List of longest-running United States television series
40–49 years

List of longest-running United States 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

49 years	27	Scooby-Doo	CBS	September 13, 1969	October 27, 1973	376	Longest-running Hanna-Barbera television franchise.

ABC	September 11, 1976	August 17, 1991

The WB	September 14, 2002	April 16, 2005

The CW	September 23, 2006	March 15, 2008

Cartoon Network	April 5, 2010	March 12, 2016

Boomerang	June 20, 2017	present

46 years	45	Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon	Syndicated/ABC	September 4, 1966	August 31, 2014	45	Annual broadcast; was broadcast as a two-hour special on ABC in 2013 and 2014.

49 years	49	Sesame Street	NET	November 10, 1969	October 4, 1970	4,481	Longest-running children's show. While Sesame Street remains on the PBS schedule, new episodes now premiere on HBO and become available to PBS nine months later.

PBS	October 5, 1970	present

HBO	January 16, 2016	present

49 years	49	Hour of Power	Syndicated	February 1970	present	2550

48 years	49 (NFL seasons)	Monday Night Football	ABC	September 21, 1970	December 26, 2005	718 (games)	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

48 years	45	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	46	Masterpiece Theatre	PBS	January 10, 1971	present

46 years	47	The Price Is Right (CBS Daytime)	CBS	September 4, 1972	present	8,000+	Longest-running game show to be broadcast nationally.

45 years	37	Wide World of Sports (ABC Sports)	ABC	April 29, 1961	August 2006

45 years	45	Agronsky & Co./Inside Washington	Syndicated	1969	December 20, 2013

45 years	45	One Life to Live (ABC Daytime)	ABC	July 15, 1968	January 13, 2012	11,136	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 August 19, 2013 before being confirmed as being discontinued again on September 3, 2013.

46 years	46	Great Performances	PBS	November 4, 1972	present

46 years	46	The Young and the Restless (CBS Daytime)	CBS	March 26, 1973	present	11,000 (as of September 1, 2016)

44 years	35	Wheel of Fortune	Syndicated	September 19, 1983	present	6,000+	Syndicated version normally runs in the evening. 2nd longest-running game show.

16	NBC	January 6, 1975	June 30, 1989	Network version normally ran in the late morning.

CBS	July 17, 1989	January 11, 1991

NBC	January 14, 1991	September 20, 1991

41 years	41	Romper Room/Romper Room & Friends	Syndicated	February 9, 1953	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.

45 years	46	Nova	PBS	March 3, 1974	present	857

44 years	36	The Victory Garden	PBS	April 16, 1975	present

43 years	44	Saturday Night Live	NBC	October 11, 1975	present	868	The longest-running sketch comedy show on American television, as well as the longest-running variety show in U.S. history.

43 years	43	PBS NewsHour	PBS	October 20, 1975	present	Was hosted by Robert MacNeil (1975–1995) and Jim Lehrer (1976–2011).

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

43 years	43	Austin City Limits	PBS	1976	present	300+

43 years	43	Creative Living with Sheryl Borden	Syndicated	1976	present

43 years	43	Live from Lincoln Center	PBS	January 30, 1976	present	251

41 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	present

40 years	41	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).

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 episodes, including at least 5,000 total shorts being aired, although many were re-runs.	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.

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Saturday Night Live has aired 868 episodes on NBC, making it one of the longest-running television programs in the United States.

final_sentence: Saturday Night Live has aired 868 episodes on NBC, making it one of the longest-running television programs in the United States.