List of longest-running television shows by category
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This is a list of the longest-running television shows by category. The criterion for being the longest-running show is by the number of years the show has been on the air and not the number of episodes produced.
The Brazilian show Programa Silvio Santos is the longest-running television show of all time hosted by the same person.
Years | Category | Show name | Country | Duration | Channel/network | Episodes |
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80 | Outside broadcast | Lord Mayor's Show | United Kingdom | 1937–1938, 1946–present (not broadcast during WW2 1939–1945)[1] | BBC Television Service, BBC One | |
80 | Outside broadcast | Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph | United Kingdom | 1937–1938, 1946–present (not broadcast during WW2 1939–1945) | BBC Television Service, BBC One | |
77 | Sports outside broadcast | The Championships, Wimbledon[2] | United Kingdom | 1937,[3] 1939,1946–present (not played during World War II, nor in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns) | BBC Television Service, BBC One/Two | |
76 | News show | Meet the Press | United States | 1947–present | NBC | 4,946+ |
75 | Newscast | CBS Evening News | United States | 1948–present | CBS | 16,400+ |
74 | Religious program | Music and the Spoken Word | United States | 1949–present | KSL (Television Since 1949)
(Radio Since 1929) |
3900+ |
73 | Religious program | Le Jour du Seigneur | France | 1949–present | TF1 (1949–87) France 2 (since 1987) |
|
70 | Sports show | Hockey Night in Canada | Canada | 1952–present | CBC, City/Sportsnet, CTV | |
68 | Sports magazine show | La Domenica Sportiva | Italy | 1953–present | RAI | 3318 (as of 10 May 2020[update]) |
Music talent show | NHK Nodo Jiman | Japan | 1953–present | NHK | 2,900 (as of 2012[update]) | |
Current affairs series | Panorama | United Kingdom | 1953–present | BBC One | ||
67 | Talk show | The Tonight Show | United States | 1954–present | NBC | |
66 | Song contest | Sanremo Music Festival | Italy | 1951–present | RAI (radio broadcast since 1951, TV broadcast since 1955) | |
Annual live international beauty pageant | Miss Universe | United States | 1955–present | CBS, NBC, FOX | 72 | |
Annual live national beauty pageant | Miss America | United States | 1955–present | ABC, NBC, CBS | 96 (102) | |
65 | Science show | The Sky at Night | United Kingdom | 1957–present | BBC One, BBC Four | 825 (as of Oct 2022) |
Children's show | Blue Peter | United Kingdom | 1958–present | BBC One, CBBC | 5,294 (as of 13 October 2023) | |
63 | Historical drama | Zenigata Heiji | Japan | 1958–2006 | various | |
Agriculture information | Plodovi zemlje | Croatia | 1958–present | HRT 1 | 1900 (as of 14 March 2017) | |
62 | Animated | Sandmännchen | Germany | 1959–present | Deutscher Fernsehfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg | 22,200 |
Soap opera | Coronation Street | United Kingdom | 1960–present | ITV | 10000+ | |
60 | Comedy | KVN | Soviet Union (1961–1991) Russia (1991–present) |
1961–present | Channel One Russia, KVN TV | |
TV feedback show | Points of View | United Kingdom | 1961–present | BBC One, BBC Two | ||
Quiz show | It's Academic | United States | 1961–present[4] | |||
60 | Song contest | Festivali i Këngës | Albania | 1962–present | RTSH | |
60 | Medicine talk show | Trupi dhe Shëndeti | Albania | 1962–present | RTSH | 1000+ |
60 | Science fiction | Doctor Who | United Kingdom | 1963–1989, 1996,[5] 2005–present | BBC One | 881 (as of 6 June 2024) |
58 | Variety show | Programa Silvio Santos | Brazil | 1963–present | SBT | 3000+ |
59 | Music chart show | Top of the Pops | United Kingdom | 1964–2006; Christmas shows only 2006–present | BBC One, BBC Two | 2,219 |
Documentary | Four Corners | Australia | 1961–present | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | ||
56 | Game show | Des chiffres et des lettres | France | 1965–present | France 2 (1965–2006) France 3 (since 2006) |
20,000 (as of October 2012[update]) |
56 | Children's show (preschool) | Play School | Australia | 1966–present | Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | 4,500+ |
56 | Comedy special | Áramótaskaupið | Iceland | 1966–present | Ríkisútvarpið | 56 |
53 | Anime for kids | Sazae-san | Japan | 1969–present | Fuji Television | 7000+[6] |
Kids Educational | Sesame Street | United States | 1969–present | NET (1969–1970), PBS (1970–), HBO (2016–2020), HBO Max (2020–) | 4000+ | |
52 | Police procedural | Tatort | Germany | 1970–present | Das Erste | 1,136 (as of 6 September 2020[update])[7] |
51 | Sketch comedy show | Radio Rochela | Venezuela | 1959–2010 | RCTV | 2652 |
48 | Charity show | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon | United States | 1966–2014 | Various | 48 |
Talk show - Hosted Continuously by Same Host | Barbara and You | United States | 1976-2024 | Various | 48 | |
Sports variety | Grandstand | United Kingdom | 1958–2007 | BBC One, BBC Two | 3500 | |
47 | Film review | Film | United Kingdom | 1971–2018 | BBC One | |
45 | Political satire | Extra 3 | Germany | 1976–present | Das Erste | |
Automotive | Top Gear (relaunched in 2002) | United Kingdom | 1976–2001, 2002–2023 | BBC Two, BBC One | ||
38 | Glove puppetry show | Pili | Taiwan | 1984–present[8] | Pili TV | 2,000+ |
37 | Sitcom | Last of the Summer Wine | United Kingdom | 1973–2010 | BBC One | 295 |
35 | Music video show | Rage | Australia | 1987–present | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | |
34 | Comedy drama | Kopi kade | Sri Lanka | 1987–present | ITN | 1,900+ |
33 | Reality show | America's Funniest Home Videos | United States | 1989–present | American Broadcasting Company | |
33 | Adult animation | The Simpsons | United States | 1989–present | Fox Broadcasting Company | 700+ |
18 | Detective Action | Arka Sokaklar | Türkiye | 2006–present | Kanal D | 674 |
15 | Fantasy | Supernatural | United States | 2005–2020 | The WB | 327 |
See also
[edit]- List of longest-running American television series
- List of longest-running British television programmes
- List of longest-running Indian television series
- List of longest-running Australian television series
- List of longest-running Philippine television series
- List of longest-running Spanish television series
- List of longest-running American cable television series
- List of longest-running American primetime television series
- List of longest-running American first-run syndicated television series
- List of television series canceled after one episode
- List of television programs by episode count
References
[edit]- ^ "The Lord Mayor's Show dates". BBC Genome. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ "Wimbledon". Genome Project. 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Wimbledon and the BBC 1927 to 2017". History of the BBC. 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Mac McGarry, 'It's Academic' host, dies at 87". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – Doctor Who: The TV Movie – Details". 2015-05-05. Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Sazae-san".
- ^ "Die Fälle – Tatort – ARD | Das Erste".
- ^ "Pili Glove Puppetry". Taiwan Ministry of Culture. 2017-01-03.