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* ''[[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.
* ''[[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)
* ''[[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''
* ''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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** Its spin-off ''[[Holby City]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1999}}: has already had a 20+ year run in its own right (since 1999)
* ''[[Concentration]]'' – 24 years on NBC and in syndication: {1958-78, 1987-91}, minus a five-month hiatus in 1973)
* ''[[COPS (series)|COPS]]'' –
* ''[[Countdown]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1982}}: (Britain; the first program on Channel 4, started in '82, 5000+ episodes)
* ''[[The Darkon Wargaming Club]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1985}}: A LARP Sword and Sorcery Fantasy game, with multiple local chapters, has been around since 1985.
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