In today’s day and age it’s extremely difficult for a show to run for more than a few seasons, let alone 5, or 10, or even more. There’s just so much on TV that’s it’s difficult to get people to commit to watching any one program for an extended period of time. So we decided to comb through the TV universe to locate the shows that have stood the test of time.
This is a list of the twenty shows that have been on the air longer than any other. Omitting sports broadcasts, news programs or religious shows, these are the dramas, game shows, kids shows or comedies that have gone beyond the rest. Not one of these aired for less than 25 years, and by the end of this list, you won’t even believe how long they’ve been on.
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28 Years – Wheel of Fortune
29 Years – Captain Kangaroo
32 Years – This Old House
32 Years – American Bandstand
33 Years – Family Feud
33 Years – Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
34 Years – Soul Train
37 Years – Saturday Night Live
37 Years – Nova
38 Years – The Young and the Restless
39 Years – The Price is Right
40 Years – All My Children
43 Years – Sesame Street
43 Years – One Life to Live
45 Years – Days of Our Lives
49 Years – General Hospital
53 Years – The Wonderful World of Disney
54 Years – As the World Turns
55 Years – Candid Camera
57 Years – Guiding Light
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What about Sábado Gigante? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1bado_Gigante
Sabado Gigante has only aired in the U.S. for 26 years.
Cough, cough… Doctor Who? 49 years old at this VERY minute?
Doctor Who has only been airing in the U.S. (on BBC America) for 2 years.
This stupid list is either biased or just POORLY researched. Extremely misleading if you ask me. HELLOOOO Doctor Who has an impressive streak here! But no, just because it originally aired in another country, it doesn’t count. LAME!!!
There’s a lot that this list doesn’t mention, unless they are doing only American televison. Even so, that makes this list useless. Fun Fact I learned as a history teacher: Guiding Light has actually been produced for 72 years, though 15 were on the radio.
What about “The View”? That seems like it’s been on forever.
lol…it may seem like it’s been on forever but The View is only in it’s 16th season.
Coronation Street? Some of the characters haven’t even changed their outfits for about 30+ years.
Coronation Street – Over 50 years
Casualty longest medical drama in the world and is still going on today.
A woefully inaccurate list that fails to mention its based on only US shows. The UK has some of the longest running TV shows in the world including The Sky At Night (55 years), Coronation Street (52 years. Considering Guiding Light was cancelled in 2009 its days are numbered as the longest running TV show of all time. In fact The Sky At Night is currently the longest running TV show on air and will beat Guiding Light as the longest of all time in 2 years.
All UK shows are garbage and not worth even mentioning. Thus US shows.
Candid Camera shouldn’t even be in the list as the show has not aired new episodes regularly for the duration of its runs. The show did not have any new shows between 1954 and 1960. It also didn’t have any new shows made between 1967 and 1974 until New Candid Camera was made.
This list is called “The 20 longest running TV shows of all time”, but shows don’t count if they’re not American? Jesus, talk about ethnocentrism.
What about En Familia con Chabelo… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158407/combined
His longevity is a running joke in Mexico actually.
So, I propose you change the title of your list to “The 20 longest running AMERICAN TV shows of all time”…
Doctor Who is on its 50th anniversary(although there was a short break during the 90’s).
Disgraceful, Doctor Who didn’t make it on this list and, if you look at the post date, it was posted on Doctor Who’s 49th Anniversary *facepalm*
Retitle this to: 20 Longest Running American TV Shows.