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* ''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.

 

== At least 70 years ==

* 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.

 

== 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.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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 the Restless]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1973|03}}: Over twelve thousand episodes from 26 Mar 1973 to June 1, 2021... and counting.

 

== 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.

* ''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.

* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1984}}: A TV show based on an old series of books, has been going since 1984.

* ''[[Transformers]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1984}}: Present in some form, either TV or comics, more or less continuously since 1984.

* ''[[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

* 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}})

 

== At least 20 years ==

* ''[[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-)

* ''[[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.