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The Longest Running TV Show Of All Time Gunsmoke (1955 – 1975) has the distinction of having the most episodes of any scripted prime-time drama with 635 episodes to its name. It is also one of the longest-running prime-time dramas in US television history, and it is also the longest-running Western.
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Is The Simpsons the longest running television show? Confidence votes 13.2K. The Simpsons is the longest running U.S. prime time scripted comedy & the longest running animated program in the U.S. but it isn't remotely close to being the longest running TV show. Meet the Press started in November 6, 1947 & continues to this day (September 2016)
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âLongest-Running Scripted Show in Television Historyâ Is Renewed The longest running scripted show is “Doctor Who”. NO, it is not. One older show is General Hospital, which debuted on April 1, 1963, and is still going. Doctor Who didn’t start until November 2, 1963.
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Ask SAM: How did 'Gunsmoke' end? “Gunsmoke” ran 20 years and had 635 episodes, making it the longest-running American prime-time drama TV series to date. However, in terms of episode count and length, some soap operas have beaten it, if you look outside of prime time.
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- See the top ten longest running scripted prime time TV shows in history and see if your favorites are on the list! 10. My Three Sons (1960-72) — The show about a single father raising his three rambunctious sons ran for 12 seasons with 380 episodes.
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What is the longest running TV commercial? Wild Kingdom is the longest running animal based  TV show. It's original run was 1963-1988 (25 years), then it was  revived in 2002 and remains on the air today (12+ years) … as of  02|2014...
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The Longest Running TV Show Of All Time Since it debuted in 1952, it is also the oldest. In addition, The Today Show is the first show of its genre to appear on TV, both in the US and elsewhere. The Tonight Show, which debuted in 1954, is the longest-running evening talk show, and it has over 11,460 episodes to its name.
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It's Always Sunny... is now the longest-running live-action comedy series in TV history The comedy series will now run for an unprecedented 14 seasons, making it tied with Ozzie & Harriet, a comedy-variety show that ran from the '50s through the '60s on US television. This now makes It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia tied with Ozzie & Harriet as the longest-running comedy series in television history. The next closest contender is Two And A Half Men, which ran for twelve seasons whilst Cheers, Frasier, Married... With Children and Happy Days all ran for eleven seasons.
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comedyThe Longest Running US Sitcoms longest running shows The Longest Running US Sitcoms. List of the longest-running sitcoms in US history. These funny TV series have more episodes than any others in American television. Some of the shows ran and have since gone off the air or been canceled, while others remain ongoing and are still being produced.
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- Ed, Edd n Eddy is the longest running original program on Cartoon Network. It aired from its premiere in January 1999 to its TV film finale in November 2009. In episode count though, it seems Regular Show is the longest running w/ so far, 255 episodes from September 2010 to present. Gregory Dean.
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General Hospital | ABC | Bumper | 1999 General Hospital is currently the longest-running serial produced in Hollywood, as well as the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history. The series also holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, with 10 wins.
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Longest running TV soap opera Apply Now. It was announced in 2009 that As the World Turns (CBS, 1956–) would be cancelled by September 2010, meaning that the UK’s Coronation Street (ITV, 9 December 1960–) would become the world’s longest-running soap opera. Actor William Roache (UK) would then become the longest-serving soap actor, having debuted as Ken Barlow in episode 1. The last episode of As the World Turns aired on 17 September 2010 on CBS. All records listed on our website are current and up-to-date. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. (You will be need to register / login for access) Comments below may relate to previous holders of this record.
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The Longest Running TV Show Of All Time The Simpsons premiered in 1989 and is still running. It is therefore both the longest-running animated series and longest-running sitcom. It began life as a collection of shorts in The Tracy Ullman Show in 1987 and became a show in its own right two years later. The longest running live action sitcom is The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952 – 1966).
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Q&A There are actually a few qualifiers on the various run-length records set by The Simpsons, but the two challengers most often cited are The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo.. The Simpsons was named the longest running prime-time animated series in 1997 after airing its 167th episode, surpassing The Flintstones.. In 2006, it surpassed Scooby-Doo as the longest running animated series at any hour. This was a tricky one, as Scooby-Doo has appeared with various names (What's New, Scooby-Doo?, The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, etc.) since debuting as Scooby Doo, Where Are You! in 1969.
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The 10 longest-running soap operas in TV history Pobol y Cwm is a Welsh-language soap which has aired in Wales since October 16 1994. It was initially broadcast on BBC Wales, but in 1982 transferred to the S4C network. The show is the longest-running soap opera produced by the BBC, who still make it and give it to S4C for free as part of its public-service remit.
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Series / Gunsmoke It lasted to 1975.At 20 seasons, the TV version was/is the longest-running prime time American dramatic series (Law & Order tied this record in 2010, though Gunsmoke produced more episodes) and the archetypical television example of the Western genre.
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'Simpsons' Did It: The 10 Longest Running Primetime TV Shows Still On The Air Those ratings are more than perfectly cromulent, and it’s unlikely any show will ever approach The Simpsons‘ episode-count number. You’ll see why when you look at the 10 other longest running primetime shows currently on TV. 1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: 322 episodes. 2. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 297 episodes. 3. South Park: 239 episodes
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Longest running TV variety show 19 September 2015. The longest running TV variety show is Sabado Gigante (Univision Television Network, USA) hosted by Mario Kreutzberger aka 'Don Francisco' (Chile) running for 53 years and 42 days, from 8 August 1962 to 19 September 2015. On 19 September 2015 the last program of Sabado Gigante was broadcasted.
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longest running showsLongest Running US Drama Shows Of the longest-running drama series in United States TV history, only a few examples are still on the air, and all are from the police procedural genre. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is currently the longest-running dramatic show, with 229 episodes spaced out over 11 seasons.
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10 Longest-running TV Shows Today, satellite and cable options provide a TV smorgasbord. Although many news programs and soap operas have lasted longer, we've narrowed this list down to longest-running dramas and sitcoms in United States­ television history. Grab the remote and take a trip down TV's memory lane. NEXT.
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'Simpsons' Did It: The 10 Longest Running Primetime TV Shows Still On The Air Simpsons is the longest-running PRIME TIME show of all time; the editors need to make that distinction. And by the way, episode count isn’t always the same as “longest running” – South Park has been on the air almost two years longer than SVU even if it has less episodes.
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Heartland  (Canadian TV series) As of the episode shown on March 29, 2015, Heartland surpassed Street Legal as the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in the history of Canadian television. And will be celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year (2016), and season 10 will begin airing October 2, 2016.
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Last of the Summer Wine The longest running sitcom is the U.K.'s Last of the Summer Wine. It aired for 37 years from 12 November 1973 to 29 August 2010.
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These are the 10 most award-winning TV shows of all time 4. The Simpsons — 32 wins and 85 nominations. Fox. The longest-running primetime animated series in US TV history, The Simpsons has won 10 Emmy Awards in the category of outstanding animated program — the most of all time. The show has also won 16 Emmys for outstanding voiceover performance for a number of its actors.
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Q&A There are actually a few qualifiers on the various run-length records set by The Simpsons, but the two challengers most often cited are The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo.. The Simpsons was named the longest running prime-time animated series in 1997 after airing its 167th episode, surpassing The Flintstones.. In 2006, it surpassed Scooby-Doo as the longest running animated series at any hour.
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General Hospital â The Deets on the Longest Running Soap Opera Guinness World Records General Hospital was listed as “the longest-running American soap opera in production” in the Guinness World Records. It’s also the third longest-running scripted drama series in production, after the ever popular Guiding Light and As The World Turns. But, it also hold an important third-place in the world’s longest-running scripted drama, after The Archers and Coronation Street (which are both British TV shows). Over the years, the running time of the show has evolved from 39 minutes to 45 to 60.