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* ''[[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-)

* ''[[FC De Kampioenen]]'' (– 21 years: 1990-2011) Belgian sitcom.

* ''[[The Friendly Giant]]'' (– 27 years: Canadian children's show, 1958–85)

* ''Frontline'' (– {{Years or months ago|1983}}: PBS public-affairs program, airing since 1983).

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

* ''[[Gunnm]]'' (the– {{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.

* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' – 20 years: (1955–75) Famously the longest running drama series in primetime television, a title it now officially shares with ''Law & Order''. ''Technically'', Gunsmoke still ran longer; due to changes in the way the year was divided into television seasons, Gunsmoke ran from September 1955 to September of 1975, with 635 episodes; Law & Order ran from September 1990 to May 2010 (falling short of 20 years by three months), with 456 episodes.

* ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' (manga– {{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)

* ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' (– 28 years: Australian variety show, 1971–99).

* ''[[Home and Away]]'' (since– {{Years or months ago|1988}}: Since 1988, 4,500+ Episodes)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]]'' (running– {{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).

* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' (started– {{Years or months ago|1987}}: Started in 1987 on ''Weekly Jump''; it switched to ''Ultra Jump'' (a monthly publication) in 2004, and is currently at 100 volumes spanning seven major story arcs).<!-- should be in [[Print Long Runners]] -->

* ''[[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]].

* ''[[Kochikame|Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kôen Mae Hashutsujo]]'' (called– {{Years or months ago|1976}}: Called ''Kochikame'' for short, and for good reason—it's the longest continuously-running manga series in terms of number of volumes, though ''Golgo 13'' beats it in years. Started in 1976, with 1,400+ chapters in 162+ tankoban volumes, '''it's still running.''' It ''also'' has a 367-episode anime adaptation and two movies.)

* ''[[Late Night]] with...'' (– {{Years or months ago|1982}}: Since 1982- on NBC; hosted by [[David Letterman]] {1982-93}, [[Conan O'Brien]] {1993-2009}, and Jimmy Fallon {2009-})

* ''[[Law & Order|Law and 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]].

* ''Legends in Concert'', a– {{Years or months ago|1983}}: A celebrity impersonator revue, opened at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV in 1983 and ran there until 2009—when it moved next door to Harrah's Hotel and Casino and picked up where it left off. Sister productions in Atlantic City, NJ, Branson, MO, and Myrtle Beach, SC have all had decade-plus runs; the latter two are still performing.