]]''. This combination ''itself'' was a long runner as one of the longest unchanged primetime schedules in American television. (COPS moved to Spike/Paramount Network in 2013 and was finally cancelled in 2020.)
* ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – {{Years or months ago|1987}}: (1987-)
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1987}}: Started in 1987 on ''Weekly Jump''; it switched to ''Ultra Jump'' (a monthly publication) in 2004, and is currently at 100 volumes spanning eight major story arcs.<!-- should be in [[Print Long Runners]] -->
* ''Rage'' – {{Years or months ago|1987}}: Music video show, on Australian TV since 1987
* ''[[Bastard!!]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1988}}: First volume published in 1988 (with a one-shot pilot in 1987 titled ''Wizard!!''). It was serialized irregularly by ''Weekly Jump'' before switching to ''Ultra Jump'' in 2000 (with a seven-year hiatus between 2001 and 2008) and as a result, only a relatively small set of 26 volumes have been published.
* ''[[Les Guignols de l'info]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1988}}: French satirical [[Puppet Shows]], (1988-)
* ''[[Home and Away]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1988}}: Since 1988, 4,500+ episodes.
* ''The Movie Show'' / ''At The Movies'' – {{Years or months ago|1988}}: ''The Movie Show'' ran since 1986 in Australia; the original hosts switched networks in 2004 and now present ''At The Movies'', which is the same show in all but name.
* ''Regional Contact'' – {{Years or months ago|1988}}: CTV Ottawa local newsmagazine, Sunday evenings since 1988.
* ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' – 33 years on radio and television: 1932–65
* ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' – 33 years: 1968-2001. Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) [[Author Existence Failure|is no longer with us]], although reruns still air.
* ''[[COPS (series)|COPS]]'' – 33 seasons (1987-2020), including 24 years (1989-2013) on FOX (where it was the second longest-running show on the network and the longest-running [[Reality Show]] on TV).
* ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1989}}: Manga serialization started in 1989 and is still running.
* ''[[Shadowrun]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1989}}: Tabletop RPG with various spinoff video games; FASA's premier RPG survived the downfall of its parent company, and has lasted long enough that we've begun to enter the "future" depicted in its earliest edition.
* ''[[Slayers]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1989}}: Began in 1989 in a serialized magazine as a novel series; had an animé run (1995–97); had two OVAs and five movies (1995-2001); anime was [[Uncancelled]] in 2008 and released two more seasons. The bulk of the long run was through the novels, which kept running through the new millennium and are still being made.
* ''You've Been Framed'' – {{Years or months ago|1989}}: British home video series, first broadcast in 1989.
* ''[[Jackanory]]'' – 32 years: (1965-1996, brief relaunch in 2007)
* ''[[Media Watch]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1989|05}}: (Australian media analysis program; first aired in May 1989, isn't going anywhere any time soon)
* ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' – 32 years, plus sequels: He made his first appearance in 1940 (although he wouldn't get his own series until the next year) and his theatrical cartoons lasted all the way up to 1972 (and are still being re-run on television in some parts of South America). He also had a brief revival in the late 1990s.
* ''[[Gaki no Tsukai Ya Arahende|Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!!]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1989|10}}: Japanese comedy/variety show, running since October 1989.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1989|12}}: Has been on the air as a series since December 1989,<ref>with the first episode being the Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire." The first regular episode would be "Bart the Genius," though [[What Could Have Been|had it not been for the sloppy animation and behind-the-scenes issues Matt Groening was having with creating the show]], "Some Enchanted Evening" would have been the series premiere</ref> though the title characters originated in animated shorts on ''The Tracy Ullman Show'' back in 1987.
* ''[[Samson en Gert]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1990}}: Has been running since 1990.
* The ''Degrassi'' franchise – about 31 years across five main series: It hasn't been on ''continuously'' for 40 years, but it has been going off on and on from 1979-2019, with some gaps. The order looks somewhat like this: ''The Kids of Degrassi Street'' 1979-1986; ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' 1987-1989; ''[[Degrassi High]]'' 1989-1992 (counting [[The Movie|the Made-for-TV-Movie]]), ''[[Degrassi|Degrassi: The Next Generation]]''<ref>[[Officially Shortened Title|now titled simply ''Degrassi'']]</ref> (2001–2014) and ''Degrassi: Next Class'' (until 2019).
* ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1990}}: (original pilot aired in November 1989, launched January 1990. From 1999-2000, it ran only as occasional specials, but the Tom Bergeron-hosted revamp returned it to series status)
* ''Australia's Funniest Home Videos'' – {{Years or months ago|1990}}: The Australian version of ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' has been running since 1990.
* ''[[Berserk]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1990}}: First volume published in 1990 (with a one-shot pilot in 1989), and has been serialized in ''Young Animal'' since 1992. However, it's only published bimonthly, so it has the comparatively-small 33 volumes. However, the anime was only 25 episodes and only lasted half a year; the fact that it went through 13 volumes of story in that time is telling as to why. <!-- Should this be in [[Print Long Runners]]? -->
* ''[[Gunnm]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1990}}: The manga has been around since 1990; an animé version was released briefly in 1993 but is no longer in production.
* ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1990}}: (British satirical panel show, started 1990 and still going despite several libel cases and not having a permanent presenter since sacking Angus Deayton in 2002)
* ''[[Wonderama]]'' – 31 years: A weekly children's show that ran on New York's WNEW and other stations owned by the Metromedia syndicate. The 1955-1986 timespan runs from just before the demise of the [[DuMont]] network (Metropolitan Broadcasting/Metromedia were DuMont's former owned-and-operated station group) to their relaunch as [[FOX]] thirty years later.
* ''[[Jerry Springer|The Jerry Springer Show]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1991}}: Running in syndication since 1991, started as a public-affairs talk show based at WLWT in Cincinnati; its parent company syndicated it nationally as it slowly evolved into its current "freakshow" format. It switched distributors from Multimedia to Universal when Multimedia was bought out by a newspaper company in 1995, along with Sally Jessy Raphael's show.
* ''Maury'' – {{Years or months ago|1991}}: Maury Povich's talk show; started in 1991 and still going strong. Switched distributors from Paramount to Universal in 1998.
* ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' – 30 years: 1954–84
* ''[[Grange Hill]]'' – 30 years: BBC children's drama, ran from 1978-2008.
* ''The Phil Donahue Show'' – 30 years: (1967-96 on national TV, 3 years on Dayton, Ohio local TV) The show that inspired most [[Talk Show]]s after it, including Oprah and Sally Jessy Raphael.
* ''[[Barney and Friends]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1992}}: The first videos came out in 1987; the show premiered in 1992.
* ''[[Dateline (TV series)|Dateline]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1992}}: NBC news magazine running continuously since 1992.
* ''Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten'' – {{Years or months ago|1992}}: German soap with 4,000+ episodes, running since 1992; based on a Dutch soap called ''Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden'', which has run for 3,500 episodes since 1990.
* ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2000+1989-1987+1981-1979+1975-1971}} years: The TV series has undergone four different eras ([[Kamen Rider (TV series)|1971]]-[[Kamen Rider Stronger|1975]], [[Kamen Rider Skyrider|1979]]-[[Kamen Rider Super-1|1981]], [[Kamen Rider Black|1987]]-[[Kamen Rider Black RX|1989]], [[Kamen Rider Kuuga|2000]]-present, for a total of over twenty years' worth of episodes) and there have also been several films and a few specials. The [[Milestone Celebration|1,000th episode]] aired on [[Kamen Rider OOO|April 3, 2011]].
* ''Landline'' – {{Years or months ago|1992}}: Australian rural issues program, (1992-).
* ''[[The Real World]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1992}}: (1992-, over 400 episodes, one of the first successful [[Reality TV]] shows and MTV's longest running show.)
* ''[[Saltimbanco]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1992}}: a Cirque du Soleil show, hit the 20-year mark in Spring 2012. It originally closed in February 1997, but was brought back in October 1998; as a tent-based tour it ran until 2006, and relaunched as an arena tour in 2007 to visit cities that cannot support the tent tours.
* ''[[X Japan]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2007 + 1997-1982}} years ago: 1982-1997, with a long pause due to disbandment from 1997-2007.
* ''Shortland Street'' – {{Years or months ago|1992|05}}: is Television New Zealand's longest-running soap opera, first aired on May 25, 1992 and still going strong (as of early 2010).
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' - {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1993}} years (began in 1993), with nearly 1,000 episodes plus three films as of 2021.
* ''Talk Soup'' and ''The Soup'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2004 + 2002-1991}} years: ''Talk Soup'' ran from 1991-2002. Its successor, plainly titled ''[[The Soup]]'' has been airing since 2004.
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** Due to the unique properties of "Sports Entertainment" (an umbrella Vince popularized), the "primetime entertainment show" designation is debatable.
** ''[[Smack Down]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1999}}: Which has been airing regularly since late 1999.
* The following [[Cirque Du Soleil]] troupes:
** ''[[Mystere]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1993}}: (opened in 1993 at Las Vegas' Treasure Island Hotel and Casino; longest nonstop run. Current contract expires in '''2016'''.{{when}})
** ''[[Alegria]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1994}}: (1994–98, then as a resident show at a casino in Biloxi, MS from 1999-2000, then resumed touring in 2001; relaunched as an arena show in mid-2009)
* ''[[Detective Conan]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1994}}: In publication since 1994 and on the air since 1996 with 600+ episodes, 15 movies, and 70+ volumes. It's still going in both animé and manga form.
* ''[[Police, Camera, Action!]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1994}}: Cop documentary, first broadcast in 1994.
== At least 20 years ==
* ''Donahue'' – 29 years: (1967-70 as a local series, then nationally until 1996)
* ''Love of Life'' – 29 years: (7,315 episodes from 1951–80)
* ''[[Mr. Dressup]]'' – 29 years: Canadian children's show, 1967–96.
* The following [[Cirque Du Soleil]] troupes:
** ''[[Quidam]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1996}}: (1996-2010 as a tent show, 2010- in arenas)
** ''"O"'' and ''[[La Nouba]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1998}}: (both 1998-)
** ''[[Dralion]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1999}}: (1999-2010 as a tent show; 2010- in arenas)
** ''[[Varekai]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2002}}: (2002-)
* ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' – 28 years: (7,420 episodes from 1956–84)
* ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' – 28 years: Australian variety show, 1971–99.
* ''[[The Friendly Giant]]'' – 27 years: Canadian children's show, 1958–85.
* ''[[Time Shock (game show)|Time Shock]]'' – {{#expr:2012-2008 + 2007-2002 + 1990-1989 + 1986-1969}} years: Japanese quiz show, aired weekly 1969-1986, 1989-1990, and ''Time Shock 21'' in 2000-2002, plus periodic specials 2002–2012.
* ''[[WCW]] Saturday Night'' – 27 years: With a couple of name changes along the way.
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* ''The Polka Dot Door'' – 22 years: Canadian children's show, 1971–93. One of the earliest programmes on TVOntario (CICA-TV, founded 27 September 1970).
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1999}}: (Began in 1999, rose in popularity in 2000, widely considered as the most popular cartoon of the decade and rightfully took its place as one of the most successful cartoons of all time. Of course, still ongoing.)
* ''[[Funday Pawpet Show]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1999|11}}: (November 1999-; 466 [http://pawpet.tv/episode_guide 4-hour episodes] as of July 18, 2010)
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1999|12}}: (December 24, 1999 – present)
* ''Brookside'' – 21 years: Channel 4 UK soap opera and one of the channel's first shows (1982-2003)
* ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2000}}: (2000-)
* ''[[FC De Kampioenen]]'' – 21 years: 1990-2011 Belgian sitcom.
* ''Issues and Answers'' – 21 years: (1960–81) that, along with ''Meet the Press'' and ''Face the Nation'', represented the height of Sunday- morning political television in the US.
* ''[[Megatokyo]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2000|08}}: Began in August 2000 <!-- move to Web Comics -->
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* ''[[Claymore]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2001}}: (2001–present, with a 26-episode animé)
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2001|01}}: Started in January 2001 <!-- move to Web comics -->
* ''[[Toonami]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2012+11}} years: [[Cartoon Network]]'s longest running block at over 11 years, from March 17, 1997 - September 20, 2008. Revived on May 26, 2012.
* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2001}}: Started as a fan-made [[Tabletop RPG]] expansion pack in the mid-1990s, still has a couple of people writing short stories set in that universe today.
* ''[[The Bachelor]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2002}}: Began in 2002; by 2020 the franchise has aired 40 seasons - 24 of the Bachelor, 15 of The Bachelorette.
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' – 20 years: (1955–75) Famously the longest running drama series in primetime television, a title it now officially shares with ''Law & Order''. ''Technically'', ''Gunsmoke'' still ran longer; due to changes in the way the year was divided into television seasons, ''Gunsmoke'' ran from September 1955 to September of 1975, with 635 episodes; ''Law & Order'' ran from September 1990 to May 2010 (falling short of 20 years by three months), with 456 episodes.
* ''[[Law & Order]]'' – 20 years: September 13, 1990 - May 24, 2010. Fell just short of beating ''Gunsmoke''{{'}}s record, though at least they're now tied. Was the longest-running first-run drama series in primetime for all of [[The Noughties]].
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* ''The Red Skelton Show'' – 20 years: (1951–71)
* ''The Secret Storm'' – 20 years: Squeaks in at 20 years and 7 days, 1954–74.
* ''[[Time Team]]'' - 20 years: 1994-2014.
== At least 10 years ==
* ''[[Beachcombers]]'' – 19 years: With 387 episodes from 1972–91, the longest dramatic series in Canada/
* ''[[Chilly Willy]]'' – 19 years: Produced by [[Walter Lantz]], ran from 1953 to 1972. As the studio only did an average of three cartoons per year with the character, he only has 50 shorts despite 19 years in production.
* ''The Doctors'' – 19 years: 1963–82; 5,280 episodes
* ''Finkleman's 45s'' – 19 years: CBC radio retro music show; October 5, 1985 - June 25, 2005.
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