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This is a list of the longest-running United States television series , ordered by number of years the show has been aired. This list includes only first-run series originating in North America and available throughout the United States via national broadcast networks, U.S. cable networks, or syndication. Series continuations (with name changes and/or changes in network) are noted. Series broadcast within the U.S. but produced in other countries, such as Coronation Street (63 years) and Doctor Who (60 years) are not included (see: List of longest-running British television programmes).
Series shaded in light blue are currently in production. |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
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84 years | 64 | NFL on NBC [note 1] | NBC | October 22, 1939 | January 25, 1998 | 5,000+ | GrandStand was the original name of the program. NBC originally carried many NFL games including the Pro Bowl. It later carried AFL/AFC games until 1997 when NBC lost its AFC contract to CBS. NBC later resumed its NFL coverage with NBC Sunday Night Football . It currently airs a Sunday night game every week and the NFL's kick-off games, along with the Super Bowl. |
August 6, 2006 | present | ||||||
76 years | 77 | Meet the Press [note 2] (NBC News) | NBC | November 6, 1947 [1] | present | 3,600+ | Longest-running show. |
76 years | 72 | CBS Evening News [note 3] (CBS News) | CBS | May 3, 1948 | present | 16,400+ | Longest-running network newscast. |
74 years | 74 | Music & the Spoken Word [note 4] | Syndicated | October 1949 | present | 4,955 (as of September 1, 2024) [2] | Longest-running non-news television program, the longest-running variety show, the longest-running religious television program, and the longest-running entertainment program in American television history. |
72 years | 69 | Hallmark Hall of Fame [note 5] | NBC | December 24, 1951 | December 17, 1978 | 260 | Longest-running television anthology program, though not broadcast on a regular schedule, with only a limited number of productions per year. |
CBS | November 14, 1979 | April 30, 1980 | |||||
PBS | February 9, 1981 | May 6, 1981 | |||||
CBS | December 1, 1981 | January 29, 1989 | |||||
ABC | April 30, 1989 | April 23, 1995 | |||||
CBS | December 10, 1995 | April 24, 2011 | |||||
ABC | November 27, 2011 | April 20, 2014 | |||||
Hallmark Channel | November 30, 2014 [3] | present | |||||
72 years | 70 | Today (NBC News) | NBC | January 14, 1952 | present | 18,000+ | Longest-running morning show. |
72 years | 2 | The Victory Hour | WTVR | January 13, 1952 [4] | 1966 [5] | Longest-running Christian television program | |
WWBT | 1966 | present | |||||
71 years | 69 | Backyard Farmer | Nebraska Educational Telecommunications | June 1, 1953 | present | 1,380+ | Longest-running show for home lawn and gardening (The show claims to be "the longest-running locally produced program in television history." [6] ) |
71 years | 71 | ABC World News Tonight [note 6] | ABC | September 1953 | present | 15,722+ | |
69 years | 69 | The Tonight Show [note 7] | NBC | September 27, 1954 | January 25, 1957 | 2,000 (before Carson) [note 8] | ...Starring Steve Allen |
July 29, 1957 | March 30, 1962 | ...Starring Jack Paar | |||||
October 1, 1962 | May 22, 1992 | 6,714 | ...Starring Johnny Carson | ||||
May 25, 1992 | May 29, 2009 | 3,775 | ...with Jay Leno | ||||
June 1, 2009 | January 22, 2010 | 145 (1 not completed) | ...with Conan O'Brien | ||||
March 1, 2010 | February 6, 2014 | 835 [7] | ...with Jay Leno | ||||
February 17, 2014 | present | 2,020 [note 9] | ...Starring Jimmy Fallon [note 10] | ||||
69 years | 58 | The Wonderful World of Disney [8] | ABC | October 27, 1954 | June 11, 1961 | 2,207 | Anthology television series featuring wide variety of topics ranging from Disney animation to live-action and documentaries. Walt Disney was the original host from show's inception until his death in 1966. From 1991 to 1997 and since 2008, the series only airs sporadically as a special presentation a few times a year. |
NBC | September 24, 1961 | August 16, 1981 | |||||
CBS | September 26, 1981 | September 24, 1983 | |||||
ABC | February 1, 1986 | May 21, 1988 | |||||
NBC | October 8, 1988 | August 26, 1990 | |||||
CBS | September 26, 1991 | December 1, 1996 | |||||
ABC | September 28, 1997 | December 24, 2008 | |||||
December 12, 2015 | present | ||||||
Disney+ | May 20, 2020 | present | |||||
69 years | 64 | Face the Nation (CBS News) | CBS | November 7, 1954 | present | ||
68 years | 68 [9] | It Is Written | Syndicated | March 1, 1956 [9] | present | Longest-running religious television program to broadcast in color. | |
68 years | 68 | The Open Mind | Syndicated [10] | May 1956 [11] | present | Longest-running public television program. | |
67 years | 64 | NFL on CBS | CBS | September 30, 1956 | January 23, 1994 | 6,133[ citation needed ] | CBS originally broadcast NFL games from 1956 to its merger with the AFL in 1970. It continued to broadcast NFC regular and playoff games until 1994 when CBS lost the rights to broadcast these games to Fox. The network returned its football broadcasts by 1998 after CBS acquired the rights to broadcast AFC regular and playoff games from NBC. It also airs Super Bowl matches. |
September 6, 1998 | present | ||||||
67 years | 12 | To Tell the Truth | CBS | December 18, 1956 | May 22, 1967 | 474 | CBS Primetime |
June 18, 1962 | September 6, 1968 | 1,625 | CBS Daytime | ||||
9 | Syndicated | 1969 | 1978 | 1,715 | |||
1 | 1980 | 1981 | 195 | ||||
NBC | 1990 | 1991 | 190 | ||||
2 | Syndicated | 2000 | 2002 | ||||
3 | ABC | 2016 | April 26, 2022 | 86 | |||
66–67 years | 41 | Divorce Court | Syndicated | 1957 | 1962 | 5,767+ | Broadcast in black and white from 1957 to 1962. |
1967 | 1969 | ||||||
1984 | 1993 | ||||||
September 15, 1999 | present | ||||||
64 years | 58 | CBS Sports Spectacular | CBS | January 3, 1960 | present | ||
62 years | 56 (through 2023 season ) [12] | The NFL Today | CBS | September 17, 1961 | January 23, 1994 | The pre-game show counterpart to NFL on CBS . Originally was 15 minutes long. | |
September 6, 1998 | present | ||||||
62 years | 62 | It's Academic | WRC-TV WJZ-TV WVIR-TV WETA-TV | October 7, 1961 | present | Longest-running game show of any type. Longest-running high school quiz show (broadcast in the Baltimore, Charlottesville, and Washington, D.C. areas only). | |
62 years | 62 | Professional Bowlers Tour [note 11] | ABC [13] | January 27, 1962 | June 21, 1997 | ESPN airs some of the tours on ABC. | |
CBS | 1998 [note 12] | 1999 | |||||
Fox Sports | 1999 | 2000 | |||||
ESPN | 2000 | present | |||||
61 years | 61 | General Hospital (ABC Daytime) | ABC | April 1, 1963 | present | 15,000 [14] | Longest-running dramatic series (soap opera) still in production. [15] |
61 years | 53 [note 13] | CBS Morning News | CBS | September 2, 1963 | 1979 | This version of the program was replaced by CBS This Morning , and later by The Early Show . The program was on hiatus for two years, then retooled and reintroduced in 1982. | |
October 4, 1982 | present | ||||||
60 years | 29 | Let's Make a Deal | NBC | December 30, 1963 | December 27, 1968 | 3,200 [16] | Originally hosted by Monty Hall. Current host is Wayne Brady. |
ABC | December 30, 1968 | July 9, 1976 | |||||
Syndicated | 1971 | 1977 | 281 | ||||
1980 | 1981 | 195 | |||||
1984 | 1986 | 340 | |||||
NBC | 1990 | 1991 | 128 | ||||
2003 | 2003 | 3 | |||||
CBS | 2009 | present | 1,500+ | ||||
60 years | 47 | Jeopardy! | NBC | March 30, 1964 | January 3, 1975 | 2,753 | Originally presented by Art Fleming. |
Syndicated | September 1974 | September 1975 | 39 | ||||
NBC | October 2, 1978 | March 2, 1979 | 108 | ||||
Syndicated | September 10, 1984 | present | 7,000+ [17] | Originally presented by Alex Trebek. Currently presented by Ken Jennings. |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
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58 years | 58 | Days of Our Lives (NBC Daytime) | NBC | November 8, 1965 | September 9, 2022 | 14,430 [18] | |
Peacock | September 12, 2022 | present | |||||
58 years | 58 | The 700 Club [note 14] | Syndicated [19] | 1966 | present | ||
CBN & Freeform | 1977 | present | |||||
57 years | 57 | Guiding Light [note 15] (CBS Daytime) | CBS | June 30, 1952 | September 18, 2009 | 15,762 | Longest-running dramatic series (soap opera) of any genre. Longest-running daytime drama. *While its television debut was on June 30, 1952, The Guiding Light's first incarnation was as a radio show, which premiered on January 25, 1937, giving the production a total runtime of 72 total years. |
57 years | 55 | Washington Week [note 16] | NET | February 23, 1967 | 1970 | over 2,000 | Longest-running public television show on PBS, having started on its predecessor NET and carrying over to PBS, along with Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , Sesame Street , and others in 1970. |
PBS | 1970 | present | |||||
56 years | 56 | NFL Films Presents | Syndicated | September 17, 1967 [20] [21] | January 26, 1997 | ||
ESPN | August 31, 1997 | present | |||||
NFL Network | November 4, 2003 | present | |||||
55 years | 56 | 60 Minutes (CBS News) | CBS | September 24, 1968 | present | 2500+ | |
54 years | 20 | I've Got a Secret | CBS | June 19, 1952 | April 3, 1967 | CBS (1952–1967): 680 Syndication (1972–1973): 39 CBS (1976): 4 Oxygen (2000–2001): 120 [22] GSN (2006): 40 | Presented by Garry Moore and Steve Allen. |
Syndicated | September 11, 1972 | September 9, 1973 | Presented by Steve Allen. | ||||
CBS | June 15, 1976 | July 6, 1976 | Presented by Bill Cullen. | ||||
Oxygen | 2000 | 2001 | Presented by Stephanie Miller. | ||||
GSN | April 17, 2006 | June 9, 2006 | Presented by Bil Dwyer. | ||||
54 years | 54 | As the World Turns (CBS Daytime) | CBS | April 2, 1956 | September 17, 2010 | 13,858 | |
54 years | 54 | Sesame Street | NET | November 10, 1969 | May 8, 1970 | 4701 [note 17] | Longest-running children's show. [note 18] While Sesame Street remains on the PBS schedule, new episodes now premiere on HBO and become available to PBS nine months later. This also applied to HBO Max starting to Season 51 when the show moved to HBO Max. [23] |
PBS | November 9, 1970 | present | |||||
HBO | January 16, 2016 | November 1, 2020 | |||||
Max | November 21, 2020 | present | |||||
54 years | 51 | Hour of Power | Syndicated | February 1970 | present | 2,662 | |
54 years | 50 | NBC Nightly News (NBC News) | NBC | August 3, 1970 | present | NBC has had an evening broadcast since 1948, starting with Camel News Caravan, lasting until 1956, when it was replaced by Nightly News' predecessor the Huntley-Brinkley Report. | |
53 years | 53 | Sábado Gigante | Univision | August 8, 1962 | September 19, 2015 | 2,800+ | Longest-running imported TV show. |
53 years | 55 (NFL seasons) | Monday Night Football | ABC | September 21, 1970 | December 26, 2005 | 718 (games) | Since 2016 and 2018 respectively, ABC has simulcast ESPN's coverage of its NFL Wild Card playoff game and the Pro Bowl. In 2020, ABC simulcasted three select ESPN Monday Night Football games. Starting in 2021, ABC will get expanded broadcast rights, including exclusive games, Week 18 Saturday doubleheader simulcasts, and Super Bowl rights. Per NFL Policy, all games that are broadcast via cable or satellite television on a Pay TV Network must also be made available on over-the-air television stations in each participating team's local market. |
ESPN | September 11, 2006 | present | |||||
ABC | January 9, 2016 | present | |||||
53 years | 46 | Masterpiece [note 19] | PBS | January 10, 1971 | present | ||
52 years | 36 | NASCAR on ABC | ABC | February 26, 1961 | August 5, 2000 | ||
ESPN | March 10, 2007 | October 11, 2014 | |||||
52 years | 53 | The Price Is Right (CBS Daytime) [24] | CBS | September 4, 1972 | present | 9,515 (as of end of Season 50) | Longest-running game show to be broadcast nationally. Originally hosted by Bob Barker. Current Host is Drew Carey. |
51 years | 51 | Great Performances | PBS | November 4, 1972 | present | ||
51 years | 51 | The Young and the Restless (CBS Daytime) | CBS | March 26, 1973 | present | 12,500 [25] | [26] |
50 years | 51 | Nova | PBS | March 3, 1974 | present | 975 (May 22, 2024) |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
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49 years | 16 | Wheel of Fortune | NBC | January 6, 1975 | June 30, 1989 | Network version normally ran in the late morning. Originally hosted by Chuck Woolery (1975–1981), followed by Pat Sajak (1981–1989), Rolf Benirschke (1989), and Bob Goen (1989–1991). | |
CBS | July 17, 1989 | January 11, 1991 | |||||
NBC | January 14, 1991 | September 20, 1991 | |||||
40 | Syndicated | September 23, 1991 | present | 8,000 [27] | Syndicated version normally runs in the evening. Second longest-running game show. Hosted by Pat Sajak. | ||
48 years | 48 | Day of Discovery | Syndicated | May 5, 1968 | February 6, 2016 | ||
48 years | 34 | Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom | NBC | January 6, 1963 | April 11, 1971 | Wild Kingdom was on hiatus 1988-2002 and ultimately was cancelled in 2011. The original host, Marlin Perkins, died in 1986. | |
Syndicated | 1971 | 1988 | |||||
Animal Planet | September 17, 2002 | May 22, 2011 | |||||
48 years | 49 | Saturday Night Live [note 20] | NBC | October 11, 1975 | present | 968 | The longest-running sketch comedy show on American television, as well as the second longest-running variety show in U.S. history. |
48 years | 48 | PBS NewsHour [note 21] | PBS | October 20, 1975 | present | Was hosted by Robert MacNeil (1975–1995) and Jim Lehrer (1976–2011). | |
48 years | 45 | Good Morning America | ABC | November 3, 1975 | present | 9,914+ | |
47–48 years | 47–48 | Austin City Limits | PBS | 1976 | present | 900 | |
48 years | 48 | Creative Living with Sheryl Borden | Syndicated | January 11, 1976 | present | ||
48 years | 43 | Live from Lincoln Center | PBS | January 30, 1976 | present [28] | 251 | |
48 years | 23 [29] | Family Feud | ABC | July 12, 1976 | June 14, 1985 | 2,311 | Hosted by Richard Dawson |
Syndicated | September 19, 1977 | May 17, 1985 | 976 | ||||
CBS | July 4, 1988 | March 26, 1993 | Hosted by Ray Combs | ||||
Syndicated | 1988 | May 26, 1995 | Originally hosted by Ray Combs (1988–1994), followed by Richard Dawson (1994–1995). | ||||
Syndicated | September 20, 1999 | present | 2,390+ | Originally hosted by Louie Anderson (1999–2002), Followed by Richard Karn (2002–2006), John O’Hurley (2006–2010), and Current Host Steve Harvey (2010–present). | |||
47 years | 16 | The Joker's Wild | CBS | September 4, 1972 | June 13, 1975 | 3,026 | |
Syndicated [note 22] | September 5, 1977 | May 23, 1986 | |||||
Syndicated | September 10, 1990 | March 8, 1991 | |||||
TBS, TNT | October 24, 2017 | March 27, 2019 | |||||
46 years | 45 | Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon [note 23] | Syndicated, ABC | September 4, 1966 [30] | August 31, 2014 | 45 | Annual broadcast; was broadcast as a two-hour special on ABC in 2013 and 2014. |
47 years | 41 | Inside the NFL | HBO | September 14, 1977 | February 6, 2008 | Len Dawson and Nick Buoniconti hosted the show together 1978–2001. | |
Showtime | September 10, 2008 | February 24, 2021 | |||||
Paramount+ | September 7, 2021 | April 5, 2023 | |||||
The CW | September 9, 2023 | present | |||||
46 years | 46 | 20/20 (ABC News) | ABC | June 6, 1978 | present | 500+ | Long time hosts were Hugh Downs (1978–99) and Barbara Walters (1979–2004, 2013–14). |
45 years | 37 | Wide World of Sports (ABC Sports) | ABC | April 29, 1961 | August 2006 [note 24] | ||
45 years | 45 | Agronsky & Co./Inside Washington | Syndicated [31] | 1969 | December 20, 2013 | ||
45 years | 45 | One Life to Live (ABC Daytime) | ABC | July 15, 1968 | January 13, 2012 | 11,136 | |
45 years | 27 | In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley | Syndicated | 1978 | present | ||
45 years | 40 | CBS News Sunday Morning | CBS | January 28, 1979 | present | Originally hosted by Charles Kuralt (1979–1994), followed by Charles Osgood (1994–2016), and Jane Pauley (2016–present). | |
45 years | 44 | This Old House | PBS | February 20, 1979 | present | 1,136 | Originally hosted by Bob Vila until 1989. Norm Abrams is the only original personality still appearing on the show. |
45 years | 43 | SportsCenter | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews | September 7, 1979 | present | Over 60,000 | |
44 years | 38 | Nightline [note 25] | ABC | March 24, 1980 | present | Hosted by Ted Koppel (1980-2005). | |
43 years | 36 | Washington Journal [note 26] | C-SPAN | October 7, 1980 | present | ||
43 years | 35 | Noticiero Univision [note 27] | Univision | June 1, 1981 | present | ||
43 years | 43 | Entertainment Tonight | Syndicated | September 14, 1981 | present | 11,675 [32] | Longest-running entertainment news program. |
42 years | 43 | MotorWeek [note 28] | PBS | October 15, 1981 | present | ||
42 years | 41 | This Week [note 29] | ABC | November 15, 1981 | present | Originally hosted by David Brinkley (1981–1996), currently hosted by George Stephanopoulos (2002-2010, 2012–present). | |
42 years | 38 | Late Night [note 30] | NBC | February 1, 1982 | June 21, 1993 | 1,819 | ...with David Letterman |
September 13, 1993 | February 20, 2009 | 2,725 | ...with Conan O'Brien | ||||
March 2, 2009 | February 7, 2014 | 969 | ...with Jimmy Fallon | ||||
February 24, 2014 | present | 1,558 [33] | ...with Seth Meyers | ||||
42 years | 35 | The McLaughlin Group | Syndicated [34] | January 1, 1982 | August 12, 2016 | The show ended its run when John McLaughlin died in 2016, but was then revived in 2018 with new host Tom Rogan. | |
41 years | 41 | Romper Room [note 31] | Syndicated | February 9, 1953 [35] | September 1994 | ||
41 years | 42 | All My Children (ABC Daytime) | ABC | January 5, 1970 | September 23, 2011 | ABC: 10,712 (television) TOLN: 43 (internet and television) Total: 10,755 | While the show had ceased airing as a television series it was still in production for a brief time after. On April 29, 2013, the show had resumed airing now as a web series on the internet and could be seen through Hulu, iTunes, and YouTube until September 2, 2013, before being confirmed as being discontinued again on November 11, 2013. |
41 years | 32 [note 32] | The People's Court | Syndicated | September 14, 1981 | May 17, 1993 [note 33] | 2,484 | Judged by Joseph Wapner. |
September 8, 1997 [note 34] | 1999 | 1,500+ | Judged by Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City. | ||||
1999 | 2001 | Judged by Jerry Sheindlin, the husband of Judy Sheindlin of Judge Judy. | |||||
2001 | July 21, 2023 | Judged by Marilyn Milian. | |||||
42 years | 12 | Wild America | PBS, Syndicated | September 14, 1982 | present | 120 | Hosted by Marty Stouffer. |
41 years | 42 | Nature | PBS | October 10, 1982 | present | 648 | |
40–41 years | 31 | Gilad's Bodies in Motion | ESPN | 1983 | 1994 | ||
Fox Sports | 1994 | 1995 | |||||
Discovery Health | 1995 | 2004 | |||||
FitTV | 2004 | 2011 | |||||
Discovery Life | 2011 | 2015 | |||||
JLTV | 2015 | present | |||||
41 years | 42 | Frontline | PBS | January 17, 1983 | present | 813 | |
40 years | 40 | Nightly Business Report [note 35] | PBS | January 22, 1979 | December 27, 2019 | 10,680 | |
40 years | 40 | NASCAR on CBS | CBS | February 12, 1960 | July 15, 2000 | ||
40 years | 40 | The Bugs Bunny Show | ABC (1960–1968, 1986–2000), CBS (1968–1985) | October 11, 1960 | September 2, 2000 | 1040 (including at least 5,000 total shorts being aired, although many were reruns) | Longest-running cartoon program on broadcast television, the last non-Disney ABC Kids show, and the last non-Educational and Informational (E/I) Saturday morning cartoon on broadcast TV. |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
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39 years | 32 | Real Videos | TBN, JCTV | October 4, 1984 [36] | present | 900+ | |
39 years | 29 | National Geographic Explorer [37] | Nickelodeon | 1985 | 1986 | 233 | |
TBS | 1986 | 1999 | |||||
CNBC | 1999 | 2001 | |||||
MSNBC [note 36] | 2001 | 2005 | |||||
National Geographic | 2005 | present | |||||
39 years | 31 | Grand Ole Opry Live [38] | TNN | April 20, 1985 | August 2001 | ||
CMT | August 2001 | 2003 | |||||
GAC [39] | 2003 | present | |||||
38 years |
| Hollywood Squares | NBC | October 17, 1966 | June 20, 1980 | 3,536 | NBC Daytime |
January 12, 1968 | September 13, 1968 | NBC Primetime | |||||
January 4, 1969 | August 30, 1969 | 46 | Saturday morning | ||||
Syndicated | September 9, 1972 | April 10, 1981 | |||||
NBC | October 31, 1983 | July 27, 1984 | 192 | NBC Daytime | |||
Syndicated | September 15, 1986 | June 16, 1989 | 585 | ||||
September 14, 1998 | June 4, 2004 | 1,050 | |||||
38 years | 38 | The Woodwright's Shop [note 37] | PBS | 1979 | 2017 | 481 | |
38 years | 38 | American Masters | PBS | June 22, 1986 | present | 279 [40] | [41] |
37 years | 37 | American Bandstand | WFIL-TV | October 7, 1952 | October 7, 1957 | 3,002 | Hosted by Dick Clark (1956–1989). |
ABC | October 7, 1957 | September 5, 1987 | |||||
Syndicated | September 19, 1987 | June 4, 1988 | |||||
USA | April 8, 1989 | October 7, 1989 | |||||
36–37 years | 27 | NFL Primetime | ESPN | 1987 | present | ||
37 years | 31 | The Bold and the Beautiful [42] | CBS | March 23, 1987 | present | 9,000 [43] | [43] |
37 years | 29 | Biography [44] | A&E | April 6, 1987 [note 38] | August 2006 | The show was cancelled in 2012, and later revived in 2017. | |
Biography Channel [45] | August 2006 | present [46] | |||||
37 years | 27 | College GameDay (football series) | ESPN | September 1987 | present | ||
36 years | 36 | 48 Hours [note 39] | CBS | January 2, 1988 | present | 991 [47] | |
36 years | 28 | America's Most Wanted | Fox | February 7, 1988 | April 21, 2012 | 1,192 | |
Lifetime | December 2, 2011 | October 12, 2012 | |||||
Fox | March 15, 2021 | present | |||||
36 years | 34 | POV | PBS | July 5, 1988 | present | 400+ | |
36 years | 36 | Live with Kelly and Mark [note 40] | Syndicated | September 5, 1988 [note 41] | present | 7,580 | |
35 years | 36 | American Experience | PBS | October 1, 1988 | present | 378 | |
35 years | 27 | NBA on TNT | TNT | October 30, 1988 | present | ||
35 years | 13 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | KTMA-TV | November 24, 1988 | May 28, 1989 | 230 | Was on hiatus from 1999 to 2017. |
The Comedy Channel | November 18, 1989 | February 2, 1991 | |||||
Comedy Central | June 1, 1991 | May 18, 1996 | |||||
Sci Fi Channel | February 1, 1997 | September 12, 1999 | |||||
Netflix | April 14, 2017 | November 22, 2018 | |||||
Gizmoplex | May 6, 2022 [note 42] | present | |||||
35 years | 36 | Inside Edition | Syndicated | January 9, 1989 | present | 11,257+ | |
35 years | 36 | Cops | Fox | March 11, 1989 | May 4, 2013 | 1,175 | Cancelled in response to national protests against the murder of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. [48] [49] |
Spike / Paramount Network | September 14, 2013 | May 11, 2020 | |||||
Fox Nation | October 1, 2021 | present | |||||
35 years | 10 | Columbo | NBC | February 20, 1968 | May 13, 1978 | 69 | Was on hiatus from 1978 to 1989, during the change in broadcast networks. |
ABC | February 6, 1989 | January 30, 2003 | |||||
35 years | 35 | Another World (NBC Daytime) | NBC | May 4, 1964 | June 25, 1999 | 8,891 | Longest-running continuous title sequences on television. |
35 years | 35 | Bobby Jones Gospel | BET | January 27, 1980 | July 31, 2016 | ||
35 years | 35 | Soul Train | Syndicated | October 2, 1971 | March 25, 2006 [50] | 1,117 | |
35 years | 35 | Wall Street Week [note 43] [note 44] | PBS | November 20, 1970 | June 24, 2005 | Since 2016, a new version of the program is now airing on the Fox Business. [note 45] | |
35 years | 36 | The Victory Garden [note 46] | PBS | April 16, 1975 | 2010 |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
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34 years | 35 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | November 26, 1989 | present | 790 | |
34 years | 35 | The Simpsons [note 47] | Fox | January 14, 1990 [note 48] | present | 768 | Longest-running animated American series, longest-running American sitcom, and longest-running scripted primetime series. |
34 years | 30 | Baseball Tonight | ESPN | March 19, 1990 | present | ||
34 years | 27 | ESPN Major League Baseball [51] | ESPN, ESPN2 [note 49] | April 15, 1990 | present | ||
34 years | 34 | Outside the Lines | ESPN | May 7, 1990 | present | ||
34 years | 23 | Law & Order | NBC | September 13, 1990 | May 24, 2010 | 501 | |
February 24, 2022 | present | ||||||
34 years | 34 | Evening at Pops | PBS | July 12, 1970 | August 29, 2004 | ||
34 years | Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends | Syndicated | February 21, 1983 | April 28, 2017 | 780 | ||
33 years | 31 | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | NET | February 19, 1968 | May 1, 1970 | 912 (including specials) | Fred Rogers died in 2003 due to a digestive cancer. |
PBS | February 15, 1971 | August 31, 2001 | |||||
33 years | 24 | Concentration | NBC | August 25, 1958 | March 23, 1973 | 3,770 | Presented by Hugh Downs and Bob Clayton. |
Syndicated | September 10, 1973 | September 8, 1978 | 975 | Presented by Jack Narz. | |||
NBC | May 4, 1987 | September 20, 1991 | 1,020 | Presented by Alex Trebek. | |||
33 years | 34 | Firing Line | Syndicated | April 4, 1966 [52] | 1971 | 1,504 | Longest-running public affairs program to have a single host. |
PBS | 1971 | December 26, 1999 | |||||
33 years | 18 | CBS This Morning | CBS | November 30, 1987 | October 29, 1999 | 3,110 | |
January 9, 2012 | September 6, 2021 | 2,521 | |||||
33 years | 19 [note 50] | NBA Inside Stuff | NBC | October 27, 1990 | August 31, 2002 | Was on hiatus from 2006 to 2013. | |
ABC | September 7, 2002 | January 15, 2006 | |||||
NBA TV | November 2, 2013 | present | |||||
33 years | 33 | E! News [53] | E! | September 1, 1991 | present | 7,500+ | |
33 years | 33 | Maury | Syndicated | September 9, 1991 | September 8, 2022 | 5,545 | Presented by Maury Povich. |
32 years | 24 | Crossfire | CNN | 1982 | June 3, 2005 | Was on hiatus from 2005 to 2013. | |
September 9, 2013 | October 15, 2014 | ||||||
32 years | 32 | Reliable Sources | CNN | March 7, 1992 | August 21, 2022 | ||
32 years | 32 | Dateline NBC [note 51] | NBC | March 31, 1992 | present | ||
32 years | 29 | To the Contrary | PBS | April 1, 1992 | present | ||
32 years | 17 | Monday Night Baseball | ESPN | April 13, 1992 | present | ||
32 years | 25 [note 52] | Nick News [note 53] | Nickelodeon | April 18, 1992 | December 15, 2015 | Longest-running Nickelodeon series | |
June 29, 2020 | present | ||||||
31 years | 32 | WWE Raw | USA Network | January 11, 1993 | September 18, 2000 | 1637 | Longest-running professional wrestling program on national television (while WCW Saturday Night ran for longer overall, the first 5 years of the program were only locally broadcast; some locally televised promotions such as Portland and Houston ran as long as 40 years). |
TNN / Spike [54] | September 25, 2000 | September 26, 2005 | |||||
USA Network | October 3, 2005 | present | |||||
31 years | 27 | The Late Show | CBS | August 30, 1993 | May 20, 2015 | 4,214 [55] | ...with David Letterman |
September 8, 2015 | present | 1,537 | ...with Stephen Colbert | ||||
31 years | 31 | NFL Matchup | ESPN, ESPN2 [note 54] | September 5, 1993 | present | Produced by NFL Films. | |
31 years | 31 | Monday Night Countdown | ESPN | September 6, 1993 | present | ||
31 years | 29 | This Week in Baseball | Syndicated | April 1, 1977 | September 26, 1998 | The program was on hiatus 1998–2000. Original version hosted by Mel Allen (1977–1996), Warner Fusselle (1996), and Ozzie Smith (1997–1998) | |
Fox | April 8, 2000 | September 24, 2011 | |||||
31 years | 31 | Faith for Today [56] | ABC | May 21, 1950 | 1955 | ||
Syndicated | 1955 | 1981 | |||||
31 years | 31 | Lamp Unto My Feet [57] | CBS | 1948 | 1979 | ||
30 years | 30 | NASCAR on ESPN | ESPN | 1981 | 2002 | ||
2007 | 2014 | ||||||
30 years | 10 | Roseanne | ABC | October 18, 1988 | May 22, 2018 | 231 | Was on hiatus 1997–2018. |
30 years | 11 | Murphy Brown | CBS | November 14, 1988 | December 20, 2018 | 260 | Was on hiatus 1998–2018. |
30 years | 35 | Search for Tomorrow (CBS & NBC Daytime) | CBS | September 3, 1951 | March 23, 1982 | 9,130 | |
NBC | March 26, 1982 | December 26, 1986 | |||||
30 years | 30 | Power Rangers [note 55] | Fox (Fox Kids) [note 56] | August 28, 1993 | August 10, 2002 | 973 [note 57] | Longest-running United States Tokusatsu series. [note 58] |
ABC (ABC Kids) | September 14, 2002 | November 15, 2003 | |||||
ABC Family (Jetix) | February 14, 2004 | July 10, 2005 | |||||
Toon Disney (Jetix) | July 16, 2005 | October 28, 2005 | |||||
ABC Family (Jetix) | February 2, 2006 | ||||||
Toon Disney (Jetix) | February 20, 2006 | August 14, 2006 | |||||
ABC Family (Jetix) | August 20, 2006 | ||||||
Toon Disney (Jetix) | September 18, 2006 | November 3, 2008 | |||||
ABC (ABC Kids) | March 7, 2009 | August 28, 2010 | |||||
Nickelodeon | February 7, 2011 | April 17, 2021 | |||||
Netflix | June 15, 2021 | September 29, 2023 | |||||
30 years | 22 | Entertainers with Byron Allen [note 59] | Syndicated | September 30, 1993 | present | ||
29–30 years | 22 | Kickin' It with Byron Allen [note 60] | Syndicated | 1994 | present | ||
30 years | 30 (through 2023 season ) | NFL on Fox | Fox | August 12, 1994 | present | Fox currently holds rights to NFC matches, the NFC Playoffs as well as select Super Bowl matches since Super Bowl XXXI where it rotates with other broadcasters. It has also aired Thursday Night Football Matches from 2018 to 2022 where it shares the rights with some matches with Amazon Prime Video and the NFL Network. | |
30 years | 23 | Inside the Actors Studio | Bravo | August 14, 1994 | present | 277 | |
30 years | 30 | Extra [note 61] | Syndicated | September 5, 1994 | present | 9,054 [58] |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 years | 29 | Captain Kangaroo [note 62] | CBS | October 3, 1955 | December 8, 1984 | 6,090 | Bob Keeshan died in 2004. |
29 years | 29 | Lou Dobbs Tonight [note 63] | CNN | June 1, 1980 | November 11, 2009 | ||
29 years | 29 | Lilias, Yoga and You [note 64] | PBS | 1976 | 1999 | 500 [59] | |
29 years | 29 | Hometime | PBS | November 1, 1986 | January 30, 2016 | ||
29 years | 29 | The Sports Reporters [note 65] | ESPN [60] | October 9, 1988 | May 7, 2017 | ||
29 years | 29 | The Phil Donahue Show [61] | Syndicated | 1969 | 1996 | 6,715 | |
29 years | 29 | The David Susskind Show [62] | Syndicated | 1961 | 1987 | David Susskind died in 1987. | |
29 years | 29 | WCW Saturday Night [note 66] | TBS | December 25, 1971 | August 19, 2000 | ||
29 years | 30 (through 2023 season ) | Fox NFL Sunday | Fox | September 18, 1994 | present | ||
29 years | 23 [note 67] | The Late Late Show [note 68] | CBS | January 9, 1995 | March 26, 1999 | 777 | ...with Tom Snyder |
March 29, 1999 | August 27, 2004 | 1,190 | ...with Craig Kilborn | ||||
September 20, 2004 | December 31, 2004 | 79 | Hosted by guest hosts. | ||||
January 3, 2005 | December 19, 2014 | 2,058 | ...with Craig Ferguson | ||||
January 5, 2015 | March 20, 2015 | 45 | Hosted by guest hosts. | ||||
March 23, 2015 | present | 1,197 [note 69] | ...with James Corden | ||||
29 years | 23 | Golf Central | Golf Channel | January 17, 1995 | present | ||
29 years | 29 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | HBO | April 2, 1995 | present | ||
29 years | 29 | Squawk Box | CNBC | August 7, 1995 | present | ||
28 years | 28 | The Edge of Night | CBS | April 2, 1956 | November 28, 1975 | 7,420 | |
ABC | December 1, 1975 | December 28, 1984 | |||||
28 years | 29 | Love of Life | CBS | September 24, 1951 | February 1, 1980 | 7,315 | |
28 years | 26 | Hee Haw [note 70] | CBS | June 15, 1969 | February 23, 1971 | 655 | |
Syndicated | September 18, 1971 | June 26, 1993 | |||||
TNN | November 23, 1996 | December 27, 1997 | |||||
28 years | 28 | ESPN SpeedWorld | ESPN | 1979 | 2006 | ||
28 years | 28 | Mystery! [note 71] | PBS | February 5, 1980 | 2008 | ||
27–28 years | 19 | A Wedding Story | TLC | 1996 | present | ||
28 years | 28 | Private Screenings | TCM | January 1, 1996 | present | 27 | Hosted by Robert Osborne. |
28 years | 28 | Fox News Sunday | Fox [note 72] | April 28, 1996 | present | 1,476 | Hosted by Tony Snow (1996–2003), Chris Wallace (2003–2021), and Shannon Bream (2022–present). |
28 years | 29 | MLB on Fox | Fox | June 1, 1996 | present | ||
27–28 years | 17 | E! True Hollywood Story | E! | 1996 | present | 501 | The program has been on hiatus since 2014, but is expected to return. [63] |
28 years | 25 [64] | The Daily Show | Comedy Central | July 22, 1996 | present | 3,873 | Hosted by Craig Kilborn (1996–98), Jon Stewart (1999–2015), and Trevor Noah (2015–2022). |
28 years | 28 | Access Hollywood [note 73] | Syndicated | September 9, 1996 | present | 11,844 (7,045 weeknights, 1,409 weekend, 3,390 weekdays) | |
27 years | 20 | MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon | Syndicated | October 1, 1996 | present | 950+ | |
27 years | 27 | Your World with Neil Cavuto | Fox News | October 6, 1996 | present | Hosted by Neil Cavuto. | |
26–27 years | 24 | My Classic Car | TNN, MAVTV & Motor Trend | 1997 | present | 520 | |
27 years | 28 | Antiques Roadshow | PBS | January 9, 1997 | present | ||
27 years | 20 | ¡Despierta América! | Univision | April 14, 1997 | present | ||
27 years | 28 | The View | ABC | August 11, 1997 | present | 6,000 [65] | [66] [67] |
27 years | 26 | South Park | Comedy Central | August 13, 1997 | present | 328 | Longest-running Comedy Central series and the second longest-running animated series on American television. |
27 years | 27 | The Lawrence Welk Show [note 74] | ABC | July 2, 1955 | September 4, 1971 | 1,065 (black-and-white, 1951 to September 1965; in color from September 1965 onwards to 1982) | Lawrence Welk died in 1992. |
Syndicated | 1971 | February 1982 | |||||
27 years | 27 | The Jerry Springer Show | Syndicated | September 20, 1991 | July 26, 2018 | 3,891 | |
27 years | The World Tomorrow | Syndicated | 1967 | 1994 | 3,891 | ||
26 years | 26 | Truth or Consequences | CBS | September 7, 1950 [note 75] | May 1951 | Originated on NBC Radio from 1940 to 1951. | |
NBC | 1952 [note 76] | 1952 | |||||
May 18, 1954 [note 77] | September 24, 1965 | ||||||
Syndicated | 1966 [note 78] | 1974 | |||||
1977 [note 79] | 1978 | ||||||
1987 [note 80] | 1988 | ||||||
26 years | Hardball with Chris Matthews [note 81] | America's Talking | 1994 | 1996 | Hosted by Chris Matthews. | ||
CNBC | 1997 | 1999 | |||||
MSNBC | 1999 | February 28, 2020 | |||||
26 years | 25 | Charlie Rose | PBS | September 30, 1991 | November 17, 2017 | ||
26 years | 26 | Fox & Friends | Fox News | February 1, 1998 | present | ||
26 years | 40 | The Challenge [note 82] | MTV | June 1, 1998 | present | 545 | |
26 years | 21 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | ABC | August 5, 1998 | September 4, 2004 | 419 | |
ABC Family [note 83] | January 17, 2005 | December 15, 2007 | |||||
The CW | July 16, 2013 | present | |||||
25 years | 25 | Arthur | PBS | October 7, 1996 | February 21, 2022 | 253 | Longest-running animated series on PBS, longest-running animated children's series on U.S. television, and third longest-running animated series on American television. |
25 years | 11 | All That | Nickelodeon | January 21, 1995 [note 84] | October 22, 2005 | 210 | Was on hiatus from 2005 to 2019. |
June 15, 2019 | December 17, 2020 | ||||||
25 years | 11 | Will & Grace | NBC | September 21, 1998 | May 18, 2006 | 246 | Was on hiatus from 2006 to 2017. |
September 28, 2017 | April 23, 2020 | ||||||
25 years | Fox College Football | Fox | January 1, 1999 | present | |||
25 years | 9 | Futurama | Fox | March 28, 1999 | August 10, 2003 | 158 | |
Comedy Central | March 23, 2008 | September 4, 2013 | |||||
Hulu | July 24, 2023 | present | |||||
25 years | 22 | Family Guy | Fox | April 11, 1999 [note 85] | February 14, 2002 [note 86] | 424 | Fox's second longest-running animated series and the fourth longest-running animated series on American television. |
May 1, 2005 | present | ||||||
25 years | 26 | WWE SmackDown | UPN | April 29, 1999 | September 15, 2006 | 1308 | |
The CW | September 22, 2006 | September 26, 2008 | |||||
MyNetworkTV | October 3, 2008 | September 24, 2010 | |||||
Syfy | October 1, 2010 | December 31, 2015 | |||||
USA | January 7, 2016 [68] [69] | September 24, 2019 | |||||
Fox | October 4, 2019 | present | |||||
25 years | 14 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | July 17, 1999 [note 87] | present | 303 | Longest-running Nickelodeon series from the '90s, longest-running Nickelodeon animated series, the first and (so far) only Nicktoon to go past ten seasons, the second longest-running animated children's show on U.S. television, and the fifth longest-running animated series on U.S. television. |
25 years | 21 | Independent Lens | PBS | August 9, 1999 | present | 405 | |
25 years | 23 [70] | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire [71] | ABC | August 16, 1999 | June 27, 2002 |
| Although Millionaire has multiple versions known around the world, the American version is the longest-running. |
Syndicated | September 16, 2002 | May 31, 2019 | |||||
ABC | April 8, 2020 | present | |||||
25 years | 16 | Early Today | NBC | September 9, 1999 | present | Lead-in to the Today show. | |
25 years | 25 | Judge Mathis | Syndicated | September 13, 1999 | present | Of the court shows with a continuous, single series run, longest-running reality court show that is currently still in production, hosted by Greg Mathis. | |
25 years | 25 | What's My Line? [72] | CBS | February 16, 1950 | September 3, 1967 | CBS : 876 Syndication: 1,320 Total: 2,196 | |
Syndicated | September 1968 | September 1975 | |||||
25 years | 25 | Camera Three | CBS | January 22, 1956 | 1979 | ||
PBS | 1979 | July 1, 1980 | |||||
25 years | 25 | Sunrise Semester | CBS | September 9, 1957 | October 1, 1982 | 800+ | |
25 years | 23 | Insight | Syndicated | October 2, 1960 | January 21, 1985 | 250 | |
25 years | 25 | Larry King Live | CNN | June 3, 1985 | December 16, 2010 | 6,120 [73] | King hosted Larry King Now afterwards, which was very similar. |
25 years | 25 | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Syndicated | September 8, 1986 | May 25, 2011 | 4,561 [74] | |
25 years | 33 | The Real World | MTV | May 21, 1992 | January 4, 2017 | 614 | Longest-running MTV reality series. |
Facebook Watch | June 13, 2019 | August 29, 2019 | |||||
25 years | 25 | Judge Judy | Syndicated | September 16, 1996 | July 23, 2021 | 6,280 | Of the single series run court shows without cancellation/revival gaps, the longest-running reality courtroom show, hosted by Judy Sheindlin. |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 years | 24 | At the Movies [note 88] | Syndicated | September 18, 1986 | August 14, 2010 | ||
PBS | January 2011 | December 2011 | |||||
24 years | 11 | The X-Files | Fox | September 10, 1993 | May 19, 2002 | 218 | The program was on hiatus 2002–2016. Two new seasons have since been produced. |
January 24, 2016 | March 21, 2018 | ||||||
24 years | 25 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | NBC | September 20, 1999 | present | 551 | The longest-running scripted non-animated U.S. primetime television series; longest-running television spin-off. |
24 years | Homestar Runner | HomestarRunner.com | January 1, 2000 | present | Second longest-running web series | ||
24 years | 21 (US) | Secrets of the Dead | PBS | May 15, 2000 | present | 107 + 6 specials (US) | |
24 years | 46 | Survivor (U.S. series) | CBS | May 31, 2000 | present | 674 | Features two seasons per year. |
24 years | 21 | Big Brother (U.S. series) | CBS | July 5, 2000 | present | 719 [note 89] | Big Brother has multiple versions known around the world; the U.S. version is the second-longest-running. Episode count also includes one Celebrity Edition. |
24 years | 12 | Rick Steves' Europe | PBS | September 3, 2000 | present | 151 | Hosted by travel writer Rick Steves. |
23 years | 22 | Showtime at the Apollo [note 90] | Syndicated | September 12, 1987 | May 24, 2008 | 1,094 | Was on hiatus in 2008–2016. Three specials were aired in 2016 and 2017 |
Fox | March 1, 2018 | May 24, 2018 | |||||
23 years | 23 | Primetime (ABC News) | ABC | August 3, 1989 | May 18, 2012 | Originally hosted by Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer. | |
23 years | 18 | Death Valley Days | Syndicated | March 1, 1952 | August 1, 1975 | 452 | |
23 years | 24 | The Ed Sullivan Show [note 91] | CBS | June 20, 1948 | June 6, 1971 | 1,068 | |
23 years | 23 | The George Michael Sports Machine [note 92] | NBC | September 2, 1984 | September 8, 1991 | George Michael died in 2009. | |
Syndicated | September 15, 1991 | March 25, 2007 | |||||
23 years | 23 | The Merv Griffin Show | NBC | October 1962 | March 1963 | 4,855 | Merv Griffin died in 2007. |
Syndicated | 1965 | 1969 | |||||
CBS | August 18, 1969 | February 11, 1972 | |||||
Syndicated | 1972 | September 1986 | |||||
23 years | 21 | Reading Rainbow | PBS | June 6, 1983 | November 10, 2006 | 155 | |
23 years | 17 | Unsolved Mysteries | NBC | January 20, 1987 [note 93] | September 5, 1997 | 607 | |
CBS | November 13, 1997 | June 11, 1999 | |||||
Lifetime | July 2, 2001 | September 20, 2002 | |||||
Spike [75] | October 13, 2008 | April 27, 2010 | |||||
23 years | 5 | Happy Tree Friends | Mondo Media | December 24, 1999 | September 27, 2023 | 93 (+ 13 TV episodes with 39 segments) | |
23 years | 12 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | HBO | October 15, 2000 | April 7, 2024 | 121 (including 1 special) | Longest-running scripted HBO program. |
23 years | 21 | Cheaters | Syndicated | October 21, 2000 | present | ||
22–23 years | 17 | The Essentials | TCM | 2001 | present | ||
23 years | NASCAR on Fox | Fox | February 11, 2001 | present | |||
23 years | 24 | America's Test Kitchen | Syndicated | August 4, 2001 | present | 597 | |
23 years | 36 | The Amazing Race (U.S. series) | CBS | September 5, 2001 | present | 418 | Two seasons per year most years until 2015. |
23 years | 12 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force (alternate titles) | Adult Swim | September 9, 2001 [note 94] | August 30, 2015 | 144 (1 unaired) [76] | |
November 26, 2023 | present | ||||||
22 years | 22 | The Original Amateur Hour [note 95] | DuMont | January 18, 1948 | October 1949 | ||
NBC | October 1949 | September 1954 | |||||
ABC | October 1955 | June 1957 | |||||
NBC | July 1957 | October 1958 | |||||
CBS | May 1959 | October 1959 | |||||
ABC | March 1960 | September 26, 1960 | |||||
CBS | October 2, 1960 | September 27, 1970 | |||||
22 years | 15 | BET's Top 25 | BET | September 22, 2001 | present | ||
22 years | 15 | Cyberchase | PBS | January 21, 2002 | October 7, 2004 | 148 | Second longest-running PBS animated show and seventh longest-running American animated series. |
PBS Kids Go! | October 14, 2004 | July 23, 2010 | |||||
PBS | November 4, 2013 | present | |||||
22 years | 22 | Closing Bell | CNBC | February 4, 2002 | present | ||
22 years | 14 | Illegal Knowledge | Access Tucson | March 24, 2002 | present | 66+ | |
22 years | 28 | The Bachelor | ABC | March 25, 2002 | present | 297 | |
22 years | 22 | American Idol | Fox | June 11, 2002 | April 7, 2016 | 699 | |
ABC | March 11, 2018 | present | |||||
22 years | 22 | The Daily Buzz | Syndicated, The CW Plus | September 16, 2002 | present | Hosted by Shepard Smith. | |
21 years | 21 | Around the Horn | ESPN | November 4, 2002 | present | 4,491 [77] | Currently moderated by Tony Reali. |
21 years | 21 | NBA Countdown | ESPN | December 25, 2002 | present | ||
21 years | 21 | NBA on ESPN | ESPN | December 25, 2002 | present | Sometimes broadcast on ABC as NBA on ABC. | |
21 years | 16 | NFL Total Access | NFL Network | 2003 | 2024 | 297 | |
21 years | 21 | The Bachelorette | ABC | January 8, 2003 | present | 234 | |
21 years | 21 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | ABC | January 26, 2003 | present | 3,588 [78] [79] | Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. |
21 years | 22 | Real Time with Bill Maher | HBO | February 21, 2003 | present | 645 | Hosted by Bill Maher. |
21 years | 24 | America's Next Top Model | UPN | May 20, 2003 | May 17, 2006 | 315 | |
The CW | September 20, 2006 | December 4, 2015 | |||||
VH1 | December 8, 2016 | present | |||||
21 years | Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN | September 8, 2003 | present | 1,521 | Hosted by Anderson Cooper. | |
21 years | 21 | The O'Reilly Factor [note 96] | Fox News | October 6, 1996 | April 21, 2017 | Final three episodes (April 19–21, 2017) were simply titled The Factor , with hosts Dana Perino (April 19–20) and Greg Gutfeld (April 21). | |
21 years | 16 | Good Eats | Food Network | July 7, 1999 | April 29, 2010 | 256 | |
Cooking Channel | May 27, 2010 | February 10, 2012 | |||||
Food Network | August 25, 2019 | July 6, 2020 | |||||
Discovery+ | February 18, 2021 | March 25, 2021 | |||||
21 years | 21 | Issues and Answers [note 97] | ABC | 1960 | 1981 | ||
21 years | 21 | The Mike Douglas Show | Syndicated | 1961 | 1982 | 4,017 | Mike Douglas died in 2006. |
21 years | 21 | Style with Elsa Klensch | CNN | June 1, 1980 | January 2001 | ||
21 years | 21 | Cookin' Cheap | PBS | 1981 | October 2002 | ||
21 years | 21 | The New Yankee Workshop | PBS | January 1988 | June 27, 2009 | 284 | |
21 years | 21 | Sneak Previews [note 98] | PBS | November 26, 1975 | October 4, 1996 | Had been hosted by: Roger Ebert (1975–1982), Gene Siskel (1975–1982), Neal Gabler (1982–1985), Jeffrey Lyons (1982–1996), and Michael Medved (1985–1996). | |
20 years | 20 | The Red Skelton Show | NBC | September 30, 1951 | June 21, 1953 | 672 | |
CBS | September 22, 1953 | June 23, 1970 | |||||
NBC | September 14, 1970 | August 29, 1971 | |||||
20 years | 31 [80] | For Your Home | PBS | 1996 | 2016 | ||
20 years | 21 | Modern Marvels | History Channel | January 1, 1995 | April 11, 2015 | 691 | |
20 years | 20 | Total Request Live | MTV | September 14, 1998 | November 16, 2008 | 2,254 | |
October 2, 2017 | November 2018 | ||||||
20 years | 21 | NCIS | CBS | September 23, 2003 | present | 467 | |
20 years | 23 | The First 48 | A&E | June 3, 2004 | present | 465 | |
20 years | 20 | Gunsmoke [note 99] | CBS | September 10, 1955 | September 1, 1975 | 635 | Tied longest-running primetime drama. |
20 years | 20 | The Secret Storm | CBS | February 1, 1954 | February 8, 1974 | 5,195 | |
20 years | 20 | Investigative Reports | A&E | September 27, 1991 | 2011 [81] | Hosted by Bill Kurtis. | |
20 years | 21 | Dr. Phil | Syndicated | September 16, 2002 | May 25, 2023 | 3,505 [82] | Hosted by Phil McGraw. |
20 years | 20 | Faith 20 | Syndicated | 1977 | 1997 | ||
20 years | 20 | The Doctors | NBC | April 1, 1963 | December 31, 1982 | 5,155 | |
20 years | 20 | Evans and Novak [note 100] | CNN | September 1982 | November 9, 2002 | Originally hosted by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak; later joined by Al Hunt and Mark Shields. |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 years | 19 | Lassie | CBS | September 12, 1954 | May 1971 | 591 | |
Syndicated | September 1971 | March 24, 1973 | |||||
19 years | 19 | The Porter Wagoner Show | Syndicated | 1960 | 1979 | ||
19 years | 19 | Computer Chronicles | PBS | 1983 | June 25, 2002 | Was presented by Stewart Cheifet. | |
19 years | 19 | Sally | Syndicated | October 17, 1983 | May 24, 2002 | 3,820 | Was hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael. |
19 years | 19 | Friday Night Videos [note 101] | NBC | July 29, 1983 | May 24, 2002 | ||
19 years | 19 | ESPN Sunday Night Football [note 102] | ESPN | November 8, 1987 [note 103] | January 1, 2006 | ||
19 years | 29 | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network | November 30, 2002 | December 19, 2021 | 297 | |
19 years | 16 | Ghost Hunters | Sci Fi Channel / Syfy | October 6, 2004 | October 26, 2016 | 251 (+ 12 specials not included) | The program was on hiatus 2016–2019. |
A&E | August 21, 2019 | May 27, 2020 | |||||
Discovery+ | October 31, 2021 | March 19, 2022 | |||||
Travel Channel | October 1, 2022 | present | |||||
19 years | 11 | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim | February 20, 2005 | present | 220 (and 11 specials) | |
19 years | 25 | Intervention | A&E | March 6, 2005 | present | 355 | |
19 years | 13 | Iron Chef America | Food Network | March 6, 2005 | present | 205 | |
19 years | 20 | Grey's Anatomy | ABC | March 27, 2005 | present | 430 | |
19 years | 20 | Deadliest Catch | Discovery | April 12, 2005 | present | 331 | |
19 years | 20 | American Dad! | Fox | May 1, 2005 [note 104] | September 21, 2014 | 366 | Fox's third longest-running animated series and the second longest-running Seth MacFarlane show. |
TBS | October 20, 2014 | present | |||||
19 years | 22 | Hell's Kitchen | Fox | May 30, 2005 | present | 346 | |
19 years | 32 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC | June 1, 2005 | November 22, 2021 | 492 | |
Disney+ | September 19, 2022 | present | |||||
ABC | September 26, 2023 | present | |||||
19 years | 14 | Food Network Star | Food Network | June 5, 2005 | present | 75 | |
19 years | 18 | So You Think You Can Dance | Fox | July 20, 2005 | present | 319 | |
19 years | 16 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | FX | August 4, 2005 | December 20, 2012 | 170 | The longest-running U.S. live-action sitcom. |
FXX | September 4, 2013 | present | |||||
18 years | 18 | Art Linkletter's House Party [note 105] | CBS | September 1, 1952 | September 5, 1969 | Was hosted by Art Linkletter. | |
NBC | December 29, 1969 | September 25, 1970 | |||||
18 years | 18 | NASCAR on TBS | TBS | February 27, 1983 | October 8, 2000 | ||
18 years | 14 | Barney & Friends [note 106] | PBS | April 6, 1992 | November 2, 2010 | 268 | |
18 years | 8 | Dora the Explorer | Nickelodeon | August 14, 2000 | June 5, 2014 | 177 | Third longest-running Nickelodeon series, the ninth longest-running animated U.S. series, and the longest-running Nick Jr. series. The program was on hiatus from 2014 to 2019. |
July 7, 2019 | August 9, 2019 | ||||||
18 years | 19 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Syndicated | September 8, 2003 | May 28, 2022 | 3,339 [83] | Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. |
18 years | 17 | Criminal Minds [note 107] | CBS | September 22, 2005 | February 19, 2020 | 344 | |
Paramount+ | November 24, 2022 | present | |||||
18 years | 10 [84] | Cash Cab | Discovery | December 5, 2005 | present | 466 [84] | Was on hiatus from 2012 to 2017. |
18 years | 21 | Top Chef | Bravo | March 8, 2006 | present | 316 | |
18 years | 18 | The Real Housewives of Orange County | Bravo | March 21, 2006 | present | 318 | Part of the Real Housewives franchise. |
18 years | 19 | America's Got Talent | NBC | June 21, 2006 | present | 457 | |
18 years | 15 | Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles | Bravo | August 29, 2006 | present | 166 | |
17 years | 17 | The Dating Game | ABC | December 20, 1965 | January 17, 1970 | Hosted by Jim Lange. ABC Daytime | |
Syndicated | September 10, 1973 | September 1999 | Hosted by Jim Lange (1966–1978), Elaine Joyce (1986–1987), Jeff MacGregor (1987–1989), Brad Sherwood & Chuck Woolery (1997–1999). | ||||
17 years | 17 | NBA on CBS | CBS | October 20, 1973 | June 14, 1990 | ||
17 years | 17 | Showbiz Today | CNN | October 29, 1984 | 2001 | ||
17 years | 17 | Capital Gang | CNN | September 7, 1988 | 2005 | ||
17 years | 17 | The Montel Williams Show | Syndicated | September 30, 1991 | May 16, 2008 | 4,325 | Was hosted by Montel Williams. |
17 years | 18 | Last Call with Carson Daly | NBC | January 8, 2002 | May 24, 2019 | 2,000 [85] | Hosted by Carson Daly. |
17 years | 16 | Shepard Smith Reporting [note 108] | Fox News | August 2002 | October 11, 2019 | ||
17 years | 18 | Red vs. Blue | Rooster Teeth | April 1, 2003 | December 28, 2020 | 338 | |
17 years | 8 | American Chopper | Discovery Channel | March 31, 2003 | October 18, 2007 | 179 | |
TLC | January 17, 2008 | February 11, 2010 | |||||
Discovery Channel | March 1, 2018 | August 4, 2020 | |||||
17 years | 13 | Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | Travel Channel | November 1, 2006 | present | 147 | |
17 years | 49 | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Food Network | April 23, 2007 | present | 534 [86] | |
17 years | 15 | American Greed | CNBC | June 21, 2007 | present | 222 (& 3 specials) | |
17 years | 17 | Nostalgia Critic | YouTube | July 3, 2007 | present | 697 | |
17 years | 17 | The Steve Wilkos Show | Syndicated | September 10, 2007 | present | 2,200+ | Hosted by Steve Wilkos. |
16 years | 16 | USA Tuesday Night Fights | USA | March 30, 1982 | August 25, 1998 | ||
16 years | 16 | MTV Unplugged | MTV | November 26, 1989 | March 2, 2007 [note 109] | 108 | |
16 years | 16 | Booknotes | C-SPAN | April 2, 1989 | December 5, 2004 | 801 | Had been presented by Brian Lamb. The program lead to Book TV becoming regular weekend programming on C-SPAN2. |
16 years | 16 | Fight Back! with David Horowitz | Syndicated | September 20, 1976 | 1992 | 582 (including California/Consumer Buyline) | Was hosted by David Horowitz. |
16 years | 14 | Forensic Files | TLC | April 23, 1996 | December 29, 1999 | 406, including six hour-long specials | |
Court TV | September 12, 2000 | December 24, 2007 | |||||
TruTV | January 7, 2008 | June 17, 2011 | |||||
16 years | 14 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | ABC | October 3, 1952 | April 23, 1966 | 435 | |
16 years | 10 | The Fairly OddParents | Nickelodeon | March 30, 2001 | November 25, 2006 | 172 | Longest-running Nickelodeon animated series from the 2000s and the ninth longest-running American animated series. |
February 18, 2008 | September 16, 2016 | ||||||
Nicktoons | January 18, 2017 | July 26, 2017 | |||||
16 years | 16 | Morning Joe First Look [note 110] | MSNBC | 2004 | September 18, 2020 | ||
16 years | 13 | Squidbillies | Adult Swim | October 16, 2005 | December 13, 2021 | 132 | |
16 years | 17 | Rachael Ray | Syndicated | September 18, 2006 | July 28, 2023 | 2,941 [87] | |
16 years | 8 | Kitchen Nightmares | Fox | September 19, 2007 | September 12, 2014 | 102 | |
September 25, 2023 | present | ||||||
16 years | 17 | What Would You Do? | ABC | February 26, 2008 | present | ||
16 years | 15 | The Real Housewives of New York City | Bravo | March 4, 2008 | present | 274 | Part of the Real Housewives franchise. |
16 years | 15 | Fareed Zakaria GPS | CNN | June 1, 2008 | present | 796 | Hosted by Fareed Zakaria. |
15 years | 15 | Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures | Syndicated | October 2, 1993 | May 24, 2008 | Was hosted by Jack Hanna. | |
15 years | 16 | Sportsworld [note 111] | NBC | 1978 | 1992 | ||
15 years | 15 | WWF Superstars | Syndicated | September 6, 1986 | 1996 | 924 | |
USA | 1996 | 2000 | |||||
TNN [note 112] | 2000 | August 2001 | |||||
15 years | 15 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS | October 28, 1950 | September 15, 1964 | 260 | Starred Jack Benny. |
NBC | September 25, 1964 | April 16, 1965 | |||||
15 years | 15 | That Good Ole Nashville Music | Syndicated | 1970 | 1985 | ||
15 years | 15 | Scientific American Frontiers | PBS | October 3, 1990 | April 13, 2005 | 97 | |
15 years | 15 | Newton's Apple | PBS | October 15, 1983 | October 31, 1999 | 195 | |
15 years | 15 | ER | NBC | September 19, 1994 | April 2, 2009 | 331 | |
15 years | 15 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CBS | October 6, 2000 | September 27, 2015 | 337 | |
15 years | 17 [note 113] | MythBusters | Discovery Channel | January 23, 2003 | March 5, 2016 | 296 | |
Science Channel | November 15, 2017 | February 28, 2018 | |||||
15 years | 7 | The Venture Bros. | Adult Swim | February 16, 2003 | October 7, 2018 [88] | 81 (+1 pilot and 4 specials) | |
15 years | 15 | Supernatural | The WB | September 13, 2005 | May 4, 2006 | 327 | |
The CW | September 28, 2006 | November 19, 2020 | |||||
15 years | 15 | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | Bravo | October 7, 2008 | present | 320 | Part of the Real Housewives franchise. |
15 years | 55 | Chopped | Food Network | January 13, 2009 | present | 749 + 39 specials | |
15 years | 16 | RuPaul's Drag Race | VH1 | February 2, 2009 | present | 223 | Hosted by RuPaul. |
15 years | 20 | Ancient Aliens | History | March 8, 2009 | present | 260 | |
15 years | 21 | Pawn Stars | History | July 19, 2009 | present | 675 | |
15 years | 15 | Shark Tank | ABC | August 9, 2009 | present | 339 |
Length | Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 years | 15 | On the Record | Fox News | February 12, 2002 | September 6, 2016 | ...with Greta Van Susteren | |
September 7, 2016 | November 11, 2016 | ...with Brit Hume | |||||
14 years | 13 | Ryan's Hope | ABC | July 7, 1975 | January 13, 1989 | 3,515 | |
14 years | 5 | Davey and Goliath | Syndicated | February 25, 1961 | June 29, 1975 | 66 (+ 7 specials) | |
14 years | 15 | An Evening at the Improv | A&E | February 3, 1982 | January 1, 1996 | ||
14 years | 14 | Watch Mr. Wizard | NBC | May 26, 1951 | June 27, 1965 | 547 | Don Herbert was Mr. Wizard. |
14 years | 14 | The Jack LaLanne Show | Syndicated | 1956 | 1970 | ||
14 years | 14 | Bonanza [note 114] | NBC | September 12, 1959 | January 16, 1973 | 431 | |
14 years | 14 | Knots Landing | CBS | December 27, 1979 | May 13, 1993 | 344 | |
14 years | 14 | The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | ABC | September 13, 1986 | September 2, 2000 | 387+ | |
14 years | 14 | Speed Week | ESPN | 1983 | 1997 | ||
14 years | 15 | Video Soul | BET | June 26, 1981 | September 1996 | ||
14 years | 14 | Xplay [note 115] | ZDTV / TechTV | July 4, 1998 | 2004 | 1,516 | |
G4techTV | 2004 | 2005 | |||||
G4 | 2005 | January 23, 2013 | |||||
2021 | October 20, 2022 | ||||||
14 years | 15 | Curious George | PBS Kids | September 4, 2006 | April 1, 2015 | 198 (+ 3 specials) | |
Family Jr. | September 3, 2018 | February 21, 2020 | |||||
Peacock | July 15, 2020 | March 17, 2022 | |||||
14 years | 14 | Archer | FX | September 17, 2009 | June 2, 2016 | 145 | |
FXX | April 5, 2017 | December 17, 2023 | |||||
14 years | 15 | Annoying Orange | YouTube | October 9, 2009 | present | 788 | |
14 years | 16 | American Ninja Warrior | NBC | December 12, 2009 | present | 235 | [89] |
14 years | 27 | Worst Cooks in America | Food Network | January 3, 2010 | present | 198 | |
14 years | 24 | American Pickers | History | January 18, 2010 | present | 376 | |
14 years | 6 | TuTiTu | YouTube | July 27, 2010 | present | ||
14 years | 14 | MasterChef (U.S. series) | Fox | July 27, 2010 | present | 284 | |
14 years | 15 | Swamp People | History | August 22, 2010 | present | 244 | |
13 years | 25 | The Voice (U.S. series) | NBC | April 26, 2011 | present | 610 | |
13 years | 14 | Mad TV | Fox | October 14, 1995 | May 16, 2009 | 321 | Longest-running rival sketch show to Saturday Night Live; longest-running Fox sketch show. |
13 years | 13 | Gardening by the Yard | HGTV | 1996 | 2009 | ||
13 years | 14 | NASCAR on TNT | TNT | July 22, 2001 | July 13, 2014 | ||
13 years | 15 | The Apprentice | NBC | January 8, 2004 | February 13, 2017 | 192 | The first fourteen seasons were presented by Donald Trump. |
13 years | 20 | Keeping Up with the Kardashians | E! | October 14, 2007 | June 20, 2021 | 280 + 6 specials | |
13 years | 14 | NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | September 22, 2009 | May 21, 2023 | 323 | |
13 years | 14 | Blue Bloods | CBS | September 24, 2010 | present | 14 | |
13 years | 15 | Storage Wars | A&E | December 1, 2010 | present | 339 | |
13 years | 14 | Bob's Burgers | Fox | January 9, 2011 | present | 275 | |
13 years | 13 | Howdy Doody | NBC | December 27, 1947 | September 24, 1960 | Was in black and white until 1956, and color thereafter. | |
13 years | 14 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | NBC | June 6, 1950 | June 1957 | 370 | |
CBS | October 1957 | August 28, 1963 | |||||
13 years | 9 | The Twentieth Century [note 116] | CBS | October 20, 1957 | January 4, 1970 | 219 | Was hosted by Walter Cronkite. |
13 years | 8 | Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | CBS | September 9, 1972 | November 13, 1982 | 110 + 5 specials | Presented by Bill Cosby. |
Syndicated | September 1, 1984 | August 10, 1985 | |||||
13 years | 14 | Dallas | CBS | April 2, 1978 | May 3, 1991 | 357 | |
13 years | 13 | PM Magazine [note 117] | Syndicated | September 1978 | August 30, 1991 | ||
13 years | 13 | Later | NBC | August 22, 1988 | January 18, 2001 | Originally hosted by Bob Costas. | |
13 years | 13 | Tim Russert | CNBC | 1994 | 2008 | ||
13 years | 13 | King of the Hill | Fox | January 12, 1997 | May 6, 2010 [note 118] | 259 | Third longest-running Fox animated series. |
13 years | 13 | Hannity & Colmes | Fox News | October 6, 1996 | January 9, 2009 | ||
13 years | 13 | The Wendy Williams Show | Syndicated | July 14, 2008 | June 17, 2022 | 1500+ | Hosted by Wendy Williams. |
12 years | 9 | Rugrats | Nickelodeon | August 11, 1991 | August 1, 2004 [90] | 172 | |
12 years | 12 | American Sports Cavalcade | TNN | 1983 | 1995 | ||
12 years | 32 | The Joy of Painting | PBS | January 11, 1983 | May 17, 1994 | 416 | Starred Bob Ross. |
12 years | 12 | CBS Reports | CBS | October 27, 1959 | September 7, 1971 | ||
12 years | 12 | My Three Sons | ABC | September 29, 1960 | September 2, 1965 | 380 (184 in black-and-white, 196 in color) | |
CBS | September 16, 1965 | August 24, 1972 | |||||
12 years | 12 | NYPD Blue | ABC | September 21, 1993 | March 1, 2005 | 261 | |
12 years | 12 | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | September 30, 1984 | May 19, 1996 | 264 (+ 4 TV movies) | |
12 years | 12 | Hawaii Five-O (original series) | CBS | September 26, 1968 | April 26, 1980 | 281 | |
12 years | 12 | Loving | ABC | June 26, 1983 | November 10, 1995 | 3,169 [91] | |
12 years | 12 | Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous | Syndicated | January 1984 | September 1996 | ||
12 years | 25 | Lockup | MSNBC | June 4, 2005 | February 11, 2017 | 237 | |
12 years | 12 | House of Style | MTV | January 1, 1989 | 2000 | ||
12 years | 12 | The Jenny Jones Show | Syndicated | September 16, 1991 | September 12, 2003 | 2,252 [92] | |
12 years | 12 | Room by Room | HGTV | December 31, 1994 | 2006 [note 119] | ||
12 years | 12 | NBA on NBC | NBC | 1990 | 2002 | Hosted by Rachael Ray. | |
12 years | 12 | Marty Stouffer's Wild America | PBS | 1982 | 1994 | 120 | |
12 years | 12 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | September 22, 2003 | February 19, 2015 | 262 | |
12 years | 12 | Bones | Fox | September 13, 2005 | March 28, 2017 | 246 | |
12 years | 6 | Bubble Guppies | Nickelodeon | January 24, 2011 | October 21, 2016 | 129 | |
September 27, 2019 | June 30, 2023 | ||||||
11 years | 13 | Road Rules | MTV | July 19, 1995 | May 9, 2007 | ||
11 years | 12 | NASCAR on Speed | Speed | February 11, 2002 | August 17, 2013 | ||
11 years | 13 | Star Search [note 120] | Syndicated | September 10, 1983 | May 20, 1995 | Originally presented by Ed McMahon. | |
CBS | 2003 | April 2004 | |||||
11 years | 11 | Flipping Out | Bravo | July 31, 2007 | 2018 | 108 | |
11 years | 11 | The Chris Matthews Show | Syndicated | September 22, 2002 | July 21, 2013 | Was hosted by Chris Matthews. | |
11 years | 11 | Kraft Television Theatre [note 121] | NBC | May 7, 1947 | October 1, 1958 | 650 | |
11 years | 11 | Homes Across America [note 122] | HGTV | December 1994 | October 12, 2005 | ||
11 years | 11 | Denise Austin's Daily Workout | ESPN2 Lifetime | 1997 | 2008 | Was hosted by Denise Austin. | |
11 years | 11 | The Voice of Firestone | NBC | September 5, 1949 | June 1954 | Was previously on NBC Radio. | |
ABC | June 1954 | June 1959 | |||||
September 1962 | June 16, 1963 | ||||||
11 years | 11 | You Bet Your Life | NBC | October 5, 1950 | June 29, 1961 | 529 + 1 unaired | Was presented by Groucho Marx. Previously was on multiple radio networks. |
11 years | 11 | The Andy Williams Show | CBS | 1957 | 1959 | Starred Andy Williams. | |
NBC | 1962 | 1971 | |||||
11 years | 12 | Tosh.0 | Comedy Central | June 4, 2009 | November 24, 2020 | 301 | |
11 years | 11 | Beat the Clock (original series) [note 123] | CBS | March 23, 1950 | September 12, 1958 | ||
ABC | October 13, 1958 | January 30, 1961 | |||||
11 years | The General Electric College Bowl [note 124] | CBS | January 4, 1959 | 1963 | |||
NBC | 1963 | June 14, 1970 | |||||
11 years | 11 | The Wilburn Brothers Show | Syndicated [93] | 1963 | 1974 | 354 | |
11 years | 11 | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | September 11, 1967 | March 29, 1978 | 279 | Starred Carol Burnett. |
11 years | 11 | Happening Now | Fox News | November 5, 2007 | June 8, 2018 | ||
11 years | 11 | M*A*S*H | CBS | September 17, 1972 | February 28, 1983 | 256 | |
11 years | 11 | The Howard Stern Show | E! | June 18, 1994 | July 8, 2005 | Hosted by Howard Stern. | |
11 years | 11 | Geraldo | Syndicated | 1987 | 1998 | Last two seasons aired as The Geraldo Rivera Show. | |
11 years | 11 | Love Connection | Syndicated | September 19, 1983 | July 1, 1994 | 2,425 | |
11 years | 11 (all episodes filmed in black-and-white) | The Danny Thomas Show | ABC [note 125] | September 29, 1953 | July 1957 |
| |
CBS [note 126] | September 1957 | September 14, 1964 | |||||
11 years | 11 | Baywatch | NBC | September 22, 1989 | April 6, 1990 | 241 | |
Syndicated | September 23, 1991 | May 14, 2001 | |||||
11 years | 11 | Talk Soup | E! | January 7, 1991 | May 17, 2002 | ||
11 years | 11 | Martha Stewart Living | Syndicated | September 1993 | 2004 | The very similar Martha Stewart Show aired from 2005 to 2012. | |
11 years | 5 | The Crocodile Hunter | Animal Planet | October 25, 1996 | September 4, 2007 | 78 (including pilot and 13 specials) | Longest-running Animal Planet series. |
11 years | 8 | ToonHeads | Cartoon Network | October 2, 1992 | July 1, 2001 | 102 | |
Adult Swim | November 4, 2001 | November 23, 2003 | |||||
11 years | 11 | Imus in the Morning [note 127] | MSNBC | September 2, 1996 | April 11, 2007 | Was hosted by Don Imus. | |
11 years | 11 | Fox News Live | Fox News | October 6, 1996 | February 24, 2008 | ||
11 years | 11 | The Jeffersons | CBS | January 18, 1975 | July 23, 1985 | 253 | |
11 years | 11 | Paula's Home Cooking | Food Network | 2002 | 2013 | 135+ | |
11 years | 12 | The Big Bang Theory | CBS | September 24, 2007 | May 16, 2019 | 279 | |
11 years | 7 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Cartoon Network | October 3, 2008 | March 2, 2013 | 133 | |
Netflix | March 7, 2013 | ||||||
Disney+ | February 21, 2020 | May 4, 2020 | |||||
11 years | 17 | Bad Girls Club | Oxygen | December 5, 2006 | May 2, 2017 | 275 | |
11 years | 12 | Chicago Fire | NBC | October 10, 2012 | present | 252 | |
11 years | 8 | Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network | April 23, 2013 | present | 397 | Longest-running Cartoon Network original series Longest-running Cartoon Network original series from the 2010s |
11 years | 10 | Paw Patrol | Nickelodeon | August 12, 2013 | present | 258 | |
11 years | 36 | Beat Bobby Flay | Food Network | August 24, 2013 | present | 469 | Hosted by Bobby Flay. |
11 years | 12 | Intimate Portrait | Lifetime | January 3, 1994 | October 3, 2005 | 271 | |
10 years | 11 | Ricki Lake | Syndicated | September 13, 1993 | May 21, 2004 | 2,420 | Was hosted by Ricki Lake. |
10 years | 11 | 7th Heaven [94] | The WB | August 26, 1996 | May 8, 2006 | 243 | |
The CW | September 25, 2006 | May 13, 2007 [note 128] | |||||
10 years | 11 | Married... with Children | Fox | April 5, 1987 | June 9, 1997 | 259 | |
10 years | 11 | Happy Days | ABC | January 15, 1974 | September 24, 1984 | 255 | |
10 years | 10 | Between the Lions | PBS | April 3, 2000 | November 22, 2010 | 130 | |
10 years | 10 | American Morning | CNN | September 12, 2001 | December 30, 2011 | 2,688 | |
10 years | 10 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts [note 129] | CBS | December 6, 1948 | January 1, 1958 | Starred Arthur Godfrey. | |
10 years | 10 | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | CBS | January 12, 1949 | April 28, 1959 | ||
10 years | 3 | Wonder Pets! | Nickelodeon | March 3, 2006 | September 3, 2016 |
| Fifth longest-running Nickelodeon show and second longest-running Nick Jr. series. |
10 years | 4 [97] [98] | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Playhouse Disney | May 5, 2006 | January 3, 2011 | 125 | Longest-running Disney animated series from 2000s |
Disney Junior | February 14, 2011 | November 6, 2016 | |||||
10 years | 10 | Pantomime Quiz [note 130] | CBS | October 4, 1949 | August 28, 1951 | ||
NBC | January 2, 1952 | March 26, 1952 | |||||
CBS | July 4, 1952 | September 1952 | |||||
CBS | July 1953 | August 28, 1953 | |||||
DuMont | October 20, 1953 | April 13, 1954 | |||||
CBS | July 9, 1954 | August 27, 1954 | |||||
ABC | January 1955 | March 1955 | |||||
CBS | July 8, 1955 | September 6, 1957 | |||||
ABC | April 1958 | September 1958 | |||||
ABC | January 1959 | September 1959 | |||||
10 years | 10 | The Arthur Murray Party | ABC | July 20, 1950 | September 1950 | The first series to be shown on four U.S. broadcasting networks | |
DuMont | October 1950 | March 1951 | |||||
ABC | April 1951 | May 1952 | |||||
CBS | July 1952 | August 1952 | |||||
DuMont | October 1952 | April 1953 | |||||
CBS | June 1953 | October 1953 | |||||
NBC | October 1953 | September 1955 | |||||
CBS | April 1956 | September 1956 | |||||
NBC | July 1957 | September 6, 1960 | |||||
10 years | 10 | Smilin' Ed's Gang [note 131] | NBC | August 26, 1950 | May 19, 1951 | ||
CBS | August 11, 1951 | April 11, 1953 | |||||
ABC | August 22, 1953 | April 23, 1955 | |||||
CBS | August 20, 1955 | December 31, 1960 | |||||
10 years | 10 | A Current Affair | Syndicated | July 28, 1986 | August 30, 1996 | ||
10 years | 11 | Cheers | NBC | September 30, 1982 | May 20, 1993 | 275 (including three double-length episodes and a triple-length finale) | |
10 years | 11 | Frasier | NBC | September 16, 1993 | May 13, 2004 | 264 | |
10 years | 10 | Getting Fit | ESPN | 1987 | 1997 | ||
10 years | 10 | NASCAR on TNN | TNN | 1991 | 2000 | ||
10 years | 10 | The French Chef | PBS | February 11, 1963 | February 11, 1973 | 201 | Starred Julia Child. |
10 years | 6 | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Cartoon Network | January 4, 1999 | November 8, 2009 | 69 | Second longest-running Cartoon Network original series Longest-running Cartoon Network original series from the 90s Longest-running Cartoon Cartoon |
10 years | 11 | Modern Family | ABC | September 23, 2009 | April 8, 2020 | 250 (+ 1 special) | |
10 years | 10 | The United States Steel Hour | ABC | October 27, 1953 | 1955 | 253 | |
NBC | 1955 | June 12, 1963 | |||||
10 years | 9 | MasterChef Junior (U.S. series) | Fox | September 27, 2013 | present | 104 | |
10 years | 36 | Guy's Grocery Games | Food Network | October 20, 2013 | present | 480 | |
10 years | 7 | Rick and Morty | Adult Swim | December 2, 2013 | present | 71 | |
10 years | 11 | Chicago P.D. | NBC | January 8, 2014 | present | 221 | |
10 years | 11 | Ice Road Truckers | History | June 17, 2007 | November 9, 2017 | 138 | |
10 years | 10 | USA Up All Night | USA | January 7, 1989 | March 7, 1998 | 900+ | |
10 years | 10 | Nashville Now | TNN | March 8, 1983 | October 15, 1993 | ||
10 years | 15 | Don Francisco Presenta | Univision | October 10, 2001 | January 30, 2012 | ||
10 years | 11 | Shameless (U.S. series) | Showtime | January 9, 2011 | April 11, 2021 | 134 | Showtime's longest-running original scripted series |
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