List of longest-running United States television series
Over 60 years

List of longest-running United States television series

Section Title: Over 60 years
Table Section Text: None

Length	Number of seasons	Series	Network	First broadcast	Last broadcast	Number of episodes	Notes

71 years	70	Meet the Press (NBC News)	NBC	November 6, 1947	present	3,600+ [weekly]	Longest-running show.

70 years	70	CBS Evening News (CBS News)	CBS	May 3, 1948	present	16,400+	Longest-running network newscast.

69 years	69	Music & the Spoken Word	Syndicated	October 1949	present	4,670(as of March 17, 2019)	Longest-running non-news television program.

67 years	68	Hallmark Hall of Fame	NBC	December 24, 1951*	December 17, 1978	258	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	present

67 years	67	Today (NBC News)	NBC	January 14, 1952	present	17,624 (as of January 2, 2018)[needs update]	Longest-running morning show.

65 years	65	ABC World News Tonight	ABC	September 1953	present	15,722+

64 years	64	The Tonight Show	NBC	September 27, 1954	January 25, 1957	2000 episodes before the Carson era.	Hosted by Steve Allen. Tonight Starring Steve Allen.

July 29, 1957	March 30, 1962	Hosted by Jack Paar. Tonight Starring Jack Paar.

October 1, 1962	May 22, 1992	4,531	Hosted by Johnny Carson. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

May 25, 1992	May 29, 2009	3,775	First time Hosted by Jay Leno. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

June 1, 2009	January 22, 2010	145 (1 unaired)	Hosted by Conan O'Brien. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.

March 1, 2010	February 6, 2014	835	Second time Hosted by Jay Leno. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

February 17, 2014	Present	1,052 (as of April 19, 2019)	Hosted by Jimmy Fallon. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

64 years	64	Face the Nation (CBS News)	CBS	November 7, 1954	present

63 years	63	It Is Written	Syndicated	March 1, 1956	present	Longest-running religious television program to broadcast in color.

62 years	62	The Open Mind	Syndicated	May 1956	present	Longest-running public television program.

62 years	58	NFL on CBS	CBS	September 30, 1956	January 23, 1994	5,000+	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.

September 6, 1998	present

61 years	61	NFL on NBC	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.

August 6, 2006	present

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Today (NBC News) is the fifth-longest-running American television series.

final_sentence: Today (NBC News) is the fifth-longest-running American television series.