Longest running   Surely the simpsons is the longest running TV show in the world  Shows like gun smoke may be repeated on a regular basis but they were also axed many years ago The first line of the article used to statte that it was the longest runnig animated sitcom in he history of US television history I changed this however to read television history as there is no animated sitcom that I have heard of at least which can top it  If anyone knows of one from anywhare in the world that can feel free to amend it IU believe that it is the longest running sitcom in television history and maybe even show  Can anyone think of a sitcom that has run for longer than this  I feel I may change it to say sitcom in television history and let people make amends to it if they know otherwise as this seems to be the best way to get things done on wiki