list of longest-running American television series
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This is a list of the longest-running American 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, American cable networks, or syndication. Series continuations (with name changes and/or changes in network) are noted. Series broadcast within the United States but produced in other countries, such as Coronation Street ({{age|1960|12|9}} years) and Doctor Who ({{age|1963|11|23}} years) are not included (see: List of longest-running British television programmes).
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|Series shaded in light blue are currently in production. |
60+ years
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|+ 60 years or more ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
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| rowspan="2" | {{age|1939|10|22}} years | rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|NFL on NBC|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| rowspan="2" | NFL on NBC{{efn|Originally GrandStand, then changed name to reflect year; was also NFL Live 1987–1997}}
| rowspan="2" | NBC
| October 22, 1939
| January 25, 1998
| rowspan="2" | 5,000+
| rowspan="2" | 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.
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| August 6, 2006
| present
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| {{age|1947|11|6}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Meet the Press|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Meet the Press{{efn|Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio (as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press) in 1945}}
(NBC News)
| NBC
| 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{{efn|CBS Television News 1948–1951, Douglas Edwards with the News 1951–1962, Walter Cronkite with the News 1962–1963}}
(CBS News)
| CBS
| May 3, 1948
| present
| {{Template parameter value|CBS Evening News|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running network newscast.
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| {{age|1949|10|1}} years
| {{age|1949|10|1}}
| Music & the Spoken Word{{efn|Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio July 15, 1929.}}
| October 1949
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Music & the Spoken Word|Infobox radio show||num_episodes|}}
| 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.
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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 Fame{{efn|Originally Hallmark Playhouse radio series, was Hallmark Television Playhouse (1951–1954)}}
| NBC
| December 24, 1951
| December 17, 1978
| rowspan="8"| {{Template parameter value|Hallmark Hall of Fame|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="8"| Longest-running television anthology program, though 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 24, 2011
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| ABC
| November 27, 2011
| April 20, 2014
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| November 30, 2014{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/hallmark-hall-of-fame-moves-hallmark-channel-833722/|title=Hallmark Hall Of Fame Moving To Cable, Will Air On Hallmark Channel|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=March 21, 2016}}
| 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|}}
| Longest-running morning show.
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| rowspan="2" |{{age|1952|1|13}} years
| rowspan="2" | 2
| rowspan="2" |The Victory Hour
|WTVR
|January 13, 1952{{Cite web |title=HISTORY |url=https://wordsofvictory.com/history/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Words of Victory |language=en-US}}
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| rowspan="2" |Longest-running Christian television program
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|WWBT
|1966
|present
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|{{age|1953|6|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Backyard Farmer|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
|Nebraska Educational Telecommunications
|June 1, 1953
|present
|{{Template parameter value|Backyard Farmer|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|Longest-running show for home lawn and gardening (The show claims to be "the longest-running locally produced program in television history."{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W8mF5fefYc |title=60 Years and Still Growing - Backyard Farmer Documentary |publisher=YouTube |date= 19 February 2015|accessdate=2021-11-20}})
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| {{age|1953|9|1}} years
| {{age|1953|9|1}}
| ABC World News Tonight{{efn|ABC Evening News 1953–1965 and 1967–1978; Peter Jennings and the News 1965–1967; World News Tonight 1978–2006; World News with Charles Gibson 2006–2009; ABC World News with Diane Sawyer 2009–2014}}
| ABC
| September 1953
| present
| 15,722+
|
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| rowspan="7"| {{age|1954|9|27}} years
| rowspan="7"| {{age|1954|9|27}}
| rowspan="7"| The Tonight Show{{efn|There have been six major hosts during seven tenure periods.}}
| rowspan="7"| NBC
| September 27, 1954
| January 25, 1957
| rowspan="2"|2,000 (before Carson){{efn|There were various other hosts for some short periods during the pre-Carson years. Please see the hosting history for further details.}}
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| July 29, 1957
| March 30, 1962
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| October 1, 1962
| May 22, 1992
| {{Template parameter value|The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| May 25, 1992
| May 29, 2009
| 3,775
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| June 1, 2009
| January 22, 2010
| {{Template parameter value|The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| March 1, 2010
| February 6, 2014
| 835{{efn|The total number of episodes hosted by Jay Leno combined is 4,610.}}
| ...with Jay Leno
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| February 17, 2014
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}{{efn|The total number of episodes is{{:The Tonight Show}}.}}
| ...Starring Jimmy Fallon{{efn|Hosted by Jimmy Fallon.}}
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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 Disney{{efn|Disney 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"| {{Template parameter value|Disney anthology television series|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="9"| 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.
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| NBC
| September 24, 1961
| August 16, 1981
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| CBS
| September 26, 1981
| September 24, 1983
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ABC
| February 1, 1986
| May 21, 1988
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| NBC
| October 8, 1988
| August 26, 1990
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| CBS
| September 26, 1991
| December 1, 1996
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan=2|ABC
| September 28, 1997
| December 24, 2008
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| December 12, 2015
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Disney+
| May 20, 2020
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{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
|
|
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| {{age|1956|3|1}} years
| Syndicated
| March 1, 1956{{cite book|page=310|title=Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-Day Adventists (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series)|first=Gary|last=Land|year=2005|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1442241879}}
| present
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| Longest-running religious television program to broadcast in color.
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| {{age|1956|5|1}} years
| {{age|1956|5|1}}
| Syndicated{{efn|Normally to PBS stations.}}
| May 1956{{Cite news|issn=0362-4331|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Richard D. Heffner, Host of 'The Open Mind,' Dies at 88|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 2, 2014|date=December 19, 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/arts/television/richard-d-heffner-host-of-the-open-mind-dies-at-88.html }}
| present
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| Longest-running public television program.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2" | {{age|1956|9|30}} years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|NFL on CBS|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| 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 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 6, 1998
| present
|-
| rowspan="7" | {{age|1956|12|18}} years
| rowspan="2" | 12
| rowspan="7" | To Tell the Truth
| rowspan="2" | CBS
| December 18, 1956
| May 22, 1967
| 474
| CBS Primetime
|-
| June 18, 1962
| September 6, 1968
| 1,625
| CBS Daytime
|-
| 9
| rowspan="2" | Syndicated
| 1969
| 1978
| 1,715
| rowspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1
| 1980
| 1981
| 195
|-
| NBC
| 1990
| 1991
| 190
|-
| 2
| Syndicated
| 2000
| 2002
|
|-
| 3
| ABC
| 2016
| April 26, 2022
| 86
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| rowspan="4"| {{age|1957}} years
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|Divorce Court|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="4"|Divorce Court
| rowspan="4"| Syndicated
| 1957
| 1962
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|Divorce Court|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Broadcast in black and white from 1957 to 1962.
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| 1967
| 1969
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 1984
| 1993
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 15, 1999
| present
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1960|1|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|CBS Sports Spectacular|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| January 3, 1960
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan=2| {{age|1961|9|17}} years
| rowspan=2| {{Template parameter value|The NFL Today|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan=2| The NFL Today
| rowspan=2| CBS
| September 17, 1961
| January 23, 1994
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| The pre-game show counterpart to NFL on CBS. Originally was 15 minutes long.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 6, 1998
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1961|10|7}} years
| {{age|1961|10|7}}
| 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).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="4"| {{age|1962|1|27}} years
| rowspan="4"| {{age|1962|1|27}}
| rowspan="4"|Professional Bowlers Tour{{efn|Name often altered to reflect primary sponsor. Name on current broadcasts: Denny's PBA Tour}}
| ABC{{efn|In addition, NBC televised the fall tour, 1984–1991}}
| January 27, 1962
| June 21, 1997
| rowspan="4"|
| rowspan="4"| ESPN airs some of the tours on ABC.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| CBS
| 1998{{efn|1998–2000 broadcast seasons were shared by CBS and ESPN}}
| 1999
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 1999
| 2000
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ESPN
| 2000
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1963|4|1}} years
| {{age|1963|4|1}}
|General Hospital
(ABC Daytime)
| ABC
| April 1, 1963
| present
| {{Template parameter value|General Hospital|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running dramatic series (soap opera) still in production.Various citations concerning the 14,000th episode of General Hospital:
- {{cite news|author=SOD|author-link=Soap Opera Digest|title=GH Airs 14,000th Episode|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/photos/gh-airs-14000th-episode/|access-date=February 23, 2018|work=Soap Opera Digest|agency=Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc.|publisher=American Media, Inc.|date=February 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223191953/https://www.soapoperadigest.com/photos/gh-airs-14000th-episode/|archive-date=February 23, 2018|location=United States|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news|last=Eades|first=Chris|title=General Hospital Celebrates Its 14,000th Episode — See the Fun Backstage Pics!|url=http://www.abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital-14000-episode-gallery-154535|access-date=February 23, 2018|work=ABC Soaps In Depth|publisher=Bauer Media Group|date=February 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223192202/http://www.abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital-14000-episode-gallery-154535|archive-date=February 23, 2018|location=United States|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|last=Fairman|first=Michael|title=TODAY: General Hospital Airs Its 14,000 Episode!|url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/today-general-hospital-airs-its-14000-episode/2018/02/23/|website=On-Air On-Soaps|publisher=Michael Fairman Soaps, Inc.|access-date=February 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223190927/http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/today-general-hospital-airs-its-14000-episode/2018/02/23/|archive-date=February 23, 2018|location=United States|date=February 23, 2018|url-status=dead}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2" | {{age|1963|9|2}} years
| rowspan="2" | 53{{efn|The show was off the air for two years.}}
| rowspan="2" | CBS Morning News
| rowspan="2" | CBS
| September 2, 1963
| 1979
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| October 4, 1982
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="8" | {{age|1963|12|30}} years
| rowspan="8" | 29
| rowspan="8" |Let's Make a Deal
| NBC
| December 30, 1963
| December 27, 1968
| rowspan="2" | 3,200{{efn|Estimated}}
| rowspan="8" | Originally hosted by Monty Hall. Current host is Wayne Brady.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ABC
| December 30, 1968
| July 9, 1976
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3"| Syndicated
| 1971
| 1977
| 281
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 1980
| 1981
| 195
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 1984
| 1986
| 340
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"| NBC
| 1990
| 1991
| 128
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 2003
| 2003
| 3
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| CBS
| 2009
| present
| 1,500+
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="4"| {{age|1964|3|30}} years
| rowspan="4"| 47
| rowspan="4"| Jeopardy!
| NBC
| March 30, 1964
| January 3, 1975
| 2,753
| rowspan="3"| Originally presented by Art Fleming.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Syndicated
| September 1974
| September 1975
| 39
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| NBC
| October 2, 1978
| March 2, 1979
| 108
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Syndicated
| September 10, 1984
| present
| Originally presented by Alex Trebek. Currently presented by Ken Jennings.
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50–59 years
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 50 to 59 years ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
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| rowspan="2"| {{age|1965|11|8}} years | rowspan="2"| {{age|1965|11|8}} | rowspan="2"| Days of Our Lives | NBC | November 8, 1965 | September 9, 2022 | rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Days of Our Lives|Infobox television | num_episodes |
| rowspan="2"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Peacock
| September 12, 2022
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="8" | {{age|1966|10|17}} years
| rowspan="8" | {{Template parameter value|Hollywood Squares|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="8" | Hollywood Squares
| rowspan="3" | NBC
| October 17, 1966
| June 20, 1980
| 3,536
| NBC Daytime
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| January 12, 1968
| September 13, 1968
|
| NBC Primetime
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| January 4, 1969
| August 30, 1969
| 46
| Saturday morning
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Syndicated
| September 9, 1972
| April 10, 1981
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| NBC
| October 31, 1983
| July 27, 1984
| 192
| NBC Daytime
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2" | Syndicated
| September 15, 1986
| June 16, 1989
| 585
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 14, 1998
| June 4, 2004
| 1,050
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| CBS
| January 16, 2025
| Present
| 6
|
|-
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"| {{age|1966|4|1}} years
| rowspan="2"| {{age|1966|4|1}}
| rowspan="2"|The 700 Club{{efn|Aired locally on WYAH-TV Portsmouth, Virginia, 1966–1977; evolved from locally broadcast telethons 1962–1966}}
| Syndicated{{efn|Simulcast with cable network transmission.}}
| 1966
| present
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 1977
| present
|-
| 57 years
| 57
| Guiding Light{{efn|Originally The Guiding Light. Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio January 25, 1937.}}
(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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2" | {{age|1967|2|23}} years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Washington Week|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Washington Week{{efn|Originally Washington Week in Review. Currently airing as Washington Week with The Atlantic since August 11, 2023 after The Atlantic entered a partnership with the program.}}
| NET
| February 23, 1967
| 1970
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Washington Week|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" | Longest-running PBS public television show, having started on its predecessor NET and carrying over to PBS, along with Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, and others in 1970.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| PBS
| 1970
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3"| {{age|1967|9|17}} years
| rowspan="3"| {{age|1967|9|17}}
| rowspan="3"|NFL Films Presents
| Syndicated
| September 17, 1967{{cite book|title=Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League|isbn=0-06-270174-6|author1=Michael Gershman |author2=David S. Neft |author3=Bob Carroll |name-list-style=amp |year=1997|publisher=Harper Resource}}{{cite book|isbn=978-1932994360|publisher=Sports Illustrated|year=2005|author= ((Editors at the NFL))|title=NFL Record and Fact Book}}
| January 26, 1997
| rowspan="3"|
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ESPN
| August 31, 1997
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| November 4, 2003
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{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|}}
|
|-
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 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.{{efn|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 without being broadcast nationwide.}} 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 from Season 51 when the show moved to (HBO) Max.{{cite press release| url = https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sesame-streets-51st-season-launches-on-thursday-november-12-on-hbo-max-301170051.html| title = Sesame Street's 51st Season Launches On Thursday, November 12 On HBO Max}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| November 9, 1970
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| HBO
| January 16, 2016
| November 1, 2020
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| November 21, 2020
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1970|2|1}} years
|{{Template parameter value|Hour of Power|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| February 1970
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Hour of Power|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan=5| 54 years
| rowspan=5| 20
| rowspan=5| I've Got a Secret
| CBS
| June 19, 1952
| April 3, 1967
| rowspan=5| {{Template parameter value|I've Got a Secret|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| 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
| {{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|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
|ESPN
| September 11, 2006
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ABC
| January 9, 2016
| present
|-
| 53 years
| {{Template parameter value|Sábado Gigante|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| August 8, 1962
| September 19, 2015
| 2,800+
| Longest-running imported TV show.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1971|1|10}} years
|46
| Masterpiece{{efn|Originally Masterpiece Theatre.}}
| PBS
| January 10, 1971
| present
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 52 years
| rowspan="2"| 36
| rowspan="2"| NASCAR on ABC
| ABC
| February 26, 1961
| August 5, 2000
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| ESPN
| March 10, 2007
| October 11, 2014
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1972|9|4}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Price Is Right|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Price Is Right
(CBS Daytime){{efn|Originally The New Price Is Right; longest-running game show in American television history.}}
| 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1972|11|4}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Great Performances|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| November 4, 1972
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1973|3|26}} years
| {{age|1973|3|26}}
| The Young and the Restless
(CBS Daytime)
| CBS
| March 26, 1973
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Young and the Restless|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| {{cite news|last1=Strohm|first1=Emily|title=The Young and the Restless Celebrates 11,000 Episodes and 43 Years on Air!|url=http://www.people.com/article/young-restless-celebrates-43-years-11000-episodes?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag|access-date=July 18, 2016|work=People|publisher=Time Inc.|date=July 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727061842/http://www.people.com/article/young-restless-celebrates-43-years-11000-episodes?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag|archive-date=July 27, 2016|location=United States|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{age|1974|3|3}} years
|{{Template parameter value|Nova (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Nova
| PBS
| March 3, 1974
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Nova (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|}
40–49 years
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 40 to 49 years ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
| style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="4"| {{age|1975|1|6}} years | rowspan="3"| 16 | rowspan="4"| Wheel of Fortune | NBC | January 6, 1975 | June 30, 1989 | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" | 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). | |
| style="background:#cfecec;"
| CBS | July 17, 1989 | January 11, 1991 | |
| style="background:#cfecec;"
| NBC | January 14, 1991 | September 20, 1991 | |
| style="background:#cfecec;"
| 40 | Syndicated | September 23, 1991 | present | 8,000{{efn|As of June 7, 2024.}} | Syndicated version normally runs in the evening. Second longest-running game show. Originally hosted by Pat Sajak (1991-2024), and currently hosted by Ryan Seacrest | |
| style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{age|1975|10|11}} years |{{Template parameter value|Saturday Night Live|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| Saturday Night Live{{efn|Previously NBC's Saturday Night and Saturday Night Live '80}}
| NBC
| October 11, 1975
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Saturday Night Live|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| The longest-running American sketch comedy show, and the second longest-running American variety show.
|-
| 48 years
| 48
| Day of Discovery
| Syndicated
| May 5, 1968
| February 6, 2016
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 48 years
| rowspan="3"| 34
| rowspan="3"|Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
| NBC
| January 6, 1963
| April 11, 1971
| rowspan="3"|
| rowspan="3"| Wild Kingdom was on hiatus 1988-2002 and ultimately was cancelled in 2011. The original host, Marlin Perkins, died in 1986.
|-
| Syndicated
| 1971
| 1988
|-
| September 17, 2002
| May 22, 2011
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1975|10|20}} years
| {{age|1975|10|20}}
| PBS NewsHour{{efn|Previously The Robert MacNeil Report, The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer}}
| PBS
| October 20, 1975
| present
|
| Was hosted by Robert MacNeil (1975–1995) and Jim Lehrer (1976–2011).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1975|11|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Good Morning America|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| November 3, 1975
| present
| 9,914+
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1976}} years
| {{age|1976}}
| PBS
| 1976
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Austin City Limits|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1976|1|11}} years
| {{age|1976|1|11}}
| Creative Living with Sheryl Borden
| Syndicated
| January 11, 1976
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1976|1|30}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Live from Lincoln Center|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| January 30, 1976
| present{{efn|Not currently on a regular schedule.}}
| {{Template parameter value|Live from Lincoln Center|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="5" |{{age|1976|7|12}} years
| rowspan="5" | {{Template parameter value|Family Feud|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="5" | Family Feud
| ABC
| July 12, 1976
| June 14, 1985
| 2,311
| rowspan="2"| Hosted by Richard Dawson
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Syndicated
| September 19, 1977
| May 17, 1985
| 976
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| CBS
| July 4, 1988
| March 26, 1993
|
| Hosted by Ray Combs
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Syndicated
| 1988
| May 26, 1995
|
| Originally hosted by Ray Combs (1988–1994), followed by Richard Dawson (1994–1995).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 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).
|-
| rowspan="5" | 47 years
| rowspan="5" | 16
| rowspan="5" |The Joker's Wild
| CBS
| September 4, 1972
| June 13, 1975
| rowspan="5" |3,026
| rowspan="5" |
|-
| Syndicated{{efn|Syndicated revival prompted by success of syndicated repeats of CBS episodes in 1976}}
| September 5, 1977
| May 23, 1986
|-
| Syndicated
| September 10, 1990
| March 8, 1991
|-
| TBS
| October 24, 2017
| 2018
|-
| TNT
| 2018
| March 27, 2019
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="4"|{{age|1977|9|14}} years
| rowspan="4"|41
| rowspan="4"|Inside the NFL
| HBO
| September 14, 1977
| February 6, 2008
| rowspan="4"|
| rowspan="4"|Len Dawson and Nick Buoniconti hosted the show together 1978–2001.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Showtime
| September 10, 2008
| February 24, 2021
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 7, 2021
| April 5, 2023
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
| The CW
| September 9, 2023
| present
|-
| 47 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon{{efn|Jerry Lewis died in 2017.}}
| Syndicated, ABC
| August 31, 2014
| {{Template parameter value|The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Annual broadcast; was broadcast as a two-hour special on ABC in 2013 and 2014.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1978|6|6}} years
| {{Template parameter value|20/20 (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| 20/20
(ABC News)
| ABC
| June 6, 1978
| present
| {{Template parameter value|20/20 (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Long time hosts were Hugh Downs (1978–99) and Barbara Walters (1979–2004, 2013–14).
|-
| 45 years
| {{Template parameter value|Wide World of Sports (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Wide World of Sports
(ABC Sports)
| ABC
| April 29, 1961
| August 2006{{efn|Weekly broadcasts ended January 1, 1997; irregular airings afterward; officially ended with the absorption of ABC Sports into ESPN}}
|
|
|-
| 45 years
| 45
| Agronsky & Co./Inside Washington
| Syndicated{{efn|name=PrimarilyPublic|Primarily to public television.}}
| 1969
| December 20, 2013
|
|
|-
| 45 years
| {{Template parameter value|One Life to Live|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| One Life to Live
(ABC Daytime)
| ABC
| July 15, 1968
| January 13, 2012
| {{Template parameter value|One Life to Live|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 45 years
| {{Template parameter value|In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley
| Syndicated
| 1978
| present
| {{Template parameter value|In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1979|1|28}} years
| {{Template parameter value|CBS News Sunday Morning|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| January 28, 1979
| present
|
| Originally hosted by Charles Kuralt (1979–1994), followed by Charles Osgood (1994–2016), and Jane Pauley (2016–present).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1979|2|20}} years
| {{Template parameter value|This Old House|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| February 20, 1979
| present
| {{Template parameter value|This Old House|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Originally hosted by Bob Vila until 1989. Norm Abram is the only original personality still appearing on the show.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1979|9|7}} years
| {{Template parameter value|SportsCenter|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| September 7, 1979
| present
| {{Template parameter value|SportsCenter|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1980|3|24}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Nightline|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Nightline{{efn|Evolved from The Iran Crisis – America Held Hostage (1979–80).}}
| ABC
| March 24, 1980
| present
|
| Hosted by Ted Koppel (1980-2005).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1980|10|7}} years
| 36
| Washington Journal{{efn|Weekend editions are simulcast on the BBC Parliament channel with the name America This Week}}
| C-SPAN
| October 7, 1980
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1981|6|1}} years
| 35
| Noticiero Univision{{efn|Originally titled Noticiero SIN when Univision was known as SIN (Spanish International Network).}}
| June 1, 1981
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1981|9|14}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Entertainment Tonight|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 14, 1981
| present
| 11,675{{small|({{as of|lc=1|df=us|2018|12|28}}; 9,730 weekdays; 1,945 weekend)}}
| Longest-running entertainment news program.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1981|10|15}} years
| {{Template parameter value|MotorWeek|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| MotorWeek{{efn|Also syndicated, 1982–present}}
| PBS
| October 15, 1981
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1981|11|15}} years
| {{Template parameter value|This Week (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| This Week{{efn|Succeeded Issues and Answers; full title throughout its run is This Week With (host's name), beginning with David Brinkley, 1981–1996. Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson co-anchored from 1996–2002. George Stephanopoulos was host from 2002 to 2010. Christiane Amanpour took over as host in 2010.}}
| ABC
| November 15, 1981
| present
|
| Originally hosted by David Brinkley (1981–1996), currently hosted by George Stephanopoulos (2002-2010, 2012–present).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="4"| {{age|1982|2|1}} years
| rowspan="4"| 38
| rowspan="4"|Late Night{{efn|Late Night, as an entity, is in its 38th season. Over that period it has had four hosts, listed in the notes column.}}
| rowspan="4"|NBC
| February 1, 1982
| June 21, 1993
| {{Template parameter value|Late Night with David Letterman|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 13, 1993
| February 20, 2009
| {{Template parameter value|Late Night with Conan O'Brien|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| March 2, 2009
| February 7, 2014
| {{Template parameter value|Late Night with Jimmy Fallon|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| February 24, 2014
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Late Night with Seth Meyers|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}{{efn|The total number of episodes, for each host all combined, is 6,298, as at January 21, 2019.}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1982|9|14}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Wild America (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS, Syndicated
| September 14, 1982
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Wild America (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Marty Stouffer.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1982|10|10}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Nature (TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Nature
| PBS
| October 10, 1982
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Nature (TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 41 years
| 41
| Romper Room{{efn|Was available to stations in both franchised and syndicated versions as Romper Room from 1953 to 1981; was retitled Romper Room & Friends in 1981 and became a syndicated-only series as the local versions ended production}}
| Syndicated
| February 9, 1953{{cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-nancyclasterobit-story.html|access-date=March 22, 2016|date=April 26, 1997|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=1st 'Romper Room' teacher Nancy Claster dies at 82|first=Fred|last=Rasmussen|publisher=Tribune Publishing}}
| September 1994
|
|
|-
| 41 years
| 42
| All My Children
(ABC Daytime)
| ABC
| January 5, 1970
| September 23, 2011
| {{Template parameter value|All My Children|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| 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.
|-
| rowspan="4"| 41 years
| rowspan="4"| 32{{efn|{{Template parameter value|The People's Court|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}}}
| rowspan="4"| The People's Court
| rowspan="4"| Syndicated
| September 14, 1981
| May 17, 1993{{efn|Show went on hiatus from 1993 to 1997.}}
| 2,484
| Judged by Joseph Wapner.
|-
| September 8, 1997{{efn|Show was on hiatus from 1993 to 1997.}}
| 1999
| rowspan="3"| 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="6"| {{age|1983}} years
| rowspan="6"|31
| rowspan="6"|Gilad's Bodies in Motion
| ESPN
| 1983
| 1994
| rowspan="6"|
| rowspan="6"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 1994
| 1995
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 1995
| 2004
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| FitTV
| 2004
| 2011
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 2011
| 2015
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| JLTV
| 2015
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1983|1|17}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Frontline (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| January 17, 1983
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Frontline (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| {{Template parameter value|Nightly Business Report|Infobox television||num_seasons|}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Nightly Business Report|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Nightly Business Report{{efn|Broadcast locally only on WPBT, 1979–1981}}
| PBS
| January 22, 1979
| December 27, 2019
| {{Template parameter value|Nightly Business Report|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 40 years
|40
| CBS
| February 12, 1960
| July 15, 2000
|
|
|-
| 40 years
| 40
| 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1984|10|4}} years
| 32
| Real Videos
| TBN, JCTV
| present
| 900+
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="5"|{{age|1985|4|7}} years
| rowspan="5"|29
| rowspan="5"|National Geographic Explorer{{efn|Host: Tom Chapin (1985–1988), Robert Urich (1988–1995), Robert Ballard (1988–1995), Boyd Matson (1995–2003), Michael Fay (2001), Lisa Ling (2003–)}}
| April 7, 1985
| 1986
| rowspan="5"| {{Template parameter value|National Geographic Explorer|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="5"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| TBS
| 1986
| 1999
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| CNBC
| 1999
| 2001
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| MSNBC{{efn|Show renamed National Geographic Ultimate Explorer 2003–2005}}
| 2001
| 2005
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 2005
| present
|
|}
35–39 years
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 35 to 39 years ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
| rowspan="3"| {{age|1985|4|20}} years
| rowspan="3"| 31 | rowspan="3"|Grand Ole Opry Live{{efn|Oldest continuously running radio program, airing on WSM radio, Nashville, Tennessee}} | TNN | April 20, 1985 | August 2001 | rowspan="3"| | rowspan="3"| | |
| CMT
| August 2001 | 2003 | |
| GAC{{efn|As Grand Ole Opry Live!}}
| 2003 | 2015 | |
| 38 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Woodwright's Shop|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| The Woodwright's Shop{{efn|Broadcast only in North Carolina, 1979–1981}}
| PBS
| 1979
| 2017
| {{Template parameter value|The Woodwright's Shop|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1986|6|27}} years
| {{age|1986|6|27}}
| PBS
| June 22, 1986
| present
| {{Template parameter value|American Masters|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| 37 years
| rowspan="4"| 37
| rowspan="4"|American Bandstand
| WFIL-TV
| October 7, 1952
| October 7, 1957
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|American Bandstand|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="4"| 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
|-
| rowspan="3" | 37 years
| rowspan="3" | 35
| rowspan="3" | The McLaughlin Group
| rowspan="3" | Syndicated{{efn|name=PrimarilyPublic}}
| January 1, 1982
| August 19, 2016
| rowspan="3" |
| The show ended its run when John McLaughlin died in 2016, but was then revived in 2018 with new host Tom Rogan.
|-
| January 7, 2018
| December 30, 2018
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| September 6, 2019
| December 25, 2020
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1987}} years
| 27
| ESPN
| 1987
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1987|3|23}} years
| 31
| The Bold and the Beautiful{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/the_bold_and_the_beautiful/about/|title=The Bold and the Beautiful - About|work=cbs.com|access-date=12 September 2018}}
| CBS
| March 23, 1987
| present
|{{Template parameter value|The Bold and the Beautiful|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| {{cite web |author=SOD |author-link=Soap Opera Digest |title=B&B Tune-In Alert |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/bb-tune-in-alert/ |website=Soap Opera Digest |publisher=American Media, Inc. |access-date=April 20, 2023 |location=United States |date=April 17, 2023}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"| {{age|1987|4|6}} years
| rowspan="2"| 29
| rowspan="2"|Biography{{efn|Originated on CBS}}
| A&E
| April 6, 1987{{efn|Reran CBS originals, 1984–1987}}
| August 2006
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| The show was cancelled in 2012, and later revived in 2017.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Biography Channel{{efn|Now called FYI.}}
| August 2006
| present{{efn|Rebroadcast A&E originals, 1999–2006}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1987|9|1}} years
| 27
| College GameDay
(football series)
| ESPN
| September 1987
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1988|1|2}} years
| {{Template parameter value|48 Hours (TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| 48 Hours{{efn|Also called 48 Hours Investigates}}
| CBS
| January 2, 1988
| present
| {{Template parameter value|48 Hours (TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3"|{{age|1988|2|7}} years
| rowspan="3"| {{Template parameter value|America's Most Wanted|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3"|America's Most Wanted
| Fox
| February 7, 1988
| April 21, 2012
| rowspan="3"| 1,192
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Lifetime
| December 2, 2011
| October 12, 2012
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Fox
| March 15, 2021
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1988|7|5}} years
| {{Template parameter value|POV (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| POV
| PBS
| July 5, 1988
| present
| {{Template parameter value|POV (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1988|9|5}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Live with Kelly and Mark|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Live with Kelly and Mark{{efn|Other names: Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988–2000), Live with Regis (2000–2001), Live with Regis and Kelly (2001–2011), Live with Kelly and Michael (2012–2016), Live with Kelly and Ryan (2017–2013).}}
| September 5, 1988{{efn|Date of first episode distributed nationally; was aired by WABC locally at The Morning Show, 1983–1988}}
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Live with Kelly and Mark|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{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|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1988|10|30}} years
| 27
| TNT
| October 30, 1988
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="6" | {{age|1988|11|24}} years
| rowspan="6" | {{Template parameter value|Mystery Science Theater 3000|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="6" | Mystery Science Theater 3000
| KTMA-TV
| November 24, 1988
| May 28, 1989
| rowspan="6" | {{Template parameter value|Mystery Science Theater 3000|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="6" | Was on hiatus from 1999 to 2017.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| November 18, 1989
| February 2, 1991
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Comedy Central
| June 1, 1991
| May 18, 1996
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Sci Fi Channel
| February 1, 1997
| September 12, 1999
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Netflix
| April 14, 2017
| November 22, 2018
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Gizmoplex
| May 6, 2022{{efn|Pre-release date, March 4, 2022}}
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1989|1|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Inside Edition|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| January 9, 1989
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Inside Edition|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 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"| Cancelled during national protests following the murder of George Floyd by an on-duty police officer of the Minneapolis Police Department.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/cops-season-33-paramount-network-george-floyd-1234626422/|title='Live PD,' 'Cops' Pulled from TV Schedules in Light of George Floyd Protests (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=June 5, 2020|access-date=June 9, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/cops-canceled-paramount-network-live-pd-return-evaluated-ae-1202954910/|title='Cops' Canceled By Paramount Network, 'Live PD' Return Evaluated By A&E|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=June 9, 2020|access-date=June 9, 2020}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 14, 2013
| May 11, 2020
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| October 1, 2021
| present
|-
| rowspan="2"|35 years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Columbo|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"|Columbo
| NBC
| February 20, 1968
| May 13, 1978
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Columbo|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"| Was on hiatus from 1978 to 1989, during the change in broadcast networks.
|-
| ABC
| February 6, 1989
| January 30, 2003
|-
| 35 years
| {{Template parameter value|Another World (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Another World
(NBC Daytime)
| NBC
| May 4, 1964
| June 25, 1999
| {{Template parameter value|Another World (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running continuous title sequences on television.
|-
| 35 years
| 35
| BET
| January 27, 1980
| July 31, 2016
|
|
|-
| 35 years
| 35
| October 2, 1971
| March 25, 2006{{efn|Date of airing of last first-run episode. Since then, reruns have been syndicated as Best of Soul Train}}
| {{Template parameter value|Soul Train|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 35 years
| 35
| Wall Street Week{{efn|Became Wall Street Week with Fortune after original host was fired in 2002}}{{efn|Louis Rukeyser died in 2006.}}
| PBS
| November 20, 1970
| June 24, 2005
|
| Since 2016, a new version of the program is now airing on the Fox Business.{{efn|Current host is Maria Bartiromo.}}
|-
| 35 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Victory Garden (TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Victory Garden{{efn|Known as Jim Crockett's Victory Garden from 1975 to 1979}}
| PBS
| April 16, 1975
| 2010
|
|
|}
30–34 years
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 30 to 34 years ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
| style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1989|11|28}} 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|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1990|1|14}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Simpsons|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Simpsons{{efn|Only 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 primetime entertainment program with a consistent setting and recurring characters. While other primetime shows have run longer, they are all news, sports, anthology or variety programs.}}
| Fox
| January 14, 1990{{efn|Sneak peek airing December 17, 1989}}
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Simpsons|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running American animated series, longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running scripted primetime series.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1990|3|19}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Baseball Tonight|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ESPN
| March 19, 1990
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1990|4|15}} years
| 27
| ESPN Major League Baseball{{efn|Includes Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball, etc.}}
| ESPN, ESPN2{{efn|ESPN2 started broadcasting major league baseball games in 2002 in addition to those offered by ESPN}}
| April 15, 1990
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1990|5|7}} years
| {{age|1990|5|7}}
| ESPN
| May 7, 1990
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| 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" |
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| February 24, 2022
| present
|-
| 34 years
| 34
| PBS
| July 12, 1970
| August 29, 2004
|
|
|-
| 34 years
|
| February 21, 1983
| April 28, 2017
| 780
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 33 years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
| NET
| February 19, 1968
| May 1, 1970
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"| Fred Rogers died in 2003 due to a digestive cancer.
|-
| PBS
| February 15, 1971
| August 31, 2001
|-
| rowspan=3| 33 years
| rowspan=3| 24
| rowspan=3| 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.
|-
| rowspan="2"| 33 years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Firing Line (TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"| Firing Line
| April 4, 1966{{efn|Pilot taped April 4, 1966}}
| 1971
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Firing Line (TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"| Longest-running public affairs program to have a single host.
|-
| PBS
| 1971
| December 26, 1999
|-
| rowspan="2" | 33 years
| rowspan="2" | 18
| rowspan="2" | CBS This Morning
| rowspan="2" | CBS
| November 30, 1987
| October 29, 1999
| 3,110
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| January 9, 2012
| September 6, 2021
| 2,521
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3"| {{age|1990|10|27}} years
| rowspan="3"| 19{{efn|Original series ran for 15 seasons, four seasons of the revival.}}
| rowspan="3"| NBA Inside Stuff
| NBC
| October 27, 1990
| August 31, 2002
| rowspan="3"|
| rowspan="3"| Was on hiatus from 2006 to 2013.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ABC
| September 7, 2002
| January 15, 2006
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| NBA TV
| November 2, 2013
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1991|9|1}} years
| {{age|1991|9|1}}
| E! News{{efn|Previously E! News Daily and E! News Live}}
| E!
| September 1, 1991
| present
| {{Template parameter value|E! News|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| {{age|1991|9|9}} years
| {{age|1991|9|9}}
| Maury
| Syndicated
| September 9, 1991
| September 8, 2022
| {{Template parameter value|Maury (talk show)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Presented by Maury Povich.
|-
| rowspan="2"| 32 years
| rowspan="2"| 24
| rowspan="2"| Crossfire
| rowspan="2"| CNN
| 1982
| June 3, 2005
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Was on hiatus from 2005 to 2013.
|-
| September 9, 2013
| October 15, 2014
|-
| {{age|1992|3|7}} years
| {{age|1992|3|7}}
| CNN
| March 7, 1992
| August 21, 2022
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1992|3|31}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Dateline NBC|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Dateline NBC{{efn|Also 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|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1992|4|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|To the Contrary|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| April 1, 1992
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1992|4|13}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Monday Night Baseball|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ESPN
| April 13, 1992
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"| {{age|1992|4|18}} years
| rowspan="2"| 25{{efn|Original series ran for 21 seasons, four seasons of the revival.}}
| rowspan="2"| Nick News{{efn|Previously Nick News W/5 and Nick News with Linda Ellerbee}}
| rowspan="2"| Nickelodeon
| April 18, 1992
| December 15, 2015
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Nickelodeon's longest-running series
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| June 29, 2020
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="4"| {{age|1993|1|11}} years
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|WWE Raw|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="4"|WWE Raw
| January 11, 1993
| September 18, 2000
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|WWE Raw|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="4"| 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).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| TNN / Spike{{efn|Now called Paramount Network.}}
| September 25, 2000
| September 26, 2005
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| USA Network
| October 3, 2005
| December 30, 2024
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Netflix{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=January 23, 2024 |title=Netflix Gets In The Ring, Locking Up WWE's 'Monday Night Raw' In 10-Year, $5B-Plus Deal For Longtime TV Staple |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/netflix-wwe-monday-night-raw-streaming-tv-1235801673/ |access-date=January 23, 2024 |work=Deadline}}
| January 6, 2025
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"| {{age|1993|8|30}} years
| rowspan="2"| 27
| rowspan="2"|The Late Show
| rowspan="2"| CBS
| August 30, 1993
| May 20, 2015
| {{Template parameter value|Late Show with David Letterman|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 8, 2015
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1993|9|5}} years
| {{age|1993|9|5}}
| ESPN, ESPN2{{efn|Presently, each episode first airs on ESPN2 on Fridays, then is repeated on ESPN two days later.}}
| September 5, 1993
| present
| Produced by NFL Films.
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1993|9|6}} years
| {{age|1993|9|6}}
| ESPN
| September 6, 1993
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1993|9|30}} years
| 22
| Entertainers with Byron Allen{{efn|Originally Entertainers}}
| Syndicated
| September 30, 1993
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Entertainers with Byron Allen|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|31 years
| rowspan="2"|29
| rowspan="2"|This Week in Baseball
| Syndicated
| April 1, 1977
| September 26, 1998
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| 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
|-
| rowspan="2"| 31 years
| rowspan="2"| 31
| rowspan="2"| Faith for Today{{efn|Also Westbrook Hospital, 1975–1981}}
| ABC
| May 21, 1950
| 1955
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| Syndicated
| 1955
| 1981
|-
| 31 years
| 31
|Lamp Unto My Feet{{cite news | title =George Crothers, 89, Television Producer | work =The New York Times | date =December 7, 1998 | url =https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E3DA163AF934A35751C1A96E958260 | access-date=2009-03-08}}
| CBS
| 1948
| 1979
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 30 years
| rowspan="2"| 30
| rowspan="2"| NASCAR on ESPN
| rowspan="2"| ESPN
| 1981
| 2002
|
|
|-
| 2007
| 2014
|
|
|-
| 30 years
| {{Template parameter value|Roseanne|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Roseanne
| ABC
| October 18, 1988
| May 22, 2018
| {{Template parameter value|Roseanne|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was on hiatus 1997–2018.
|-
| 30 years
| {{Template parameter value|Murphy Brown|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| November 14, 1988
| December 20, 2018
| {{Template parameter value|Murphy Brown|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was on hiatus 1998–2018.
|-
| rowspan=2| 30 years
| rowspan=2| {{Template parameter value|Search for Tomorrow|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan=2|Search for Tomorrow
(CBS & NBC Daytime)
| CBS
| September 3, 1951
| March 23, 1982
| rowspan=2|{{Template parameter value|Search for Tomorrow|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| NBC
| March 26, 1982
| December 26, 1986
|-
| rowspan="11"| 30 years
| rowspan="11"| 30
| rowspan="11"|Power Rangers (original continuity) {{efn|While the original continuity concluded in 2023, the franchise is still ongoing with a feature film developed by Paramount Pictures reported to be in development in December of 2024.}} {{efn|While the show takes place in the same fictional universe for its entire run, it is often renamed on a yearly basis as the central location, theme, and characters change almost completely on a season-by-season basis.}}
| Fox (Fox Kids){{efn|In select markets was aired on another station other than Fox; such as independent stations, UPN or The WB (see Fox Kids broadcasting ambiguities).}}
| August 28, 1993
| August 10, 2002
| rowspan="11"| 973{{efn|Also see List of Power Rangers episodes.}}
| rowspan="11"| Longest-running United States Tokusatsu series.{{efn|Costumes and footage loosely adapted from Super Sentai.}}
|-
| 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)
| colspan="2"| February 2, 2006
|-
| Toon Disney (Jetix)
| February 20, 2006
| August 14, 2006
|-
| ABC Family (Jetix)
| colspan="2"| 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
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1994}} years
| 22
| Kickin' It with Byron Allen{{efn|Evolved from Jammin' (1991–1994)}}
| Syndicated
| 1994
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1994|8|12}} years
| {{Template parameter value|NFL on Fox|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1994|8|14}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Inside the Actors Studio|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Bravo
| August 14, 1994
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Inside the Actors Studio|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1994|9|5}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Extra (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Extra{{efn|Originally Extra: The Entertainment Magazine}}
| Syndicated
| September 5, 1994
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Extra (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1994|9|18}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Fox NFL Sunday|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| September 18, 1994
| present
|
|
|}
25–29 years
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 25 to 29 years ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
| 29 years
| {{Template parameter value|Captain Kangaroo|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| Captain Kangaroo{{efn|Reruns aired in syndication, 1984–1992}}
| CBS
| October 3, 1955
| December 8, 1984
| {{Template parameter value|Captain Kangaroo|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Bob Keeshan died in 2004.
|-
| 29 years
| 29
| Lou Dobbs Tonight{{efn|Began as Moneyline. Became Lou Dobbs Moneyline in 2001, Lou Dobbs Tonight in 2003}}
| CNN
| June 1, 1980
| November 11, 2009
|
|
|-
| 29 years
| 29
| Lilias, Yoga and You{{efn|Local transmission only (WCET), 1972–1996}}
| PBS
| 1976
| 1999
| {{Template parameter value|Lilias, Yoga and You|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 29 years
| {{Template parameter value|Hometime (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Hometime
| PBS
| November 1, 1986
| January 30, 2016
|
|
|-
| 29 years
| 29
| The Sports Reporters{{efn|Full title ESPN Magazine's Sport Reporters}}
| ESPN{{efn|Program rebroadcast later the same day on ESPNews}}
| October 9, 1988
| May 7, 2017
|
|-
| {{Template parameter value|The David Susskind Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The David Susskind Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The David Susskind Show{{efn|Originally Open End; prior to syndication, aired on WNTA-TV 1958–1961}}
| Syndicated
| 1961
| 1987
|
| David Susskind died in 1987.
|-
| 28 years
| 28
| WCW Saturday Night{{efn|Broadcast locally on WQXI in 1971 and moved to WTBS starting in 1972. Went national when WTBS launched their satellite feed in 1976. Began as Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1971. Became World Championship Wrestling in 1981 and WCW Saturday Night in 1992. Ended as WCW Saturday Morning in 2000.}}
| TBS
| December 25, 1971
| August 19, 2000
|
|
|-
| rowspan="6"| {{age|1995|1|9}} years
| rowspan="6"| 23{{efn|Tom Snyder hosted for 4 seasons, Craig Kilborn for 5, Craig Ferguson {{Template parameter value|The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson|Infobox television||num_seasons|}} for and James Corden for {{Template parameter value|The Late Late Show with James Corden|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}}}
| rowspan="6"| The Late Late Show{{efn|Host: Tom Snyder 1995–1999, Craig Kilborn 1999–2004, Craig Ferguson 2004–2014, James Corden 2015–present.}}
| rowspan="6"| 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
| {{Template parameter value|The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|-
| January 5, 2015
| March 20, 2015
| 45
| Hosted by guest hosts.
|-
| March 23, 2015
| April 27, 2023
| {{Template parameter value|The Late Late Show with James Corden|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}{{efn|The total number of episodes, for each host all combined, is 4,733 as at January 24, 2019.}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1995|1|17}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Golf Central|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| January 17, 1995
| present
|
|
|-
| 28 years
| 28
| The Phil Donahue Show{{efn|Originally The Phil Donahue Show}}
| Syndicated
| November 6, 1967
| September 13, 1996
| {{Template parameter value|The Phil Donahue Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1995|4|2}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
| HBO
| April 2, 1995
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1995|8|7}} years
| {{age|1995|8|7}}
| CNBC
| August 7, 1995
| present
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|The Edge of Night|Infobox television||num_seasons|}} years
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|The Edge of Night|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"|The Edge of Night
| CBS
| April 2, 1956
| November 28, 1975
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|The Edge of Night|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| ABC
| December 1, 1975
| December 28, 1984
|-
| 28 years
| {{Template parameter value|Love of Life|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| September 24, 1951
| February 1, 1980
| {{Template parameter value|Love of Life|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|28 years
| rowspan="3"| {{Template parameter value|Hee Haw|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3"|Hee Haw{{efn|Renamed "The Hee Haw Show" for 1991–92 season, and Hee Haw Silver for 1992–1993 season ("greatest hits")}}
| CBS
| June 15, 1969
| February 23, 1971
| rowspan="3"| {{Template parameter value|Hee Haw|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3"|
|-
| Syndicated
| September 18, 1971
| June 26, 1993
|-
| TNN
| November 23, 1996
| December 27, 1997
|-
| 28 years
| 28
| ESPN
| 1979
| 2006
|
|
|-
| 28 years
| 28
| Mystery!{{efn|Started in 2008, Mystery! was absorbed into Masterpiece (the former Masterpiece Theatre) and airs under the banner Masterpiece Mystery!}}
| PBS
| February 5, 1980
| 2008
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996}} years
| 19
| A Wedding Story
| TLC
| 1996
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996|1|1}} years
| {{age|1996|1|1}}
| TCM
| January 1, 1996
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Private Screenings|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Robert Osborne.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996|4|28}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Fox News Sunday|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox{{efn|Is repeated in the afternoon of the same day on Fox News Channel}}
| April 28, 1996
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Fox News Sunday|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Tony Snow (1996–2003), Chris Wallace (2003–2021), and Shannon Bream (2022–present).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996|6|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|MLB on Fox|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| June 1, 1996
| present
| {{Template parameter value|MLB on Fox|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996}} years
| {{Template parameter value|E! True Hollywood Story|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| E!
| 1996
| present
| {{Template parameter value|E! True Hollywood Story|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| The program has been on hiatus since 2014, but is expected to return.{{cite web|last1=Petski|first1=Denise|title=E!: Ashlee Simpson-Ross & Evan Ross, Busy Philipps Series, 'E! True Hollywood Story' Return Among Series Greenlights|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/e-ashlee-simpson-ross-evan-ross-busy-philipps-series-e-true-hollywood-story-return-among-series-greenlights-1202380387/|website=Deadline|access-date=1 May 2018|date=1 May 2018}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996|7|22}} years
| 25{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
| July 22, 1996
| present
| {{:The Daily Show}}
| Hosted by Craig Kilborn (1996–98), Jon Stewart (1999–2015), and Trevor Noah (2015–2022).
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996|9|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Access Hollywood|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Access Hollywood{{efn|Also known as Access from 2017 to 2019}}
| Syndicated
| September 9, 1996
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Access Hollywood|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996|10|1}} years
| 20
| MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon
| Syndicated
| October 1, 1996
| present
| 950+
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1996|10|6}} years
| {{age|1996|10|6}}
| Fox News
| October 6, 1996
| present
|
| Hosted by Neil Cavuto.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1997}} years
| {{Template parameter value|My Classic Car|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| TNN, MAVTV & Motor Trend
| 1997
| present
| {{Template parameter value|My Classic Car|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1997|1|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Antiques Roadshow (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| January 9, 1997
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1997|4|14}} years
| {{Template parameter value|¡Despierta América!|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| April 14, 1997
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1997|8|11}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The View (talk show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The View
| ABC
| August 11, 1997
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The View (talk show)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| {{cite web|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/5732304/barbara-walters-tribute/|title=Barbara Walters Remembered On The 5,000th Episode Of 'The View': 'Barbara, We Know You're Watching'|website=Inquisitr|last=Miller|first=Victoria|date=November 7, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108030457/https://www.inquisitr.com/5732304/barbara-walters-tribute/|archive-date=November 8, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/03/27/the-view-celebrates-4000-episodes/70544714/|title='The View' celebrates 4,000 episodes|website=USA Today|access-date=September 1, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831224113/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/03/27/the-view-celebrates-4000-episodes/70544714/|archive-date=August 31, 2017}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1997|8|13}} years
| {{Template parameter value|South Park|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Comedy Central
| August 13, 1997
| present
| {{Template parameter value|South Park|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running Comedy Central series and the second longest-running American animated series.
|-
| rowspan="2"|27 years
| rowspan="2"|27
| rowspan="2"|The Lawrence Welk Show{{efn|Originally The Dodge Dancing Party; reruns have been airing since 1982 on various PBS stations, oftentimes recut and spliced with new footage from surviving cast members to give the illusion of new episodes.}}
| ABC
| July 2, 1955
| September 4, 1971
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|The Lawrence Welk Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Lawrence Welk died in 1992.
|-
| Syndicated
| 1971
| February 1982
|
|-
| 27 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Jerry Springer Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 20, 1991
| July 26, 2018
| {{Template parameter value|The Jerry Springer Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 27 years
| {{Template parameter value|The World Tomorrow|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| 1967
| 1994
| {{Template parameter value|The Jerry Springer Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="6"| 26 years
| rowspan="6"| 26
| rowspan="6"| Truth or Consequences
| CBS
| September 7, 1950{{efn|Hosted by Ralph Edwards.}}
| May 1951
| rowspan="6"|
| rowspan="6"| Originated on NBC Radio from 1940 to 1951.
|-
| rowspan="2"| NBC
| 1952{{efn|Hosted by Jack Bailey until 1956.}}
| 1952
|-
| May 18, 1954{{efn|Hosted by Bob Barker; Steve Dunne also hosted a primetime version on NBC in 1958.}}
| September 24, 1965
|-
| rowspan="3"| Syndicated
| 1966{{efn|Hosted by Bob Barker.}}
| 1974
|-
| 1977{{efn|Hosted by Bob Hilton.}}
| 1978
|-
| 1987{{efn|Hosted by Larry Anderson.}}
| 1988
|-
| rowspan="3"| 26 years
| rowspan="3"|
| rowspan="3"| Hardball with Chris Matthews{{efn|Originally called Politics with Chris Matthews}}
| 1994
| 1996
| rowspan="3"|
| rowspan="3"| Hosted by Chris Matthews.
|-
| CNBC
| 1997
| 1999
|-
| MSNBC
| 1999
| February 28, 2020
|-
| 26 years
| 25
| PBS
| September 30, 1991
| November 17, 2017
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1998|2|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Fox & Friends|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox News
| February 1, 1998
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1998|6|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Challenge (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Challenge{{efn|Originally known as Road Rules: All Stars, followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge.}}
| MTV
| June 1, 1998
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Challenge (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3" | {{age|1998|8|5}} years
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3" |Whose Line Is It Anyway?
| ABC
| August 5, 1998
| September 4, 2004
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3" |
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ABC Family{{efn|Now called Freeform.}}
| January 17, 2005
| December 15, 2007
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| The CW
| July 16, 2013
| present
|-
| 25 years
| 25
| Arthur
| PBS
| October 7, 1996
| February 21, 2022
| 253
| Longest-running PBS animated series, second longest-running American animated children's series, and the fifth longest-running American animated series.
|-
| rowspan="2"| 25 years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|All That|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"| All That
| rowspan="2"| Nickelodeon
| January 21, 1995{{efn|Sneak peek airing April 16, 1994}}
| October 22, 2005
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|All That|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"| Was on hiatus from 2005 to 2019.
|-
| June 15, 2019
| December 17, 2020
|-
| rowspan="2" | 25 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Will & Grace|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" |Will & Grace
| rowspan="2" |NBC
| September 21, 1998
| May 18, 2006
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Will & Grace|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" | Was on hiatus from 2006 to 2017.
|-
| September 28, 2017
| April 23, 2020
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1999|1|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Fox College Football|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| January 1, 1999
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3" | {{age|1999|3|28}} years
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|Futurama|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3" |Futurama
| Fox
| March 28, 1999
| August 10, 2003
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|Futurama|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3" |
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| March 23, 2008
| September 4, 2013
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Hulu
| July 24, 2023
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2" | {{age|1999|4|11}} years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Family Guy|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Family Guy
| rowspan="2" | Fox
| April 11, 1999{{efn|Sneak peek airing January 31, 1999}}
| February 14, 2002{{efn|"When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" originally aired on Adult Swim on November 9, 2003. It would later air on Fox on December 10, 2004.}}
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Family Guy|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" | Second longest-running Fox animated series and the third longest-running American animated series.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| May 1, 2005
| present
|- style="background:#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|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| The CW
| September 22, 2006
| September 26, 2008
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| October 3, 2008
| September 24, 2010
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Syfy
| October 1, 2010
| December 31, 2015
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| USA
| January 7, 2016{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/07/wwe-smackdown-moves-to-usa-network-in-2016/386011/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410200448/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/07/wwe-smackdown-moves-to-usa-network-in-2016/386011/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2015|title='WWE SmackDown' Moves to USA Network in 2016|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=March 12, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/07/usa-network-wwe-smackdown|title=WWE SmackDown moves to USA Network|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|last=Bacle|first=Ariana|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=March 12, 2016|archive-date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409030726/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/07/usa-network-wwe-smackdown|url-status=dead}}
| September 24, 2019
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Fox
| October 4, 2019
| September 6, 2024
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| USA
| September 13, 2024
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1999|7|17}} years
| {{Template parameter value|SpongeBob SquarePants|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Nickelodeon
| July 17, 1999{{efn|Sneak peek airing May 1, 1999}}
| present
| {{Template parameter value|SpongeBob SquarePants|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|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 longest-running American animated children's television show, and the fourth longest-running American animated series.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1999|8|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Independent Lens|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| August 9, 1999
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Independent Lens|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3" |{{age|1999|8|16}} years
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3" |Who Wants to Be a Millionaire{{Cite episode|title=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire|series=Gameshow Hall of Fame|publisher=GSN|airdate=January 21, 2007}}
| ABC
| August 16, 1999
| June 27, 2002
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3" | Although Millionaire has multiple versions known around the world, the American version is the longest-running.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Syndicated
| September 16, 2002
| May 31, 2019
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ABC
| April 8, 2020
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1999|9|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Early Today|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NBC
| September 9, 1999
| present
|
| Lead-in to the Today show.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1999|9|13}} years
| {{age|1999|9|13}}
| 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|1999|9|20}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| NBC
| September 20, 1999
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| The longest-running scripted American live-action primetime television series and the longest-running television spin-off.
|-
| rowspan="2"| 25 years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|What's My Line?|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"|What's My Line?{{efn|Longest-running game show in prime time network television}}
| CBS
| February 16, 1950
| September 3, 1967
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|What's My Line?|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| Syndicated
| September 1968
| September 1975
|-
| rowspan="2"|25 years
| rowspan="2"|25
| rowspan="2"|Camera Three
| CBS
| January 22, 1956
| 1979
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| PBS
| 1979
| July 1, 1980
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2000|1|1}} years
|
| HomestarRunner.com
| January 1, 2000
| present
|
| Second longest-running web series and longest-running animated web series for early 2000s
|-
| 25 years
| {{Template parameter value|Sunrise Semester|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| September 9, 1957
| October 1, 1982
| {{Template parameter value|Sunrise Semester|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 25 years
| {{Template parameter value|Insight (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Insight
| Syndicated
| October 2, 1960
| January 21, 1985
| {{Template parameter value|Insight (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 25 years
| 25
| CNN
| June 3, 1985
| December 16, 2010
| {{Template parameter value|Larry King Live|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| King hosted Larry King Now afterwards, which was very similar.
|-
| 25 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Oprah Winfrey Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 8, 1986
| May 25, 2011
| {{Template parameter value|The Oprah Winfrey Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 25 years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|The Real World (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"| The Real World
| MTV
| May 21, 1992
| January 4, 2017
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|The Real World (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"| MTV's longest-running reality series.
|-
| June 13, 2019
| August 29, 2019
|-
| 25 years
| {{Template parameter value|Judge Judy|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 16, 1996
| July 23, 2021
| {{Template parameter value|Judge Judy|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Of the single series run court shows without cancellation/revival gaps, the longest-running reality courtroom show, hosted by Judy Sheindlin.
|}
20–24 years
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 20 to 24 years ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
| rowspan="2"| 24 years
|rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Infobox television | num_seasons |
|rowspan="2"| At the Movies{{efn|Title through 1986. Subsequent titles: Siskel & Ebert & the Movies (1986–1989), Siskel & Ebert (1989–1999), Roger Ebert & the Movies (1999–2000), Ebert & Roeper and the Movies (2000–2001), Ebert & Roeper (2001–2007), At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper (2007–2008), At the Movies (2009–2010), Ebert presents At the Movies (2011).}}
| Syndicated
| September 18, 1986
| August 14, 2010
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|
|-
| PBS
| January 2011
| December 2011
|-
| rowspan="2" | 24 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|The X-Files|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | The X-Files
| rowspan="2" | Fox
| September 10, 1993
| May 19, 2002
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|The X-Files|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" | The program was on hiatus 2002–2016. Two new seasons have since been produced.
|-
| January 24, 2016
| March 21, 2018
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"| {{age|1999|11|7}} years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Classic Game Room|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"| Classic Game Room
| FromUSAlive
| November 11, 1999
| October 23, 2000
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Classic Game Room|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"|Longest-running web series
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| YouTube
| February 28, 2008
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2000|5|15}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Secrets of the Dead|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| May 15, 2000
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Secrets of the Dead|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2000|5|31}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Survivor (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Survivor
(U.S. series)
| CBS
| May 31, 2000
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Survivor (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Features two seasons per year.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2000|7|5}} years
| 21
| Big Brother
(U.S. series)
| CBS
| July 5, 2000
| present
| 719{{efn|For list of episodes, see here.}}
| 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.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2000|9|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Rick Steves' Europe|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| September 3, 2000
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Rick Steves' Europe|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by travel writer Rick Steves.
|-
| rowspan="2"| 23 years
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|Showtime at the Apollo|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"|Showtime at the Apollo{{efn|Also known as Showtime in Harlem, Showtime, and Live in Hollywood}}
| Syndicated
| September 12, 1987
| May 24, 2008
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Showtime at the Apollo|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"| Was on hiatus in 2008–2016. Three specials were aired in 2016 and 2017
|-
| Fox
| March 1, 2018
| May 24, 2018
|-
| 23 years
| {{Template parameter value|Primetime (American TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Primetime
(ABC News)
| ABC
| August 3, 1989
| May 18, 2012
|
| Originally hosted by Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer.
|-
| 23 years
| {{Template parameter value|Death Valley Days|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| March 1, 1952
| August 1, 1975
| {{Template parameter value|Death Valley Days|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 23 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Ed Sullivan Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Ed Sullivan Show{{efn|Aired as Toast of the Town until 1955}}
| CBS
| June 20, 1948
| June 6, 1971
| {{Template parameter value|The Ed Sullivan Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|23 years
| rowspan="2"|23
| rowspan="2"|The George Michael Sports Machine{{efn|Evolved from George Michael's Sports Final, 1980–1984 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111600669.html]}}
| NBC
| September 2, 1984
| September 8, 1991
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| George Michael died in 2009.
|-
| Syndicated
| September 15, 1991
| March 25, 2007
|-
| rowspan="4"|23 years
| rowspan="4"|23
| rowspan="4"|The Merv Griffin Show
| NBC
| October 1962
| March 1963
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|The Merv Griffin Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="4"| Merv Griffin died in 2007.
|-
| Syndicated
| 1965
| 1969
|-
| CBS
| August 18, 1969
| February 11, 1972
|-
| Syndicated
| 1972
| September 1986
|-
| 23 years
| {{Template parameter value|Reading Rainbow|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| June 6, 1983
| November 10, 2006
| {{Template parameter value|Reading Rainbow|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 23 years
| rowspan="4" | {{Template parameter value|Unsolved Mysteries|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="4" | Unsolved Mysteries
| NBC
| January 20, 1987{{efn|Includes series of specials, January 1987 to May 1988}}
| September 5, 1997
| rowspan="4" | {{Template parameter value|Unsolved Mysteries|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="4" |
|-
| CBS
| November 13, 1997
| June 11, 1999
|-
| Lifetime
| July 2, 2001
| September 20, 2002
|-
| Spike{{efn|Network later renamed Paramount Network.}}
| October 13, 2008
| April 27, 2010
|-
| 23 years
| {{Template parameter value|Happy Tree Friends|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| December 24, 1999
| September 27, 2023
| {{Template parameter value|Happy Tree Friends|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 23 years
| {{Template parameter value|Curb Your Enthusiasm|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| HBO
| October 15, 2000
| April 7, 2024
| {{Template parameter value|Curb Your Enthusiasm|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running scripted HBO program.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2000|10|21}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Cheaters (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Cheaters
| Syndicated
| October 21, 2000
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Cheaters (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2001}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Essentials (TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| TCM
| 2001
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2001|2|11}} years
|
| Fox
| February 11, 2001
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2001|8|4}} years
| {{Template parameter value|America's Test Kitchen|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| August 4, 2001
| present
| {{Template parameter value|America's Test Kitchen|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2001|9|5}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Amazing Race (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Amazing Race
(U.S. series)
| CBS
| September 5, 2001
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Amazing Race (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Two seasons per year most years until 2015.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"|{{age|2001|9|9}} years
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|Aqua Teen Hunger Force|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"|Aqua Teen Hunger Force
(alternate titles)
| rowspan="2"|Adult Swim
| September 9, 2001{{efn|Sneak peek airing December 30, 2000 on Cartoon Network}}
| August 30, 2015
| rowspan="2"|{{Template parameter value|Aqua Teen Hunger Force|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| November 26, 2023
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2001|9|22}} years
| 15
| BET
| September 22, 2001
| present
|
|
|-
| rowspan="7"|22 years
| rowspan="7"|22
| rowspan="7"|The Original Amateur Hour{{efn|Originated on radio as Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, 1934–1946}}
| 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
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3"|{{age|2002|1|21}} years
| rowspan="3"|{{Template parameter value|Cyberchase|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3"|Cyberchase
| PBS (PBS Kids)
| January 21, 2002
| October 7, 2004
| rowspan="3"|{{Template parameter value|Cyberchase|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3"|Second longest-running PBS animated show and seventh longest-running American animated series.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| October 14, 2004
| July 23, 2010
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| PBS (PBS Kids)
| November 4, 2013
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2002|2|4}} years
| {{age|2002|2|4}}
| CNBC
| February 4, 2002
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2002|3|24}} years
| 14
| Illegal Knowledge
| March 24, 2002
| present
| 66+
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2002|3|25}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Bachelor (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| March 25, 2002
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Bachelor (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"| {{age|2002|6|11}} years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|American Idol|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"| American Idol
| Fox
| June 11, 2002
| April 7, 2016
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|American Idol|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ABC
| March 11, 2018
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2002|9|16}} years
| {{age|2002|9|16}}
| Syndicated, The CW Plus
| September 16, 2002
| present
|
| Hosted by Shepard Smith.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2002|11|4}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Around the Horn|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ESPN
| November 4, 2002
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Around the Horn|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Currently moderated by Tony Reali.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2002|12|25}} years
| {{age|2002|12|25}}
| ESPN
| December 25, 2002
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2002|12|25}} years
| {{age|2002|12|25}}
| ESPN
| December 25, 2002
| present
|
| Sometimes broadcast on ABC as NBA on ABC.
|-
| 21 years
| 16
| 2003
| 2024
| 297
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2003|1|8}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Bachelorette (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| January 8, 2003
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Bachelorette (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2003|1|26}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Jimmy Kimmel Live!|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| January 26, 2003
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Jimmy Kimmel Live!|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2003|2|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Real Time with Bill Maher|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| HBO
| February 21, 2003
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Real Time with Bill Maher|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Bill Maher.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3" | {{age|2003|5|20}} years
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|America's Next Top Model|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3" |America's Next Top Model
| UPN
| May 20, 2003
| May 17, 2006
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|America's Next Top Model|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3" |
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| The CW
| September 20, 2006
| December 4, 2015
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| VH1
| December 8, 2016
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2003|9|8}} years
|
| CNN
| September 8, 2003
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Anderson Cooper 360°|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Anderson Cooper.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2003|9|23}} years
| {{Template parameter value|NCIS (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NCIS
| CBS
| September 23, 2003
| present
| {{Template parameter value|NCIS (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 21 years
| {{Template parameter value|The O'Reilly Factor|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The O'Reilly Factor{{efn|Originally The O'Reilly Report from 1996 to 1998}}
| 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).
|-
| rowspan="4" | 21 years
| rowspan="4" | {{Template parameter value|Good Eats|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="4" |Good Eats
| Food Network
| July 7, 1999
| April 29, 2010
| rowspan="4" | {{Template parameter value|Good Eats|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="4" |
|-
| May 27, 2010
| February 10, 2012
|-
| Food Network
| August 25, 2019
| July 6, 2020
|-
| February 18, 2021
| March 25, 2021
|-
| 21 years
| 21
| Issues and Answers{{efn|Originally ABC Press Conference; succeeded in time slot by This Week}}
| ABC
| 1960
| 1981
|
|
|-
| 21 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Mike Douglas Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| 1961
| 1982
| {{Template parameter value|The Mike Douglas Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Mike Douglas died in 2006.
|-
| 21 years
| 21
| CNN
| June 1, 1980
| January 2001
|
|
|-
| 21 years
| 21
| PBS
| 1981
| October 2002
|
|
|-
| 21 years
| {{Template parameter value|The New Yankee Workshop|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| January 1988
| June 27, 2009
|{{Template parameter value|The New Yankee Workshop|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 21 years
| 21
| Sneak Previews{{efn|Originally Opening Soon at a Theater Near You (1975–1977); Sneak Previes Goes Video 1989–1991}}
| 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).
|-
| rowspan="3"|20 years
| rowspan="3"| {{Template parameter value|The Red Skelton Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3"|The Red Skelton Show
| NBC
| September 30, 1951
| June 21, 1953
| rowspan="3"|{{Template parameter value|The Red Skelton Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3"|
|-
| CBS
| September 22, 1953
| June 23, 1970
|-
| NBC
| September 14, 1970
| August 29, 1971
|-
| 20 years
| For Your Home
| PBS
| 1996
| 2016
|
|
|-
| 20 years
| {{Template parameter value|Modern Marvels|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| January 1, 1995
| April 11, 2015
| {{Template parameter value|Modern Marvels|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 20 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Total Request Live|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Total Request Live
| rowspan="2" | MTV
| September 14, 1998
| November 16, 2008
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Total Request Live|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| October 2, 2017
| November 2018
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2004|6|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The First 48|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| A&E
| June 3, 2004
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The First 48|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 20 years
| 20
| Gunsmoke{{efn|It was at one time, prior to The Simpsons succeeding it, known as the longest-running primetime entertainment program with a consistent setting and recurring characters. While other primetime shows have run longer, they are all news, sports, anthology or variety programs.}}
| CBS
| September 10, 1955
| September 1, 1975
| 635
| rowspan="2" | Tied longest-running primetime drama.
|-
| 20 years
| 20
| CBS
| February 1, 1954
| February 8, 1974
| {{Template parameter value|The Secret Storm|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|-
| 20 years
| 20
| Investigative Reports
| A&E
| September 27, 1991
| 2011{{cite web| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290358/| title = Investigative Reports (TV Series 1991–2011) - IMDb| website = IMDb}}
|
| Hosted by Bill Kurtis.
|-
| 20 years
| {{Template parameter value|Dr. Phil (talk show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Dr. Phil
| Syndicated
| September 16, 2002
| May 25, 2023
| {{Template parameter value|Dr. Phil (talk show)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Phil McGraw.
|-
| 20 years
| 20
| Faith 20
| Syndicated
| 1977
| 1997
|
|
|-
| 20 years
| 20
| NBC
| April 1, 1963
| December 31, 1982
| {{Template parameter value|The Doctors (1963 TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 20 years
| 20
| Evans and Novak{{efn|Other names: Evans, Novak, Hunt, and Shields (1998–2001), Novak, Hunt, and Shields (2001–2002)}}
| CNN
| September 1982
| November 9, 2002
|
| Originally hosted by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak; later joined by Al Hunt and Mark Shields.
|}
15–19 years
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 15 to 19 years ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
| rowspan=2| 19 years
| rowspan=2| {{Template parameter value|Lassie (1954 TV series)|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| rowspan=2|Lassie
| CBS
| September 12, 1954
| May 1971
| rowspan=2| {{Template parameter value|Lassie (1954 TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| Syndicated
| September 1971
| March 24, 1973
|-
| 19 years
| 19
| Syndicated
| 1960
| 1979
|
|
|-
| 19 years
| 19
| PBS
| 1983
| June 25, 2002
|
| Was presented by Stewart Cheifet.
|-
| 19 years
| {{Template parameter value|Sally (talk show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Sally
| Syndicated
| October 17, 1983
| May 24, 2002
| {{Template parameter value|Sally (talk show)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael.
|-
| 19 years
| 19
| Friday Night Videos{{efn|Title changed to Friday Night in 1994–2000, Late Friday in 2001–2002. In both cases, the title change accompanied a change in program format}}
| NBC
| July 29, 1983
| May 24, 2002
|
|
|-
| 19 years
| 19
| ESPN Sunday Night Football{{efn|Moved to NBC in 2006, at which time Monday Night Football moves from ABC to ESPN}}
| ESPN
| November 8, 1987{{efn|Sunday Night Football shared with TNT, with TNT getting the first half of the season, ESPN the second half, 1990–1997}}
| January 1, 2006
|
|
|-
| 19 years
| {{Template parameter value|Barefoot Contessa|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| November 30, 2002
| December 19, 2021
| {{Template parameter value|Barefoot Contessa|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="4"| {{age|2004|11|6}} years
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|Ghost Hunters (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="4"| Ghost Hunters
| October 6, 2004
| October 26, 2016
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|Ghost Hunters (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="4"| The program was on hiatus 2016–2019.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| A&E
| August 21, 2019
| May 27, 2020
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| October 31, 2021
| March 19, 2022
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| October 1, 2022
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|2|20}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Robot Chicken|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Adult Swim
| February 20, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Robot Chicken|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|3|6}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Intervention (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| A&E
| March 6, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Intervention (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|3|6}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Iron Chef America|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Food Network
| March 6, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Iron Chef America|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|3|7}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Grey's Anatomy|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| March 27, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Grey's Anatomy|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|4|12}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Deadliest Catch|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Discovery
| April 12, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Deadliest Catch|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2"| {{age|2005|5|1}} years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|American Dad!|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"| American Dad!
| Fox
| May 1, 2005{{efn|Sneak peek airing February 6, 2005}}
| September 21, 2014
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|American Dad!|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"| Third longest-running Fox animated series and the second longest-running Seth MacFarlane show.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| TBS
| October 20, 2014
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|5|30}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| May 30, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="3"| {{age|2005|6|1}} years
| rowspan="3"| {{Template parameter value|Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3"| Dancing with the Stars
| ABC
| June 1, 2005
| November 22, 2021
| rowspan="3"| {{Template parameter value|Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| Disney+
| September 19, 2022
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| ABC
| September 26, 2023
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|6|5}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Food Network Star|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Food Network
| June 5, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Food Network Star|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|7|20}} years
| {{Template parameter value|So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| July 20, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2" | {{age|2005|8|4}} years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
| FX
| August 4, 2005
| December 20, 2012
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" | The longest-running American live-action sitcom.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| FXX
| September 4, 2013
| present
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan=2|{{age|2005|9|22}} years
| rowspan=2|{{Template parameter value|Criminal Minds|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan=2|Criminal Minds{{efn|Also known as Criminal Minds: Evolution since 2022}}
| CBS
| September 22, 2005
| February 19, 2020
| rowspan=2|{{Template parameter value|Criminal Minds|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan=2|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| November 24, 2022
| present
|-
| rowspan="2"| 18 years
| rowspan="2"| 18
| rowspan="2"|Art Linkletter's House Party{{efn|Also on CBS Radio, 1945–1967}}
| CBS
| September 1, 1952
| September 5, 1969
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Was hosted by Art Linkletter.
|-
| NBC
| December 29, 1969
| September 25, 1970
|-
| 18 years
| 18
| TBS
| February 27, 1983
| October 8, 2000
|
|
|-
| 18 years
| {{Template parameter value|Barney & Friends|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Barney & Friends{{efn|Reruns only (no first-run episodes) in 1994, 1996, and 2001}}
| PBS
| April 6, 1992
| November 2, 2010
| {{Template parameter value|Barney & Friends|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 18 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Dora the Explorer
| rowspan="2" | Nickelodeon
| August 14, 2000
| June 5, 2014
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" | Third longest-running Nickelodeon series, the ninth longest-running American animated 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
| {{Template parameter value|The Ellen DeGeneres Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 8, 2003
| May 28, 2022
| {{Template parameter value|The Ellen DeGeneres Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2005|12|5}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Cash Cab (American game show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Cash Cab
| Discovery
| December 5, 2005
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Cash Cab (American game show)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was on hiatus from 2012 to 2017.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2006|3|8}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Top Chef|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Top Chef
| Bravo
| March 8, 2006
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Top Chef|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2006|3|21}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Real Housewives of Orange County|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Real Housewives of Orange County
| Bravo
| March 21, 2006
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Real Housewives of Orange County|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Part of the Real Housewives franchise.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2006|6|6}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Animator vs. Animation|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
|June 6, 2006
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Animator vs. Animation|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2006|6|21}} years
| {{Template parameter value|America's Got Talent|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NBC
| June 21, 2006
| present
| {{Template parameter value|America's Got Talent|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2006|8|29}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles
| Bravo
| August 29, 2006
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 17 years
| rowspan="2"| 17
| rowspan="2"|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
| {{Template parameter value|NBA on CBS|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| October 20, 1973
| June 14, 1990
|
|
|-
| 17 years
| 17
| CNN
| October 29, 1984
| 2001
|
|
|-
| 17 years
| 17
| CNN
| September 7, 1988
| 2005
|
|
|-
| 17 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Montel Williams Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 30, 1991
| May 16, 2008
| {{Template parameter value|The Montel Williams Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was hosted by Montel Williams.
|-
| 17 years
| {{Template parameter value|Last Call with Carson Daly|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NBC
| January 8, 2002
| May 24, 2019
| {{Template parameter value|Last Call with Carson Daly|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Carson Daly.
|-
| 17 years
| 16
| Shepard Smith Reporting{{efn|Originally Studio B with Shepard Smith.}}
| Fox News
| August 2002
| October 11, 2019
|
|
|-
| 18 years
| 19
| April 1, 2003
| December 29, 2021
| 355
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 17 years
| rowspan="3" | 8
| rowspan="3" | American Chopper
| Discovery Channel
| March 31, 2003
| October 18, 2007
| rowspan="3" | 179
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| TLC
| January 17, 2008
| February 11, 2010
|-
| Discovery Channel
| March 1, 2018
| August 4, 2020
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2006|11|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
| November 1, 2006
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2007|4|23}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Food Network
| April 23, 2007
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2007|6|21}} years
| {{Template parameter value|American Greed|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CNBC
| June 21, 2007
| present
| {{Template parameter value|American Greed|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2007|7|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Nostalgia Critic|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| YouTube
| July 3, 2007
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Nostalgia Critic|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2007|9|10}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Steve Wilkos Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 10, 2007
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Steve Wilkos Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Steve Wilkos.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| rowspan="2" | {{age|2007|9|19}} years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Kitchen Nightmares|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Kitchen Nightmares
| rowspan="2" | Fox
| September 19, 2007
| September 12, 2014
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Kitchen Nightmares|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| September 25, 2023
| present
|-
| 16 years
| 16
| USA
| March 30, 1982
| August 25, 1998
|
|
|-
| 16 years
| 16
| MTV
| November 26, 1989
| March 2, 2007{{efn|New episodes sporadic after 2001.}}
| 108
|
|-
| 16 years
| {{Template parameter value|Booknotes|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| C-SPAN
| April 2, 1989
| December 5, 2004
| {{Template parameter value|Booknotes|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Had been presented by Brian Lamb. The program lead to Book TV becoming regular weekend programming on C-SPAN2.
|-
| 16 years
| {{Template parameter value|Fight Back! with David Horowitz|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fight Back! with David Horowitz
| Syndicated
| September 20, 1976
| 1992
| {{Template parameter value|Fight Back! with David Horowitz|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was hosted by David Horowitz.
|-
| rowspan="3" | 16 years
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|Forensic Files|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3" | Forensic Files
| TLC
| April 23, 1996
| December 29, 1999
| rowspan="3" | {{Template parameter value|Forensic Files|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| Court TV
| September 12, 2000
| December 24, 2007
|-
| TruTV
| January 7, 2008
| June 17, 2011
|-
| 16 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
| ABC
| October 3, 1952
| April 23, 1966
| {{Template parameter value|The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 16 years
| rowspan="3" | 10
| rowspan="3" | The Fairly OddParents
| rowspan="2" | Nickelodeon
| March 30, 2001
| November 25, 2006
| rowspan="3" |172
| rowspan="3" |Longest-running Nickelodeon animated series from the 2000s and the ninth longest-running American animated series.
|-
| February 18, 2008
| September 16, 2016
|-
| January 18, 2017
| July 26, 2017
|-
| 16 years
| 16
| Morning Joe First Look{{efn|Formerly First Look}}
| MSNBC
| 2004
| September 18, 2020
|
|
|-
| 16 years
| {{Template parameter value|Squidbillies|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Adult Swim
| October 16, 2005
| December 13, 2021
| {{Template parameter value|Squidbillies|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 16 years
| {{Template parameter value|Rachael Ray (talk show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 18, 2006
| July 28, 2023
| {{Template parameter value|Rachael Ray (talk show)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2008|2|26}} years
| {{Template parameter value|What Would You Do? (2008 TV program)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| February 26, 2008
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2008|3|4}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Real Housewives of New York City|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Real Housewives of New York City
| Bravo
| March 4, 2008
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Real Housewives of New York City|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Part of the Real Housewives franchise.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2008|6|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Fareed Zakaria GPS|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CNN
| June 1, 2008
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Fareed Zakaria GPS|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Fareed Zakaria.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2008|10|7}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Real Housewives of Atlanta|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Real Housewives of Atlanta
| Bravo
| October 7, 2008
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Real Housewives of Atlanta|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Part of the Real Housewives franchise.
|-
| 15 years
| 15
|Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
| Syndicated
| October 2, 1993
| May 24, 2008
|
| Was hosted by Jack Hanna.
|-
| 15 years
| {{Template parameter value|Sportsworld (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Sportsworld{{efn|Was also known as NBC SportsWorld.}}
| NBC
| 1978
| 1992
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|15 years
| rowspan="3"|15
| rowspan="3"|WWF Superstars
| Syndicated
| September 6, 1986
| 1996
| rowspan="3"|924
| rowspan="3"|
|-
| USA
| 1996
| 2000
|-
| TNN{{efn|Relaunched as Paramount Network in 2018.}}
| 2000
| August 2001
|-
| rowspan=2| 15 years
| rowspan=2| {{Template parameter value|The Jack Benny Program|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan=2|The Jack Benny Program
| CBS
| October 28, 1950
| September 15, 1964
| rowspan=2| {{Template parameter value|The Jack Benny Program|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan=2| 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
| PBS
| October 15, 1983
| October 31, 1999
| 195
|
|-
| 15 years
| {{Template parameter value|ER (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ER
| NBC
| September 19, 1994
| April 2, 2009
| {{Template parameter value|ER (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 15 years
| 15
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
| CBS
| October 6, 2000
| September 27, 2015
| {{Template parameter value|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2|15 years
| rowspan=2|{{Template parameter value|MythBusters|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan=2|MythBusters
| January 23, 2003
| March 5, 2016
| rowspan=2|{{Template parameter value|MythBusters|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| November 15, 2017
| February 28, 2018
|-
| 15 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Venture Bros.|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| February 16, 2003
| {{Template parameter value|The Venture Bros.|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 15 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Supernatural (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" |Supernatural
| The WB
| September 13, 2005
| May 4, 2006
| rowspan="2" |{{Template parameter value|Supernatural (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| The CW
| September 28, 2006
| November 19, 2020
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2009|1|13}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Chopped (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Chopped
| Food Network
| January 13, 2009
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Chopped (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2009|2|2}} years
| {{Template parameter value|RuPaul's Drag Race|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| VH1
| February 2, 2009
| present
| {{Template parameter value|RuPaul's Drag Race|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by RuPaul.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2009|3|8}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Ancient Aliens|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| History
| March 8, 2009
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Ancient Aliens|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2009|7|19}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Pawn Stars|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| History
| July 19, 2009
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Pawn Stars|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2009|8|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Shark Tank|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| August 9, 2009
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Shark Tank|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2009|10|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Annoying Orange|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| YouTube
| October 9, 2009
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Annoying Orange|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|}
10–14 years
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 10 to 14 years ! Length !! Number of seasons !! Series !! Network !! First broadcast !! Last broadcast !! data-sort- type="number"| Number of episodes !! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
| 14 years
| {{Template parameter value|Ryan's Hope|Infobox television | num_seasons |
| ABC
| July 7, 1975
| January 13, 1989
| {{Template parameter value|Ryan's Hope|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 14 years
| {{Template parameter value|Davey and Goliath|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| February 25, 1961
| June 29, 1975
| {{Template parameter value|Davey and Goliath|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 14 years
| 15
| A&E
| February 3, 1982
| January 1, 1996
|
|
|-
| 14 years
| 14
| NBC
| May 26, 1951
| June 27, 1965
| {{Template parameter value|Watch Mr. Wizard|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Don Herbert was Mr. Wizard.
|-
| 14 years
| 14
| The Jack LaLanne Show
| Syndicated
| 1956
| 1970
|
|
|-
| 14 years
| {{Template parameter value|Bonanza|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Bonanza{{efn|First U.S. network series to film all its episodes in color}}
| NBC
| September 12, 1959
| January 16, 1973
| {{Template parameter value|Bonanza|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 14 years
| {{Template parameter value|Knots Landing|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| December 27, 1979
| May 13, 1993
| {{Template parameter value|Knots Landing|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 14 years
| 14
| The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
| ABC
| September 13, 1986
| September 2, 2000
| 387+
|
|-
| 14 years
| 14
| ESPN
| 1983
| 1997
|
|
|-
| 14 years
| 15
| BET
| June 26, 1981
| September 1996
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 14 years
| rowspan="4"| 14
| rowspan="4"| Xplay{{efn|Previously GameSpot TV, Extended Play, and X-Play}}
| July 4, 1998
| 2004
| rowspan="4"| {{Template parameter value|Xplay|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="4"|
|-
| G4techTV
| 2004
| 2005
|-
| rowspan="2"|G4
| 2005
| January 23, 2013
|-
| 2021
| October 20, 2022
|-
| rowspan="3"| 14 years
| rowspan="3"| {{Template parameter value|Curious George (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="3"|Curious George
| PBS Kids
| September 4, 2006
| April 1, 2015
| rowspan="3"| 198 (+ 3 specials)
| rowspan="3"|
|-
| September 3, 2018
| February 21, 2020
|-
| Peacock
| July 15, 2020
| March 17, 2022
|-
| rowspan="2"| 14 years
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Archer (2009 TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2"|Archer
| FX
| September 17, 2009
| June 2, 2016
| rowspan="2"| {{Template parameter value|Archer (2009 TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| FXX
| April 5, 2017
| December 17, 2023
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2009|12|12}} years
| {{Template parameter value|American Ninja Warrior|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NBC
| December 12, 2009
| present
| {{Template parameter value|American Ninja Warrior|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| {{cite web |title=American Ninja Warrior (Titles & Air Dates Guide) |url=http://epguides.com/AmericanNinjaWarrior/ |website=epguides |access-date=January 21, 2019 |date=January 10, 2019}}
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2010|1|3}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Worst Cooks in America|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Food Network
| January 3, 2010
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Worst Cooks in America|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2010|1|18}} years
| {{Template parameter value|American Pickers|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| History
| January 18, 2010
| present
| {{Template parameter value|American Pickers|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2010|7|27}} years
| 6
| TuTiTu
| YouTube
| July 27, 2010
| present
|
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2010|7|27}} years
| {{Template parameter value|MasterChef (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| MasterChef
(U.S. series)
| Fox
| July 27, 2010
| present
| {{Template parameter value|MasterChef (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2010|8|22}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Swamp People|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| History
| August 22, 2010
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Swamp People|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 14 years
| {{Template parameter value|Blue Bloods (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| September 24, 2010
| December 13, 2024
| {{Template parameter value|Blue Bloods (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2010|9|26}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Epic Rap Battles of History|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| YouTube
| September 26, 2010
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Epic Rap Battles of History|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2011|4|26}} years
| {{Template parameter value|The Voice (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Voice
(U.S. series)
| NBC
| April 26, 2011
| present
| {{Template parameter value|The Voice (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 13 years
| {{Template parameter value|Mad TV|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Mad TV
| Fox
| October 14, 1995
| May 16, 2009
| {{Template parameter value|Mad TV|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running rival sketch show to Saturday Night Live; longest-running Fox sketch show.
|-
| 13 years
| 13
| HGTV
| 1996
| 2009
|
|
|-
| 13 years
| 14
| TNT
| July 22, 2001
| July 13, 2014
|
|
|-
| 13 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Apprentice (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NBC
| January 8, 2004
| February 13, 2017
| {{Template parameter value|The Apprentice (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| The first fourteen seasons were presented by Donald Trump.
|-
| 13 years
| {{Template parameter value|Keeping Up with the Kardashians|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Keeping Up with the Kardashians
| E!
| October 14, 2007
| June 20, 2021
| {{Template parameter value|Keeping Up with the Kardashians|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 13 years
| {{Template parameter value|NCIS: Los Angeles|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| September 22, 2009
| May 21, 2023
| {{Template parameter value|NCIS: Los Angeles|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2010|12|1}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Storage Wars|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| A&E
| December 1, 2010
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Storage Wars|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2011|1|9}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Bob's Burgers|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| January 9, 2011
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Bob's Burgers|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
|13 years
|12
|FX
|October 5, 2011
|present
|132
|
|-
|13 years
|13
| NBC
| December 27, 1947
| September 24, 1960
|
| Was in black and white until 1956, and color thereafter.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 13 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Armstrong Circle Theatre|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" |Armstrong Circle Theatre
| NBC
| June 6, 1950
| June 1957
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Armstrong Circle Theatre|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| CBS
| October 1957
| August 28, 1963
|-
| 13 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Twentieth Century|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| The Twentieth Century{{efn|Known as The 21st Century from 1967 to 1970}}
| CBS
| October 20, 1957
| January 4, 1970
| {{Template parameter value|The Twentieth Century|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was hosted by Walter Cronkite.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 13 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" |Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
| CBS
| September 9, 1972
| November 13, 1982
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" | Presented by Bill Cosby.
|-
| Syndicated
| September 1, 1984
| August 10, 1985
|-
| 13 years
| {{Template parameter value|Dallas (1978 TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Dallas
| CBS
| April 2, 1978
| May 3, 1991
| {{Template parameter value|Dallas (1978 TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 13 years
| 13
| PM Magazine{{efn|Aired locally on KPIX San Francisco as Evening: The MTWTF Show, 1976–1978}}
| 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
| CNBC
| 1994
| 2008
|
|
|-
| 13 years
| {{Template parameter value|King of the Hill|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| January 12, 1997
| May 6, 2010{{efn|The show was kept in production for four episodes beyond what Fox had ordered for the final season. Several months after the last broadcast on Fox, these four leftover episodes premiered in syndication from May 3 through May 6, 2010.}}
| {{Template parameter value|King of the Hill|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Third longest-running Fox animated series.
|-
| 13 years
| 13
| Fox News
| October 6, 1996
| January 9, 2009
|
|
|-
| 13 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Wendy Williams Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| July 14, 2008
| June 17, 2022
| {{Template parameter value|The Wendy Williams Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Wendy Williams.
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|Rugrats|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Rugrats
| August 11, 1991
| August 1, 2004{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/rugrats/episodes/191757/|title=Season 9 Episode Guide|work=TV Guide|publisher= OpenGate Capital Magazine CBS Interactive (CBS Corporation)|access-date=September 30, 2015}}
| 172
|
|-
| 12 years
| 12
| TNN
| 1983
| 1995
|
|
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Joy of Painting|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| January 11, 1983
| May 17, 1994
| {{Template parameter value|The Joy of Painting|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Starred Bob Ross.
|-
| 12 years
| 12
| CBS
| October 27, 1959
| September 7, 1971
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 12 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|My Three Sons|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" |My Three Sons
| ABC
| September 29, 1960
| September 2, 1965
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|My Three Sons|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| CBS
| September 16, 1965
| August 24, 1972
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|NYPD Blue|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| September 21, 1993
| March 1, 2005
| {{Template parameter value|NYPD Blue|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|Murder, She Wrote|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| September 30, 1984
| May 19, 1996
| {{Template parameter value|Murder, She Wrote|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Hawaii Five-O
(original series)
| CBS
| September 26, 1968
| April 26, 1980
| {{Template parameter value|Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 12 years
| 12
| Loving
| ABC
| June 26, 1983
| November 10, 1995
| {{Template parameter value|Loving (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 12 years
| 12
| Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
| Syndicated
| January 1984
| September 1996
|
|
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|Lockup (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Lockup
| MSNBC
| June 4, 2005
| February 11, 2017
| {{Template parameter value|Lockup (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 12 years
| 12
| MTV
| January 1, 1989
| 2000
|
|
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Jenny Jones Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 16, 1991
| September 12, 2003
| {{Template parameter value|The Jenny Jones Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 12 years
| 12
| Room by Room
| HGTV
| December 31, 1994
| 2006{{efn|HGTV continues to present reruns after non-renewal of series}}
|
|
|-
| 12 years
| 12
| NBC
| 1990
| 2002
|
| Hosted by Rachael Ray.
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|Wild America (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Marty Stouffer's Wild America
| PBS
| 1982
| 1994
| {{Template parameter value|Wild America (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|Two and a Half Men|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| September 22, 2003
| February 19, 2015
| {{Template parameter value|Two and a Half Men|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 12 years
| {{Template parameter value|Bones (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Bones
| Fox
| September 13, 2005
| March 28, 2017
| {{Template parameter value|Bones (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 12 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Bubble Guppies|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Bubble Guppies
| rowspan="2" | Nickelodeon
| January 24, 2011
| October 21, 2016
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Bubble Guppies|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| September 27, 2019
| June 30, 2023
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2012|10|10}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Chicago Fire (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NBC
| October 10, 2012
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Chicago Fire (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 11 years
| 13
| MTV
| July 19, 1995
| May 9, 2007
|
|
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|NASCAR on Speed|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Speed
| February 11, 2002
| August 17, 2013
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Star Search|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Star Search{{efn|Ed McMahon's Star Search, 1992–1995}}
| Syndicated
| September 10, 1983
| May 20, 1995
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Originally presented by Ed McMahon.
|-
| CBS
| 2003
| April 2004
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|Flipping Out|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Bravo
| July 31, 2007
| 2018
| {{Template parameter value|Flipping Out|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Syndicated
| September 22, 2002
| July 21, 2013
|
| Was hosted by Chris Matthews.
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Kraft Television Theatre{{efn|Also known as Kraft Mystery Theatre (1958); another series of the same name ran concurrently on ABC, 1953–1955}}
| NBC
| May 7, 1947
| October 1, 1958
| 650
|
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Homes Across America{{efn|Had 13 week seasons, according to HGTV}}
| HGTV
| December 1994
| October 12, 2005
|
|
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Denise Austin's Daily Workout
| 1997
| 2008
|
| Was hosted by Denise Austin.
|-
| rowspan="3" |11 years
| rowspan="3" |11
| rowspan="3" |The Voice of Firestone
| NBC
| September 5, 1949
| June 1954
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | Was previously on NBC Radio.
|-
| rowspan="2" | ABC
| June 1954
| June 1959
|-
| September 1962
| June 16, 1963
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| NBC
| October 5, 1950
| June 29, 1961
| {{Template parameter value|You Bet Your Life|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was presented by Groucho Marx. Previously was on multiple radio networks.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11 years
| rowspan="2" | 11
| rowspan="2" |The Andy Williams Show
| CBS
| 1957
| 1959
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Starred Andy Williams.
|-
| NBC
| 1962
| 1971
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|Tosh.0|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Tosh.0
| Comedy Central
| June 4, 2009
| November 24, 2020
| {{Template parameter value|Tosh.0|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11 years
| rowspan="2" | 11
| rowspan="2" |Beat the Clock
(original series){{efn|Emcee: Bud Collyer}}
| CBS
| March 23, 1950
| September 12, 1958
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| ABC
| October 13, 1958
| January 30, 1961
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11 years
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | The General Electric College Bowl{{efn|Also known as G.E. College Bowl; on NBC radio, 1953–1955; pilot shot 1955.}}
| CBS
| January 4, 1959
| 1963
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| NBC
| 1963
| June 14, 1970
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Syndicated{{efn|Reruns now run on RFD-TV. {{citation needed|date=September 2024}} }}
| 1963
| 1974
| 354
|
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Carol Burnett Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| September 11, 1967
| March 29, 1978
| {{Template parameter value|The Carol Burnett Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Starred Carol Burnett.
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Fox News
| November 5, 2007
| June 8, 2018
|
|
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|M*A*S*H (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| M*A*S*H
| CBS
| September 17, 1972
| February 28, 1983
| {{Template parameter value|M*A*S*H (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| E!
| June 18, 1994
| July 8, 2005
|
| Hosted by Howard Stern.
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|Geraldo (talk show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Geraldo
| Syndicated
| 1987
| 1998
|
| Last two seasons aired as The Geraldo Rivera Show.
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Syndicated
| September 19, 1983
| July 1, 1994
| 2,425
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|The Danny Thomas Show|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | The Danny Thomas Show
| ABC{{efn|As Make Room for Daddy; NBC used the same name when airing reruns of this series, 1960–1965}}
| September 29, 1953
| July 1957
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|The Danny Thomas Show|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| CBS{{efn|As The Danny Thomas Show}}
| September 1957
| September 14, 1964
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Baywatch|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Baywatch
| NBC
| September 22, 1989
| April 6, 1990
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Baywatch|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| Syndicated
| September 23, 1991
| May 14, 2001
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|Talk Soup|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| E!
| January 7, 1991
| May 17, 2002
|
|
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Syndicated
| September 1993
| 2004
|
| The very similar Martha Stewart Show aired from 2005 to 2012.
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Crocodile Hunter|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| October 25, 1996
| September 4, 2007
| {{Template parameter value|The Crocodile Hunter|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running Animal Planet series.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|ToonHeads|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" |ToonHeads
| October 2, 1992
| July 1, 2001
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|ToonHeads|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| Adult Swim
| November 4, 2001
| November 23, 2003
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Imus in the Morning{{efn|Simulcast of live program at WFAN in New York.}}
| MSNBC
| September 2, 1996
| April 11, 2007
|
| Was hosted by Don Imus.
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Fox News
| October 6, 1996
| February 24, 2008
|
|
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Jeffersons|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| January 18, 1975
| July 23, 1985
| {{Template parameter value|The Jeffersons|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 11 years
| 11
| Food Network
| 2002
| 2013
| {{Template parameter value|Paula's Home Cooking|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|The Big Bang Theory|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| CBS
| September 24, 2007
| May 16, 2019
| {{Template parameter value|The Big Bang Theory|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan=3|11 years
| rowspan=3|{{Template parameter value|Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan=3|Star Wars: The Clone Wars
| October 3, 2008
| March 2, 2013
| rowspan=3|{{Template parameter value|Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan=3|
|-
| Netflix
| colspan=2|March 7, 2013
|-
| Disney+
| February 21, 2020
| May 4, 2020
|-
| 11 years
| 17
| Oxygen
| December 5, 2006
| May 2, 2017
| 275
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2013|4|23}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Teen Titans Go!|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| April 23, 2013
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Teen Titans Go!|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Longest-running non-Cartoon Network Studios series
Longest-running non-Cartoon Network series from the 2010s
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2013|8|12}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Paw Patrol|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| August 12, 2013
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Paw Patrol|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2013|8|24}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Beat Bobby Flay|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Food Network
| August 24, 2013
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Beat Bobby Flay|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Hosted by Bobby Flay.
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2013|9|27}} years
| {{Template parameter value|MasterChef Junior (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| MasterChef Junior
(U.S. series)
| Fox
| September 27, 2013
| present
| {{Template parameter value|MasterChef Junior (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 11 years
| {{Template parameter value|Intimate Portrait|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Lifetime
| January 3, 1994
| October 3, 2005
| {{Template parameter value|Intimate Portrait|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Ricki Lake (1993 talk show)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Syndicated
| September 13, 1993
| May 21, 2004
| {{Template parameter value|Ricki Lake (1993 talk show)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Was hosted by Ricki Lake.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 10 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|7th Heaven (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" |7th Heaven{{efn|Longest-running family drama on television, per [http://www.tv.com/7th-heaven/show/251/story/9267.html? Reuters article about 7th Heaven finale]{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} }}
| The WB
| August 26, 1996
| May 8, 2006
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|7th Heaven (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| The CW
| September 25, 2006
| May 13, 2007{{efn|Scheduled date of last episode}}
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Married... with Children|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Fox
| April 5, 1987
| June 9, 1997
| {{Template parameter value|Married... with Children|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Happy Days|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| January 15, 1974
| September 24, 1984
| {{Template parameter value|Happy Days|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Between the Lions|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| PBS
| April 3, 2000
| November 22, 2010
| {{Template parameter value|Between the Lions|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| 10
| CNN
| September 12, 2001
| December 30, 2011
| 2,688
|
|-
| 10 years
| 10
| Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts{{efn|On CBS radio 1946–1956}}
| 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
| {{Template parameter value|Wonder Pets!|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Nickelodeon
| March 3, 2006
| September 3, 2016
| {{Template parameter value|Wonder Pets!|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |pages=343–344}}
| Fifth longest-running Nickelodeon show and second longest-running Nick Jr. series.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 10 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Mickey Mouse Clubhouse|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
| May 5, 2006
| January 3, 2011
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|Mickey Mouse Clubhouse|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| rowspan="2" | Longest-running Disney animated series from 2000s
|-
| February 14, 2011
| November 6, 2016
|-
| rowspan="10" |10 years
| rowspan="10" |10
| rowspan="10" |Pantomime Quiz{{efn|Originally aired locally in Los Angeles, 1947–1950}}
| CBS
| October 4, 1949
| August 28, 1951
| rowspan="10" |
| rowspan="10" |
|-
| 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
|-
| rowspan="9" | 10 years
| rowspan="9" | 10
| rowspan="9" | The Arthur Murray Party
| ABC
| July 20, 1950
| September 1950
| rowspan="9" |
| rowspan="9" | 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
|-
| rowspan="4" | 10 years
| rowspan="4" | 10
| rowspan="4" |Smilin' Ed's Gang{{efn|Began on radio as Ed McConnell and the Buster Brown Gang, 1929–1950; became Andy's Gang in 1954 when Andy Devine became host after McConnell's death}}
| NBC
| August 26, 1950
| May 19, 1951
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" |
|-
| CBS
| August 11, 1951
| April 11, 1953
|-
| ABC
| August 22, 1953
| April 23, 1955
|-
| CBS
| August 20, 1955
| December 31, 1960
|-
| 10 years
| 10
| Syndicated
| July 28, 1986
| August 30, 1996
|
|
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Cheers|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Cheers
| NBC
| September 30, 1982
| May 20, 1993
| {{Template parameter value|Cheers|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Frasier|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Frasier
| NBC
| September 16, 1993
| May 13, 2004
| {{Template parameter value|Frasier|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| 10
| Getting Fit
| ESPN
| 1987
| 1997
|
|
|-
| 10 years
| 10
| TNN
| 1991
| 2000
|
|
|-
| 10 years
| 10
| PBS
| February 11, 1963
| February 11, 1973
| 201
| Starred Julia Child.
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Ed, Edd n Eddy|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Cartoon Network
| January 4, 1999
| November 8, 2009
| 69
| Longest-running Cartoon Network original series
Longest-running Cartoon Network original series from the 90s
Longest-running Cartoon Cartoon
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Modern Family|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| ABC
| September 23, 2009
| April 8, 2020
| {{Template parameter value|Modern Family|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 10 years
| rowspan="2" | {{Template parameter value|The United States Steel Hour|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| rowspan="2" | The United States Steel Hour
| ABC
| October 27, 1953
| 1955
| rowspan="2" | 253
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| NBC
| 1955
| June 12, 1963
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2013|10|20}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Guy's Grocery Games|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Food Network
| October 20, 2013
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Guy's Grocery Games|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2013|12|2}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Rick and Morty|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| December 2, 2013
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Rick and Morty|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2014|1|8}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| NBC
| January 8, 2014
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|- style="background:#cfecec;"
| {{age|2014|10|13}} years
| {{Template parameter value|Blaze and the Monster Machines|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Blaze and the Monster Machines
| October 13, 2014
| present
| {{Template parameter value|Blaze and the Monster Machines|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Ice Road Truckers|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| History
| June 17, 2007
| November 9, 2017
| {{Template parameter value|Ice Road Truckers|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|USA Up All Night|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| USA
| January 7, 1989
| March 7, 1998
| {{Template parameter value|USA Up All Night|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
|
|-
| 10 years
| 10
| TNN
| March 8, 1983
| October 15, 1993
|
|
|-
| 14 years
| 6
| The Amazing World of Gumball
| Cartoon Network
| May 3, 2011
| present
| 240
| was on hiatus from 2019 to 2025
|-
| 10 years
| {{Template parameter value|Shameless (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_seasons|}}
| Shameless
(U.S. series)
| Showtime
| January 9, 2011
| April 11, 2021
| {{Template parameter value|Shameless (American TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes|}}
| Showtime's longest-running original scripted series
|}
See also
{{portal|Television|Lists|United States}}
- Lists of longest-running American shows by broadcast type:
- List of longest-running American cable television series
- List of longest-running American broadcast network 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
- Lists of longest-running shows internationally:
- List of longest-running television shows by category – international list
- List of longest-running Indian television series
- List of longest-running British television programmes
- List of longest-running Australian television series
- List of longest-running Philippine television series
- List of longest-running Spanish television series
- List of shortest running shows:
- List of television series canceled after one episode
- List of television series canceled before airing an episode
Notes
{{notelist}}
{{reflist|group=note}}
References
{{reflist|30em|refs=
{{cite magazine |last1=Brounstein |first1=Diane |title=Loren Lott and Chene' Lawson Return to Y&R for Devon's Wedding |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/loren-lott-and-chene-lawson-return-to-yr-for-devons-wedding/ |website=Soap Opera Digest |publisher=A360media |access-date=October 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241021170552/https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/loren-lott-and-chene-lawson-return-to-yr-for-devons-wedding/ |archive-date=October 21, 2024 |location=United States |issn=0164-3584 |date=October 21, 2024 |url-status=live}}
{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Errol |title=Days of Our Lives Renewed for Season 61 at Peacock |url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/11/days-of-our-lives-renewed-season-61-peacock |website=Soap Opera Network |access-date=November 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241101201746/https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/11/days-of-our-lives-renewed-season-61-peacock |archive-date=November 1, 2024 |location=United States |date=November 1, 2024}}
}}
Further reading
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–present. {{ISBN|0-345-45542-8}}.
- TV Guide Guide to TV (2006). {{ISBN|0-7607-7572-9}}.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Longest-running United States television series}}