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* ''Inside The NFL'' – {{Years or months ago|1977}}: 1977-2008 on HBO, Showtime 2008-present

* ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1984+12}} years: (12 years with Art Fleming {1964-75 and 1978-79}, 26+ years with [[Alex Trebek]] {1984–Present})

* ''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

* ''[[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''.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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'' is a long runner as one of the longest unchanged primetime schedules in American television.

** 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.

* ''Australia's Funniest Home Videos'' – {{Years or months ago|1990}}: The Australian version of ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' has been running since 1990.

* ''[[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]]? -->

* ''[[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]]? -->

* ''[[Casualty]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1986}}: First broadcast 1986, as a cross between medical drama and soap opera.

* ''[[Concentration]]'' – 24 years on NBC and in syndication: {1958-78, 1987-91}, minus a five-month hiatus in 1973)

* ''[[COPS (series)|COPS]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1989}}: The second longest-running show on [[FOX]] (1989) and the longest-running [[Reality Show]] on TV.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[Eastenders]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1985}}: 3,300+ episodes since 1985

* ''[[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.

* ''[[Les Guignols de l'info]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1988}}: French satirical [[Puppet Shows]], (1988-)

* ''[[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.

* ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1989}}: Manga serialization started in 1989 and is still running.

* ''[[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)

* ''[[Home and Away]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1988}}: Since 1988, 4,500+ episodes.

* ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'' – 24-25 years: (1966–81, 1986–89, 1998-2004; total of 24 years, or 25 if you count ''[[The Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour]]'' {1983-84})

* ''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.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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]].

* ''[[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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* ''Love of Life'' – 29 years: (7,315 episodes from 1951–80)

* ''Monitor'' – 20 years: NBC Radio weekend show, 1955–75.

* ''Morningside'' – 21 years: CBC Radio morning show, 9AM-noon weekdays from 1976–97.

* ''[[Mr. Dressup]]'' – 29 years: Canadian children's show, 1967–96.

* ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' – 25 years: (1986-2011)

* ''Play School'' – 24 years: BBC children's show, 1964–88. Inspired other, similar long runners like ''Play School'' (Australia) and ''Polka Dot Door'' (Canada).

* ''[[Poirot]]'' – 22 years: First episode shown in 1989, an occasional break in the 1990s and 2000s and a final series scheduled for 2011.

* ''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).

* ''[[Queen for a Day]]'' – 20 years: [[Game Show]], 1945–64 and 1969–70.

* ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'' – 20 years: British children's series on Thames TV, 1972–92.

* ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'' – 26 years: Sixteen seasons over twenty-six years, appears to have been [[Killed Off for Real]] in 2009, the third longest-running kids show on [[PBS]] behind ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' and ''[[Sesame Street]]''.

* ''The Red Skelton Show'' – 20 years: (1951–71)

* ''[[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.

* ''The Secret Storm'' – 20 years: Squeaks in at 20 years and 7 days, 1954–74.

* ''[[Star Trek]]'' – 22-24 years: Twenty-two years in all its TV incarnations, 1966–69; 1973–74; 1987-2005, plus 24+ on film {not counting the seven-year hiatus between ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis|Nemesis]]'' and ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek 2009]]''})

* ''[[Taggart]]'' – 25 years: Originally a Scottish detective miniseries "Killer" (6-20 Sept 1983); a full series ran from 2 July 1985-7 November 2010 as the longest-running cop show on UK TV.

* ''Time Shock'' – 20 years: Japanese quiz show, aired weekly 1969-1986, 1989-1990, and ''Time Shock 21'' in 2000-2002, plus periodic specials 2002–present

* ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'' – 24 years: (1956–68, 1969–78, 1980–81, 1990–91, 2000–01; total of 24 seasons)

* ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' – 24 years: (1950–51, 1954–75, 1977–78, 1987-88) Total of 24 seasons, although it is best known for the 19 years {1956-75} hosted by Bob Barker)

* ''[[WCW]] Saturday Night'' – 27 years: With a couple of name changes along the way.

* ''[[What's My Line?|What's My Line]]'' – 24 years: (1950–67, then 1968-75)

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== At least 10 years ==

* ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2001|09}}: First aired in September 2001.

* ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' – 13 years: Lasted from 1972 to 1985.

* ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' – 10 years: Ran from 1992-2002 with a reunion episode in 2005.

* ''[[Beachcombers]]'' – 19 years: With 387 episodes from 1972–91, the longest dramatic series in Canada/

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

* ''[[Break the Bank (1945 game show)|Break The Bank]]'' – 12 years: Its original run was 1945–57.

* ''[[Caillou]]'' – 12 years: (1998-2010)

* ''The Carol Burnett Show'' – 11 years: (1967–78)

* ''[[Catchphrase (game show)|Catchphrase]]'' – 16 years: A British game show which outlived the much less successful American version upon which it was based.

* ''[[Cheers]]'' – 11 years: Immediately followed by spinoff ''[[Frasier]]'' which went '''another''' 11. As a result, Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane from 1984-2004.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[Claymore]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2001}}: (2001–present, with a 26-episode animé)

* ''Countdown'' – 13 years: Australia; 1974–87.

* ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe]]'' – 11+ years:

* ''[[Dallas]]'' – 13 years: (1978–91)

* ''[[Darkbolt]]'' – 12 years: (1999-2011) Long manga-style web comic <!-- so move it to Web Comics -->

* ''[[Definition]]'' – 15 years: Lasted from 1974 to 1989.

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* ''The Doctors'' – 19 years: 1963–82; 5,280 episodes

* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' – 13 years: Manga started in late 1984, ended in 1995. Animé started in 1986 with and ended in 1997 with GT. ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'' may or may not count as additional seasons. It is still quite alive in terms of people finding ways to try and make money out of it.

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2001|01}}: Started in January 2001

* ''[[ER]]'' – 15 years: (1994-2009)

* ''[[Frasier]]'' – 11 years: Ran for 11 seasons between September 16, 1993 and May 13, 2004 for a total of 264 episodes.

* ''[[Friends]]'' – 10 years: Ran for 10 seasons and 236 episodes, first broadcast between September 22, 1994 and May 6, 2004.

* ''[[Good Eats]]'' – 12 years: Débuted July 7, 1999 and ran until 2011. Was [[Food Network]]'s longest-running consecutive original program, with 14 seasons and 249 episodes).

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

* ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'' – 12 years: (1968–80)

* ''Hannity and Colmes'' – 12+ years: (12 and a half years, plus ''Hannity'')

* ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' – 11 years: Spinoff of ''[[All in The Family]]'', lasted 11 seasons.

* ''[[The Joker's Wild]]'' – 13 years: (originally ran from 1972-75 on CBS, followed by syndicated revivals from 1977–86 and 1990–91; total of 13 seasons)

* ''[[King of the Hill]]'' – 13 years: (13 seasons and survivor of FOX's [[Friday Night Death Slot|Sunday Sports Pre-emption Slot]], 1997-2009)

* ''[[Knots Landing]]'' – 14 years: [[Spin-Off]] of ''Dallas'' that outlasted its already long running parent show (1979-1993)

* ''[[Lassie (TV series)|Lassie]]'' – 19 years: That's a very long time in dog years. (1954–73)

* ''[[Loving]]'' – 12 years: (1983–95)

* ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'' – 11 years: (1972–83); [[The Korean War]] was three years in [[Real Life]].

* ''[[Match Game]]'' – 18 years: 1962-69 on NBC, 1973-82 on CBS and syndication, 1983-84 as ''The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour'', 1990-91 on ABC and 1998-99 in syndication.

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' – 11 years: (1988-99); Originated on KTMA, then moved to [[Comedy Central]], then [[Syfy]])

* ''[[Megatokyo]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2000|08}}: Began in August 2000

* ''The Montel Williams Show'' – 17 years: (1991-2008)

* ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' – 12 years: (1984–96)

* ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' – 10 years: (1988–98)

* ''[[My Family]]'' – 11 years: (2000–11)

* ''[[Bleach]]'' – 15 years: started publication in 2001 and finished in 2016 with 74 volumes. The anime lasted 8 years (2004-2012), although as of 2020 a final series to wrap off the final manga arc was announced.

* ''[[Gintama]]'' – 16 years: started publication in 2003, and finished its run in 2019 with 77 volumes. The anime adaptation, in several incarnations, ran for 12 years (2006-2018).

* ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' – 17 years: initially ran from 1981-1991 (10 years), and continued for another 7 years with annual Christmas specials.

* ''[[Pinwheel]]'' – 13 years: 1977-90. Was [[Nickelodeon]]'s biggest show at 260 episodes until ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'' dethroned it.

* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' (began in 1993 with only a one-year hiatus so far (which Saban is counting to the official season count), hit 700 episodes as of the [[Power Rangers RPM|Season 17]] finale)

* The ''[[Pyramid]]'' [[Game Show]] series – 18 years: (26 years worth of episodes due to the overlapping syndicated versions):

** 1991, syndicated (''The $100,000 Pyramid'')

** 2002-04, syndicated (''Pyramid'')

* ''[[The Red Green Show]]'' – 15 years: (1990-2005, 300 episodes and a movie. Could go for almost thirty years if you count the length of time Steve Smith has been playing the Red Green character, having first done it on ''Smith and Smith'' in the late 1970s.)

* ''[[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.)

* ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' – 13 years: (1975–89)

* ''Sally Jessy Raphael'' – 19 years: Ran from 1983-2002; cancelled by distributor Studios USA due to the fading popularity of talk shows. (And yet Jerry's been on continuously since 1991...)

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' – {{Years or months ago|2000|06}}: (published daily since June 12, 2000...and not missing a single day) <!-- move to subtrope? -->

* ''[[Smallville]]'' – 10 years: (2001–11)

* ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' – 12 years: Ran for ten years on [[Adult Swim]] alone, and then for two more years on [[Game Tap]].

* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' – 10 years: Longest continuously running [[Sci Fi]] show on U.S. television after ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. Also 5 years for its spinoff, ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''. ''Universe'' picking up immediately after ''Atlantis'' ended means that there has always been a current [[Stargate Verse]] series since 1997.)

* ''[[Strike It Rich]]'' – 11 years: [[Game Show]], June 29, 1947 – January 3, 1958.

* ''[[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. <!-- looks to be a tabletop RPG, not a series in any medium, so not this trope. MOD: We have other Roleplaying games listed above, including D&D and Shadowrun. No need to disqualify it on those grounds. -->

* ''[[Tic-Tac-Dough]]'' – 12 years: Originally ran from 1956-59 on NBC, then in syndication from 1978–86 and 1990–91; total of 12 seasons.

* ''[[Time Team]]'' – 13+ years: British series.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[Trinton Chronicles]]'' – 12 years: (1999-2011 as a web original)<!-- so move it there? -->

* ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' – 12 years: (27 series over 12 years in its home country; has versions in lots of countries, some of which are Long Runners themselves).

* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' – 15 years: (1988-2003) Started out on Radio 4 in 1988, then moved onto [[Channel 4]] the same year, where it lasted for 10 seasons; the show moved to Hollywood in 1998, when it got picked up by [[ABC]]. The show was cancelled in 2003 — and by cancelled, it stopped ''filming'' new episodes; new episodes continued to ''air'' on [[ABC Family]] until November 2006.

 

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