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{{trope}}{{cleanup|Someone needs to check all shows listed as still running to confirm that they ''are'' still running, and change their template-based running ages to hard text with their years of activity.}}
{{quote|''"The world may end in 2012, but this show won't."''
|'''Bart Simpson''' (on blackboard), ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "''Once Upon a Time in Springfield''"}}
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* [[Superman]] – {{Years or months ago|1938}}: First appeared in [[Action (comics)|Action]] in 1938. Many years, radio, TV and film spinoffs later he's still one of the most popular fictional characters ever.
* ''The National Research Council Time Signal'' – {{Years or months ago|1939|11}}: Heard at 1:00 PM EST every day since November 5, 1939 on the CBC radio network.
== At least 70 years ==
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* ''Sports Report'' on [[The BBC|BBC Radio]] – {{Years or months ago|1948}}: Running since 1948, still uses its original [[Ear Worm]] of a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv_idtcK1-E theme tune.]
* ''Giro 413'' – {{Years or months ago|1950|01}}: Has aired weekly on Danmarks Radio (DR) since January 8, 1950 as a family program to which people donate money collected at celebrations such as wedding anniversaries and 50th birthdays. Listeners also request songs. DR in turn donates the money collected to a variety of charities.
▲** ''Julehilsen til Grønland'' (Christmas greetings to Greenland) – {{Years or months ago|1932}}: Danmarks Radio first aired this in 1932 as a way for people in Denmark to send greetings to friends and family in Greenland and vice versa.
== At least 60 years ==
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* [[Supergirl]] – {{Years or months ago|1959|05}}: Created in May 1959, and has been an important part of the [[DC]] universe since. The character has starred in solo books and anthologies, and shows up in movies, TV shows, and cartoons.
* [[Agatha Christie]]'s theatrical play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1952|11}}: Has been running on the West End since November 1952.
* The [[w:Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney anthology television series]] – {{Years or months ago|1959}}: Nine different series airing continuously since the premiere of ''Walt Disney's Disneyland'' in 1954 and most recently incarnated as ''The Wonderful World of Disney''.▼
== At least 50 years ==
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* ''Radio Rochela'' – 51 years: Venezuelan longest-running comedy show. Began as a sketch section in a variety show in 1959, got its own timeslot in 1961, and ran almost uninterruptedly until 2010, only ending because their networks' closing.
* ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby-Doo]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1969|09}}: Multiple series; at least one series was in first-run almost every year from 1969–91 and since 2002, plus one or more direct-to-video movies each year since 1998.
* ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970|09}}: Running continuously since September 21, 1970, until 2005 on [[ABC]], currently on [[ESPN]].▼
== At least 40 years ==
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* ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1971}}: 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.
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1972}}: 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 animé 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]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970|09}}: Running continuously since September 21, 1970, until 2005 on [[ABC]], currently on [[ESPN]].
* ''[[One Life to Live]]'' – 44 years: (11,096 episodes from 1968-2012)
* ''Romper Room'' – 41 years: 1953–94, in various local franchised versions. TVOntario ran a very similar programme as the ''Polka Dot Door'' (1971-1993), which initially was based heavily on the [[BBC]] (UK) version of ''[[Play School]]'' (1964-1988).
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* ''[[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.
* ''The Victory Garden'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: PBS gardening program, airing since 1975
▲* The [[w:Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney anthology television series]] – {{Years or months ago|1959}}: Nine different series airing continuously since the premiere of ''Walt Disney's Disneyland'' in 1954 and most recently incarnated as ''The Wonderful World of Disney''.
* ''What? Where? When?'' – {{Years or months ago|1975}}: The original Russian version of ''[[Million Dollar Mind Game]]'', since 1975.
* ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1975|01}}: Since January 6, 1975 on NBC, CBS, and in syndication.
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* ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1995}}: started in 1995, making it one of the oldest webcomics in existence. <!-- so move it to Web Comics -->
* ''Landline'' – {{Years or months ago|1992}}: Australian rural issues program, (1992-)* ''The Late Late Show'' – {{Years or months ago|1995}}: Since 1995 on CBS; hosted by Tom Snyder {1995-99}, Craig Kilborn {1999-2005}, [[Craig Ferguson]] {2005-}
* ''The Late Show with [[David Letterman]]'' –
* ''[[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]].
* ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1999}}: (1999-; 12 years as of 2010, when it also became the longest-running first-run drama series in prime time, carrying on the mantle of its parent series)
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* ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1996}}: First broadcast in 1996, now have over 227 episodes.
* ''[[The Now Show]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1998}}: (first broadcast in 1998 and still airing)
* ''Nick News with Linda Ellerbee'' –
* ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1996}}: (started in 1996, not going anywhere soon)
* ''[[One Piece]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1997}}: Started publication in 1997. Over 950 manga chapters in 90+ volumes, more than 800 episodes, fourteen movies, and counting.
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