List of longest-running American television series

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 (64 years) and Doctor Who (61 years) are not included (see: List of longest-running British television programmes).

Series shaded in light blue are currently in production.

60+ years

60 years or more

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
85 years	64	NFL on NBC[a]	NBC	October 22, 1939	January 25, 1998	5,000+	GrandStand was the original name of the program. NBC originally carried many NFL games including the Pro Bowl. It later carried AFL/AFC games until 1997 when NBC lost its AFC contract to CBS. NBC later resumed its NFL coverage with NBC Sunday Night Football. It currently airs a Sunday night game every week and the NFL's kick-off games, along with the Super Bowl.
				August 6, 2006	present
77 years	77	Meet the Press[b] (NBC News)	NBC	November 6, 1947[1]	present	3,600+	Longest-running show.
77 years	72	CBS Evening News[c] (CBS News)	CBS	May 3, 1948	present	16,400+	Longest-running network newscast.
75 years	75	Music & the Spoken Word[d]	Syndicated	October 1949	present	4,990 (as of Error in Template:Date table sorting: 'May 4, 2025, 2025' is an invalid date)[2]	Longest-running non-news television program, the longest-running variety show, the longest-running religious television program, and the longest-running entertainment program in American television history.
73 years	69	Hallmark Hall of Fame[e]	NBC	December 24, 1951	December 17, 1978	260	Longest-running television anthology program, though not broadcast on a regular schedule, with only a limited number of productions per year.
			CBS	November 14, 1979	April 30, 1980
			PBS	February 9, 1981	May 6, 1981
			CBS	December 1, 1981	January 29, 1989
			ABC	April 30, 1989	April 23, 1995
			CBS	December 10, 1995	April 24, 2011
			ABC	November 27, 2011	April 20, 2014
			Hallmark Channel	November 30, 2014[3]	present
73 years	70	Today (NBC News)	NBC	January 14, 1952	present	18,000+	Longest-running morning show.
73 years	2	The Victory Hour	WTVR	January 13, 1952[4]	1966[5]		Longest-running Christian television program
			WWBT	1966	present
71 years	69	Backyard Farmer	Nebraska Educational Telecommunications	June 1, 1953	present	1,380+	Longest-running show for home lawn and gardening (The show claims to be "the longest-running locally produced program in television history."[6])
71 years	71	ABC World News Tonight[f]	ABC	September 1953	present	15,722+
70 years	70	The Tonight Show[g]	NBC	September 27, 1954	January 25, 1957	2,000 (before Carson)[h]	...Starring Steve Allen
				July 29, 1957	March 30, 1962		...Starring Jack Paar
				October 1, 1962	May 22, 1992	6,714	...Starring Johnny Carson
				May 25, 1992	May 29, 2009	3,775	...with Jay Leno
				June 1, 2009	January 22, 2010	145 (1 not completed)	...with Conan O'Brien
				March 1, 2010	February 6, 2014	835[i]	...with Jay Leno
				February 17, 2014	present	2,132[j]	...Starring Jimmy Fallon[k]
70 years	58	The Wonderful World of Disney[l]	ABC	October 27, 1954	June 11, 1961	2,207	Anthology television series featuring wide variety of topics ranging from Disney animation to live-action and documentaries. Walt Disney was the original host from show's inception until his death in 1966. From 1991 to 1997 and since 2008, the series only airs sporadically as a special presentation a few times a year.
			NBC	September 24, 1961	August 16, 1981
			CBS	September 26, 1981	September 24, 1983
			ABC	February 1, 1986	May 21, 1988
			NBC	October 8, 1988	August 26, 1990
			CBS	September 26, 1991	December 1, 1996
			ABC	September 28, 1997	December 24, 2008
				December 12, 2015	present
			Disney+	May 20, 2020	present
70 years	64	Face the Nation (CBS News)	CBS	November 7, 1954	present
69 years	69[7]	It Is Written	Syndicated	March 1, 1956[7]	present		Longest-running religious television program to broadcast in color.
69 years	69	The Open Mind	Syndicated[m]	May 1956[8]	present		Longest-running public television program.
68 years	64	NFL on CBS	CBS	September 30, 1956	January 23, 1994	6,133[citation needed]	CBS originally broadcast NFL games from 1956 to its merger with the AFL in 1970. It continued to broadcast NFC regular and playoff games until 1994 when CBS lost the rights to broadcast these games to Fox. The network returned its football broadcasts by 1998 after CBS acquired the rights to broadcast AFC regular and playoff games from NBC. It also airs Super Bowl matches.
				September 6, 1998	present
68 years	12	To Tell the Truth	CBS	December 18, 1956	May 22, 1967	474	CBS Primetime
				June 18, 1962	September 6, 1968	1,625	CBS Daytime
	9		Syndicated	1969	1978	1,715
	1			1980	1981	195
			NBC	1990	1991	190
	2		Syndicated	2000	2002
	3		ABC	2016	April 26, 2022	86
67–68 years	41	Divorce Court	Syndicated	1957	1962	5,767+	Broadcast in black and white from 1957 to 1962.
				1967	1969
				1984	1993
				September 15, 1999	present
65 years	58	CBS Sports Spectacular	CBS	January 3, 1960	present
63 years	56 (through 2023 season)[9]	The NFL Today	CBS	September 17, 1961	January 23, 1994		The pre-game show counterpart to NFL on CBS. Originally was 15 minutes long.
				September 6, 1998	present
63 years	63	It's Academic	WRC-TV WJZ-TV WVIR-TV WETA-TV	October 7, 1961	present		Longest-running game show of any type. Longest-running high school quiz show (broadcast in the Baltimore, Charlottesville, and Washington, D.C. areas only).
63 years	63	Professional Bowlers Tour[n]	ABC[o]	January 27, 1962	June 21, 1997		ESPN airs some of the tours on ABC.
			CBS	1998[p]	1999
			Fox Sports	1999	2000
			ESPN	2000	present
62 years	62	General Hospital (ABC Daytime)	ABC	April 1, 1963	present	15,000[10]	Longest-running dramatic series (soap opera) still in production.[11]
61 years	53[q]	CBS Morning News	CBS	September 2, 1963	1979		This version of the program was replaced by CBS This Morning, and later by The Early Show. The program was on hiatus for two years, then retooled and reintroduced in 1982.
				October 4, 1982	present
61 years	29	Let's Make a Deal	NBC	December 30, 1963	December 27, 1968	3,200[r]	Originally hosted by Monty Hall. Current host is Wayne Brady.
			ABC	December 30, 1968	July 9, 1976
			Syndicated	1971	1977	281
				1980	1981	195
				1984	1986	340
			NBC	1990	1991	128
				2003	2003	3
			CBS	2009	present	1,500+
61 years	47	Jeopardy!	NBC	March 30, 1964	January 3, 1975	2,753	Originally presented by Art Fleming.
			Syndicated	September 1974	September 1975	39
			NBC	October 2, 1978	March 2, 1979	108
			Syndicated	September 10, 1984	present	7,000+[12]	Originally presented by Alex Trebek. Currently presented by Ken Jennings.

50–59 years

50 to 59 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
59 years	59	Days of Our Lives (NBC Daytime)	NBC	November 8, 1965	September 9, 2022	15,000[13]
			Peacock	September 12, 2022	present
58 years	14 (NBC) 3 (Syndication; 1986–89) 6 (Syndication; 1998–2004) 1 (CBS)	Hollywood Squares	NBC	October 17, 1966	June 20, 1980	3,536	NBC Daytime
				January 12, 1968	September 13, 1968		NBC Primetime
				January 4, 1969	August 30, 1969	46	Saturday morning
			Syndicated	September 9, 1972	April 10, 1981
			NBC	October 31, 1983	July 27, 1984	192	NBC Daytime
			Syndicated	September 15, 1986	June 16, 1989	585
				September 14, 1998	June 4, 2004	1,050
			CBS	January 16, 2025	Present	6
59 years	59	The 700 Club[s]	Syndicated[t]	1966	present
			CBN & Freeform	1977	present
57 years	57	Guiding Light[u] (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.
58 years	58	Washington Week[v]	NET	February 23, 1967	1970	over 2,000	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.
			PBS	1970	present
57 years	57	NFL Films Presents	Syndicated	September 17, 1967[14][15]	January 26, 1997
			ESPN	August 31, 1997	present
			NFL Network	November 4, 2003	present
56 years	57	60 Minutes (CBS News)	CBS	September 24, 1968	present	2500+
55 years	55	Sesame Street	NET	November 10, 1969	May 8, 1970	4731[note 1]	Longest-running children's show.[w] 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.[16]
			PBS (PBS Kids)	November 9, 1970	present
			HBO	January 16, 2016	November 1, 2020
			(HBO) Max	November 21, 2020	present
55 years	51	Hour of Power	Syndicated	February 1970	present	2,662
54 years	20	I've Got a Secret	CBS	June 19, 1952	April 3, 1967	CBS (1952–1967): 680 Syndication (1972–1973): 39 CBS (1976): 4 Oxygen (2000–2001): 120[17] GSN (2006): 40	Presented by Garry Moore and Steve Allen.
			Syndicated	September 11, 1972	September 9, 1973		Presented by Steve Allen.
			CBS	June 15, 1976	July 6, 1976		Presented by Bill Cullen.
			Oxygen	2000	2001		Presented by Stephanie Miller.
			GSN	April 17, 2006	June 9, 2006		Presented by Bil Dwyer.
54 years	54	As the World Turns (CBS Daytime)	CBS	April 2, 1956	September 17, 2010	13,858
54 years	50	NBC Nightly News (NBC News)	NBC	August 3, 1970	present		NBC has had an evening broadcast since 1948, starting with Camel News Caravan, lasting until 1956, when it was replaced by Nightly News' predecessor, the Huntley-Brinkley Report.
54 years	55 (NFL seasons)	Monday Night Football	ABC	September 21, 1970	December 26, 2005	718 (games)	Since 2016 and 2018 respectively, ABC has simulcast ESPN's coverage of its NFL Wild Card playoff game and the Pro Bowl. In 2020, ABC simulcasted three select ESPN Monday Night Football games. Starting in 2021, ABC will get expanded broadcast rights, including exclusive games, Week 18 Saturday doubleheader simulcasts, and Super Bowl rights. Per NFL Policy, all games that are broadcast via cable or satellite television on a Pay TV Network must also be made available on over-the-air television stations in each participating team's local market.
			ESPN	September 11, 2006	present
			ABC	January 9, 2016	present
53 years	53	Sábado Gigante	Univision	August 8, 1962	September 19, 2015	2,800+	Longest-running imported TV show.
54 years	46	Masterpiece[x]	PBS	January 10, 1971	present
52 years	36	NASCAR on ABC	ABC	February 26, 1961	August 5, 2000
			ESPN	March 10, 2007	October 11, 2014
52 years	53	The Price Is Right (CBS Daytime)[y]	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.
52 years	51	Great Performances	PBS	November 4, 1972	present
52 years	52	The Young and the Restless (CBS Daytime)	CBS	March 26, 1973	present	13,000[18]	[19]
51 years	51	Nova	PBS	March 3, 1974	present	988 (December 18, 2024)

40–49 years

40 to 49 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
50 years	16	Wheel of Fortune	NBC	January 6, 1975	June 30, 1989		Network version normally ran in the late morning. Originally hosted by Chuck Woolery (1975–1981), followed by Pat Sajak (1981–1989), Rolf Benirschke (1989), and Bob Goen (1989–1991).
			CBS	July 17, 1989	January 11, 1991
			NBC	January 14, 1991	September 20, 1991
	40		Syndicated	September 23, 1991	present	8,000[z]	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
49 years	50	Saturday Night Live[aa]	NBC	October 11, 1975	present	987	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
48 years	34	Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	NBC	January 6, 1963	April 11, 1971		Wild Kingdom was on hiatus 1988-2002 and ultimately was cancelled in 2011. The original host, Marlin Perkins, died in 1986.
			Syndicated	1971	1988
			Animal Planet	September 17, 2002	May 22, 2011
49 years	49	PBS NewsHour[ab]	PBS	October 20, 1975	present		Was hosted by Robert MacNeil (1975–1995) and Jim Lehrer (1976–2011).
49 years	45	Good Morning America	ABC	November 3, 1975	present	9,914+
48–49 years	48–49	Austin City Limits	PBS	1976	present	900
49 years	49	Creative Living with Sheryl Borden	Syndicated	January 11, 1976	present
49 years	43	Live from Lincoln Center	PBS	January 30, 1976	present[ac]	251
48 years	26	Family Feud	ABC	July 12, 1976	June 14, 1985	2,311	Hosted by Richard Dawson
			Syndicated	September 19, 1977	May 17, 1985	976
			CBS	July 4, 1988	March 26, 1993		Hosted by Ray Combs
			Syndicated	1988	May 26, 1995		Originally hosted by Ray Combs (1988–1994), followed by Richard Dawson (1994–1995).
			Syndicated	September 20, 1999	present	2,390+	Originally hosted by Louie Anderson (1999–2002), Followed by Richard Karn (2002–2006), John O’Hurley (2006–2010), and Current Host Steve Harvey (2010–present).
47 years	16	The Joker's Wild	CBS	September 4, 1972	June 13, 1975	3,026
			Syndicated[ad]	September 5, 1977	May 23, 1986
			Syndicated	September 10, 1990	March 8, 1991
			TBS	October 24, 2017	2018
			TNT	2018	March 27, 2019
47 years	41	Inside the NFL	HBO	September 14, 1977	February 6, 2008		Len Dawson and Nick Buoniconti hosted the show together 1978–2001.
			Showtime	September 10, 2008	February 24, 2021
			Paramount+	September 7, 2021	April 5, 2023
			The CW	September 9, 2023	present
47 years	45	Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon[ae]	Syndicated, ABC	September 4, 1966[20]	August 31, 2014	45	Annual broadcast; was broadcast as a two-hour special on ABC in 2013 and 2014.
46 years	47	20/20 (ABC News)	ABC	June 6, 1978	present	500+	Long time hosts were Hugh Downs (1978–99) and Barbara Walters (1979–2004, 2013–14).
45 years	37	Wide World of Sports (ABC Sports)	ABC	April 29, 1961	August 2006[af]
45 years	45	Agronsky & Co./Inside Washington	Syndicated[ag]	1969	December 20, 2013
45 years	45	One Life to Live (ABC Daytime)	ABC	July 15, 1968	January 13, 2012	11,136
45 years	27	In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley	Syndicated	1978	present
46 years	45	CBS News Sunday Morning	CBS	January 28, 1979	present		Originally hosted by Charles Kuralt (1979–1994), followed by Charles Osgood (1994–2016), and Jane Pauley (2016–present).
46 years	46	This Old House	PBS	February 20, 1979	present	1,136	Originally hosted by Bob Vila until 1989. Norm Abram is the only original personality still appearing on the show.
45 years	43	SportsCenter	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews	September 7, 1979	present	Over 60,000
45 years	38	Nightline[ah]	ABC	March 24, 1980	present		Hosted by Ted Koppel (1980-2005).
44 years	36	Washington Journal[ai]	C-SPAN	October 7, 1980	present
43 years	35	Noticiero Univision[aj]	Univision	June 1, 1981	present
43 years	44	Entertainment Tonight	Syndicated	September 14, 1981	present	11,675[21]	Longest-running entertainment news program.
43 years	43	MotorWeek[ak]	PBS	October 15, 1981	present
43 years	41	This Week[al]	ABC	November 15, 1981	present		Originally hosted by David Brinkley (1981–1996), currently hosted by George Stephanopoulos (2002-2010, 2012–present).
43 years	38	Late Night[am]	NBC	February 1, 1982	June 21, 1993	1,819	...with David Letterman
				September 13, 1993	February 20, 2009	2,725	...with Conan O'Brien
				March 2, 2009	February 7, 2014	969	...with Jimmy Fallon
				February 24, 2014	present	1,651[an]	...with Seth Meyers
42 years	12	Wild America	PBS, Syndicated	September 14, 1982	present	120	Hosted by Marty Stouffer.
42 years	43	Nature	PBS	October 10, 1982	present	653
41 years	41	Romper Room[ao]	Syndicated	February 9, 1953[22]	September 1994
41 years	42	All My Children (ABC Daytime)	ABC	January 5, 1970	September 23, 2011	ABC: 10,712 (television) TOLN: 43 (internet and television) Total: 10,755	While the show had ceased airing as a television series it was still in production for a brief time after. On April 29, 2013, the show had resumed airing now as a web series on the internet and could be seen through Hulu, iTunes, and YouTube until September 2, 2013, before being confirmed as being discontinued again on November 11, 2013.
41 years	32[ap]	The People's Court	Syndicated	September 14, 1981	May 17, 1993[aq]	2,484	Judged by Joseph Wapner.
				September 8, 1997[ar]	1999	1,500+	Judged by Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City.
				1999	2001		Judged by Jerry Sheindlin, the husband of Judy Sheindlin of Judge Judy.
				2001	July 21, 2023		Judged by Marilyn Milian.
41–42 years	31	Gilad's Bodies in Motion	ESPN	1983	1994
			Fox Sports	1994	1995
			Discovery Health	1995	2004
			FitTV	2004	2011
			Discovery Life	2011	2015
			JLTV	2015	present
42 years	43	Frontline	PBS	January 17, 1983	present	827
40 years	40	Nightly Business Report[as]	PBS	January 22, 1979	December 27, 2019	10,680
40 years	40	NASCAR on CBS	CBS	February 12, 1960	July 15, 2000
40 years	40	The Bugs Bunny Show	ABC (1960–1968, 1986–2000), CBS (1968–1985)	October 11, 1960	September 2, 2000	1040 (including at least 5,000 total shorts being aired, although many were reruns)	Longest-running cartoon program on broadcast television, the last non-Disney ABC Kids show, and the last non-Educational and Informational (E/I) Saturday morning cartoon on broadcast TV.
40 years	32	Real Videos	TBN, JCTV	October 4, 1984[23]	present	900+
40 years	29	National Geographic Explorer[at]	Nickelodeon	April 7, 1985	1986	233
			TBS	1986	1999
			CNBC	1999	2001
			MSNBC[au]	2001	2005
			National Geographic	2005	present

35–39 years

35 to 39 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
40 years	31	Grand Ole Opry Live[av]	TNN	April 20, 1985	August 2001
			CMT	August 2001	2003
			GAC[aw]	2003	2015
38 years	36	The Woodwright's Shop[ax]	PBS	1979	2017	468
38 years	38	American Masters	PBS	June 22, 1986	present	288[24]	[25]
37 years	37	American Bandstand	WFIL-TV	October 7, 1952	October 7, 1957	3,002	Hosted by Dick Clark (1956–1989).
			ABC	October 7, 1957	September 5, 1987
			Syndicated	September 19, 1987	June 4, 1988
			USA	April 8, 1989	October 7, 1989
37 years	35	The McLaughlin Group	Syndicated[ag]	January 1, 1982	August 19, 2016		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
				September 6, 2019	December 25, 2020
37–38 years	27	NFL Primetime	ESPN	1987	present
38 years	31	The Bold and the Beautiful[26]	CBS	March 23, 1987	present	9,000[27]	[28]
38 years	29	Biography[ay]	A&E	April 6, 1987[az]	August 2006		The show was cancelled in 2012, and later revived in 2017.
			Biography Channel[ba]	August 2006	present[bb]
37 years	27	College GameDay (football series)	ESPN	September 1987	present
37 years	36	48 Hours[bc]	CBS	January 2, 1988	present	991[29]
37 years	28	America's Most Wanted	Fox	February 7, 1988	April 21, 2012	1,192
			Lifetime	December 2, 2011	October 12, 2012
			Fox	March 15, 2021	present
36 years	37	POV	PBS	July 5, 1988	present	400+
36 years	36	Live with Kelly and Mark[bd]	Syndicated	September 5, 1988[be]	present	7,580
36 years	36	American Experience	PBS	October 1, 1988	present	380
36 years	27	NBA on TNT	TNT	October 30, 1988	present
36 years	14	Mystery Science Theater 3000	KTMA-TV	November 24, 1988	May 28, 1989	230	Was on hiatus from 1999 to 2017.
			The Comedy Channel	November 18, 1989	February 2, 1991
			Comedy Central	June 1, 1991	May 18, 1996
			Sci Fi Channel	February 1, 1997	September 12, 1999
			Netflix	April 14, 2017	November 22, 2018
			Gizmoplex	May 6, 2022[bf]	present
36 years	36	Inside Edition	Syndicated	January 9, 1989	present	11,257+
36 years	37	Cops	Fox	March 11, 1989	May 4, 2013	1,219	Cancelled during national protests following the murder of George Floyd by an on-duty police officer of the Minneapolis Police Department.[30][31]
			Spike / Paramount Network	September 14, 2013	May 11, 2020
			Fox Nation	October 1, 2021	present
35 years	10	Columbo	NBC	February 20, 1968	May 13, 1978	69	Was on hiatus from 1978 to 1989, during the change in broadcast networks.
			ABC	February 6, 1989	January 30, 2003
35 years	35	Another World (NBC Daytime)	NBC	May 4, 1964	June 25, 1999	8,891	Longest-running continuous title sequences on television.
35 years	35	Bobby Jones Gospel	BET	January 27, 1980	July 31, 2016
35 years	35	Soul Train	Syndicated	October 2, 1971	March 25, 2006[bg]	1,117
35 years	35	Wall Street Week[bh][bi]	PBS	November 20, 1970	June 24, 2005		Since 2016, a new version of the program is now airing on the Fox Business.[bj]
35 years	36	The Victory Garden[bk]	PBS	April 16, 1975	2010

30–34 years

30 to 34 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
35 years	35	America's Funniest Home Videos	ABC	November 26, 1989	present	790
35 years	36	The Simpsons[bl]	Fox	January 14, 1990[bm]	present	788	Longest-running American animated series, longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running scripted primetime series.
35 years	30	Baseball Tonight	ESPN	March 19, 1990	present
35 years	27	ESPN Major League Baseball[bn]	ESPN, ESPN2[bo]	April 15, 1990	present
35 years	35	Outside the Lines	ESPN	May 7, 1990	present
34 years	24	Law & Order	NBC	September 13, 1990	May 24, 2010	522
				February 24, 2022	present
34 years	34	Evening at Pops	PBS	July 12, 1970	August 29, 2004
34 years		Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends	Syndicated	February 21, 1983	April 28, 2017	780
33 years	31	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	NET	February 19, 1968	May 1, 1970	912 (including specials)	Fred Rogers died in 2003 due to a digestive cancer.
			PBS	February 15, 1971	August 31, 2001
33 years	24	Concentration	NBC	August 25, 1958	March 23, 1973	3,770	Presented by Hugh Downs and Bob Clayton.
			Syndicated	September 10, 1973	September 8, 1978	975	Presented by Jack Narz.
			NBC	May 4, 1987	September 20, 1991	1,020	Presented by Alex Trebek.
33 years	34	Firing Line	Syndicated	April 4, 1966[bp]	1971	1,504	Longest-running public affairs program to have a single host.
			PBS	1971	December 26, 1999
33 years	18	CBS This Morning	CBS	November 30, 1987	October 29, 1999	3,110
				January 9, 2012	September 6, 2021	2,521
34 years	19[bq]	NBA Inside Stuff	NBC	October 27, 1990	August 31, 2002		Was on hiatus from 2006 to 2013.
			ABC	September 7, 2002	January 15, 2006
			NBA TV	November 2, 2013	present
33 years	33	E! News[br]	E!	September 1, 1991	present	7,500+
33 years	33	Maury	Syndicated	September 9, 1991	September 8, 2022	5,545	Presented by Maury Povich.
32 years	24	Crossfire	CNN	1982	June 3, 2005		Was on hiatus from 2005 to 2013.
				September 9, 2013	October 15, 2014
33 years	33	Reliable Sources	CNN	March 7, 1992	August 21, 2022
33 years	33	Dateline NBC[bs]	NBC	March 31, 1992	present
33 years		To the Contrary	PBS	April 1, 1992	present
33 years	17	Monday Night Baseball	ESPN	April 13, 1992	present
33 years	25[bt]	Nick News[bu]	Nickelodeon	April 18, 1992	December 15, 2015		Nickelodeon's longest-running series
				June 29, 2020	present
32 years	33	WWE Raw	USA Network	January 11, 1993	September 18, 2000	1667	Longest-running professional wrestling program on national television (while WCW Saturday Night ran for longer overall, the first 5 years of the program were only locally broadcast; some locally televised promotions such as Portland and Houston ran as long as 40 years).
			TNN / Spike[bv]	September 25, 2000	September 26, 2005
			USA Network	October 3, 2005	December 30, 2024
			Netflix[32]	January 6, 2025	present
31 years	27	The Late Show	CBS	August 30, 1993	May 20, 2015	4,214[33]	...with David Letterman
				September 8, 2015	present	1,644	...with Stephen Colbert
31 years	31	NFL Matchup	ESPN, ESPN2[bw]	September 5, 1993	present	Produced by NFL Films.
31 years	31	Monday Night Countdown	ESPN	September 6, 1993	present
31 years	22	Entertainers with Byron Allen[bx]	Syndicated	September 30, 1993	present
31 years	29	This Week in Baseball	Syndicated	April 1, 1977	September 26, 1998		The program was on hiatus 1998–2000. Original version hosted by Mel Allen (1977–1996), Warner Fusselle (1996), and Ozzie Smith (1997–1998)
			Fox	April 8, 2000	September 24, 2011
31 years	31	Faith for Today[by]	ABC	May 21, 1950	1955
			Syndicated	1955	1981
31 years	31	Lamp Unto My Feet[34]	CBS	1948	1979
30 years	30	NASCAR on ESPN	ESPN	1981	2002
				2007	2014
30 years	10	Roseanne	ABC	October 18, 1988	May 22, 2018	231	Was on hiatus 1997–2018.
30 years	11	Murphy Brown	CBS	November 14, 1988	December 20, 2018	260	Was on hiatus 1998–2018.
30 years	35	Search for Tomorrow (CBS & NBC Daytime)	CBS	September 3, 1951	March 23, 1982	9,130
			NBC	March 26, 1982	December 26, 1986
30 years	30	Power Rangers (original continuity) [bz] [ca]	Fox (Fox Kids)[cb]	August 28, 1993	August 10, 2002	973[cc]	Longest-running United States Tokusatsu series.[cd]
			ABC (ABC Kids)	September 14, 2002	November 15, 2003
			ABC Family (Jetix)	February 14, 2004	July 10, 2005
			Toon Disney (Jetix)	July 16, 2005	October 28, 2005
			ABC Family (Jetix)	February 2, 2006
			Toon Disney (Jetix)	February 20, 2006	August 14, 2006
			ABC Family (Jetix)	August 20, 2006
			Toon Disney (Jetix)	September 18, 2006	November 3, 2008
			ABC (ABC Kids)	March 7, 2009	August 28, 2010
			Nickelodeon	February 7, 2011	April 17, 2021
			Netflix	June 15, 2021	September 29, 2023
30–31 years	22	Kickin' It with Byron Allen[ce]	Syndicated	1994	present
30 years	31 (through 2024 season)	NFL on Fox	Fox	August 12, 1994	present		Fox currently holds rights to NFC matches, the NFC Playoffs as well as select Super Bowl matches since Super Bowl XXXI where it rotates with other broadcasters. It has also aired Thursday Night Football Matches from 2018 to 2022 where it shares the rights with some matches with Amazon Prime Video and the NFL Network.
30 years	23	Inside the Actors Studio	Bravo	August 14, 1994	present	277
30 years	31	Extra[cf]	Syndicated	September 5, 1994	present	9,054[35]
30 years	31 (through 2024 season)	Fox NFL Sunday	Fox	September 18, 1994	present

25–29 years

25 to 29 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
29 years	29	Captain Kangaroo[cg]	CBS	October 3, 1955	December 8, 1984	6,090	Bob Keeshan died in 2004.
29 years	29	Lou Dobbs Tonight[ch]	CNN	June 1, 1980	November 11, 2009
29 years	29	Lilias, Yoga and You[ci]	PBS	1976	1999	500[36]
29 years	29	Hometime	PBS	November 1, 1986	January 30, 2016
29 years	29	The Sports Reporters[cj]	ESPN[ck]	October 9, 1988	May 7, 2017
29 years	29	The David Susskind Show[cl]	Syndicated	1961	1987		David Susskind died in 1987.
28 years	28	WCW Saturday Night[cm]	TBS	December 25, 1971	August 19, 2000
30 years	23[cn]	The Late Late Show[co]	CBS	January 9, 1995	March 26, 1999	777	...with Tom Snyder
				March 29, 1999	August 27, 2004	1,190	...with Craig Kilborn
				September 20, 2004	December 31, 2004	79	Hosted by guest hosts.
				January 3, 2005	December 19, 2014	2,058	...with Craig Ferguson
				January 5, 2015	March 20, 2015	45	Hosted by guest hosts.
				March 23, 2015	April 27, 2023	1,197[cp]	...with James Corden
30 years	23	Golf Central	Golf Channel	January 17, 1995	present
28 years	28	The Phil Donahue Show[cq]	Syndicated	November 6, 1967	September 13, 1996	6,715
30 years	29	Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel	HBO	April 2, 1995	present
29 years	29	Squawk Box	CNBC	August 7, 1995	present
28 years	28	The Edge of Night	CBS	April 2, 1956	November 28, 1975	7,420
			ABC	December 1, 1975	December 28, 1984
28 years	29	Love of Life	CBS	September 24, 1951	February 1, 1980	7,315
28 years	26	Hee Haw[cr]	CBS	June 15, 1969	February 23, 1971	655
			Syndicated	September 18, 1971	June 26, 1993
			TNN	November 23, 1996	December 27, 1997
28 years	28	ESPN SpeedWorld	ESPN	1979	2006
28 years	28	Mystery![cs]	PBS	February 5, 1980	2008
28–29 years	19	A Wedding Story	TLC	1996	present
29 years	29	Private Screenings	TCM	January 1, 1996	present	28	Hosted by Robert Osborne.
29 years	28	Fox News Sunday	Fox[ct]	April 28, 1996	present	1,476	Hosted by Tony Snow (1996–2003), Chris Wallace (2003–2021), and Shannon Bream (2022–present).
28 years	30	MLB on Fox	Fox	June 1, 1996	present
28–29 years	17	E! True Hollywood Story	E!	1996	present	501	The program has been on hiatus since 2014, but is expected to return.[37]
28 years	25[citation needed]	The Daily Show	Comedy Central	July 22, 1996	present	3,873	Hosted by Craig Kilborn (1996–98), Jon Stewart (1999–2015), and Trevor Noah (2015–2022).
28 years	29	Access Hollywood[cu]	Syndicated	September 9, 1996	present	11,844 (7,045 weeknights, 1,409 weekend, 3,390 weekdays)
28 years	20	MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon	Syndicated	October 1, 1996	present	950+
28 years	28	Your World with Neil Cavuto	Fox News	October 6, 1996	present		Hosted by Neil Cavuto.
27–28 years	24	My Classic Car	TNN, MAVTV & Motor Trend	1997	present	520
28 years	29	Antiques Roadshow	PBS	January 9, 1997	present
28 years	20	¡Despierta América!	Univision	April 14, 1997	present
27 years		The View	ABC	August 11, 1997	present		[38][39]
27 years	26	South Park	Comedy Central	August 13, 1997	present	328	Longest-running Comedy Central series and the second longest-running American animated series.
27 years	27	The Lawrence Welk Show[cv]	ABC	July 2, 1955	September 4, 1971	1,065 (black-and-white, 1951 to September 1965; in color from September 1965 onwards to 1982)	Lawrence Welk died in 1992.
			Syndicated	1971	February 1982
27 years	27	The Jerry Springer Show	Syndicated	September 20, 1991	July 26, 2018	3,891
27 years		The World Tomorrow	Syndicated	1967	1994	3,891
26 years	26	Truth or Consequences	CBS	September 7, 1950[cw]	May 1951		Originated on NBC Radio from 1940 to 1951.
			NBC	1952[cx]	1952
				May 18, 1954[cy]	September 24, 1965
			Syndicated	1966[cz]	1974
				1977[da]	1978
				1987[db]	1988
26 years		Hardball with Chris Matthews[dc]	America's Talking	1994	1996		Hosted by Chris Matthews.
			CNBC	1997	1999
			MSNBC	1999	February 28, 2020
26 years	25	Charlie Rose	PBS	September 30, 1991	November 17, 2017
27 years	27	Fox & Friends	Fox News	February 1, 1998	present
26 years	40	The Challenge[dd]	MTV	June 1, 1998	present	564
26 years	21	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	ABC	August 5, 1998	September 4, 2004	431
			ABC Family[de]	January 17, 2005	December 15, 2007
			The CW	July 16, 2013	present
25 years	25	Arthur	PBS	October 7, 1996	February 21, 2022	253	Longest-running PBS animated series, second longest-running American animated children's series, and the fifth longest-running American animated series.
25 years	11	All That	Nickelodeon	January 21, 1995[df]	October 22, 2005	210	Was on hiatus from 2005 to 2019.
				June 15, 2019	December 17, 2020
25 years	11	Will & Grace	NBC	September 21, 1998	May 18, 2006	246	Was on hiatus from 2006 to 2017.
				September 28, 2017	April 23, 2020
26 years		Fox College Football	Fox	January 1, 1999	present
26 years	9	Futurama	Fox	March 28, 1999	August 10, 2003	160
			Comedy Central	March 23, 2008	September 4, 2013
			Hulu	July 24, 2023	present
26 years	23	Family Guy	Fox	April 11, 1999[dg]	February 14, 2002[dh]	437	Second longest-running Fox animated series and the third longest-running American animated series.
				May 1, 2005	present
26 years	27	WWE SmackDown	UPN	April 29, 1999	September 15, 2006	1342
			The CW	September 22, 2006	September 26, 2008
			MyNetworkTV	October 3, 2008	September 24, 2010
			Syfy	October 1, 2010	December 31, 2015
			USA	January 7, 2016[40][41]	September 24, 2019
			Fox	October 4, 2019	September 6, 2024
			USA	September 13, 2024	present
25 years	15	SpongeBob SquarePants	Nickelodeon	July 17, 1999[di]	present	316	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.
25 years	21	Independent Lens	PBS	August 9, 1999	present	405
25 years	Prime-time: several[dj] Syndication: 17	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire[42]	ABC	August 16, 1999	June 27, 2002	Prime-time: 419 or 420[dk] Syndication: 3,010	Although Millionaire has multiple versions known around the world, the American version is the longest-running.
			Syndicated	September 16, 2002	May 31, 2019
			ABC	April 8, 2020	present
25 years	16	Early Today	NBC	September 9, 1999	present		Lead-in to the Today show.
25 years	25	Judge Mathis	Syndicated	September 13, 1999	present		Of the court shows with a continuous, single series run, longest-running reality court show that is currently still in production, hosted by Greg Mathis.
25 years	26	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	NBC	September 20, 1999	present	572	The longest-running scripted American live-action primetime television series and the longest-running television spin-off.
25 years	25	What's My Line?[dl]	CBS	February 16, 1950	September 3, 1967	CBS: 876 Syndication: 1,320 Total: 2,196
			Syndicated	September 1968	September 1975
25 years	25	Camera Three	CBS	January 22, 1956	1979
			PBS	1979	July 1, 1980
25 years		Homestar Runner	HomestarRunner.com	January 1, 2000	present		Second longest-running web series and longest-running animated web series for early 2000s
25 years	25	Sunrise Semester	CBS	September 9, 1957	October 1, 1982	800+
25 years	23	Insight	Syndicated	October 2, 1960	January 21, 1985	250
25 years	25	Larry King Live	CNN	June 3, 1985	December 16, 2010	6,120[43]	King hosted Larry King Now afterwards, which was very similar.
25 years	25	The Oprah Winfrey Show	Syndicated	September 8, 1986	May 25, 2011	4,561[44]
25 years		The Real World	MTV	May 21, 1992	January 4, 2017		MTV's longest-running reality series.
			Facebook Watch	June 13, 2019	August 29, 2019
25 years	25	Judge Judy	Syndicated	September 16, 1996	July 23, 2021	6,280	Of the single series run court shows without cancellation/revival gaps, the longest-running reality courtroom show, hosted by Judy Sheindlin.

20–24 years

20 to 24 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
24 years	24	At the Movies[dm]	Syndicated	September 18, 1986	August 14, 2010
			PBS	January 2011	December 2011
24 years	11	The X-Files	Fox	September 10, 1993	May 19, 2002	218	The program was on hiatus 2002–2016. Two new seasons have since been produced.
				January 24, 2016	March 21, 2018
25 years	16	Classic Game Room	FromUSAlive	November 11, 1999	October 23, 2000	2,796	Longest-running web series
			YouTube	February 28, 2008	present
24 years	21 (US)	Secrets of the Dead	PBS	May 15, 2000	present	107 + 6 specials (US)
24 years	48	Survivor (U.S. series)	CBS	May 31, 2000	present	699	Features two seasons per year.
24 years	21	Big Brother (U.S. series)	CBS	July 5, 2000	present	719[dn]	Big Brother has multiple versions known around the world; the U.S. version is the second-longest-running. Episode count also includes one Celebrity Edition.
24 years	12	Rick Steves' Europe	PBS	September 3, 2000	present	151	Hosted by travel writer Rick Steves.
23 years	22	Showtime at the Apollo[do]	Syndicated	September 12, 1987	May 24, 2008	1,094	Was on hiatus in 2008–2016. Three specials were aired in 2016 and 2017
			Fox	March 1, 2018	May 24, 2018
23 years	23	Primetime (ABC News)	ABC	August 3, 1989	May 18, 2012		Originally hosted by Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer.
23 years	18	Death Valley Days	Syndicated	March 1, 1952	August 1, 1975	452
23 years	24	The Ed Sullivan Show[dp]	CBS	June 20, 1948	June 6, 1971	1,068
23 years	23	The George Michael Sports Machine[dq]	NBC	September 2, 1984	September 8, 1991		George Michael died in 2009.
			Syndicated	September 15, 1991	March 25, 2007
23 years	23	The Merv Griffin Show	NBC	October 1962	March 1963	4,855	Merv Griffin died in 2007.
			Syndicated	1965	1969
			CBS	August 18, 1969	February 11, 1972
			Syndicated	1972	September 1986
23 years	21	Reading Rainbow	PBS	June 6, 1983	November 10, 2006	155
23 years	17	Unsolved Mysteries	NBC	January 20, 1987[dr]	September 5, 1997	611
			CBS	November 13, 1997	June 11, 1999
			Lifetime	July 2, 2001	September 20, 2002
			Spike[ds]	October 13, 2008	April 27, 2010
23 years	5	Happy Tree Friends	Mondo Media	December 24, 1999	September 27, 2023	93 (+ 13 TV episodes with 39 segments)
23 years	12	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	October 15, 2000	April 7, 2024	120 (and 1 special)	Longest-running scripted HBO program.
24 years	21	Cheaters	Syndicated	October 21, 2000	present
23–24 years	17	The Essentials	TCM	2001	present
24 years		NASCAR on Fox	Fox	February 11, 2001	present
23 years	24	America's Test Kitchen	Syndicated	August 4, 2001	present	623
23 years	37	The Amazing Race (U.S. series)	CBS	September 5, 2001	present	428	Two seasons per year most years until 2015.
23 years	12	Aqua Teen Hunger Force (alternate titles)	Adult Swim	September 9, 2001[dt]	August 30, 2015	144 (1 unaired)[45]
				November 26, 2023	present
23 years	15	BET's Top 25	BET	September 22, 2001	present
22 years	22	The Original Amateur Hour[du]	DuMont	January 18, 1948	October 1949
			NBC	October 1949	September 1954
			ABC	October 1955	June 1957
			NBC	July 1957	October 1958
			CBS	May 1959	October 1959
			ABC	March 1960	September 26, 1960
			CBS	October 2, 1960	September 27, 1970
23 years	15	Cyberchase	PBS (PBS Kids)	January 21, 2002	October 7, 2004	148	Second longest-running PBS animated show and seventh longest-running American animated series.
			PBS Kids Go!	October 14, 2004	July 23, 2010
			PBS (PBS Kids)	November 4, 2013	present
23 years	23	Closing Bell	CNBC	February 4, 2002	present
23 years	14	Illegal Knowledge	Access Tucson	March 24, 2002	present	66+
23 years	29	The Bachelor	ABC	March 25, 2002	present	306
22 years	23	American Idol	Fox	June 11, 2002	April 7, 2016	715
			ABC	March 11, 2018	present
22 years	22	The Daily Buzz	Syndicated, The CW Plus	September 16, 2002	present		Hosted by Shepard Smith.
22 years	23	Around the Horn	ESPN	November 4, 2002	present	4,831<ref>after Monday November 4th 2024	Currently moderated by Tony Reali.
22 years	22	NBA Countdown	ESPN	December 25, 2002	present
22 years	22	NBA on ESPN	ESPN	December 25, 2002	present		Sometimes broadcast on ABC as NBA on ABC.
21 years	16	NFL Total Access	NFL Network	2003	2024	297
22 years	21	The Bachelorette	ABC	January 8, 2003	present	234
22 years	23	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	ABC	January 26, 2003	present	3,588[46][47]	Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
22 years	23	Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	February 21, 2003	present	695	Hosted by Bill Maher.
21 years	24	America's Next Top Model	UPN	May 20, 2003	May 17, 2006	315
			The CW	September 20, 2006	December 4, 2015
			VH1	December 8, 2016	present
21 years		Anderson Cooper 360°	CNN	September 8, 2003	present	1,521	Hosted by Anderson Cooper.
21 years	22	NCIS	CBS	September 23, 2003	present	487
21 years	21	The O'Reilly Factor[dv]	Fox News	October 6, 1996	April 21, 2017		Final three episodes (April 19–21, 2017) were simply titled The Factor, with hosts Dana Perino (April 19–20) and Greg Gutfeld (April 21).
21 years	16	Good Eats	Food Network	July 7, 1999	April 29, 2010	256
			Cooking Channel	May 27, 2010	February 10, 2012
			Food Network	August 25, 2019	July 6, 2020
			Discovery+	February 18, 2021	March 25, 2021
21 years	21	Issues and Answers[dw]	ABC	1960	1981
21 years	21	The Mike Douglas Show	Syndicated	1961	1982	4,017	Mike Douglas died in 2006.
21 years	21	Style with Elsa Klensch	CNN	June 1, 1980	January 2001
21 years	21	Cookin' Cheap	PBS	1981	October 2002
21 years	21	The New Yankee Workshop	PBS	January 1988	June 27, 2009	284
21 years	21	Sneak Previews[dx]	PBS	November 26, 1975	October 4, 1996		Had been hosted by: Roger Ebert (1975–1982), Gene Siskel (1975–1982), Neal Gabler (1982–1985), Jeffrey Lyons (1982–1996), and Michael Medved (1985–1996).
20 years	20	The Red Skelton Show	NBC	September 30, 1951	June 21, 1953	672
			CBS	September 22, 1953	June 23, 1970
			NBC	September 14, 1970	August 29, 1971
20 years	31[48]	For Your Home	PBS	1996	2016
20 years	21	Modern Marvels	History Channel	January 1, 1995	April 11, 2015	691
20 years	20	Total Request Live	MTV	September 14, 1998	November 16, 2008	2,254
				October 2, 2017	November 2018
20 years	23	The First 48	A&E	June 3, 2004	present	465
20 years	20	Gunsmoke[dy]	CBS	September 10, 1955	September 1, 1975	635	Tied longest-running primetime drama.
20 years	20	The Secret Storm	CBS	February 1, 1954	February 8, 1974	5,195
20 years	20	Investigative Reports	A&E	September 27, 1991	2011[49]		Hosted by Bill Kurtis.
20 years	21	Dr. Phil	Syndicated	September 16, 2002	May 25, 2023	3,505[50]	Hosted by Phil McGraw.
20 years	20	Faith 20	Syndicated	1977	1997
20 years	20	The Doctors	NBC	April 1, 1963	December 31, 1982	5,155
20 years	20	Evans and Novak[dz]	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

15 to 19 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
19 years	19	Lassie	CBS	September 12, 1954	May 1971	591
			Syndicated	September 1971	March 24, 1973
19 years	19	The Porter Wagoner Show	Syndicated	1960	1979
19 years	19	Computer Chronicles	PBS	1983	June 25, 2002		Was presented by Stewart Cheifet.
19 years	19	Sally	Syndicated	October 17, 1983	May 24, 2002	3,820	Was hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael.
19 years	19	Friday Night Videos[ea]	NBC	July 29, 1983	May 24, 2002
19 years	19	ESPN Sunday Night Football[eb]	ESPN	November 8, 1987[ec]	January 1, 2006
19 years	29	Barefoot Contessa	Food Network	November 30, 2002	December 19, 2021	297
20 years	16	Ghost Hunters	Sci Fi Channel / Syfy	October 6, 2004	October 26, 2016	251 (+ 12 specials not included)	The program was on hiatus 2016–2019.
			A&E	August 21, 2019	May 27, 2020
			Discovery+	October 31, 2021	March 19, 2022
			Travel Channel	October 1, 2022	present
20 years	11	Robot Chicken	Adult Swim	February 20, 2005	present	220 (and 11 specials)
20 years	25	Intervention	A&E	March 6, 2005	present	355
20 years	13	Iron Chef America	Food Network	March 6, 2005	present	205
20 years	21	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	March 27, 2005	present	447
20 years	20	Deadliest Catch	Discovery	April 12, 2005	present	351
20 years	21	American Dad!	Fox	May 1, 2005[ed]	September 21, 2014	388	Third longest-running Fox animated series and the second longest-running Seth MacFarlane show.
			TBS	October 20, 2014	present
19 years	23	Hell's Kitchen	Fox	May 30, 2005	present	362
19 years	33	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	June 1, 2005	November 22, 2021	503
			Disney+	September 19, 2022	present
			ABC	September 26, 2023	present
19 years	14	Food Network Star	Food Network	June 5, 2005	present	75
19 years	18	So You Think You Can Dance	Fox	July 20, 2005	present	319
19 years	16	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	FX	August 4, 2005	December 20, 2012	170	The longest-running American live-action sitcom.
			FXX	September 4, 2013	present
19 years	18	Criminal Minds[ee]	CBS	September 22, 2005	February 19, 2020	345
			Paramount+	November 24, 2022	present
18 years	18	Art Linkletter's House Party[ef]	CBS	September 1, 1952	September 5, 1969		Was hosted by Art Linkletter.
			NBC	December 29, 1969	September 25, 1970
18 years	18	NASCAR on TBS	TBS	February 27, 1983	October 8, 2000
18 years	14	Barney & Friends[eg]	PBS	April 6, 1992	November 2, 2010	268
18 years	8	Dora the Explorer	Nickelodeon	August 14, 2000	June 5, 2014	177	Third longest-running Nickelodeon series, the ninth longest-running 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	19	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Syndicated	September 8, 2003	May 28, 2022	3,339[51]	Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.
19 years	10[52]	Cash Cab	Discovery	December 5, 2005	present	466[52]	Was on hiatus from 2012 to 2017.
19 years	22	Top Chef	Bravo	March 8, 2006	present	317
19 years	18	The Real Housewives of Orange County	Bravo	March 21, 2006	present	328	Part of the Real Housewives franchise.
18 years	3	Animator vs. Animation	Newgrounds	June 6, 2006	present	11
18 years	19	America's Got Talent	NBC	June 21, 2006	present	461
18 years	15	Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles	Bravo	August 29, 2006	present	166
17 years	17	The Dating Game	ABC	December 20, 1965	January 17, 1970		Hosted by Jim Lange. ABC Daytime
			Syndicated	September 10, 1973	September 1999		Hosted by Jim Lange (1966–1978), Elaine Joyce (1986–1987), Jeff MacGregor (1987–1989), Brad Sherwood & Chuck Woolery (1997–1999).
17 years	17	NBA on CBS	CBS	October 20, 1973	June 14, 1990
17 years	17	Showbiz Today	CNN	October 29, 1984	2001
17 years	17	Capital Gang	CNN	September 7, 1988	2005
17 years	17	The Montel Williams Show	Syndicated	September 30, 1991	May 16, 2008	4,325	Was hosted by Montel Williams.
17 years	18	Last Call with Carson Daly	NBC	January 8, 2002	May 24, 2019	2,000[53]	Hosted by Carson Daly.
17 years	16	Shepard Smith Reporting[eh]	Fox News	August 2002	October 11, 2019
18 years	19	Red vs. Blue	Rooster Teeth	April 1, 2003	December 29, 2021	355
17 years	8	American Chopper	Discovery Channel	March 31, 2003	October 18, 2007	179
			TLC	January 17, 2008	February 11, 2010
			Discovery Channel	March 1, 2018	August 4, 2020
18 years	13	Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern	Travel Channel	November 1, 2006	present	147
18 years	51	Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives	Food Network	April 23, 2007	present	534[54]
17 years	15	American Greed	CNBC	June 21, 2007	present	222 (& 3 specials)
17 years	18	Nostalgia Critic	YouTube	July 3, 2007	present	729
17 years	18	The Steve Wilkos Show	Syndicated	September 10, 2007	present	2,200+	Hosted by Steve Wilkos.
17 years	9	Kitchen Nightmares	Fox	September 19, 2007	September 12, 2014	113
				September 25, 2023	present
16 years	16	USA Tuesday Night Fights	USA	March 30, 1982	August 25, 1998
16 years	16	MTV Unplugged	MTV	November 26, 1989	March 2, 2007[ei]	108
16 years	16	Booknotes	C-SPAN	April 2, 1989	December 5, 2004	801	Had been presented by Brian Lamb. The program lead to Book TV becoming regular weekend programming on C-SPAN2.
16 years	16	Fight Back! with David Horowitz	Syndicated	September 20, 1976	1992	582 (including California/Consumer Buyline)	Was hosted by David Horowitz.
16 years	14	Forensic Files	TLC	April 23, 1996	December 29, 1999	406, including six hour-long specials
			Court TV	September 12, 2000	December 24, 2007
			TruTV	January 7, 2008	June 17, 2011
16 years	14	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	ABC	October 3, 1952	April 23, 1966	435
16 years	10	The Fairly OddParents	Nickelodeon	March 30, 2001	November 25, 2006	172	Longest-running Nickelodeon animated series from the 2000s and the ninth longest-running American animated series.
				February 18, 2008	September 16, 2016
			Nicktoons	January 18, 2017	July 26, 2017
16 years	16	Morning Joe First Look[ej]	MSNBC	2004	September 18, 2020
16 years	13	Squidbillies	Adult Swim	October 16, 2005	December 13, 2021	132
16 years	17	Rachael Ray	Syndicated	September 18, 2006	July 28, 2023	2,941[55]
17 years	18	What Would You Do?	ABC	February 26, 2008	present
17 years	15	The Real Housewives of New York City	Bravo	March 4, 2008	present	291	Part of the Real Housewives franchise.
16 years	15	Fareed Zakaria GPS	CNN	June 1, 2008	present	796	Hosted by Fareed Zakaria.
16 years	16	The Real Housewives of Atlanta	Bravo	October 7, 2008	present	329	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	16	Sportsworld[ek]	NBC	1978	1992
15 years	15	WWF Superstars	Syndicated	September 6, 1986	1996	924
			USA	1996	2000
			TNN[el]	2000	August 2001
15 years	15	The Jack Benny Program	CBS	October 28, 1950	September 15, 1964	261	Starred Jack Benny.
			NBC	September 25, 1964	April 16, 1965
15 years	15	That Good Ole Nashville Music	Syndicated	1970	1985
15 years	15	Scientific American Frontiers	PBS	October 3, 1990	April 13, 2005	97
15 years	15	Newton's Apple	PBS	October 15, 1983	October 31, 1999	195
15 years	15	ER	NBC	September 19, 1994	April 2, 2009	331
15 years	15	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	CBS	October 6, 2000	September 27, 2015	337
15 years	17[note 2]	MythBusters	Discovery Channel	January 23, 2003	March 5, 2016	296
			Science Channel	November 15, 2017	February 28, 2018
15 years	7	The Venture Bros.	Adult Swim	February 16, 2003	October 7, 2018[56]	81 (+1 pilot and 4 specials)
15 years	15	Supernatural	The WB	September 13, 2005	May 4, 2006	327
			The CW	September 28, 2006	November 19, 2020
16 years	61	Chopped	Food Network	January 13, 2009	present	749 + 39 specials
16 years	17	RuPaul's Drag Race	VH1	February 2, 2009	present	238	Hosted by RuPaul.
16 years	21	Ancient Aliens	History	March 8, 2009	present	268
15 years	21	Pawn Stars	History	July 19, 2009	present	675
15 years	16	Shark Tank	ABC	August 9, 2009	present	357
15 years	17	Annoying Orange	YouTube	October 9, 2009	present	826 (1000s)

10–14 years

10 to 14 years

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes
14 years	13	Ryan's Hope	ABC	July 7, 1975	January 13, 1989	3,515
14 years	5	Davey and Goliath	Syndicated	February 25, 1961	June 29, 1975	66 (+ 7 specials)
14 years	15	An Evening at the Improv	A&E	February 3, 1982	January 1, 1996
14 years	14	Watch Mr. Wizard	NBC	May 26, 1951	June 27, 1965	547	Don Herbert was Mr. Wizard.
14 years	14	The Jack LaLanne Show	Syndicated	1956	1970
14 years	14	Bonanza[em]	NBC	September 12, 1959	January 16, 1973	431
14 years	14	Knots Landing	CBS	December 27, 1979	May 13, 1993	344
14 years	14	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show	ABC	September 13, 1986	September 2, 2000	387+
14 years	14	Speed Week	ESPN	1983	1997
14 years	15	Video Soul	BET	June 26, 1981	September 1996
14 years	14	Xplay[en]	ZDTV / TechTV	July 4, 1998	2004	1,516
			G4techTV	2004	2005
			G4	2005	January 23, 2013
				2021	October 20, 2022
14 years	15	Curious George	PBS Kids	September 4, 2006	April 1, 2015	198 (+ 3 specials)
			Family Jr.	September 3, 2018	February 21, 2020
			Peacock	July 15, 2020	March 17, 2022
14 years	14	Archer	FX	September 17, 2009	June 2, 2016	145
			FXX	April 5, 2017	December 17, 2023
15 years	16	American Ninja Warrior	NBC	December 12, 2009	present	235	[57]
15 years	28	Worst Cooks in America	Food Network	January 3, 2010	present	198
15 years	26	American Pickers	History	January 18, 2010	present	402
14 years	6	TuTiTu	YouTube	July 27, 2010	present
14 years	14	MasterChef (U.S. series)	Fox	July 27, 2010	present	286
14 years	15	Swamp People	History	August 22, 2010	present	244
14 years		Blue Bloods	CBS	September 24, 2010	December 13, 2024
14 years	7	Epic Rap Battles of History	YouTube	September 26, 2010	present	90
14 years	27	The Voice (U.S. series)	NBC	April 26, 2011	present	644
13 years	14	Mad TV	Fox	October 14, 1995	May 16, 2009	321	Longest-running rival sketch show to Saturday Night Live; longest-running Fox sketch show.
13 years	13	Gardening by the Yard	HGTV	1996	2009
13 years	14	NASCAR on TNT	TNT	July 22, 2001	July 13, 2014
13 years	15	The Apprentice	NBC	January 8, 2004	February 13, 2017	194	The first fourteen seasons were presented by Donald Trump.
13 years	20	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	E!	October 14, 2007	June 20, 2021	280 + 6 specials
13 years	14	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	September 22, 2009	May 21, 2023	323
14 years	16	Storage Wars	A&E	December 1, 2010	present	339
14 years	15	Bob's Burgers	Fox	January 9, 2011	present	286
13 years	12	American Horror Story	FX	October 5, 2011	present	132
13 years	13	Howdy Doody	NBC	December 27, 1947	September 24, 1960		Was in black and white until 1956, and color thereafter.
13 years	14	Armstrong Circle Theatre	NBC	June 6, 1950	June 1957	370
			CBS	October 1957	August 28, 1963
13 years	9	The Twentieth Century[eo]	CBS	October 20, 1957	January 4, 1970	219	Was hosted by Walter Cronkite.
13 years	8	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	CBS	September 9, 1972	November 13, 1982	110 + 5 specials	Presented by Bill Cosby.
			Syndicated	September 1, 1984	August 10, 1985
13 years		Dallas	CBS	April 2, 1978	May 3, 1991
13 years	13	PM Magazine[ep]	Syndicated	September 1978	August 30, 1991
13 years	13	Later	NBC	August 22, 1988	January 18, 2001		Originally hosted by Bob Costas.
13 years	13	Tim Russert	CNBC	1994	2008
13 years	13	King of the Hill	Fox	January 12, 1997	May 6, 2010[eq]	259	Third longest-running Fox animated series.
13 years	13	Hannity & Colmes	Fox News	October 6, 1996	January 9, 2009
13 years	13	The Wendy Williams Show	Syndicated	July 14, 2008	June 17, 2022	1500+	Hosted by Wendy Williams.
12 years	9	Rugrats	Nickelodeon	August 11, 1991	August 1, 2004[58]	172
12 years	12	American Sports Cavalcade	TNN	1983	1995
12 years	32	The Joy of Painting	PBS	January 11, 1983	May 17, 1994	416	Starred Bob Ross.
12 years	12	CBS Reports	CBS	October 27, 1959	September 7, 1971
12 years	12	My Three Sons	ABC	September 29, 1960	September 2, 1965	380 (184 in black-and-white, 196 in color)
			CBS	September 16, 1965	August 24, 1972
12 years	12	NYPD Blue	ABC	September 21, 1993	March 1, 2005	261
12 years	12	Murder, She Wrote	CBS	September 30, 1984	May 19, 1996	264 (+ 4 TV movies)
12 years	12	Hawaii Five-O (original series)	CBS	September 26, 1968	April 26, 1980	281
12 years	12	Loving	ABC	June 26, 1983	November 10, 1995	3,169[59]
12 years	12	Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous	Syndicated	January 1984	September 1996
12 years	25	Lockup	MSNBC	June 4, 2005	February 11, 2017	237
12 years	12	House of Style	MTV	January 1, 1989	2000
12 years	12	The Jenny Jones Show	Syndicated	September 16, 1991	September 12, 2003	2,000+
12 years	12	Room by Room	HGTV	December 31, 1994	2006[er]
12 years	12	NBA on NBC	NBC	1990	2002		Hosted by Rachael Ray.
12 years	12	Marty Stouffer's Wild America	PBS	1982	1994	120
12 years	12	Two and a Half Men	CBS	September 22, 2003	February 19, 2015	262
12 years	12	Bones	Fox	September 13, 2005	March 28, 2017	246
12 years	6	Bubble Guppies	Nickelodeon	January 24, 2011	October 21, 2016	129
				September 27, 2019	June 30, 2023
12 years	13	Chicago Fire	NBC	October 10, 2012	present	272
11 years	13	Road Rules	MTV	July 19, 1995	May 9, 2007
11 years	12	NASCAR on Speed	Speed	February 11, 2002	August 17, 2013
11 years	13	Star Search[es]	Syndicated	September 10, 1983	May 20, 1995		Originally presented by Ed McMahon.
			CBS	2003	April 2004
11 years	11	Flipping Out	Bravo	July 31, 2007	2018	108
11 years	11	The Chris Matthews Show	Syndicated	September 22, 2002	July 21, 2013		Was hosted by Chris Matthews.
11 years	11	Kraft Television Theatre[et]	NBC	May 7, 1947	October 1, 1958	650
11 years	11	Homes Across America[eu]	HGTV	December 1994	October 12, 2005
11 years	11	Denise Austin's Daily Workout	ESPN2 Lifetime	1997	2008		Was hosted by Denise Austin.
11 years	11	The Voice of Firestone	NBC	September 5, 1949	June 1954		Was previously on NBC Radio.
			ABC	June 1954	June 1959
				September 1962	June 16, 1963
11 years	11	You Bet Your Life	NBC	October 5, 1950	June 29, 1961	529 + 1 unaired	Was presented by Groucho Marx. Previously was on multiple radio networks.
11 years	11	The Andy Williams Show	CBS	1957	1959		Starred Andy Williams.
			NBC	1962	1971
11 years	12	Tosh.0	Comedy Central	June 4, 2009	November 24, 2020	301
11 years	11	Beat the Clock (original series)[ev]	CBS	March 23, 1950	September 12, 1958
			ABC	October 13, 1958	January 30, 1961
11 years		The General Electric College Bowl[ew]	CBS	January 4, 1959	1963
			NBC	1963	June 14, 1970
11 years	11	The Wilburn Brothers Show	Syndicated[ex]	1963	1974	354
11 years	11	The Carol Burnett Show	CBS	September 11, 1967	March 29, 1978	279	Starred Carol Burnett.
11 years	11	Happening Now	Fox News	November 5, 2007	June 8, 2018
11 years	11	M*A*S*H	CBS	September 17, 1972	February 28, 1983	256
11 years	11	The Howard Stern Show	E!	June 18, 1994	July 8, 2005		Hosted by Howard Stern.
11 years	11	Geraldo	Syndicated	1987	1998		Last two seasons aired as The Geraldo Rivera Show.
11 years	11	Love Connection	Syndicated	September 19, 1983	July 1, 1994	2,425
11 years	11 (all episodes filmed in black-and-white)	The Danny Thomas Show	ABC[ey]	September 29, 1953	July 1957	90 (MRFD) 253 (TDTS) 343 (total) 24 (MRFG)
			CBS[ez]	September 1957	September 14, 1964
11 years	11	Baywatch	NBC	September 22, 1989	April 6, 1990	241
			Syndicated	September 23, 1991	May 14, 2001
11 years	11	Talk Soup	E!	January 7, 1991	May 17, 2002
11 years	11	Martha Stewart Living	Syndicated	September 1993	2004		The very similar Martha Stewart Show aired from 2005 to 2012.
11 years	5	The Crocodile Hunter	Animal Planet	October 25, 1996	September 4, 2007	78 (including pilot and 13 specials)	Longest-running Animal Planet series.
11 years	8	ToonHeads	Cartoon Network	October 2, 1992	July 1, 2001	102
			Adult Swim	November 4, 2001	November 23, 2003
11 years	11	Imus in the Morning[fa]	MSNBC	September 2, 1996	April 11, 2007		Was hosted by Don Imus.
11 years	11	Fox News Live	Fox News	October 6, 1996	February 24, 2008
11 years	11	The Jeffersons	CBS	January 18, 1975	July 23, 1985	253
11 years	11	Paula's Home Cooking	Food Network	2002	2013	135+
11 years	12	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	September 24, 2007	May 16, 2019	279
11 years	7	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Cartoon Network	October 3, 2008	March 2, 2013	133
			Netflix	March 7, 2013
			Disney+	February 21, 2020	May 4, 2020
11 years	17	Bad Girls Club	Oxygen	December 5, 2006	May 2, 2017	275
12 years	9	Teen Titans Go!	Cartoon Network	April 23, 2013	present	419	Longest-running non-Cartoon Network Studios series Longest-running non-Cartoon Network series from the 2010s
11 years	11	Paw Patrol	Nickelodeon	August 12, 2013	present	262
11 years	39	Beat Bobby Flay	Food Network	August 24, 2013	present	491	Hosted by Bobby Flay.
11 years	9	MasterChef Junior (U.S. series)	Fox	September 27, 2013	present	105
11 years	12	Intimate Portrait	Lifetime	January 3, 1994	October 3, 2005	271
10 years	11	Ricki Lake	Syndicated	September 13, 1993	May 21, 2004	2,420	Was hosted by Ricki Lake.
10 years	11	7th Heaven[fb]	The WB	August 26, 1996	May 8, 2006	243
			The CW	September 25, 2006	May 13, 2007[fc]
10 years	11	Married... with Children	Fox	April 5, 1987	June 9, 1997	259
10 years	11	Happy Days	ABC	January 15, 1974	September 24, 1984	255
10 years	10	Between the Lions	PBS	April 3, 2000	November 22, 2010	130
10 years	10	American Morning	CNN	September 12, 2001	December 30, 2011	2,688
10 years	10	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts[fd]	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	4	Wonder Pets!	Nickelodeon	March 3, 2006	September 3, 2016	Shorts: 2 Full-length episodes: 75 [60][61]	Fifth longest-running Nickelodeon show and second longest-running Nick Jr. series.
10 years	4[62][63]	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse	Playhouse Disney	May 5, 2006	January 3, 2011	125	Longest-running Disney animated series from 2000s
			Disney Junior	February 14, 2011	November 6, 2016
10 years	10	Pantomime Quiz[fe]	CBS	October 4, 1949	August 28, 1951
			NBC	January 2, 1952	March 26, 1952
			CBS	July 4, 1952	September 1952
			CBS	July 1953	August 28, 1953
			DuMont	October 20, 1953	April 13, 1954
			CBS	July 9, 1954	August 27, 1954
			ABC	January 1955	March 1955
			CBS	July 8, 1955	September 6, 1957
			ABC	April 1958	September 1958
			ABC	January 1959	September 1959
10 years	10	The Arthur Murray Party	ABC	July 20, 1950	September 1950		The first series to be shown on four U.S. broadcasting networks
			DuMont	October 1950	March 1951
			ABC	April 1951	May 1952
			CBS	July 1952	August 1952
			DuMont	October 1952	April 1953
			CBS	June 1953	October 1953
			NBC	October 1953	September 1955
			CBS	April 1956	September 1956
			NBC	July 1957	September 6, 1960
10 years	10	Smilin' Ed's Gang[ff]	NBC	August 26, 1950	May 19, 1951
			CBS	August 11, 1951	April 11, 1953
			ABC	August 22, 1953	April 23, 1955
			CBS	August 20, 1955	December 31, 1960
10 years	10	A Current Affair	Syndicated	July 28, 1986	August 30, 1996
10 years	11	Cheers	NBC	September 30, 1982	May 20, 1993	275 (including three double-length episodes and a triple-length finale)
10 years	11	Frasier	NBC	September 16, 1993	May 13, 2004	264
10 years	10	Getting Fit	ESPN	1987	1997
10 years	10	NASCAR on TNN	TNN	1991	2000
10 years	10	The French Chef	PBS	February 11, 1963	February 11, 1973	201	Starred Julia Child.
10 years	6	Ed, Edd n Eddy	Cartoon Network	January 4, 1999	November 8, 2009	69	Longest-running Cartoon Network original series Longest-running Cartoon Network original series from the 90s Longest-running Cartoon Cartoon
10 years	11	Modern Family	ABC	September 23, 2009	April 8, 2020	250
10 years	10	The United States Steel Hour	ABC	October 27, 1953	1955	253
			NBC	1955	June 12, 1963
11 years	36	Guy's Grocery Games	Food Network	October 20, 2013	present	480
11 years	7	Rick and Morty	Adult Swim	December 2, 2013	present	71
11 years	12	Chicago P.D.	NBC	January 8, 2014	present	241
10 years	9	Blaze and the Monster Machines	Nickelodeon	October 13, 2014	present	170
10 years	11	Ice Road Truckers	History	June 17, 2007	November 9, 2017	138
10 years	10	USA Up All Night	USA	January 7, 1989	March 7, 1998	over 900
10 years	10	Nashville Now	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	11	Shameless (U.S. series)	Showtime	January 9, 2011	April 11, 2021	134	Showtime's longest-running original scripted series

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Notes

1. Originally GrandStand, then changed name to reflect year; was also NFL Live 1987–1997
2. Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio (as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press) in 1945
3. CBS Television News 1948–1951, Douglas Edwards with the News 1951–1962, Walter Cronkite with the News 1962–1963
4. Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio July 15, 1929.
5. Originally Hallmark Playhouse radio series, was Hallmark Television Playhouse (1951–1954)
6. 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
7. There have been six major hosts during seven tenure periods.
8. There were various other hosts for some short periods during the pre-Carson years. Please see the hosting history for further details.
9. The total number of episodes hosted by Jay Leno combined is 4,610.
10. The total number of episodes is13,359.
11. Hosted by Jimmy Fallon.
12. 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
13. Normally to PBS stations.
14. Name often altered to reflect primary sponsor. Name on current broadcasts: Denny's PBA Tour
15. In addition, NBC televised the fall tour, 1984–1991
16. 1998–2000 broadcast seasons were shared by CBS and ESPN
17. The show was off the air for two years.
18. Estimated
19. Aired locally on WYAH-TV Portsmouth, Virginia, 1966–1977; evolved from locally broadcast telethons 1962–1966
20. Simulcast with cable network transmission.
21. Originally The Guiding Light. Only its time on television is counted here; it began on radio January 25, 1937.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. Originally Masterpiece Theatre.
25. Originally The New Price Is Right; longest-running game show in American television history.
26. As of June 7, 2024.
27. Previously NBC's Saturday Night and Saturday Night Live '80
28. Previously The Robert MacNeil Report, The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer
29. Not currently on a regular schedule.
30. Syndicated revival prompted by success of syndicated repeats of CBS episodes in 1976
31. Jerry Lewis died in 2017.
32. Weekly broadcasts ended January 1, 1997; irregular airings afterward; officially ended with the absorption of ABC Sports into ESPN
33. Primarily to public television.
34. Evolved from The Iran Crisis – America Held Hostage (1979–80).
35. Weekend editions are simulcast on the BBC Parliament channel with the name America This Week
36. Originally titled Noticiero SIN when Univision was known as SIN (Spanish International Network).
37. Also syndicated, 1982–present
38. 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.
39. Late Night, as an entity, is in its 38th season. Over that period it has had four hosts, listed in the notes column.
40. The total number of episodes, for each host all combined, is 6,298, as at January 21, 2019.
41. 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
42. 38 (12 original, 26 revival)
43. Show went on hiatus from 1993 to 1997.
44. Show was on hiatus from 1993 to 1997.
45. Broadcast locally only on WPBT, 1979–1981
46. Host: Tom Chapin (1985–1988), Robert Urich (1988–1995), Robert Ballard (1988–1995), Boyd Matson (1995–2003), Michael Fay (2001), Lisa Ling (2003–)
47. Show renamed National Geographic Ultimate Explorer 2003–2005
48. Oldest continuously running radio program, airing on WSM radio, Nashville, Tennessee
49. As Grand Ole Opry Live!
50. Broadcast only in North Carolina, 1979–1981
51. Originated on CBS
52. Reran CBS originals, 1984–1987
53. Now called FYI.
54. Rebroadcast A&E originals, 1999–2006
55. Also called 48 Hours Investigates
56. 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).
57. Date of first episode distributed nationally; was aired by WABC locally at The Morning Show, 1983–1988
58. Pre-release date, March 4, 2022
59. Date of airing of last first-run episode. Since then, reruns have been syndicated as Best of Soul Train
60. Became Wall Street Week with Fortune after original host was fired in 2002
61. Louis Rukeyser died in 2006.
62. Current host is Maria Bartiromo.
63. Known as Jim Crockett's Victory Garden from 1975 to 1979
64. 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.
65. Sneak peek airing December 17, 1989
66. Includes Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball, etc.
67. ESPN2 started broadcasting major league baseball games in 2002 in addition to those offered by ESPN
68. Pilot taped April 4, 1966
69. Original series ran for 15 seasons, four seasons of the revival.
70. Previously E! News Daily and E! News Live
71. Also known as Dateline (day of week it airs), Dateline with Stone Phillips
72. Original series ran for 21 seasons, four seasons of the revival.
73. Previously Nick News W/5 and Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
74. Now called Paramount Network.
75. Presently, each episode first airs on ESPN2 on Fridays, then is repeated on ESPN two days later.
76. Originally Entertainers
77. Also Westbrook Hospital, 1975–1981
78. 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.
79. 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.
80. In select markets was aired on another station other than Fox; such as independent stations, UPN or The WB (see Fox Kids broadcasting ambiguities).
81. Also see List of Power Rangers episodes.
82. Costumes and footage loosely adapted from Super Sentai.
83. Evolved from Jammin' (1991–1994)
84. Originally Extra: The Entertainment Magazine
85. Reruns aired in syndication, 1984–1992
86. Began as Moneyline. Became Lou Dobbs Moneyline in 2001, Lou Dobbs Tonight in 2003
87. Local transmission only (WCET), 1972–1996
88. Full title ESPN Magazine's Sport Reporters
89. Program rebroadcast later the same day on ESPNews
90. Originally Open End; prior to syndication, aired on WNTA-TV 1958–1961
91. 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.
92. Tom Snyder hosted for 4 seasons, Craig Kilborn for 5, Craig Ferguson 10 for and James Corden for 9
93. Host: Tom Snyder 1995–1999, Craig Kilborn 1999–2004, Craig Ferguson 2004–2014, James Corden 2015–present.
94. The total number of episodes, for each host all combined, is 4,733 as at January 24, 2019.
95. Originally The Phil Donahue Show
96. Renamed "The Hee Haw Show" for 1991–92 season, and Hee Haw Silver for 1992–1993 season ("greatest hits")
97. Started in 2008, Mystery! was absorbed into Masterpiece (the former Masterpiece Theatre) and airs under the banner Masterpiece Mystery!
98. Is repeated in the afternoon of the same day on Fox News Channel
99. Also known as Access from 2017 to 2019
100. 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.
101. Hosted by Ralph Edwards.
102. Hosted by Jack Bailey until 1956.
103. Hosted by Bob Barker; Steve Dunne also hosted a primetime version on NBC in 1958.
104. Hosted by Bob Barker.
105. Hosted by Bob Hilton.
106. Hosted by Larry Anderson.
107. Originally called Politics with Chris Matthews
108. Originally known as Road Rules: All Stars, followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge.
109. Now called Freeform.
110. Sneak peek airing April 16, 1994
111. Sneak peek airing January 31, 1999
112. "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.
113. Sneak peek airing May 1, 1999
114. • original run (1999–2002): 3 seasons; also divided into 6 or 8 miniseasons,
     • Super Millionaire (2004),
     • 10th Ann. (2009),
     • 20th Ann. (2020),
     • 2020/2021 season,
     • 25th Ann. (2024)
115. • original run (1999–2002): 363^[42] or 364,
     • Super Millionaire (2004): 12,
     • 10th Ann. (2009): 11,
     • 20th Ann. (2020): 9,
     • 2020/2021 season: 16,
     • 25th Ann. (2024): 8
116. Longest-running game show in prime time network television
117. 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).
118. For list of episodes, see here.
119. Also known as Showtime in Harlem, Showtime, and Live in Hollywood
120. Aired as Toast of the Town until 1955
121. Evolved from George Michael's Sports Final, 1980–1984
122. Includes series of specials, January 1987 to May 1988
123. Network later renamed Paramount Network.
124. Sneak peek airing December 30, 2000 on Cartoon Network
125. Originated on radio as Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, 1934–1946
126. Originally The O'Reilly Report from 1996 to 1998
127. Originally ABC Press Conference; succeeded in time slot by This Week
128. Originally Opening Soon at a Theater Near You (1975–1977); Sneak Previes Goes Video 1989–1991
129. 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.
130. Other names: Evans, Novak, Hunt, and Shields (1998–2001), Novak, Hunt, and Shields (2001–2002)
131. 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
132. Moved to NBC in 2006, at which time Monday Night Football moves from ABC to ESPN
133. Sunday Night Football shared with TNT, with TNT getting the first half of the season, ESPN the second half, 1990–1997
134. Sneak peek airing February 6, 2005
135. Also known as Criminal Minds: Evolution since 2022
136. Also on CBS Radio, 1945–1967
137. Reruns only (no first-run episodes) in 1994, 1996, and 2001
138. Originally Studio B with Shepard Smith.
139. New episodes sporadic after 2001.
140. Formerly First Look
141. Was also known as NBC SportsWorld.
142. Relaunched as Paramount Network in 2018.
143. First U.S. network series to film all its episodes in color
144. Previously GameSpot TV, Extended Play, and X-Play
145. Known as The 21st Century from 1967 to 1970
146. Aired locally on KPIX San Francisco as Evening: The MTWTF Show, 1976–1978
147. 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.
148. HGTV continues to present reruns after non-renewal of series
149. Ed McMahon's Star Search, 1992–1995
150. Also known as Kraft Mystery Theatre (1958); another series of the same name ran concurrently on ABC, 1953–1955
151. Had 13 week seasons, according to HGTV
152. Emcee: Bud Collyer
153. Also known as G.E. College Bowl; on NBC radio, 1953–1955; pilot shot 1955.
154. Reruns now run on RFD-TV. ^{[citation needed]}
155. As Make Room for Daddy; NBC used the same name when airing reruns of this series, 1960–1965
156. As The Danny Thomas Show
157. Simulcast of live program at WFAN in New York.
158. Longest-running family drama on television, per Reuters article about 7th Heaven finale^{[permanent dead link]}
159. Scheduled date of last episode
160. On CBS radio 1946–1956
161. Originally aired locally in Los Angeles, 1947–1950
162. 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

1. Season 44 (2013–2014) was the first time episodes were numbered in a seasonal order rather than the numerical and chronological fashion used since the show premiered. For example, episode 4401 means "the first episode of the 44th season", not "the 4401st episode" (it is in fact the 4328th episode).
2. Each calendar year is defined as a season, this count includes the pilot season, but not the special season. On some listings and streaming/video-on-demand services, the season count is 19 for the original series.