Long Runners: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' 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 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.

 

== At least 70 years ==

* ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]'' (since 1956)

* ''The Sky at Night'' (airing once a lunar cycle since April 1957, longest-running show still with its original presenter — Patrick Moore has missed the sum total of ''one'' episode, and then only due to food poisoning. Moore is now wheelchair-bound, so the show comes from his home and has a number of co-presenters)

* ''Today'' (AKA ''The Today Programme''), a British news daily on BBC Radio running since October 1957. There is a (probably apocryphal) story that if a British nuclear submarine commander failed to receive the ''Today'' program three days in a row, they were to assume Britain had been nuked and open their sealed orders.

* ''[[Blue Peter]]'' (4,000+ episodes since 1958, the longest-running children's show ever)

* [[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)

* ''[[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.

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

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

* ''[[American Bandstand]]'' (30 years on [[ABC]], five years locally in [[Philadelphia (useful notes)|Philadelphia]], one year in syndication, one year on [[USA Network]]; 37 total)

* ''Another World'' (35 years, 1964–99; 8,891 episodes)

* ''[[Bassie En Adriaan]]'' (since 1978)

* ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (30 years, 1954–84)

* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' has been around since 1974.

* ''Emmerdale'' (formerly ''Emmerdale Farm''), British soap opera (began in 1972)

* ''Evening at Pops'' (PBS Boston Pops concert program, aired 1970-2005)

* ''The Fifth Estate'' (CBC-TV newsmagazine program since 1975)

* ''Fresh Air'' (interview show, locally on WHYY Philadelphia since 1975, nationally on NPR since 1987)

* ''Front Page Challenge'' (Canadian celebrity panel quiz show that ran from 1957–95)

* ''[[Glass Mask]]'' (the manga has been running since 1976. Has had several anime adaptations, the oldest ran during 1984 and the newest in 2005. And we're not counting the dorama, the Noh play, etc.)

* ''Good Morning America'' (ABC weekday morning show, airing since 1975)

* ''Here's Humphrey'' (Australian children's show, 1966-2003)

* ''The House'' (CBC Radio parliamentary affairs show, year-round since October 1977)

* ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' has been running on BBC Radio 4 since 1972. Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden have been regular panelists since the very beginning (except for occasional breaks due to medical problems or other commitments), and Barry Cryer has been a regular panelist since the second series after alternating with Humphrey Lyttelton in the moderator's chair for the first series.

* ''Inside The NFL'' (1977-2008 on HBO, Showtime 2008-present)

** Its spinoff ''[[Holby City]]'' has already had a 10+ 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)

* ''[[Countdown]]'' (Britain; the first program on Channel 4, started in '82, 5000+ episodes)

* ''Crossroads'', British soap opera (26 years, 1964–88 and 2001–03).

* ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' (1952–66; notable as the longest-running American sitcom until being surpassed by ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

* ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]'' ran on and off from 1978-90.

* ''[[Almost Live]]!'': Sketch comedy on NBC affiliate KING-TV Seattle from 1984–99, best known for launching the television career of [[Bill Nye]].

* ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' first aired in September 2001 and recently passed the 10-year mark.

* ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'', a cartoon based on the books by Marc Brown, has been running for 16 years to date.

* ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' ran from 1992-2002 with a reunion episode in 2005.

* ''[[Beachcombers]]'' (387 episodes from 1972–91; longest dramatic series in Canada)

* ''[[Beat the Clock]]'': Total of 18 years (1950–61, 1969–74, 1979–80, 2002-03).

* ''[[Darkbolt]]'' (1999-2011) Long manga-style web comic

* ''Definitely Not the Opera'' (CBC Radio variety show since 1994, named ''Brand X'' 1994-97; hosted by Sook-Yin Lee since 2002)

* ''[[Detective Conan]]'' (in publication since 1994 and on the air since 1996 with 600+ episodes, 15 movies, and 70+ volumes. It's still going in both anime and manga form)

* ''[[Degrassi]]: The Next Generation'' (running since 2001, now known as ''Degrassi'' 261 episodes in 10 1/2 seasons so far; the very first incarnation of it was actually in 1979 with ''Kids of Degrassi Street'')

* ''[[ER]]'' (15 years, 1994-2009)

* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' (premiered on ''[[Oh Yeah Cartoons|Oh Yeah! Cartoons]]'' in September 1998; the show proper debuted in March 2001 and ended on December 2011, being a quite a bit more than exactly 10 years on air.)

* ''[[Fifteen to One]]'' (British quiz show, 1988-2003)

* ''Finkleman's 45s'' (CBC radio retro music show; October 5, 1985 -o June 25, 2005)

* ''[[Friends]]'' ran for 10 seasons and consisted of 236 episodes which were first broadcast between September 22, 1994 and May 6, 2004.

* ''[[Funday Pawpet Show]]'' (November 1999-; 466 [http://pawpet.tv/episode_guide 4-hour episodes] as of July 18, 2010)

* ''Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten'' (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)

* ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'' (the manga ran for 11 years, and dramas based on it are still in development)

* ''[[My Family]]'' (2000–11)

* ''[[Naruto]]'' (first published in 1999 and aired in 2002. Now has 50 volumes, 350 episodes, 5 OVA, 1 novel, numerous games, and 7 movies. With more to come, of course.)

* ''[[The Now Show]]'' (first broadcast in 1998 and still airing)

* ''Nick News with Linda Ellerbee'' (1992–present, albeit only bi-monthly now)

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Original manga began in 2001, has had two anime series the first one of which is approaching its tenth anniversary, 5 OVA's, and 2 movies, one for each respective anime series.

* ''[[One Piece]]'' (started publication in 1997. Over 600 manga chapters in 60+ volumes, more than 500 episodes, eleven movies, and counting.)

** Incredibly ironic given that when Eiichiro Oda initially started the series he planned to end it after 5 years. He scrapped the idea when the story just started writing itself.

* ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' initially ran from 1981-1991 (10 years), and continued for another 7 years with annual Christmas specials.

* ''[[Rugrats]]'' (12 years, disregarding its brief cancellation period and lackluster spin-offs. 177 aired episodes; however, each episode has [[Three Shorts|two (or three in later seasons) stories.]] When you add them all together, include the pilot, the two "Tales From the Crib" movies, and the three feature films, the approximate number of episodes becomes roughly 351.)

* ''[[Ryans Hope]]'' (13 years, 1975–89)

* ''[[Says You]]'' has been running since 1997, and as of 2012 is in its 15th season.

* ''Saber y Ganar'', a Spanish daily quiz show, started on 17 February 1997. Since October 2011, it runs all seven days a week. It has consistently been the most viewed show in its channel since 2004.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' (published daily since June 12, 2000...and not missing a single day)

* ''Shortland Street'' is Television New Zealand's longest-running soap opera, first aired on May 25, 1992 and still going strong (as of early 2010).

* ''[[WWE]]'' ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' (airing since 1993, has aired over 900 episodes, the most of any weekly primetime entertainment show in US history)

** And if one is inclined to say Raw is a [[Retool]] of ''Prime Time Wrestling'', this one's a two-and-a-half decade show.

** ''[[Smack Down]]'', which has been airing regularly since late 1999.

* ''[[X-Play]]'' has been on the air since 1998, starting as ''[[Game Spot]] TV'' on ZDTV.