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* ''[[60 Minutes]]'' (continuously on CBS since 1968)

* ''The 700 Club'': 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.

* ''[[All My Children]]'' (10,712 episodes from 1970-2011)

* ''All Things Considered'' (news magazine program airing on [[NPR]] since 1971, airing its first installment just months after NPR itself began broadcasting.)

* [[Anpanman]]. Made in part of a magazine in 1969, went to picture books in 1973, then became big on an anime called ''Soreike! Anpanman'', plus being the leader in the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|largest number of characters]] in any animated program. Creator Takashi Yanase still works on the series as well.

* ''[[As It Happens]]'' (current events and interviews program on CBC Radio since 1968)

* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' has been running since 1965.

* ''[[Encyclopedia Brown]]'': The books began appearing in 1963. New ones were being published as late as 2011.

* ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' ran off-Broadway from 1960-2002.

* ''Folies Bergere'', one of the original Las Vegas showgirl extravaganzas, 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.

* ''[[General Hospital]]'' (over 10,000 episodes since 1963)

* ''[[Golgo 13]]'': 142 volumes spread across 40 years; started in 1969.

* The BBC pop-science programme ''Horizon'' has been running since 1964.

* ''Ideas'' (anthology series on CBC Radio since 1965)

* ''[[Just a Minute]]'': Running on BBC Radio 4 since 1967. Still presented by the original chairman, Nicholas Parsons, although the original regular panelists have all passed away (Kenneth Williams in 1988, Derek Nimmo in 1999, Peter Jones in 2000, and Clement Freud in 2009). The Swedish version of the program, ''På Minuten'', has aired since 1969 (with a hiatus from 1988-94).

* Ireland's ''The Late Late Show'' (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.)

* ''[[Lupin III]]'' (Manga came around in 1967, three TV shows aired on 1971-1972, 1977-1980 and 1984-1985 respectively, six movies were made (A live-action one in 1974, five animated ones in 1978, 1979, 1985, 1995 and 1996) along with three OAVs (in 1987, 2002, and 2008) and, to top it all off, [[TMS Entertainment]] is still producing annual TV-specials since 1989.)

* ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'': The original French version has been running since 1964.

* ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' (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)

* ''[[Match of the Day]]'' (started in 1964, survived in various forms and now has a spin-off and magazine).

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': 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 anime 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.

* ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' (running continuously since September 21, 1970, until 2005 on [[ABC]], currently on [[ESPN]])

* ''[[One Life to Live]]'' (11,096 episodes from 1968-2012)

* ''[[Play School]]'' (Australian children's show, running since 1966 and isn't going anywhere any time soon)

* ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' (1956–65, then since 1972; originally hosted by Bill Cullen {1956-65}, then Bob Barker {1972-2007}, then Drew Carey {2007-})

* ''[[A Question of Sport]]'' kicked off in 1968, making it the oldest [[Panel Game]] in existence and arguably the longest continually running [[Game Show]] (while ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' has run for five more years overall and started twelve years earlier, it also spent seven years off the air). It has only had four regular presenters (Stuart Hall (1968–69), David Vine (1970–78), David Coleman (1979–97), and Sue Barker (1997-present)).

* ''Romper Room'' (41 years, 1953–94)

* ''Sabado Gigante'' (started in June 1962 (as ''Gran Show Dominical'' before moving from Sunday to Saturday in 1966), [[Channel Hop]]ped from Chile's Canal 13 to Univision in 1986; longest-running variety show in the world, still presented by its original presenter, "Don Francisco" (Mario Kreutzberger))

* ''[[Sazae-san]]'' (began in October 1969, and is the Guinness World Record certified longest-running animated series ever)

* ''[[Die Sendung mit der Maus]]'' (German [[Edutainment Show]] for children, airing since 1971)

* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' (4,000+ episodes since 1969)

* ''[[Tatort]]'' (also known as ''Scene of the Crime'' in the USA) is 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]].

* ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' (started in 1964; weekly show stopped in 2006, but lives on in special editions)

* ''[[University Challenge]]'' (on ITV from 1962-87 with Bamber Gascoigne, and on BBC2 since 1994 with Jeremy Paxman; British television's longest-running quiz show)

* ''[[Ultra Series]]'', a Japanese [[Toku]]satsu series that began in 1966. So far, over 1,200+ episodes and seven movies.

* ''[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/68527 Vecernicek]'' is 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.

* ''W-Five'' (airing since 1966, longest-running newsmagazine program in North America)

* ''The World at Six'' (flagship dinner-hour newscast on CBC Radio One since 1966)