Long Runners: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1974}}: Has been around since 1974.

* ''[[NOVA]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1974}}: PBS science program produced by WGBH-TV Boston, airing since 1974

* ''The Fifth Estate'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: CBC-TV newsmagazine program, since 1975.

* ''Fresh Air'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: Interview show, locally on WHYY Philadelphia since 1975, nationally on NPR since 1987.

* ''Good Morning America'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: ABC weekday morning show, airing since 1975.

* ''Panel Quiz Attack 25'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: Japanese quiz show, has been on the air since 1975.

* ''Quirks and Quarks'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: General-interest science program on CBC Radio since 1975.

* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: Premièred October 11, 1975 and is still going with more than 800 episodes ([[Archive Panic|and that's not even counting the clip shows and anniversary episodes]]) in its first 45 completed seasons. Survived cast changes, writer changes, executive producer changes (with [[Lorne Michaels]], who was executive producer from 1975 to 1980, left for five years, then returned in 1985, as the most prominent), four directors (Don Roy King is the current director), three announcers [with Don Pardo as their most-used], [[Seasonal Rot]] leading to threats of cancellation in its 6th, 11th, and 20th seasons, several rival sketch shows that aired alongside it, fickle fans, cynical critics, seven cast member deaths (John Belushi,<ref>Died 1982 of a drug overdose</ref> Gilda Radner,<ref>Died 1989 from ovarian cancer</ref> Danitra Vance,<ref>Died 1994 from breast cancer</ref> Michael O'Donoghue,<ref>Also died in 1994 from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by years of migraine headaches</ref> Chris Farley,<ref>Died late 1997 from a drug overdose, much like Belushi did back in '82</ref> Phil Hartman,<ref>Died 1998; was shot and killed by his wife, Brynn, who committed suicide before the police could arrest her</ref> and Charles Rocket <ref>Died 2005 from a slashed-throat suicide</ref>), four writers' strikes (with the 2007-08 one being the most recent), eight Presidential administrations (starting with [[Gerald Ford]]), controversial events behind the scenes (Nora Dunn's boycotting the Andrew "Dice" Clay episode, Chevy Chase's fight with [[Bill Murray]] backstage, Garrett Morris' cocaine-induced nervous breakdown after being forced to play a monkey in a Canadian ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' parody, etc), and a boatload of modern historical events and pop culture trends that have changed society for better and worse (some of which were mocked by ''SNL'').

* ''This Week in Baseball'' – {{Years or months ago|1977}}: (in syndication 1977-1998, on FOX 2000-present)

* ''[[Top Gear]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1977}}: 1977-2001, 2002–Present; if you include ''Wheelbase'', ''[[Top Gear]]'' has been running in one form or another since 1964.

* ''[[20/20]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1978}}: ABC's US newsmagazine, airing since 1978.

* ''[[Bassie En Adriaan]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1978}}: Since 1978.

* ''[[Doraemon]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1979+1974-1973}} years: (second longest-running animé ever, until recently with the same principal voice cast. Aired one season in 1973, then continuously on a different network since 1979. They tried canning it in 2005, an idea which lasted all of a month before it was [[Uncancelled]].)

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2005+1989-1963}} years: Ran from 1963 to 1989, and again from 2005 onward.

* ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' – 42 years: Started in 1964; weekly show stopped in 2006, but lives on in special editions.