List of longest-running American broadcast network television series
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This is a list of the longest-running U.S. broadcast network television series, ordered by the number of broadcast seasons.
To qualify for this list, the programming must originate in North America, be shown on a United States national (not regional) television network, and be first-run (as opposed to a repackaging of previously aired material or material released in other media). For this list, series that were available only on a local or regional basis are excluded. The "number of seasons" total does not include cable broadcasts or series in syndication.
Over 60 years
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| {{age|1947|11|6}} years | {{Template parameter value|Meet the Press|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| Meet the Press (NBC News)Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio (as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press) in 1945
| NBC
| November 6, 1947[https://web.archive.org/web/20100702042618/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/ns/meet_the_press-about_us/ NBC News]
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Meet the Press|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running show.
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| {{age|1948|5|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|CBS Evening News|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS Evening News (CBS News)CBS Television News 1948–51, Douglas Edwards with the News 1951–63
| CBS
| May 3, 1948
| present
| 16,400+
| Longest-running network newscast.
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| rowspan="8"| {{age|1951|12|24}} years
| rowspan="8"| {{Template parameter value|Hallmark Hall of Fame|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="8"|Hallmark Hall of FameOriginally Hallmark Playhouse radio series, was Hallmark Television Playhouse (1951–54)
| NBC
| December 24, 1951
| December 17, 1978
| rowspan="8"| {{Template parameter value|Hallmark Hall of Fame|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="8"|Not broadcast on a regular schedule, with only a limited number of productions per year.
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| CBS
| November 14, 1979
| April 30, 1980
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| PBS
| February 9, 1981
| May 6, 1981
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| CBS
| December 1, 1981
| January 29, 1989
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| ABC
| April 30, 1989
| April 23, 1995
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| CBS
| December 10, 1995
| April 13, 2011
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| ABC{{cite web|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/hallmark-hall-of-fame-has-rough-start-on-abc/|title=Hallmark Hall of Fame Has Rough Start on ABC|date=28 November 2011}}
| November 27, 2011
| April 20, 2014
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| November 30, 2014
| present
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| {{age|1952|1|14}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Today (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Today (NBC News)
| NBC
| January 14, 1952
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Today (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
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| {{age|1953|9|1}} years
| {{age|1953|9|1}}
| ABC World News Tonight (ABC News)ABC Evening News 1953–65 and 1967–78; Peter Jennings and the News 1965–67; World News Tonight 1978–2006; World News with Charles Gibson 2000–09
| ABC
| present
| 15,722+
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| {{age|1954|9|27}} years
| {{age|1954|9|27}}
| The Tonight ShowIncludes the various permutations and re-brandings over the years, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
| NBC
| September 27, 1954
| present
| {{:The Tonight Show}}
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| rowspan="9"| {{age|1954|10|27}} years
| rowspan="9"|{{Template parameter value|Disney anthology television series|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="9"|The Wonderful World of DisneyDisney anthology television series aired under a variety of titles, including Walt Disney's Disneyland, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Disney's Wonderful World, Walt Disney, The Disney Sunday Movie, and The Magical World of Disney. The current title is The Wonderful World of Disney. See the main article for a complete broadcast history
| ABC
| October 27, 1954
| June 11, 1961
| rowspan="9"|1,224
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| NBC
| September 24, 1961
| August 16, 1981
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| CBS
| September 26, 1981
| September 24, 1983
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| ABC
| February 1, 1986
| May 21, 1988
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| NBC
| October 8, 1988
| August 26, 1990
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| CBS
| September 23, 1990
| December 1, 1996
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| rowspan=2|ABC
| September 28, 1997
| December 24, 2008
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| December 12, 2015
| present
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| Disney+
| May 20, 2020
| present
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| {{age|1954|11|7}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Face the Nation|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Face the Nation (CBS News)
| CBS
| November 7, 1954
| present
| 3,000+
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| rowspan="2"|{{age|1956|09|30}} years
| rowspan="2"|64
| rowspan="2"|NFL on CBS
| rowspan="2"|CBS
| September 30, 1956
| January 23, 1994
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|NFL on CBS|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"|CBS originally broadcast NFL games from 1956 to its merger with the AFL in 1970. It continued to broadcast NFC regular and playoff games as well as the Super Bowl 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 and between 2014 and 2017, Thursday Night Football alongside NBC in 2016 and 2017 and the NFL Network.
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| September 6, 1998
| present
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| {{age|1963|4|1}} years
|58
| General Hospital (ABC Daytime)
| ABC
| April 1, 1963
| present
| {{Template parameter value|General Hospital|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|Television's longest-running drama series.
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50–59 years
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|rowspan="2"|{{age|1965|11|8}} years |rowspan="2"|50 |rowspan="2"|Days of Our Lives (NBC Daytime) | NBC | November 8, 1965 | September 9, 2022 | rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|Days of Our Lives|Infobox television | num_episodes |
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| Peacock{{cite web|last=Clifford|first=Kambra|title=NBC drops Days of our Lives; soap now available for streaming only, exclusively on Peacock|url=https://www.soapcentral.com/days-of-our-lives/news/2022/0803-days-of-our-lives-moving-to-peacock.php|work=Soap Central|access-date=January 11, 2023|date=August 3, 2022}}
| September 12, 2022
| present
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| 57 years
| 57
| Guiding Light (CBS Daytime)Originally The Guiding Light. Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio January 25, 1937.
| CBS
| June 30, 1952
| September 18, 2009
|15,762
| Longest-running dramatic series 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.
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| rowspan="2"|{{age|1967|2|23}} years
| rowspan="2"|49
| rowspan="2"|Washington WeekOriginally Washington Week in Review
| NET
| February 23, 1967
| October 1970
| rowspan="2"|2,000+
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| PBS
| October 1970
| present
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| {{age|1968|9|24}} years
| {{Template parameter value|60 Minutes|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| 60 Minutes (CBS News)
| CBS
| September 24, 1968
| present
| {{Template parameter value|60 Minutes|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
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| 54 years
| {{Template parameter value|As the World Turns|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| As the World Turns (CBS Daytime)
| CBS
| April 2, 1956
| September 17, 2010
| {{Template parameter value|As the World Turns|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
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| rowspan="4"| {{age|1969|11|10}} years
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|Sesame Street|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="4"|Sesame Street
| NET
| November 10, 1969
| May 8, 1970
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|Sesame Street|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="4"| Longest-running children's show.This only applies to the time that a children's program has broadcast nationwide. Technically a few other children's programs may have run longer in years/seasons than Sesame Street. Its just that some of those programs' seasons/years don't count as said programs weren't broadcast nationwide for their entire run. While Sesame Street remains on the PBS schedule with second-run rights, new episodes now premiere on HBO Max and become available to PBS nine months later. This formerly applied to HBO from 2016 until 2020, starting from Season 51 when the show moved to (HBO) Max.
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| November 9, 1970
| present
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| HBO
| January 16, 2016
| November 1, 2020
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| November 21, 2020
| present
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| {{age|1970|8|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|NBC Nightly News|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| 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.
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| rowspan="3"|{{age|1970|9|21}} years
| rowspan="3"|{{Template parameter value|Monday Night Football|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3"|Monday Night Football
| ABC
| September 21, 1970
| December 26, 2005
| rowspan="3"|{{Template parameter value|Monday Night Football|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3"|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.
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|ESPN
| September 11, 2006
| present
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| ABC
| January 9, 2016
| present
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| {{age|1971|1|10}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Masterpiece (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| MasterpieceOriginally Masterpiece Theatre
| PBS
| January 10, 1971
| present
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| {{age|1972|9|4}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Price Is Right|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Price Is Right (CBS Daytime)Originally The New Price Is Right; longest-running game show in American television history.
| CBS
| September 4, 1972
| present
|9,000+
| Longest-running game show.
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| {{age|1973|3|26}} years
| 49
| The Young and the Restless (CBS Daytime)
| CBS
| March 26, 1973
| present
| 12,500
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| {{age|1972|11|4}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Great Performances|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| November 4, 1972
| present
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| {{age|1974|3|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Nova (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Nova
| PBS
| March 3, 1974
| present
| 975
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40–49 years
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| {{age|1975|10|11}} years | {{Template parameter value|Saturday Night Live|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| Saturday Night LiveOriginally NBC Saturday Night
| NBC
| October 11, 1975
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Saturday Night Live|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running sketch comedy show on American television.
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| {{age|1975|10|20}} years
| 40
| PBS NewsHourPreviously The Robert MacNeil Report (1975), The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (1975–83), The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour 1975–95, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer 1995–2009
| PBS
| October 20, 1975
| present
|
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|-bgcolor=#CFECEC
|{{age|1975|11|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Good Morning America|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| November 3, 1975
| present
| 9,914+
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| {{age|1976|1|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Austin City Limits|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| January 3, 1976
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Austin City Limits|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|The 1st episode was a one-off filmed in 1974 and broadcast in 1975. It became a regular series in 1976.
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| {{age|1978|6|6}} years
| {{Template parameter value|20/20 (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| 20/20
| ABC
| June 6, 1978
| present
| {{Template parameter value|20/20 (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-bgcolor=#CFECEC
| {{age|1979|1|28}} years
| {{Template parameter value|CBS News Sunday Morning|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| January 28, 1979
| present
|
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| 45 years
|45
| Wide World of Sports (ABC Sports)
| ABC
| April 29, 1961
|
|
|-bgcolor=#CFECEC
| {{age|1979|2|20}} years
| {{Template parameter value|This Old House|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| February 20, 1979
| present
| 1,136
|
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| {{age|1980|3|24}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Nightline|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NightlineEvolved from The Iran Crisis – America Held Hostage (1979–80)
| ABC
| March 24, 1980
| present
|
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| {{age|1981|6|1}} years
| 35
| Noticiero UnivisionOriginally titled "Noticiero SIN" when Univision was known as SIN (Spanish International Network).
| June 1, 1981
| present
|
|
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| 43 years
|43
| One Life to Live (ABC Daytime)
| ABC
| July 15, 1968
| January 13, 2012
| 11,096
|
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| 42 years
| 43
| PBS
| January 30, 1976
| 2019Not currently on a regular schedule
| 251
|
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| {{age|1982|10|10}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Nature (TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Nature
| PBS
| October 10, 1982
| present
| 615
|
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| 41 years
|41
| All My Children (ABC Daytime)
| ABC
| January 5, 1970
| September 23, 2011
| 10,712
| While the show has ceased airing as a television series it is still in production. As of April 29, 2013 the show had resumed airing now as a web series on the internet. It can be seen through Hulu, iTunes, and YouTube.
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| {{age|1983|1|17}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Frontline (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| January 17, 1983
| present
| 813
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| {{age|1983|5|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Wheel of Fortune (syndicated)
| September 5, 1983
| present
| 8,000+
|
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| 40 years
| 40
| PBS
| January 22, 1979
| December 27, 2019
| 10,680
|
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| {{age|1984|9|10}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Jeopardy!|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndication
| September 10, 1984
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Jeopardy!|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
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30–39 years
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| {{age|1987|3|23}} years | 29 | CBS | March 23, 1987 | present | {{Template parameter value|The Bold and the Beautiful|Infobox television | num_episodes}}
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| 37 years
| 36 | The Woodwright's ShopBroadcast only in North Carolina, 1979–81 | PBS | 1979 | 2017 | 481 | | |
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| {{age|1986|11|1}} years | 29 | Hometime | PBS | November 1, 1986 | present | | | |
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| {{age|1988|1|2}} years | {{Template parameter value|48 Hours (TV program)|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| 48 HoursAlso called 48 Hours Investigates
| CBS
| January 2, 1988
| present
| {{Template parameter value|48 Hours (TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
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| {{age|1988|10|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|American Experience|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| October 1, 1988
| present
| {{Template parameter value|American Experience|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
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| rowspan=3|{{age|1989|3|11}} years
| rowspan=3|{{Template parameter value|Cops (TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan=3|Cops
| Fox
| March 11, 1989
| May 4, 2013
| rowspan=3|{{Template parameter value|Cops (TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan=3|
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| September 14, 2013
| May 11, 2020
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| October 1, 2021
| present
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| {{age|1989|10|1}} years
| 27
| Ciao Italia with Mary Ann EspositoAmerica's longest-running cooking show, running consecutive episodes and consecutive seasons. While some believe Julia Child's series to have run longer, Child and other appeared in series with different names, hosts. Ciao Italia has been on the air since 1989.
| PBS / National Educational Telecommunications Association syndication
|October 1, 1989
|present
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| 35 years
| 35
| Professional Bowlers Tour (ABC Sports)
| ABC
| January 6, 1962{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/schenkel-roll-article-1.764305?pgno=1|title = Schenkel Going Out on a Roll|website = New York Daily News}}
| June 21, 1997
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| rowspan=2|35 years
| rowspan=2|35
| rowspan=2|Search for Tomorrow (CBS and NBC Daytime)
| CBS
| September 3, 1951
| March 29, 1982
| rowspan=2|9,130
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| NBC
| March 26, 1982
| December 26, 1986
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| 35 years
| 35
| Another World (NBC Daytime)
| NBC
| May 4, 1964
| June 25, 1999
| 8,891
| Longest-running continuous title sequences on television
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| 35 years
| 41
| The Victory GardenJim Crockett's Victory Garden, 1975–79
| PBS
| April 16, 1975
| 2010
|
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| 34 years
| 35
| Wall Street Week with Louis RukeyserBecame Wall Street Week with Fortune after original host was fired in 2002
| PBS
| November 20, 1970
| June 24, 2005
|
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| 34 years
| 35
| PBS
| July 12, 1970
| August 29, 2004
|
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| Longest-running cooking program.
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| {{age|1989|11|26}} years
| {{Template parameter value|America's Funniest Home Videos|Infobox television||num_seasons}}
| America's Funniest Home Videos
| ABC
| November 26, 1989
| present
| {{Template parameter value|America's Funniest Home Videos|Infobox television||num_episodes}}
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|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| {{age|1990|1|14}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Simpsons|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The SimpsonsOnly its time as its own show is counted here; it began on The Tracey Ullman Show as animated shorts. It is currently the longest-running prime time entertainment program with a consistent setting and recurring characters. While other prime-time shows have run longer, they are all news, sports, anthology or variety programs.
| Fox
| January 14, 1990Sneak peek airing December 17, 1989
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Simpsons|Infobox television||num_episodes}}
| Longest-running animated series, longest-running sitcom and longest-running scripted primetime series.
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| rowspan="2"|{{age|1990|9|13}} years
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|Law & Order|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"|Law & Order
| rowspan="2"|NBC
| September 13, 1990
| May 24, 2010
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|Law & Order|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"|
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| February 24, 2022
| present
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| rowspan="2"|33 years
| rowspan="2"|33
| rowspan="2"|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
| NET
| February 19, 1968
| October 1970
| rowspan="2"| 895
| rowspan="2"|
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| PBS
| October 1970
| August 31, 2001
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| 32 years
| {{Template parameter value|MotorWeek|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| MotorWeekAlso syndicated, 1982–present
| PBS
| 1982
| present
| {{Template parameter value|MotorWeek|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
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| {{age|1992|3|31}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Dateline NBC|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Dateline NBCAlso known as Dateline (day of week it airs), Dateline with Stone Phillips
| NBC
| March 31, 1992
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Dateline NBC|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
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| 31 years
| 31
| CBS
| November 21, 1948
| January 21, 1979
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| 30 years
| 30
| American BandstandContinuation of Bandstand, which aired on WFIL 1952–57
| ABC
| August 5, 1957
| November 5, 1987
| 4,134
|
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| 30 years
| 30
| Live from the MetAlso known as The Metropolitan Opera Presents
| PBS
| 1977
| 2007
|
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| {{age|1994|9|18}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Fox NFL Sunday|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| September 18, 1994
| present
|
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20–29 years
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| 29 years
| 29 | CBS | September 24, 1951 | February 1, 1980 | 7,316 | | |
| 29 years
| 30 | Sábado GiganteContinuation of series that aired 1962–85 on Chile's Canal 13 | April 12, 1986 | September 19, 2015 | 2,800+ | Longest-running imported TV show. | |
| {{age|1995|1|9}} years
| 28 | The Late Late ShowHost: Tom Snyder 1995–99, Craig Kilborn 1999–2004, Craig Ferguson 2004–2014, James Corden 2015-2023 | CBS | January 9, 1995 | April 27, 2023 | 5,346 | | |
| 29 years
| 29 | Captain KangarooReruns aired in syndication, 1984–92 | CBS | October 3, 1955 | December 8, 1984 | | | |
| rowspan="2"|28 years
| rowspan="2"|28 | rowspan="2"|The Edge of Night | CBS | April 2, 1956 | November 28, 1975 | rowspan="2"|7,420 | rowspan="2"| | |
| ABC
| December 1, 1975 | December 28, 1984 | |
| 28 years
| 28 | Mystery!Started in 2008, Mystery! was absorbed into Masterpiece (the former Masterpiece Theatre) and airs under the banner Masterpiece Mystery! | PBS | February 5, 1980 | 2008 | | | |
| 25 years
| 25 | PBS | September 30, 1991 | November 17, 2017 | | | |
| bgcolor=#CFECEC
| rowspan=7|{{age|1999|4|29}} years | rowspan=7|{{Template parameter value|WWE SmackDown|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| rowspan=7|WWE SmackDown
| UPN
| April 29, 1999
| September 15, 2006
| rowspan=7|{{Template parameter value|WWE SmackDown|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan=7|
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| The CW
| September 22, 2006
| September 26, 2008
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| October 3, 2008
| September 24, 2010
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| Syfy
| October 1, 2010
| December 31, 2015
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| USA
| January 7, 2016
| September 24, 2019
|- bgcolor=#CFECEC
| Fox
| October 4, 2019
| September 6, 2024
|-bgcolor=#CFECEC
| USA
| September 13, 2024
| present
|-
| rowspan="2"|24 years
| rowspan="2"|24
| rowspan="2"|Camera Three
| CBS
| January 22, 1956
| January 21, 1979
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| PBS
| October 4, 1979
| July 1, 1980
|-
| 24 years
| 24
| CBS Morning NewsMorning 1979–82
| CBS
| September 2, 1963
| January 9, 1987
|
|
|-
| 23 years
| 23
| The Ed Sullivan ShowAired as Toast of the Town until 1955
| CBS
| June 20, 1948
| June 6, 1971
| 1,087
|
|-
| 23 years
| 23
| Fox
| February 1, 1988
| June 18, 2011
| 940+
|
|-
| 23 years
| 23
| Lilias, Yoga and YouLocal transmission only (WCET), 1972–96
| PBS
| 1976
| 1999
|
|
|-
| 23 years
| 23
| PBS
| June 6, 1983
| November 10, 2006
| 155
|
|-
| rowspan="7"|22 years
| rowspan="7"|22
| rowspan="7"|The Original Amateur HourOriginated on radio as Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, 1934–46
| January 18, 1948
| October 1949
| rowspan="7"|
| rowspan="7"|
|-
|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
|-bgcolor=#CFECEC
| 22 years
| 22
| ABC
| January 26, 2003
| present
|
|
|-
| 22 years
| 22
| CBS
| February 18, 1979
| July 15, 2000
|
|
|-
| 22 years
| 22
| NFL on NBCOriginally GrandStand, then changed name to reflect year; was also NFL Live 1987–97
| NBC
| 1975
| 1997
|
|
|-
| 21 years
| 21
| Issues and AnswersOriginally ABC Press Conference; succeeded in time slot by This Week
| ABC
| 1960
| 1981
|
|
|-
| 21 years
| 21
| Sneak PreviewsOriginally Opening Soon at a Theater Near You (1975–77); Sneak Previes Goes Video 1989–91
| PBS
| 1975
| 1996
|
|
|-
| 21 years
| 21
| PBS
| 1981
| 2002
|
|
|-
| 21 years
| 21
| PBS
| January 1988
| June 27, 2009
| 284
|
|-
| 20 years
| 20
| NBC
| April 1, 1963
| December 31, 1982
| 5,280
|
|-
| 20 years
| 20
| NBC
| February 1, 1954
| February 8, 1974
| 5,195
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|20 years
|rowspan="3"|20
|rowspan="3" |The Red Skelton Show
| NBC
| September 30, 1951
| June 1953
|rowspan="3"|672
|rowspan="3"|
|-
| CBS
| September 1953
| June 1970
|-
| NBC
| September 1970
| August 1, 1971
|}
See also
- List of longest-running American television series
- List of longest-running American cable television series
- List of longest-running American primetime television series
- List of longest-running American first-run syndicated television series
- List of longest-running scripted American primetime television series
- List of longest-running television shows by category
- List of longest-running Philippine television series
- List of longest-running British television programmes
- List of longest-running Australian television series
- List of television series canceled after one episode
- List of television series canceled before airing an episode
Notes
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References
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