List of longest-running U.S. broadcast network television series
40–49 years

List of longest-running U.S. broadcast network television series

Section Title: 40–49 years
Table Section Text: None

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

52 years	49	Washington Week	NET, PBS	February 23, 1967	present	2,000+

50 years	48	60 Minutes (CBS News)	CBS	September 24, 1968	present

49 years	46	Sesame Street	NET	November 10, 1969	May 8, 1970	4,327	Longest-running children's show.

PBS	November 9, 1970	present

48 years	46	Monday Night Football	ABC	September 21, 1970	December 26, 2005	641+

ESPN	September 11, 2006	present

48 years	46	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.

48 years	45	Masterpiece Theatre	PBS	January 10, 1971	present

46 years	46	The Price Is Right (CBS Daytime)	CBS	September 4, 1972	present	8,000+	Longest-running game show.

46 years	43	The Young and the Restless (CBS Daytime)	CBS	March 26, 1973	present	10,200+

45 years	42	Nova	PBS	March 3, 1974	present	698

46 years	43	Great Performances	PBS	November 4, 1972	present

45 years	45	Wide World of Sports (ABC Sports)	ABC	April 29, 1961	August 2006

43 years	43	One Life to Live (ABC Daytime)	ABC	July 15, 1968	January 13, 2012	11,096	While the show has ceased airing as a television series it is still in production. As of April 29, 2013 the show had resumed airing now as a web series on the internet.

41 years	41	All My Children (ABC Daytime)	ABC	January 5, 1970	September 23, 2011	10,712	While the show has ceased airing as a television series it is still in production. As of April 29, 2013 the show had resumed airing now as a web series on the internet.

44 years	41	The Victory Garden	PBS	April 16, 1975	present

43 years	41	Saturday Night Live	NBC	October 11, 1975	present	745	Is the longest-running sketch comedy show on American television.

43 years	40	PBS NewsHour	PBS	October 20, 1975	present

43 years	40	Good Morning America	ABC	November 3, 1975	present	9,914+

43 years	40	Austin City Limits	PBS	January 3, 1976	present	The 1st episode was a one-off filmed in 1974 and broadcast in 1975. It became a regular series in 1976.

43 years	40	Live from Lincoln Center	PBS	January 30, 1976	present

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"The Price Is Right" has aired over 8,000 episodes since its debut and is one of the longest-running network series in United States television history.

final_sentence: "The Price Is Right" has aired over 8,000 episodes since its debut and is one of the longest-running network series in United States television history.