Long Runners - TV Tropes Long Runners You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share YMMV Truly Superman is too super to kill (but it took several decades to change his red underpants).note Chronologically from top left: George Reeves in The Adventures of Superman , Christopher Reeve in Superman , Brandon Routh in Superman Returns , Henry Cavill in Man of Steel . Franchises which have somehow passed the test of time. There is a clue in here for what people want to watch and listen to. Some of these shows began with bad ratings or went through creative slumps , but got here thanks to Network to the Rescue (and avoiding being Screwed by the Network ). Some of these shows are even Older Than Television . See also: open/close all folders At least 10 years The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet (1952-66; notable as the longest-running American sitcom until being surpassed by The Simpsons ) Air Gear by Oh!Great ran for a full decade from 2002 to 2012 and ended with 357 chapters.

The Angry Video Game Nerd : began in 2004 and still ongoing with The Movie released in 2014. The Apprentice : also began in 2004 and still ongoing, though Donald Trump has been fired for controversial comments on immigration. Aqua Teen Hunger Force , which started in 2001 (2000 if you count the stealth airing of the first episode) and, after a few title changes, was cancelled in 2015. The Atheist Experience (1997-present) Bananas in Pyjamas — the "costumed" series debuted in 1991 and ended in 2002, but a an All-CGI Cartoon adaptation beginning in 2011 has made the show one of these. Barney Bunch : Started off as a trolling group on Newgrounds in 2005. Moved to YouTube in 2006 and became the semi-affliliated "Speakonia Community". Despite numerous videos and accounts getting terminated, it's still going.

Baywatch (9/22/1989-5/14/2001; eleven seasons and 242 episodes) Beachcombers (387 episodes from 1972-91; longest dramatic series in Canada) Beat the Clock : Total of 18 years (1950-61, 1969-74, 1979-80, 2002-03). Between the Lions (2000-10) Big Brother : The show premiered in the Netherlands in 1999. While the original version has ended, several international versions continue to air and would belong here. The BIONICLE toy-line released its first sets in the Summer of 2001 and its last sets in the winter of 2010, hitting the 10 year mark on the dot. And then coming back 2015, solidifying their stay.

Break the Bank (1945-57) Brum (1991-2002, still in syndication in some territories) The Carol Burnett Show (1967-78) Cat and Girl , a web comic that has been running since 1999. Catch Phrase , a British game show that lasted sixteen years. (Not to be confused with the much less successful American version upon which it was based.) Cheers (11 years, immediately followed by spinoff Frasier which went another 11. As a result, Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane from 1984-2004.) Chilly Willy (produced by Walter Lantz ) ran from 1953 to 1972. However, the studio only did an average of three cartoons per year with the character. As a result he only has 50 shorts despite being in production for 19 years. Chi's Sweet Home (2004-2015) Sanrio 's Cinnamoroll, who would later become a very popular character in Japan, has been winning the hearts of Sanrio fans since 2002.

Which is surprising since Sanrio itself didn't expect a character to come this close to being popular along with My Melody and Hello Kitty . Claymore (The manga ran from 2001 to 2014 and ended with 155 chapters and 5 extra chapters, it also produced a 26-episode anime in 2007) Comedy Central Presents (1998-2011, 14 seasons, over 260 episodes; a show that has about 30 minutes of Stand-Up Comedy by a different comedian each episode) Countdown (1974-87) Dallas (1978-91) Deadliest Catch - 10 seasons (2005-), plus a four-episode miniseries called America's Deadliest Season which served as a pilot in 2004. Still ongoing. Definitely Not the Opera (CBC Radio variety show since 1994, named Brand X 1994-97; hosted by Sook-Yin Lee since 2002) Definition . Lasted from 1974 to 1989, 15 years.

Degrassi (2001-15, over 200 episodes so far; the very first incarnation of it was actually in 1979 with Kids of Degrassi Street) The Doctors (1963-82; 5280 episodes) Dora the Explorer (2000-15) Dragon Ball : The manga started in late 1984 and ended in 1995. Three anime series were broadcast between 1986 and 1997, the first two adapting the manga. Dragon Ball Kai , a re-edit of the second anime , was broadcast between 2009 to 2015. Spawned two movies ( Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ï¿½Fï¿½ ) that are considered canon. A fourth anime series, Dragon Ball Super , began airing in June 2015. There are also a number of TV specials and OVAs . Official Spin Offs like Jaco the Galactic Patrolman may also be included.

Dusty's Treehouse, a children's series in the same vein as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood starring future voice actor/director Stu Rosen and produced for Los Angeles CBS affiliate KNXT, ran in various forms from 1966-80. Syndicated re-runs aired on Nickelodeon from 1980-84. The EarthSiege/ Starsiege / Tribes series (July 1994-) Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy (1999-2009, Cartoon Network 's longest running series) ER (15 years, 1994-2009) Fifteen To One (British quiz show, 1988-2003) Finkleman's 45s (CBC radio retro music show; October 5, 1985 - June 25, 2005) Fist of the North Star (1983-1988, 245 chapters) and its prequel Fist of the Blue Sky (2001-2010, 260 chapters) lasted a combined total of 16 years as a manga.

That's not counting the one-off 1996 novel Cursed City penned by writer Buronson and the 30th anniversary Last Piece one-shot published in 2013, not to mention the various spinoffs and parodies, as well as anime and video game adaptations that were published throughout the years, even when the manga was not in serialization anymore. Firan MUX (circa 1997-) Fred Penner's Place (CBC children's show, 1985-97) Frasier ran for 11 seasons between September 16, 1993 and May 13, 2004 for a total of 264 episodes. The French Chef, a PBS Cooking Show starring Julia Child, ran for 10 years from 1963 to 1973. It's still being rerun on cable. The Frugal Gourmet, another PBS cooking show, aired from 1983 to 1997.

The Funday Pawpet Show (November 1999-; 600 episodes as of July 18, 2010) Fullmetal Alchemist : Original manga began in 2001 and finished in 2010, has had two anime series (the first ran from 2003-2004, the second from 2009-2010), 5 OVA's, and 2 movies, one for each respective anime series (the first was released in 2005, the second in 2011). Futari Ecchi (1997-) holds the record for the longest running manga with near explicit sex being showcased in every single chapter, in every volume. Something that sounds so bland and lewd has a reason for having more than 50 volumes published - the series is basically an insightful encyclopedia for sex in manga form, no gratuitous sex scenes for the sake of it, everything being shown relates to detailed research on the author's part, something beyond than Plot with Porn , an actual bona-fide sex-ed curriculum in manga format.

Futurama (March 28, 1999-August 10, 2003 [FOX episodes]/March 23, 2008-September 4, 2013 [Comedy Central episodes], 140 episodes and four made-for-DVD moviesnote Bender's Big Score, The Beast with a Billion Backs, Bender's Game, and Into the Wild Green Yonder) The Garfield Specials aired from 1982-1992. Gintama (2004 to present) having 530 chapters on their long life to not to include 6 anime seasons and one Light Novel about a spin off of the main series. Good Eats (debuted July 7, 1999; Food Network 's longest-running consecutive original program, with 14 seasons and 249 episodes). Ended in 2011.

El Goonish Shive (Started in January of 2002) Habbo (A Social Network opened in 2000 at Finland, then gradually released internationally.) Hana Yori Dango (the manga ran for 11 years, and dramas based on it are still in development) Happy Tree Friends (Web Series running December 24, 1999-present) Haruhi Suzumiya (series of light novels, 2003-present) Hawaii Five-O (the original version lasted from 1968-1980) Hannity and Colmes (12 and a half years, plus Hannity) Hell's Kitchen (2005-present, 2004-present if UK version is counted) Hi-5 (Started airing in January 1999 and also spawned a very successful American incarnation.) History Detectives (PBS history show, 2003-12; a revamped version is scheduled for 2014.) How It's Made (2001-present) Hunter ï¿½ Hunter - Published in March of 1998 and still ongoing, though definitely not continuously ; currently 33 volumes and over 35

0 chapters long.

It's first anime adaption by Nippon Animation aired from late 1999 to early 2001, with a final OVA series continuing from 2003 to 2004. Its second anime adaption by Madhouse lasted from 2011 to 2014, ending accordingly due to reaching too close to the current point of the manga. El Intermedio (2006-present), Spanish news satire. InuYasha (although the anime got axed when it was going to overtake the manga , the manga itself ran from 1996-2008; the anime came back and finished the story in 2009-2010.

That's 14 years if you count the anime as part of its run as well) Iron Chef (started in 1993; between Iron Chef Japan and Iron Chef America, that's nearly (but not quite) two decades in one form or another.) The Jeffersons (spinoff of All in the Family , lasted 11 seasons) The Joker's Wild (originally ran from 1972-75 on CBS, followed by syndicated revivals from 1977-86 and 1990-91; total of 13 seasons) Kabouter Plop (1997-present) Kevin & Kell started in 1995, making it one of the oldest webcomics in existence.

Lassie (1954-73) The Late Late Show (since 1995 on CBS; hosted by Tom Snyder {1995-99}, Craig Kilborn {1999-2005}, Craig Ferguson {2005-}) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-; in 2015, it became the longest-running first-run drama series in primetime, carrying on the mantle of its parent series) The Life of Nob T. Mouse began in December 1996 and is still going. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (1984-95) M*A*S*H (1972-83) MA Dtv (1995-2009; is considered Saturday Night Live 's longest-running rival sketch show, and like SNL had its share of cast changes, writer changes, and executive producer changes) Major (15 years; started in 1994 and reached over 700 chapters by the time it finished in 2010) Married...

with Children (1987-97; longest-running live-action sitcom on FOX) Match Game (18 years—1962-69 on NBC, 1973-82 on CBS and syndication, 1983-84 as The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, 1990-91 on ABC and 1998-99 in syndication) Max and Ruby (2002-2013), the second animated series based on the works of Rosemary Wells . (The show got temporarily cancelled in 2007, but new episodes started getting made in 2009. The series than stopped making episodes for good in 2013) MegaTokyo began in August of 2000. Midsomer Murders , which has aired on ITV since 1997 and continued even after the main character left in 2011 (replaced by his cousin). LEGO Mindstorms , began in 1998, still going today.

Monitor (NBC Radio weekend show ran just shy of 20 years, from June 1955 to January 1975) The Montel Williams Show (1991-2008) RiffTrax (2006-present) Mythbusters (2003-2016; production wrapped up in November 2015 but the season is to air in 2016. And then they announced that the series is going to be rebooted instead...) Naruto (first published in 1999 and aired in 2002. Now has 72 volumes, over 650 episodes, twelve OVAs, eleven movies, numerous games, twelve novels, two comedy spin-offs, and a miniseries. The manga officially ended on November 10, 2014, at 700 chapters, and the final movie (for now) was released on August 7, 2015. As of now, the anime is still ongoing, and there's also a sequel series.

) The Now Show (first broadcast in 1998 and still airing) NYPD Blue started in 1993 and ended in 2005 (12 seasons). Ohayo Kodomo Show (a Japanese children's variety show, 1965-1980) One Piece (started publication in 1997. Over 800 manga chapters in 80+ volumes, more than 700 episodes, twelve movies, and counting.) In 2010, the creator announced that the story had reached its halfway point; if this is true, then the series will run for a total of 26 years. Incredibly ironic given that when Eiichiro Oda initially thought up the plot of the series, he planned to end it after 5 years. Only Fools and Horses initially ran from 1981-1991 (10 years), and continued for another 7 years with annual Christmas specials.

The O'Reilly Factor (started in 1996, not going anywhere soon) Parlamentet (aired on Swedish television from 1999-2011, though the possibility of further episodes has not been ruled out; by contrast, its parent programme, the BBC's If I Ruled The World , only aired for fourteen episodes in 1998-99) Penny Arcade , since 1998. Phenomena has lasted atleast 12 years and is still not finnished. The first Pico flash, Pico's School, was made in 1999. Since then, Pico has been kept alive ( in a sense ) as Newgrounds ' Series Mascot by all sorts of Newgrounders to this day. And to think, Pico's School was inspired by Columbine . Pinwheel (13 years, 1977-90. Was Nickelodeon 's biggest show at 260 episodes until You Can't Do That on Television dethroned it.) Play For Today : Drama anthology series that ran from 1970 to 1984.

Pretty Cure (airing weekly since 2004) The Pyramid Game Show series: 19 years (27 years worth of episodes due to the overlapping syndicated versions): 1973-74, CBS (The $10,000 Pyramid) 1974-80, ABC (The $10,000/$20,000 Pyramid) 1974-79, syndicated (The $25,000 Pyramid) 1981, syndicated (The $50,000 Pyramid) 1982-88, CBS (The $25,000 Pyramid; called The New $25,000 Pyramid from November 8, 1982 - January 28, 1985) 1985-88, syndicated (The $100,000 Pyramid) 1991, syndicated (The $100,000 Pyramid) 2002-04, syndicated (Pyramid) 2012, GSN (The Pyramid) Questionable Content passed

 this mark on July 31, 2013.

Radio Dead Air, Nash Bozard's internet radio show, has been running weekly since July 2000. It makes his show the longest running entity connected with That Guy with the Glasses (even if the show was on for about 8 years before he even began making videos in 2009, let alone getting signed on to TGWTG in 2010.) Red Dwarf (1988-1993; 1997-1999; 2009; 2012, ten seasons including the mini-series Back To Earth) The Red Green Show (1990-2005, 300 episodes and a movie. Could go for almost thirty years if you count the length of time Steve Smith has been playing the Red Green character, having first done it on Smith and Smith in the late 1970s.) Red vs. Blue started in 2003 and is ongoing. Retro Game Master , known as Game Center CX in its native Japan. Has been running since 2003, with the 17th season celebrating the tenth anniversary.

Ryan's Hope (13 years, 1975-89) Sally Jessy Raphael (ran from 1983-2002; canceled by distributor Studios USA due to the fading popularity of talk shows. And yet Jerry's been on for going on 18 years now...) Says You! has been running since 1997. Saber y Ganar, a Spanish daily quiz show, started on 17th February, 1997. Since October 2011, it runs all seven days a week. It has consistently been the most viewed show in its channel since 2004. Schlock Mercenary (published daily since June 12, 2000...and not missing a single day) Shortpacked! (2005-2015, starting and ending on January 17th) Silent Witness (1996-, 13+ seasons, the oldest currently active crime show in the English language) Sluggy Freelance has been daily since August 25, 1997.

Smallville , true to its long-running parent franchise, ran for ten seasons and a season 11 Comic-Book Adaptation . It's the current (2013) record holder for longest-running American sci-fi show. South Park (1997-, 19 seasons, renewed through a 23rd) Space Ghost Coast to Coast ran for three days short of ten years on [adult swim] alone, and then for 1 day short of two more years on Game Tap . SpongeBob SquarePants (May 1, 1999-October 11, 2004/May 6th 2005-present) (Widely considered as the most popular cartoon of the decade and rightfully took its place as one of the most successful cartoons of all time. Despite this, it was cancelled in 2004, with the movie set to be the series finale. However, the movie did so well, beyond expectations, that Nickelodeon saw potential in the show, and quickly renewed it for a fourth season.) Stargate SG-1 (10 years, longest continuously running sci-fi show on U.S.

television after Mystery Science Theater 3000 . Also 5 years for its spinoff, Stargate Atlantis . Universe picking up immediately after Atlantis ended means that there was a current Stargate-verse 1997-2011.) Supernatural (2005-) Survivor has been on the air since 2000. Tech Infantry , which started as a fan-made Tabletop RPG expansion pack in the mid-1990s, still has a couple of people writing short stories set in that universe today. They Think It's All Over ran from 1995-2006 for 19 full series and two summer specials. This American Life has aired nationally since 1996 (beginning locally one year earlier as Your Radio Playhouse), as well as a Showtime TV series from 2007-09.

Thuis (Belgian soap opera, since 1995) Tic-Tac-Dough (originally ran from 1956-59 on NBC, then in syndication from 1978-86 and 1990-91; total of 12 seasons) Tokyo Friend Park II (Japanese game show, aired nearly every week from April 1994 through March 2011, plus another year prior if you count the original Tokyo Friend Park which aired from October 1992 through September 1993) Trinton Chronicles : (1999-2011 as a web original) True Life : MTV documentary series, with topics like, "I Have Schizophrenia", "I'm a Staten Island Girl", "I Don't Like My Small Breasts", "I'm Embarrassed of My Mom", and "I'm Living With My Ex" (among others), running since 1998. was created in 2004 and is possibly one of the longest-running forum role playing games in existence.note The fact that the setting's an entire planet with user-created lore probably helps.

Video And Arcade Top 10 (Canadian kids game show about video games that aired from 1991-2006, and one of the longest running English language Canadian game shows in history) Wicked (2003-present) Winx Club (2004-14. It was originally supposed to stop after three seasons and a movie. Then, it was scheduled to stop after a third movie, which is to be released during summer of 2014. Now, a seventh season has been announced.) World War II Online , the massive multiplayer war simulator, went to paid subscription on June 6, 2001 and is still going strong. WWE 's WWE SmackDown , has been airing regularly since April 29, 1999. The X-Men Film Series (2000-present) is the longest-running superhero movie franchise. Hugh Jackman appears as Wolverine in 9 of the 10 entries,note in the exception, Deadpool , the title character still wears a Jackman mask making him the actor who has played the same superhero in the most movies.

X-Play (1998-2012, originally as GameSpot TV on ZDTV) Yu-Gi-Oh! got its start as a manga by Kazuki Takahashi in 1996. In addition to the original manga, the franchise has developed into five other manga series, seven anime series, one 30-minute animated movie, and two full-length animated movies.

(The Collectible Card Game that most of the franchise was based on didn't actually debut until 1999; the anime series that most fans are familiar with was sponsored by Konami, revolving around their version of the card game to ensure their domination of the card game license.) Z Cars (1962-1978) The following Cirque du Soleil troupes: Alegrï¿½a (1994-98 tent tour, 1999-2000 residency in Biloxi, MS, 2001-09 tent tour relaunch; 2009-13 arena tour) Quidam (1996-2010 tents, 2010-16 arenas) Dralion (1999-2010 tents; 2010-14 arenas) Varekai (2002-13 tents, 2013- arenas) Zumanity (2003-) At least 20 years Ah! My Goddess ; the manga ran from 1988 to 2014, and it's had several anime adaptations.

America's Funniest Home Videos (original pilot aired in November 1989, launched January 1990. From 1999-2000, it ran only as occasional specials, but the Tom Bergeron-hosted revamp returned it to series status) America's Most Wanted (1987-1996, 1997-2012; longest-running show on FOX. It was actually canceled in Fall 1996 but fans, law enforcement, and the governments of 32 states rallied together to successfully persuade FOX to uncancel the show a month and a half later. Upon returning, it resumed its regular Saturday-night timeslot and paired with C.O.P.S. . This combination itself was a long runner as one of the longest unchanged primetime schedules in American television history lasting 15th years until it was sent to Lifetime in 2011. They would only air the program for a little under a year, ending in 2012.) Arthur (1996-present), a cartoon based on the books by Marc Brown. It is the second longest-running animated series in America behind The Simpsons .

At the Movies ( Siskel & Ebert ): From 1986-99 with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, 1999-2000 with Ebert and guests, 2000-06 with Ebert and Richard Roeper, 2006-08 with Roeper and guests, 2008-09 with Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz, and 2009-10 with A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips, for a total of 24 years. Revived on PBS in 2011 as Roger Ebert Presents "At the Movies". If one counts their 1975-82 tenure on Opening Soon at a Theater Near You/Sneak Previews (which ran for another 14 years after they left for a total run of 21 years) and their 1982-86 stint on the original At the Movies, Siskel and Ebert were co-presenting film review programs for 24 years. Australia's Funniest Home Videos (the Australian version of America's Funniest Home Videos ) has been running since 1990.

Barney & Friends : The first videos came out from 1987-1991. The show premiered in 1992. Although, new episodes haven't been produced since 2010, the show is not officially canceled, as a new season is set to premiere in 2017 . Bastard : First volume published in 1988 (with a one-shot pilot in 1987 titled Wizard!!). It was serialized irregularly by Weekly Jump before switching to Ultra Jump in 2000 (with a seven-year hiatus between 2001 and 2008) and as a result, only a relatively small set of 26 volumes have been published. Berserk : First volume published in 1990 (with a one-shot pilot in 1989), and has been serialized in Young Animal since 1992. However, it's only published bimonthly, so it only reached a comparatively-small 38 volumes in 2016.

However, the 1997-98 anime was only 25 episodes and only lasted half a year; the fact that it went through 13 volumes of story in that time is telling as to why. Best Motoring , from December 1987 to June 2011 (22 and a half years) The Bill (pilot in 1983, full series in 1984, weekly since 1987. Ended in September 2010.) The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-) Brookside, (Channel 4 UK soap opera and one of the channel's first shows, 1982-2003) Buffy the Vampire Slayer : The movie was admittedly a flop, but it premiered in 1992, the series ran from 1996-2003, and the comic books are still coming out with season 10 right now. Captain Kangaroo (29 years, 1955-84) If you include the 1997 revival, this comes to 31 years.

The Carry On film franchise included at least one film a year every year from 1958-78 (followed by Carry On Columbus in 1992). Casualty (20 years, first broadcast 1986) Its spinoff Holby City has already had a 10+ year run in its own right (since 1999). The Chibi Maruko-chan franshise has been running for almost 30 years, with the manga running for 23 years before ending and the second anime (over 900 episodes so far) running for almost 19. Chuckle Vision aired from 1987 to 2009. Cirque du Soleil troupes: Saltimbanco opened in 1992, originally closed in February 1997, and was brought back in October 1998. As a tent-based tour it ran until 2006, and relaunched as an arena tour in 2007. In this form it ran until 2012.

Mystï¿½re has been running nonstop in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1993. Concentration (24 years on NBC and in syndication {1958-78, 1987-91}, minus a five-month hiatus in 1973) C.O.P.S. (second longest-running show on Fox and the longest-running Reality Show , currently on Spike TV ) Crossroads , British soap opera (26 years, 1964-88 and 2001-03). The Darkon Wargaming Club has been around since 1985. Dateline (running continuously since 1992) The David Susskind Show (1958-1986) Den Ace (1989-present), a series of Tokusatsu shorts parodying Ultraman . Detective Conan , also known as Case Closed in English, in publication since 1994 and on the air since 1996 with 700+ episodes, 18 movies, and 70+ volumes. It's still going in both anime and manga form.

Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!! (Japanese comedy/variety show, running since October 1989). EastEnders (3,300+ episodes since 1985) FC De Kampioenen (1990-2011) Belgian sitcom. Fort Boyard (1990-) French summer TV game show. The Friendly Giant (Canadian children's show, 1958-85) FurryMUCK 1990-today. May be the oldest text-based virtual reality game still around. Les Guignols de l'info (French satirical puppet show , 1988-) Gunnm (the manga has been around since 1990) Gunsmoke (September 10, 1955-March 31, 1975) Famously the longest running drama series in primetime television, a title it now officially shares with Law & Order.

Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten ("Good Times, Bad Times", German soap with 4,000+ episodes, running since 1992; based on a Dutch soap called Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, which has run for 3,500 episodes since 1990) Hajime no Ippo (manga serialization started in 1989, has since topped 1,000 chapters and going strong) The Halloween series: The first film came out in 1978 and the last one was released in 2002. Not counting the Rob Zombie rem akes .

Have I Got News for You (British satirical panel show, started 1990 and still going despite several libel cases and not having a permanent presenter since sacking Angus Deayton in 2002) The Hollywood Squares (1966-81, 1986-89, 1998-2004; total of 24 years, or 25 if you count The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour {1983-84}) In the Life (June 1992 - December 2012); the longest-running LGBT newsmagazine Inside the Actors Studio (airing on Bravo since 1994) Issues and Answers (1960-81) which, along with Meet the Press and Face the Nation, represented the height of Sunday-morning political television in the US. The Jerry Springer Show (running in syndication since 1991, started as a public-affairs talk show based at WLWT in Cincinnati; its parent company syndicated it nationally as it slowly evolved into its current "freakshow" format.

It switched distributors from Multimedia to Universal when Multimedia was bought out by a newspaper company in 1995, along with Sally Jessy Raphael's show) Kalkofes Mattscheibe , one of Germany's most prominent and most merciless parody shows, was on radio from 1991-1998, and has been on TV since 1994 (with breaks and Channel Hops ). Oliver Kalkofe commented in 2014 that German TV had only become worse in the meantime. Later... with Jools Holland (British variety show, 1992-) Landline (Australian rural issues program, 1992-) Late Show with David Letterman (1993-2015; adding the Late Night years at NBC, a 33-year run in late-night television) Law & Order : September 13, 1990 - May 24, 2010. Fell just short of beating Gunsmoke's record, though at least they're now tied. Was the longest-running first-run drama series in primetime for all of The Noughties .

The Letter People : First broadcast in 1976, it ran clear into the 1990s. The Littlest Pet Shop toy line has been in continuous production since 1992. Love of Life (7,315 episodes from 1951-80) Lux Radio Theatre , a weekly American radio series which adapted Hollywood films for radio broadcast, ran for 21 years, 1934-1955. Maury (Maury Povich's talk show; started in 1991 and still going strong. Switched distributors from Paramount to Universal in 1998) Media Watch (Australian media analysis program; first aired in May 1989, isn't going anywhere any time soon) Mega Man : The first game was released to the NES in 1987. The series celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2013. Les Misï¿½rables has been running on the West End since 1985.

Morningside (CBC Radio morning show, 1976-97) The Movie Show (running since 1986 in Australia; the original hosts switched networks in 2004 and now present At The Movies, which is the same show in all but name). Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963-88 [original series], 2002-present [revival]) Neighbours (since 1985, with 5,000+ episodes) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (1992-2015) The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-2011) The London production of The Phantom of the Opera has been running since 1986; the Broadway staging since 1988. The Phil Donahue Show (1967-96 on national TV, 3 years on Dayton, Ohio local TV) The show that inspired most Talk Shows after it, including Oprah and Sally Jessy Raphael.

Play School (BBC children's show, 1964-88) Poirot (first episode shown in 1989, an occasional break in the 1990s and 2000s and a final episode in 2013) Pokï¿½mon (since 1996, 22 games (many released in pairs or as Updated Rereleases ) for the main line of games alone, and 900+ episodes, and 17+ movies (one per year) for the anime since 1997).

The Polka Dot Door (Canadian children's show, 1971-93) Power Rangers (began in 1993 with only a one-year hiatus, over 800 episodes so far) Queen for a Day ( Game Show , 1945-64 and 1969-70; 20 years) Rage (Music Video show, on Australian TV since 1987) Rainbow (British children's series on Thames TV, 1972-92) Reading Rainbow (16 seasons over 26 years, appears to have been Killed Off for Real in 2009, but was resurrected as an Internet Outreach project in the form of an iPad app in 2012, and 2015 saw a burst of new content.

The third longest-running kids show on PBS behind Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street ) The Real World (1992-, over 400 episodes, one of the first successful Reality TV shows and MTV 's longest running show.) The Red Skelton Show (1951-71) Regional Contact (CTV Ottawa local newsmagazine, Sunday evenings since 1988) Samson En Gert , has been running since 1990. The Secret Storm (squeaks in at 20 years and 7 days, 1954-74) Shadowrun (FASA's premier RPG survived the downfall of its parent company and just celebrated its 20th Anniversary) Shima Shima Tora No Shimajiro has been on the air since 1993, and it's still going. Shortland Street is Television New Zealand's longest-running soap opera, first aired on May 25, 1992 and still going strong. The Simpsons started its 25th season in September 2013, and has been renewed for a 26th, so the show will run through at least 2015.

While there are rumors that FOX will can the show after season 25 now that a new syndication deal has been made, making it possible for the show to air in reruns on cable TV and on streaming sites like Hulu and Netflix, Al Jean is planning to have the show complete 30 seasons, making the show end in 2019.

Has been on the air as a series since December 17, 1989 note with the first episode being the Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire." The first regular episode is "Bart the Genius," though had it not been for the sloppy animation and behind-the-scenes issues Matt Groening was having with creating the show, "Some Enchanted Evening" — where Homer and Marge leave the kids with a female fugitive who poses as a babysitter — would have been the series premiere, though the title characters originated in animated shorts on The Tracy Ullman Show back in 1987.) Slayers : Began in 1989 in a serialized magazine as a novel series; had an anime run (1995-97); had two OVAs and five movies (1995-2001); anime was Un-Cancelled in 2008 and released two more seasons. The bulk of the long run was through the novels, which kept running through the new millennium and are still being made.

Star Trek (22 years in all its TV incarnations, 1966-69; 1973-74; 1987-2005, plus 10+ on film, not counting the seven-year hiatus between Nemesis and Star Trek 2009 ) STOMP! starring the Yes/No group has been at the Orpheum Theater in New York City since the mid-90's - and it's still there. Street Fighter : The first game debuted in 1987, the more popular sequel, Street Fighter II : The World Warrior, was released in arcades in 1991. Sunday Night Baseball (on ESPN since 1990) Sunday Night Football (on ESPN 1987-2005, NBC 2006-present. TNT split the coverage with ESPN from 1990-97.) Taggart (20+ years, longest running cop show on UK TV at the moment) Talk Soup ran from 1991-2002. Its successor, plainly titled The Soup , has been airing since 2004.

This Old House (PBS home improvement show, airing since 1980. Its spinoff program The New Yankee Workshop had a 20-year run in its own right, 1989-2009.) Time Shock (Japanese quiz show, aired weekly 1969-1986, 1989-1990, and Time Shock 21 in 2000-2002, plus periodic specials 2002-present) The original Tom and Jerry series ran from 1940-1967. If one counts the various spin-offs and movies that are still being produced to this day, then it's been going for more than 70 years.

To Tell the Truth (1956-68, 1969-78, 1980-81, 1990-91, 2000-01; total of 24 seasons) Tournament of Kings, a Las Vegas dinner theater rival to the Medieval Times chain, opened with the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in 1990 as King Arthur's Tournament; it was retooled and renamed in 1998 and continues to run today. Truth or Consequences (1950-51, 1954-75, 1977-78, 1987-88; total of 24 seasons, although it is best known for the 19 years {1956-75} hosted by Bob Barker) Un, dos, tres , weekly Spanish game show that aired ten seasons intermittently between 1972 and 2004. Not counting skips between seasons, it stayed on air for about 20 years. VeggieTales began in 1993 and is still going.

Waratte Iitomo !, a live-broadcast Japanese variety show, has been on the air since October, 1982. There has only been one host throughout its entire run, who holds a Guinness world record for longest continued hosting of a live television program. Warhammer 40,000 , the first game Rogue Trader, was released in 1986. Warhammer , the game of fantasy battles, actually appeared first, in 1983. WCW Saturday Night managed 27 years, with a couple of name changes along the way. Whose Line Is It Anyway? started out on BBC Radio 4 in 1988, then moved onto Channel 4 the same year, where it lasted for 10 seasons; the show moved to Hollywood in 1998, when it got picked up by ABC . The show was cancelled in 2003 ï¿½ and by cancelled, we mean it stopped filming new episodes; new episodes continued to air on Freeform until November 2006. Several years later, the series was uncanceled and made a Channel Hop to The CW , where new episodes began airing in 2013.

This makes for over 20 years' worth of Whose Line (and counting). WWE RAW has been airing since 1993, has aired over 1000 episodes. What's My Line? (24 years; 1950-67, then 1968-75) Yamara from 1988 in Dragon Magazine to 2006 in webcomic form. You've Been Framed, British home video series, first broadcast in 1989.

At least 30 years 20/20 (airing on ABC since 1978) American Bandstand (30 years on ABC , five years locally in Philadelphia , one year in syndication, one year on USA Network ; 37 total) Another World (35 years, 1964-99; 8,891 episodes) Antiques Roadshow (started in 1977 and is still ongoing) Arthur (although the cartoon has already been mentioned in the "At least 10 years" section, the books series ran for 34 years, 1976-2010) BattleTech (since 1984, with several ownership changes. Spawned a long running video game series , and an expanded universe since 1986) Guyver : The manga is still in production after starting in 1986, although it has considerably slowed since Yoshiki Takaya doesn't use assistants. Care Bears : Since its launch in 1981, is over thirty years old if one doesn't count in the hiatuses the franchise took.

Even if one did count in the hiatus, the one hiatus starting in 1993 through 2001 and another from 2008 through 2012 totaled 12 years, still leaving the franchise's "active" periods with a span of a little over 20 years. Car Talk (began on WBUR Boston in 1977, and was picked up nationally by NPR in 1987. New episodes stopped being produced in 2012 and the older of the two brothers who co-hosted the show, Tom Magliozzi, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in 2014, but Tom and his brother Ray still had recorded enough material for them to continue broadcasting new shows of never-before-aired material for at least a few more years to come) Countdown (Britain; the first programme on Channel 4, started in 1982, with 5,000+ episodes) The first Dark Tower book was released in 1982. An Interquel taking place between books four and five was released in 2012.

Discworld ; first released in 1983, it went on to span 41 books before the author's death in 2015, as well as numerous short stories, reference books, stage shows, tv adaptations and various different types of games. Even after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, Sir Terry Pratchett managed to release a new book almost every year. Doctor Who ran from 1963 to 1989, and again from 2005 to present, for a total of 37 years. It is listed in Guinness World Records as both the longest-running, non-consecutive, science fiction television series (when awarded in 2006, the show had 43 years under its belt since the first episode/serial, and a total of 723 episodes), as well as the most successful science fiction series. When it was put on hiatus in 1989, it was announced as a temporary measure. During the hiatus, the BBC produced a telemovie, novelizations of the old episodes, and books with new stories, so it was no big stretch that the BBC celebrated the franchise's 50th anniversary in 2013.

Also a counter-example to the claim in the introduction that these shows avoided being Screwed by the Network as the hiatus was instigated by an executive who hated the show. Don McNeill's Breakfast Club aired on NBC Blue (later ABC Radio) from 1933-68. Doraemon started off as a manga that ran from 1969-1996. There's the first anime series that aired in 1973 then ended in the same year due to budget issue that eventually caused the animation studio to went bankrupt. There'a second and more popular anime series that lasted from 1979 to 2005. Just a month later, a third anime series started airing in 2005 with all the characters redesigned and all the voice actors were replaced. Eat Bulaga, a Philippine noontime variety show running since 1979. Entertainment Tonight started in 1981 and is still in production. Evening at Pops (PBS Boston Pops concert program, aired 1970-2005) Evil Dead started in 1981, and with the recent Evil Dead reboot movie, and the Ash vs.

Evil Dead series, the franchise has lasted for over 30 years. Family Feud (airing since 1976 on ABC {1976-85}, CBS {1988-94}, NBC {2008 specials}, and syndication {1977-85, 1988-95, 1999-}) Firing Line (public-affairs program, aired in syndication 1966-71 and then on PBS 1971-99; 1,504 episodes over 33 years) Front Page Challenge (Canadian celebrity panel quiz show that ran from 1957-95) Garfield (a newspaper comic strip, 1978-present) Glass Mask (the manga has been running since 1976. Has had several anime adaptations, the oldest ran during 1984 and the newest in 2005.

And we're not counting the dorama, the Noh play, etc.) Good Morning America (ABC weekday morning show, airing since 1975) Grange Hill (BBC children's drama, 1978-2008) Gundam (16 TV and OAV series', 11+ movies, more manga and video games {separate and original stories, not just adaptations} than we dare to count, and good Lord, the model kits!

If one were to watch every Gundam animated work continuously, not counting eating, sleeping, or bathroom breaks, the total runtime would last more than one week.) Here's Humphrey (Australian children's show, 1966-2003, briefly revived in 2007) The House (CBC Radio parliamentary affairs show, year-round since October 1977) The Howard Stern Show (some incarnation of the show has existed since the late 1970s) Inside The NFL (1977-2008 on HBO, Showtime 2008-) The Jack Benny Program (33 years on radio and television, 1932-65) Jackanory (1965-96, brief relaunch in 2007) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (started on January 1st in 1987 on Weekly Jump; it switched to Ultra Jump (a monthly publication) in 2004, and has published over 100 volumes spanning eight major story arcs) Jubilee! — The last traditional showgirl revue in Las Vegas to close ran from 1981 to 2016.

Last of the Summer Wine (British TV Sitcom , the world's longest-running): 31 series (1973, 1975-1977, 1979, 1982-1983, 1985, 1987-1993, 1995, 1997-2010) over 37 1/2 years. Late Night with... (1982- on NBC; hosted by David Letterman {1982-93}, Conan O'Brien {1993-2009}, Jimmy Fallon {2009-2014}, and Seth Meyers {2014-}) The Lawrence Welk Show (Locally on KTLA in Los Angeles 1955-1971, then nationally on ABC 1955-1971 and in syndication 1971-1982; reruns still air on some PBS stations) Legends in Concert, a celebrity impersonator revue, has been performing somewhere in Las Vegas, NV since 1983.

Sister productions in Atlantic City, NJ, Branson, MO, and Myrtle Beach, SC have all had decade-plus runs; the latter two are still performing. Live from Lincoln Center (PBS classical music program, airing since 1976) The talk show now known as Live! with Kelly and Michael has a continuous history dating back to at least 1983: The Morning Show (1983ï¿½1988), initially a local show on WABC-TV in New York City, hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey. That show is the successor to local talk shows in both New York and Los Angeles that date back to 1970 (in NYC) and 1971 (in L.A.), with the L.A. show hosted by Philbin and Garvey for several years. Garvey left in 1984, and after a year with Ann Abernathy in the co-host chair, Kathie Lee Gifford (then Johnson) debuted in 1985. The show went national in 1988 as... Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988ï¿½2000).

After Gifford left in 2000, then there was... Live! with Regis (2000ï¿½2001), when the producers tried out several prospective co-hosts. The hiring of Kelly Ripa brought us to... Live! with Regis and Kelly (2001ï¿½2011). Philbin left in early 2011, leading to... Live! with Kelly (2011ï¿½2012), with Ripa joined by a revolving cast of guest co-hosts. Eventually, producers settled on former NFL player Michael Strahan, creating... Live! with Kelly and Michael (2012ï¿½present) Look and Read (produced irregularly from 1967-2004) The original theatrical Looney Tunes series ran from 1930-69. In that period of time, it went through various directors, animators, producers, and characters and that's not counting the various spinoffs, revivals, and movies.

Lou Dobbs Tonight, originally titled Moneyline (aired on CNN from 1980-2009, and on Fox Business Network since 2011) Max and Ruby (Although the series is also mentioned in the "At least 10 years" section, Rosemary Wells has been making books starring "Max And Ruby" since 1979) The McLaughlin Group (PBS current affairs debate program, airing since 1982) Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001, although reruns still air) Morning Edition (airing on NPR since 1979) Motor Week (airing on PBS since October 15, 1981 ) Mr. Squiggle (Australian children's show, 1959-95) Sanrio 's My Melody debuted in 1975. She would become one of Sanrio's very beloved characters in the company.

Nature (PBS wildlife program, airing since 1982) Newsnight (broadcast on the same channel since 1980 if you don't count its predecessor) The News Quiz (satirical Panel Game running on BBC Radio Four since 1977) Nightline (ABC prime time news program, airing since 1980) Ouke no Monshou ( Shoujo manga by Chieko Hosokawa, has been running since 1976 just like Glass Mask . Had a short video drama as well.) Parkinson (British chat show hosted by Michael Parkinson, aired on The BBC from 1971-82 and then again in 1987-88 and 1998-2004, then on ITV from 2004-07) A Prairie Home Companion (radio variety show, running since 1974 with two very similar shows running during the breaks from 1987-89 and 1989-92.

Garrison Keillor has been hosting this show, but not the very similar ones that ran during its breaks) Question Time (British current affairs debate program, running since 1979) Quirks and Quarks (general-interest science program on CBC Radio since 1975) Quote Unquote, that innocuous literary quiz that appears at lunchtimes, has been on BBC Radio 4 with the same host (Nigel Rees) since 1976. Royal Canadian Air Farce (since 1973 on radio, since 1993 on TV; ended with a New Year's Eve special on December 31, 2008) Sabado Gigante started in June 1962 (as Gran Show Dominical before moving from Sunday to Saturday in 1966), Channel Hopped from Chile's Canal 13 to Univision in 1986, and from there, ran all the way up until April 17, 2015. "Don Francisco" (Mario Kreutzberger) hosted the show for its entire run.

Ireland's The Late Late Show (since July 1962, has only had three regular presenters (Gay Byrne (1962-99), Pat Kenny (1999-2009), Ryan Tubridy (since 2009)). Not to be confused with the American The Late Late Show , which has "only" been running since 1995.) The James Bond film series began with Dr. No in 1962; the twenty-third film, Skyfall , was released to mark the series' fiftieth anniversary in 2012. German broadcaster ZDF 's flagship news programme heute began airing on the channel's launch date, 1 April 1963. It has occupied its current 19:00 timeslot since 1973.

General Hospital (over 10,000 episodes since April 1963) Clifford the Big Red Dog (1963-present, a series of children's books, also had a brief run on TV during the early 2000s and a new movie is scheduled for 2016) The BBC pop-science programme Horizon has been running since May 1964. Match of the Day (UK football highlights and discussion show): started in August 1964, survived in various forms even during periods when highlights rights have gone to other channels, and now has a Spin-Off series (Match of the Day 2, on air since the 2004-05 season) and magazine. Since 1965, Gamera has starred in 12 films with a new one currently in the works. The Katzenjammer Kids is a comic strip that debuted December 1897, and has been published ever since, with new strips still appearing regularly today. This makes it most likely the longest-running piece of serial fiction in any medium or format. Bï¿½cassine was in continuous publication from 1905-62.

The character is still used in advertising. Gasoline Alley debuted on November 25th, 1918. The original protagonist, Walt Wallet, is still alive, and is now 115 years old due to Frank King's insistence that the characters be allowed to age, even though his wife Phyllis died of old age in 2004 and his adopted son Skeezix now has ambiguous age, despite clearly being elderly. Walt is so old, in fact, that they had a story arc involving him being investigated for social security fraud, since the government just couldn't believe he could be that old. Felix the Cat is the longest-lasting animated cartoon character in history, making his debut in 1919 (and if we count an even earlier prototype short, it may even be 1917) having appeared in over 150 theatrical cartoons, decades worth of comics, hundreds of TV cartoons, two movies, and the two TV revivals The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat and Baby Felix, and he is still appearing in merchandise to this day. And he even has a new cartoon series on the way for 2013.

In fact, one of the very first TV broadcasts featured Felix way back in 1928. Meow! Popeye was first introduced in 1929, in the comic strip Thimble Theater, which was later renamed after him. Olive Oyl is older still; she appeared in the strip ten years earlier in 1919. Lørdagsbarnetimen (The Saturday Children's Hour) was a weekly radio series produced by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) which aired every Saturday from December 1924 to September 2010 (apart from a forced hiatus during World War II ). The Grand Ole Opry: Airing weekly on Nashville radio station WSM-AM since 1925, with an edited version of the program being carried on national radio and television outlets since the 1940s. Radioavisen: Daily news broadcast on Danmarks Radio (DR) starting August 1, 1926. At first with two daily programs, gradually with more. Now there is a Radioavis every hour. Aired nationwide since 1927.

Danmarks Radio is also responsible for Julehilsen til Grønland (Christmas greetings to Greenland), first aired in 1932 as a means for people in Denmark to send greetings to friends and family in Greenland and vice versa. Mickey Mouse is one of the world's most beloved cartoon characters. Making his debut in 1928, he has appeared in over 130 theatrical cartoons, 8 movies, hundreds of comics, 10 TV shows, and many video games. The Daily Service is a 15-minute religious programme which has aired daily on BBC Radio since 1928, making it the longest-running daily radio broadcast in British history. Hamburger Hafenkonzert (Hamburg harbor concert): Broadcast weekly on NDR in Germany since June 1929 ï¿½ even through WWII. Music and the Spoken Word: Weekly broadcast of music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (and a short sermon), which started in 1929. Proto-Superhero The Shadow debuted in 1930 as a radio Horror Host for suspense stories, but quickly migrated to pulp novels and comic strips until 1949.

Following two short-lived attempts at a Shadow television series in the '50s, the character was revived in print in 1963, and several new comic book tales were released in the decades to follow as '30s-retro miniseries, or as one-shot original accompaniments to collected reprints. Most recently, the character has appeared on film in the 1994 Alec Baldwin feature and from 2011-present in comic miniseries from Dynamite Entertainment. Pause Signal Danmarks Radio (DR). This little tune first aired on August 28, 1931 and has since been used to fill up short spaces between programs. The tune is a melody from the 1300s, the oldest known Danish folk melody. Irregular scheduling, yet frequently heard for decades. Nowadays used as regular broadcast only on one channel (P5), the tune has become waiting music on DR's telephone system, and since early 2009 the signal that calls the audience to the second half of concerts in the broadcaster's new concert hall.

Hockey Night in Canada began airing on radio in November 1931 and moved to television in November 1952 (the first year of regular television broadcasts in Canada), and is the world's longest-running sports show. The Metropolitan Opera airs a radio broadcast season each year. Although going since Christmas of 1931 (and broadcast in January 1910 over experimental radio broadcasts), unlike The Guiding Light it only airs episodes during a season and is not continuous. The first "Lucha Libre" promotion in Mexico, EMLL, got started in 1933. While it later changed its name to CMLL , this was representative of its horizons expanding from "Mexico" to "Mundial", ownership and programming remained continuous and it is the longest continuously running pro wrestling promotion in history. The Brazilian obligatory 7p.m. radio news show A Voz do Brazil has been running since 1935.

Mumfie the elephant , who made his debut in a children's novel in 1936, has spawned numerous books (including various reprints of the original Katherine Tozer stories), 2 TV series (soon to be three with the upcoming reboot of Magic Adventures of Mumfie, a radio play, a direct-to-video movie and numerous pieces of merchandise (most of them being stuffed animals of the main character). Statler : It's impressive that this show lasted 50 years. Waldorf: It's impressive this show lasted more than one! Both: Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!

Question: What became BBC 2’ s longest running sitcom in 1998 when it’s tenth anniversary was celebrated by an evening of special programmes
Answer: Red Dwarf