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->''[[PreviouslyOn Previously]] on Series/DoctorWho...\\
709 episodes ago...''
-->-- The intro to "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]", referring to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]"

TV shows can run as long as they want, depending on their reception. If TV shows are bad or negatively reviewed, the show would only run for like a season or two, or wouldn’t even get to complete their very first season! If the show is positively reviewed or good, it will possibly run for a couple or a bunch of seasons, depending on later reviews or budget. And other times, a show can be so good, that they can be running and can’t stop.

Long-running shows are franchises that 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 [[SeasonalRot went through creative slumps]], but got here thanks to NetworkToTheRescue (and avoiding being ScrewedByTheNetwork). They may even end up [[PopularityPolynomial going through several rounds of peaks and valleys]]. Some of these shows are even OlderThanTelevision. And some of these shows got this status due to being AdoredByTheNetwork.

'''A Administrivia/{{No Recent Examples|please}} rule applies to this trope''' and examples shouldn't be added until '''10 years''' after the franchise debuted. That assumes that the franchise was active for the full decade. If there's been a lengthy hiatus or a significant gap between sequels, the minimum time required will be longer.

{{Sub Trope}}s:
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* ComicBookRun
* LongRunnerCastTurnover
* LongRunnerLineUp
* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn
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Sub pages:
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* PrintLongRunners
** LongRunningBookSeries
* RingOldies (for Pro Wrestlers with long running careers)
* TimeImmemorialIndex (pages on This Very Wiki that have survived since June 14, 2007 or earlier)[[note]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle such as this very page!]][[/note]]
* VideoGameLongRunners
* WebcomicsLongRunners
[[/index]]

Contrast ShortRunners.

'''NOTE:''' some of these entries may be outdated. Check dates to see if they lasted longer than the folder they're in.
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[[folder:At least 10 years]]

* ''Series/{{Nineninenine}}'' (1992-2003)
* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' (2001-2017)
* ''Manga/AChannel'' (2008-2021)
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (2010-present; although the original show ended in 2018, a series of specials called "Distant Lands" was produced for Creator/HBOMax for four episodes from 2020 to 2021.)
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfOzzieAndHarriet'' (1952-66; notable as the longest-running American sitcom until being surpassed by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Held the live-action record until ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' got its fourteenth season in 2019.)
* ''Manga/AirGear'' by Oh!Great ran for a full decade from 2002 to 2012 and ended with 357 chapters.
* ''Series/AKBingo'' (2008-present)
* ''Series/{{All Creatures Great And Small|1978}}'' ran on and off from 1978-90.
* ''Series/AllSaints'' (1998-2009, 493 episodes).
* ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'' (1940-1951), the comic which housed ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica stories, and the longest lasting of DC's Golden Age titles that wasn't dedicated to ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}} or ComicBook/WonderWoman.
* ''Series/AlloAllo'' (1982-92)
* ''Series/AlmostLive'': Sketch comedy on NBC affiliate KING-TV Seattle from 1984-99, best known for launching the TV career of Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' (2011-present; the main series ended in 2019, but mini-series such as ''WesternAnimation/DarwinsYearbook'' and ''The Gumball Chronicles'' are still being produced long after the show's ending).
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (2005-2014 on FOX; 2014-present on TBS; Creator/SethMacFarlane's second longest-running animated series and the only one that was revived on a cable network)
* ''Series/AmericanGreed'' (2007-present)
* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' (2011-present)
* ''Series/AmericanNinjaWarrior'' (2009-present)
* ''Series/AmericanPlayhouse'' (1982-1993)
* ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' (2006-present)
* ''Manga/TheAncientMagusBride'' (2013-present)
* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'': Began in 2004 as two short films that James Rolfe made solely for the consumption of his friends. First posted to the Internet in early 2006, and is still ongoing with over 200 episodes so far. To give some context for how long that is by web standards: the Angry Video Game Nerd ''predates'' Platform/YouTube.
* ''Series/TheApprentice'': also began in 2004 and was cancelled in 2017.
* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': It premiered in 2001 (2000 if you count the stealth airing of the first episode) and, after a few title changes, was cancelled in 2015. However, it was revived in November 2023 for a 12th season with five episodes.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' (2009-2016 on FX; 2017-2023 on FXX)
* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' (1972-85)
* ''Literature/AriaTheScarletAmmo'' (2008-present)
* ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy'' (1992-2002, with a reunion episode in 2005.)
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (2010-2021; 2013-2023 for the TV adaptation)
* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' (2008-present; a weekly internet ComicBook review series with 700+ episodes and counting)
* ''WesternAnimation/DeAvonturenVanVarkentjeRund'' (It's existed since 2005 on Het Klokhuis, and episodes are still being produced to this day!)
* ''Baby Alive'': The most recent incarnation has been producing toys non-stop since 2006.
* The ''Series/BabyEinstein'' direct-to-DVD series ran for 14 years, from 1997 to 2011.
* ''Series/BarRescue'' (2011-present)
* ''WebVideo/BarneyBunch'': Started off as a trolling group on Platform/{{Newgrounds}} in 2005. Moved to Platform/YouTube in 2006 and became the semi-affliliated "Speakonia Community". Despite numerous videos and accounts getting terminated, it's still going.
* ''ComicBook/BartSimpson'' (October 2000 to February 2016, with 100 issues.)
* ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': (2010-present); although 2014-2015 had no episodes, and 2016 only had one.
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'', reboot continuity (2003-2013, with the miniseries pilot in 2003, the four-season main show in 2004-2009, ''The Plan'' television movie in 2009, the one-season ''Caprica'' prequel in 2010-2011, and the ''Blood and Chrome'' television movie in 2013; a new series in the same continuity is set for release some time in the future)
* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' (9/22/1989-5/14/2001; eleven seasons and 242 episodes)
* ''Series/{{Beachcombers}}'' (387 episodes from 1972-91; longest-running dramatic series in Canada)
* ''Series/BeatTheClock'': Total of 18 years (1950-61, 1969-74, 1979-80, 2002-03).
* ''Franchise/Ben10'': Started in 2005 and currently has five main installments; [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 the original]] (52 episodes, 4 seasons), ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' (46 episodes, 3 seasons), ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' (52 episodes, 3 seasons), ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]'' (80 episodes, 8 seasons), and [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 the 2016 reboot]] (184 episodes, 5 seasons). Currently, there are 414 episodes and 23 seasons[[note]]230 episodes and 18 seasons for the original continuity and 184 episodes and 5 seasons for the reboot continuity[[/note]], making the franchise the most number of episodes and seasons on all {{Creator/Cartoon Network}} original series. Additionally, there are four movies, two crossover special, and 40 shorts. It is also the longest-running CN original series in terms of continuous franchises.
* ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' (2000-10)
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' (2007-19)
* ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'' (1992-2006)
* The original ''Toys/{{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.
* ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'' (1989-1998; 2014-17; 2020; 12 series in total)
* ''Manga/BlackButler'' (2006-present)
* ''Series/TheBlacklist'' (2013-2023)
* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' (1993-2012)
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' -- Youngest of ''Weekly Shonen Jump'''s Big Three (see ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Manga/OnePiece'' below), ran from 2001 to 2016 with 686 chapters.
* ''Series/BlueBloods'' (2010-present, will end in fall 2024)
* ''Series/BlueHeelers'' (1994-2006, 510 episodes)
* ''Radio/BoersAndBernstein'' (1999-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' (2011-present)
* ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' (1959-1973)
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' (2005-2017)
* ''Animation/BoonieBears'' - A Chinese animated series that has been running for 10 years as of 2022.
* ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers'' (the manga ran from 1992 to 2008, and dramas based on it are still in development)
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' together with ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' (technically a different show but continuing the same story with almost all the same cast) aired eleven seasons from 2008 to 2022.
* ''Series/{{Break the Bank|1945}}'' (1945-57)
* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' (2013-present)
* ''Manga/BrokenBlade'' (2006-2022)
* ''Series/{{Brum}}'' (1991-2002, still in syndication in some territories and currently has an animated reboot on Platform/YouTube)
* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'' (2012-present)
* ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' (2012-present)
* ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'' (2005-2018)
* ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' (1967-78)
* ''Manga/CastleTownDandelion'' (2012-present)
* ''Series/CatchPhrase'', a British game show that lasted sixteen years. (Not to be confused with the much less successful American version upon which it was based.)
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (11 years, immediately followed by spinoff ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' which went '''another''' 11. As a result, Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane from 1984-2004. Grammer later reprised as Frasier in the [[Series/Frasier2023 revival of Frasier]] 19 years after the original ''Frasier'' ended.)
* ''Series/ChicagoFire'' (2012-present)
** ''Series/ChicagoPD'' (2014-present; passed the 10 year mark in January 2024)
* ''Manga/{{Chihayafuru}}'' (2007-2022)
* ''WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly'' (produced by Creator/WalterLantz) 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.
* ''Manga/ChisSweetHome'' (2004-2015)
* ''Manga/{{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)
* ''WebAnimation/{{Cocomelon}}'' (2006-present): Although the channel in its' current form began in 2017, recieving its' current name a year later, the channel launched as [=ThatsMeOnTV=] in 2006 before being renamed [=ABCKidTV=] in 2013, the same year its' first nursery rhyme video was uploaded.
* ''Comedy Central Presents'' (1998-2011, 14 seasons, over 260 episodes; a show that has about 30 minutes of StandUpComedy by a different comedian each episode)
* ''Countdown'' (Australia) (1974-87)
* ''Series/ACountryPractice'' (1981-1992)
* ''Podcast/CoxNCrendor'' (2012-present)
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' (2005-2020, revival announced in 2021 and premiered in 2022)
* ''Creator/CS188'' -- Joining [=YouTube=] in 2006, Corey Shuster has been active as a [=YouTube=] Pooper since 2008.
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (2000-15)
** ''Series/CSIMiami'' (2002-12)
* ''Series/CuartoMilenio'' (2005-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'' (2006-2015; 2018-present)
* Since ''VideoGame/CutTheRope'''s inception in 2010, it's been turned into a large franchise of games, toys and [[WebAnimation/OmNomStories web shorts]] that's still continuing to this day.
* ''Literature/DalzielAndPascoe'' (11+ years)
* ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' (1978-91)
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' (original series; 1981-1992)
* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' (2012-present)
* ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' - 10 seasons (2005-), plus a four-episode miniseries called ''America's Deadliest Season'' which served as a pilot in 2004. Still ongoing.
* ''Series/{{Definition}}''. Lasted from 1974 to 1989, 15 years.
* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' (2009-2020)
* ''The Doctors'' (1963-82; 5280 episodes)
* ''Film/DoctorSeries'' (1954-70)
* ''Manga/DokiDokiSchoolHours'' (1997-2013)
* ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'': Lasted in the United States from 2000-2019, 19 years.
* ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'' ran from 2000 to 2018, though it changed magazines a few times (first running in ''Monthly Ikki'' from 2000 to 2014, then moving to ''Hibana'' in 2015 after ''Ikki'' ceased publication, and finally to ''Monthly Shonen Sunday'' in 2017 after ''Hibana'' ''also'' ceased publication).
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' (2008-2019) a fan-made parody of the above-mentioned ''Dragon Ball Z''.
* ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry'' (2008-2020)
* ''Manga/DropkickOnMyDevil'' (2012 - present)
* ''Dusty's Treehouse'', a children's series in the same vein as ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' starring future voice actor/director Stu Rosen and produced for Los Angeles Creator/{{CBS}} affiliate KNXT, ran in various forms from 1966-80. Syndicated re-runs aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} from 1980-84.
* The ''[=EarthSiege=]/{{VideoGame/Starsiege}}/{{VideoGame/Tribes}}'' series (July 1994-)
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' (1999-2009, Creator/CartoonNetwork[='s=] longest running original series in terms of years on-air as a singular series)
* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' (2010-present)
* ''Series/{{ER}}'' (15 years, 1994-2009)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' (2001-2017)
* ''Franchise/FairyTail'' (2006 - present); the original manga ended in 2017 at 545 chapters, but 2018 saw both the anime adaptation continuing to a conclusion for a grand total of 328 episodes and the release of the ongoing [[Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest sequel manga]].
* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series (2001 - present); the production schedule had the series going out to 2021 and ten films, which will bump it down to the next category if they stay on track.
* ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids ''. Lasted from 1972 to 1984 in the original format, plus 1984 to 1985 in first-run syndication.
* ''Series/FifteenToOne'' (British quiz show, 1988-2003)
* ''Finkleman's 45s'' (CBC radio retro music show; October 5, 1985 - June 25, 2005)
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' (1983-1988, 245 chapters) and its prequel ''Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky'' (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.
* ''Fred Penner's Place'' (CBC children's show, 1985-97)
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' ran for 11 seasons between September 16, 1993 and May 13, 2004 for a total of 264 episodes.
* ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'': started in December 2007. The first season concluded in December 2014 followed by a hiatus. The second season started in 2017 and is ongoing as of 2021. That may not sound like very long, but 13 years is an eternity for a web series (the series only postdates Youtube by about two years).
* ''The French Chef'', a Creator/{{PBS}} CookingShow starring Julia Child, ran for 10 years from 1963 to 1973. It's still being rerun on cable.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (1994-2004)
* ''The Frugal Gourmet'', another PBS cooking show, aired from 1983 to 1997.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': 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).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (March 28, 1999-August 10, 2003 [FOX episodes]/November 27, 2007-September 4, 2013 [Comedy Central episodes], 2023-2024 (Hulu episodes), 7 production seasons (12 broadcasts seasons),[[note]]The first four seasons were aired out of order to make five seasons, and made-for-DVD movies were recut into a sixth broadcast season/fifth production season, and both the sixth and seventh production seasons were split into two for broadcast. The Hulu episodes were produced as one 20-episode season but divided into two 10-episode chunks. This leaves the series at a total of 160 episodes.[[/note]] 4 made-for-DVD movies,[[note]]''Bender's Big Score'', ''The Beast with a Billion Backs'', ''Bender's Game'', and ''Into the Wild Green Yonder''[[/note]] a video game, and an eighty-three issue comic book run).
* ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'': Started being published in 2009 and is still running.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials'' aired from 1982-1992.
* ''Animation/GGBond'' - Premiered in 2006 and has been regularly producing and airing new seasons ever since.
* ''Series/GiggleAndHoot'' (2009 - 2020)
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' ran from 2003 to 2019, culminating in 77 manga volumes, a 367-episode anime (with 6 [=OVA=]s), a seven-volume LightNovel series, and two movies.
* ''Toys/GoGosCrazyBones'': This toy series started in 1996 and ran until 2005, when New Generation, the last classic set of Gogos, was released. That's a total of 9 years. The reboot series began in 2007, and the most recent reboot set was released in 2015. That's a total of 8 years. Put both runtimes together and you get 18 years (both runtimes plus the year 2006, which did not see a Gogos release).
* ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' (2013-2023)
* ''Series/GoodEats'' (debuted July 7, 1999; Creator/FoodNetwork's longest-running consecutive original program, with 14 seasons and 249 episodes). Ended in 2011.
* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' is an interesting case. The manga itself only lasted 5 years (1997-2002) with 207 chapters, but it continued the story begun with ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'' (1990-96), which had 267 chapters (plus the 10-chapter OriginsEpisode ''Manga/BadCompany''). Tooru Fujisawa then took a break for a few years, before returning to Onizuka's story with ''GTO: 14 Days in Shonan'' (2009-11, 77 chapters) and ''GTO: Paradise Lost'' (2014-present, currently at 144 chapters). This is excluding the non-Onizuka-centric stories ''GT-R: Great Transporter Ryuji'' (2012), ''Ino-Head Gargoyle'' (2012-2014), and ''Shonan Seven'' (2014-2019), which take place in the same universe. Therefore, the "GTO-verse" has run for 24 non-consecutive years over 8 different series (5 of them about Onizuka himself, over 21 years).
* ''Series/TheGoodNightShow'' (2005 - 2017)
* ''WebAnimation/GreenyPhatom'' (2008-present, plus the spin-off ''Dr. Beanson'' and the many [[FollowTheLeader Greenytoons]])
* ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' (2005-present)
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' manga ran from May 2002 to September 2012.
* ''Manga/HakkendenEightDogsOfTheEast'' (2005-present)
* ''Haneru no Tobira ~You knock on a jumping door!~'' (Japanese variety show which ran from 2001-2012; well-known in the West for inspiring a ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'' release)
* ''Series/HappyDays'' (1974-1984)
* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' (2010-present)
* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' (Web Series running December 24, 1999-2016; was QuietlyCancelled after the perceived failure of the “Still Alive” package intended to help the crew with the show)
* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' (series of light novels, 2003-present)
* ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' (the original version lasted from 1968-1980, was the longest running police procedural until ''Series/Law&Order'' surpassed it in 2002)
** ''{{Series/Hawaii Five 0}}'' (reboot series aired from 2010-2020)
* ''Hannity and Colmes'' (1996-2009; On air for 12 and a half years, plus ''Hannity'')
* ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'' (1992-2010)
* ''Creator/HeavenSentGaming'' (2006-present)
* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' (2005-present, 2004-present if UK version is counted)
* ''History Detectives'' (PBS history show, 2003-12; a revamped version is scheduled for 2014.)
* ''Series/ElHormiguero'' (2006-present)
* ''Series/HowItsMade'' (2001-present)
* ''Series/HowdyDoody'' (NBC children's show, 1947-60)
* ''Manga/IketeruFutari'' (1997-2010)
* ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' (2011-Present)
* ''Series/ElIntermedio'' (2006-present), Spanish news satire.
* ''Series/TheIncredibleDrPol'' (2012-present -- with over 20 seasons and 200 episodes, it's the longest animal care-focused live action series)
* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' (although the anime [[CutShort got axed]] when it was going to [[OvertookTheManga 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)
* ''Series/IronChef'' (started in 1993; between ''Iron Chef Japan'' and ''Iron Chef America'', that's nearly (but not quite) two decades in one form or another.)
* ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'' (2011-present)
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' (2005-present) - Its 15th season made it the longest-running American scripted comedy of all time.
* ''Series/ItsShowtime'' (2009-present)
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'' (1995-2005)
* ''Series/TheJeffersons'' (spinoff of ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', lasted 11 seasons)
* ''Series/TheJokersWild'' (originally ran from 1972-75 on CBS, followed by syndicated revivals from 1977-86 and 1990-91; total of 13 seasons)
* ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'' (2009-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' (2010-present)
* ''Series/KeepingUpWithTheKardashians'' (2007-2021)
* ''Manga/{{Kingdom}}'' (2006-present) -- Second oldest of ''Weekly Young Jump'''s circulation (see ''Manga/{{Real}}'').
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' (13 seasons and survivor of FOX's [[FridayNightDeathSlot Sunday Sports Pre-emption Slot]], 1997-2009, though in 2010, Creator/CartoonNetwork aired four [[MissingEpisode episodes that never aired on FOX]] because [[ExecutiveMeddling the executives wanted the show off the air as quickly as possible]] to make room for ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' and, later, ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'')
* ''[[Franchise/HelloKitty Kitty's Paradise]]'' (1993-2011, 18 years)
* ''Series/KnotsLanding'' (14 seasons, SpinOff of ''Dallas'' that outlasted its already long running parent show, 1979-1993)
* ''Series/LaFamiliaPLuche'' originated as a sketch in Series/{{XHDRBZ}} in 2002 and ended up becoming a standalone series from 2002 to 2012. Creator/EugenioDerbez's first TV series to be a Long Runner.
* ''Series/LaQueSeAvecina'' (2007-present)
* ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' (1954-73)
* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' (2001-11)
* ''Les Pyjamasques'' (2007-present): The French children's book series that inspired ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'', which releases at least one book a year.
* ''Series/LifestylesOfTheRichAndFamous'' (1984-95)
* ''Manga/LittleGhostQTaro''
* ''Radio/LoZooDi105'' (1999-present)
* ''Series/LondonsBurning'' (1986-2002)
* ''Series/{{Loving}}'' (1983-95)
* ''Series/LosLunnis'' (2003-present)
* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' (1972-83)
* ''Series/MadTV1995'' (1995-2009, followed by a short-lived revival in 2016; is considered ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''[='s=] longest-running rival sketch show, and, like ''SNL'', had its share of cast changes, writer changes, and executive producer changes which changed the show for better and worse)
* "Literature/MagikaSwordsmanAndSummoner" (2013-present; manga)
* ''Series/{{Major}}'' (15 years; started in 1994 and reached over 700 chapters by the time it finished in 2010)
* ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'' (2007-present)
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' (1987-97; longest-running live-action sitcom on FOX)
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' (2008 - present): 30 films and counting, plus 8 miniseries and 12 television shows (29 seasons) of [[CanonDiscontinuity dubious]] [[BroadStrokes canonicity]].
* ''Series/MatchGame'' (Over 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, 1998-99 in syndication, 2016-present on ABC)
* WebVideo/MatthewSantoro (2010-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'' (2002-2007; 2009-2013; 2016-2019), the second animated series based on the works of Creator/RosemaryWells.
* ''Series/{{Melevisione}}'' ran from 1999 to 2015.
* ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'', original British version (1962-1977)
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'' (2006-2016)
* ''WesternAnimation/MinniesBowToons'' (2011-present): Creator/DisneyChannel's longest-running short series, with eight seasons of shorts produced as of May 2023.
* ''Series/MockTheWeek'' (2005-Present)
* ''Series/ModernFamily'' (2009-2020)
* ''Radio/{{Monitor}}'' (NBC Radio weekend show ran just shy of 20 years, from June 1955 to January 1975)
* ''The Montel Williams Show'' (1991-2008)
* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' (2011-present)
* ''Series/MotherAndSon'' (1984 - 1994)
* ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' - A Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} series aired in India, based on the [[ComicBook/MotuPatlu comics]]; it celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 16th, 2022.
* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (1984-96)
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' (2008-present)
* ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (1988-98)
* ''Series/MyFamily'' (2000-11)
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': (2010-2020; regular episodes aired for 9 seasons from 2010 to 2019, plus a six-episode clipshow mini-series that aired in 2020, taking place before the series finale).
* ''Series/MyThreeSons'' (1960-1972)
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' (1988-99; originated on KTMA, then moved to Creator/ComedyCentral, then [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]]. Also had a Creator/{{Netflix}} series in 2017 and premiered on the Gizmoplex app in 2022.)
** ''Podcast/{{RiffTrax}}'' (2006-present)
* ''{{Series/Mythbusters}}'' (2003-Present); Hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage from 2003 to 2016 and then [[Series/MythBusters2017 relaunched]] in 2017 and is now hosted by Jon Lung and Brian Louden who won the gig after winning the spin-off competition show ''Mythbusters: The Search''. Savage has since returned to the franchise in 2019 as host of the spin-off ''Mythbusters Jr'' which focuses on young children showing off their STEAM skills)
* ''Literature/MyWeirdSchool'' (2004-present)
* ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' (2005-present)
* ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' (2009-2023)
* ''Series/NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' (1996-2015)
* ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' -- The manga ran from 1995-2013, but only because of ScheduleSlip.
* ''Series/NewTricks'' (2003-2015)
* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' (the manga itself is still ongoing since 2006, although it went on hiatus from 2015 to 2021 before returning with new chapters in 2021)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' (2011-present)
* ''Manga/NonNonBiyori'' (2009-2021)
* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' (2007-present; originally ended in 2012 but was UnCancelled in 2013)
* ''Radio/TheNowShow'' (first broadcast in 1998 and still airing)
* ''Series/NYPDBlue'' started in 1993 and ended in 2005 (12 seasons).
* ''WebVideo/OatsJenkins'' (5 october 2013-present)
* ''Fanfic/{{Obsession}}'' (29 June 2006-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'' (2010-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/OffTheAir'' (2011-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' (1998-present)
* ''Series/OhayoKodomoShow'' (a Japanese children's variety show, 1965-1980)
* ''ARG/OmegaMart'': The UsefulNotes/LasVegas iteration is actually Creator/MeowWolf's third iteration of the piece, the first two being temporary installations located in UsefulNotes/SantaFe, where the main Meow Wolf branch is located. The first one, which opened in 2009, was more a "glorified yard sale/mom & pop store," and the second one opened in 2012 out of a rented space in downtown Santa Fe.
* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' initially ran from 1981-1991 (10 years), and continued for another 7 years with annual Christmas specials.
* ''Manga/OokuTheInnerChambers'' (2004-2020)
* ''Manga/OresamaTeacher'' (2007-2020)
* ''Anime/OyakoClub'' lasted 19 years, from 1994 to 2013.
* ''Series/ParaPencariTuhan'' aired every year, except for 2018, ever since 2007.
* ''Series/{{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 ''Series/IfIRuledTheWorld'', only aired for [[BritishBrevity fourteen episodes]] in 1998-99)
* ''Series/ThePaulHoganShow'' (1973-1984)
* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' (2013-present)
* ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}'' has lasted at least 12 years and is still not finnished.
* The first ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' flash, ''Pico's School'', was made in 1999. Since then, Pico has been kept alive ([[NegativeContinuity in a]] [[TheyKilledKennyAgain sense]]) as Platform/{{Newgrounds}}' SeriesMascot by all sorts of Newgrounders to this day. And to think, ''Pico's School'' was inspired by '''UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}'''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'' (1986-2000)
* ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' (13 years, 1977-90. Was Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s biggest show at 260 episodes until ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' dethroned it.)
* ''Series/PitBullsAndParolees'' (2009-2022)
* ''Series/{{PJ}}'': CopShow / PoliceProcedural that lasted from 1997 to 2009.
* ''Series/PlayForToday'': Drama anthology series that ran from 1970 to 1984.
* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': A Chinese animated TV show that started around 2005, and is so popular that it now spans 2,000+ episodes, with no signs of stopping. Basically, it's to China what ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is to America.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonReflectingBalance'': A fanfiction that has been updating semi-regularly since April 7, 2012.
* ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'', a comedic fanfiction series that hit this mark on January 18, 2020.
* ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' (Film series spanning from 1984-1994).
* ''Series/PoliceCameraAction'' (cop documentary, first broadcast in 1994)
* ''Animation/PororoTheLittlePenguin'' has been around in some form or another since 2003, with the pre-revival series running from then until 2021.
* ''Manga/PsychicSquad'' (2005-2021)
* ''WesternAnimation/PurnoDePurno'': Originally ran from 1989 to 1996, but got revived in 2006 and finally ended in 2007, making its total runtime from 1989 to 2007, which is about 18 years.
* The ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' GameShow 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'')
** 2016-present, ABC (''The $100,000 Pyramid'')
* ''The Rachael Ray Show'' has been running since 2006, outlasting the combined ten-year run of the three daytime talk shows that preceded it (eponymous shows hosted by Rosie O'Donnell, Wayne Brady, and Tony Danza).
* ''Radio Dead Air'', [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard's]] internet radio show, has been running weekly since July 2000. It makes his show the longest running entity connected with Website/ChannelAwesome (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.)
* ''Literature/RainbowMagic'', a children's book series, began in 2003 and has seen multiple releases every year since.
* ''WebVideo/{{React}}'' (2010-)
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' (1988-1993; 1997-1999; 2009; 2012; 2016-2017, twelve seasons including the mini-series ''Back To Earth'')
* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' (1990-2005, 300 episodes and a movie. Could go for almost forty-five 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, then doing various comedy tours in the 2010s and starting a podcast in 2020.)
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' started in 2003 and is ongoing, even pre-dating [=YouTube=].
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' is ongoing since 2013.
* ''{{Theatre/Rent}}'', the original Broadway production ran from 1996 to 2008, after two years Off Broadway.
* ''Series/RetroGameMaster'', known as ''Game Center CX'' in its native Japan. Has been running since 2003, with the 17th season celebrating the tenth anniversary.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' (2013-present)
* ''Series/{{Ridiculousness}}'' has been on the air since 2011 and it's still ongoing.
* ''Series/RoadRules'' (1995-2007)
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2005-present)
* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' (2009-present)
* ''Series/RyansHope'' (13 years, 1975-89)
* ''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.
* ''Series/SallyJessyRaphael'' (ran from 1983-2002; canceled by distributor Studios USA due to the fading popularity of talk shows)
* ''Radio/SaysYou'' has been running since 1997.
* ''Series/ScreenTwo'' (1985 - 1998)
* ''VideoGame/{{SEER}}'' - The animated television show premiered in 2011 and has been running since.
* ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' (11 years, counting a PostScriptSeason)
* ''Series/SechsAufEinenStreich'' - a German series of fairytale adaptations which airs a new season every year during Christmastime. Has been running since 2007.
* ''Series/ShamelessUS'' (2011 - 2021)
* Anime/ShimaShimaToraNoShimajiro is already listed under ''At least 30 years'', having started as a segment in the series of ''Kodomo Challenge'' videocassettes since 1988. However, two of the TV anime spinoffs deserve a listing under here as well, separate from the main entry:
** The first iteration of the show, ''Shima Shima Tora No Shimajiro'', premiered in 1993 and finally getting retooled in 2008- a respectable 15 years.
** Under Benesse's records, ''Shimajiro Hesoka'' and ''Shimajiro no Wao!'' are the same show. Benesse held a 10th anniversary celebration for the anime in 2021.
* ''Manga/SingYesterdayForMe'' (1997-2015)
* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' (2002-2019)
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', true to its long-running parent franchise, ran for ten seasons and a season 11 ComicBookAdaptation. It held the record for the longest-running American science fiction/fantasy show until ''Supernatural'' surpassed it in 2015.
* ''So Sorry'', an Indian political satire animated web series, is currently ongoing since 2013.
* ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' (2005 - present)
* ''Manga/SpaceBrothers'' (2007-present)
* ''Series/{{Svengoolie}}'' (1970-1986)
* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' ran for three days short of ten years on Creator/AdultSwim alone, and then for 1 day short of two more years on [=GameTap=].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'' (2005-2021)
* ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'' (2012-2023)
* ''VideoGame/StarConquest'' (2009-present), the original pulp science fiction multiplayer roleplaying adventure, first opened to players December 19, 1998 and ran to September 5, 2005. After a break and a new story, the game re-opened February 28, 2009 and barring that one week when the game servers were taken out by a tornado, has been in continuous operation since.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' (10 years, longest continuously running sci-fi show on U.S. television after ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Also 5 years for its spinoff, ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. ''Universe'' picking up immediately after ''Atlantis'' ended means that there was a current Franchise/StargateVerse 1997-2011.)
* ''Series/StrikeItRich'' (GameShow, June 29, 1947 – January 3, 1958)
* ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'' (2011-present): Celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2021.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (2005-2020): In 2015, it surpassed ''Smallville'' to become the longest-running live-action science fiction/fantasy series on American television with the premiere of its eleventh season. It was also the [[LastOfHisKind very last survivor]] of shows on Creator/TheCW that were inherited from Creator/TheWB and Creator/{{UPN}},[[note]]''Wrestling/WWESmackdown'' is still ongoing, but it moved to Creator/MyNetworkTV in 2008 and currently airs on Creator/{{Fox}}.[[/note]] so its conclusion meant the EndOfAnAge for the network.
* ''Series/TaiyoNiHoero'' (14 years from 1972 to 1986)
* ''Series/TalkSoup'', as E! Entertainment's only Emmy-winning show, it ran from 1991 until 2002.
* ''TabletopGame/TechInfantry'', which started as a fan-made TabletopRPG expansion pack in the mid-1990s, still has a couple of people writing short stories set in that universe today.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' (2013-present)
* ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'' (1997-2010)
* ''Franchise/{{Tangled}}'' (2010-present)
* ''Series/TheyThinkItsAllOver'' ran from 1995-2006 for 19 full series and two summer specials.
* ''Series/ThisWeek'' (2003-2019)
* ''Manga/ThoseSnowWhiteNotes'' (2009-2022)
* ''Series/TicTacDough'' (originally ran from 1956-59 on NBC, then in syndication from 1978-86 and 1990-91; total of 12 seasons)
* ''Series/TimeTeam'' (1994-2013)
* ''Franchise/ToeiFushigiComedySeries'' (1981-93)
* ''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)
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' (2007-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' originally ran from 2002 to 2015 for six seasons. Got renewed for seventh season which will premiere in May 12, 2024 after ''nine'' years off the air.
* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'' (1992 - 2010; technically ran for 18 years, although no new episodes were released in 1993, 2007 or 2009)
* ''Series/{{Trace}}'' (2007-present)
* ''Series/TrialAndRetribution'' (1997-2009)
* ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'': (1999-2011 as a web original)
* ''Radio/TrueCapitalist'' (2008-present) Internet-based political radio talk show about the ramblings of a short-tempered, alcoholic Texan businessman and the trolls that try to ruin his show time and time again. Despite numerous dramas and doxing attempts surrounding his show, Ghost's adamant fanbase has frequently managed to motivate him back into broadcasting, even after he once left the internet for four years.
* ''Series/TrueLife'': Creator/{{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.
* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'' (2012-present)
* ''Series/TuCaraMeSuena'' (2011-present)
* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' (2003-2015)
* ''[[http://www.valucre.com/ Valucre]]'' was created in 2004 and is possibly one of the longest-running [[PlayByPostGames forum role playing games]] in existence.[[note]]The fact that the setting's [[WorldBuilding an entire planet with user-created lore]] probably helps.[[/note]]
* ''Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker'' (2006-2016)
* ''Fanfic/UltimateSpiderWoman'' (2008-2022)
* ''Animation/UpinAndIpin'' (2007-present)
* ''Series/{{Vecinos}}'', a popular Mexican sitcom created by Creator/EugenioDerbez, has been on the air since 2005, although it did went on a ''very'' long hiatus from 2008 to 2017. It's currently in its 15th season. Derbez's second series to be a long runner.
* ''Series/{{Vera}}'' (2011 to 2025)
* ''Series/VideoAndArcadeTop10'' (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)
* ''[[Radio/TheVinylCafe The Vinyl Café with Stuart Mclean]]'' (summer replacement 1994-97, weekly since 1997)
* ''Series/VisionOn'', a British series made for deaf children, ran for 12 years (1964-1976).
* ''Series/TheVoice'' (2011-present)
* ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' (2003-2019)
* ''Franchise/TheWalkingDeadTelevisionUniverse'' (2010-present)
** ''Series/{{The Walking Dead|2010}}'' (2010-2022)
* ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'' (PlayByPostGame, 2011-present)
* ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'' (PlayByPostGame, 2009-2022)
** ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAdventuringAvatars'' (Spinoff, 2011-present)
* ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' (first broadcast in 2000, around 1,500 episodes in a decade, not including international versions)
* ''Series/WhatNotToWear'' (2003-2013)
* ''Series/WhatWouldYouDo'' (2008-present)
* ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' (27 series over 12 years in its home country; has versions in lots of countries, some of which are Long Runners themselves).
* ''Why Did You Come To Japan?'' (2012-present): Japanese variety show on Creator/TVTokyo that interviews foreigners living in Japan.
* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' (2003-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'' (2011-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' (2004-2014. 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.)
* ''Radio/{{WireTap}}'' (2004-2015)
* ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness'':
** ''[[TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness The World of Darkness]]'' (aka the "Old World of Darkness". Originally ran from 1991, when ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' was first released, to 2004, when Creator/WhiteWolf decided to end it. Started back up again in 2011, when the 20th anniversary edition of ''[[=VtM=]]'' was released.)
** ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'' (aka the "New World of Darkness", originally titled ''[[ContinuityReboot The World of Darkness]]'' in 2004, retitled ''Chronicles of Darkness'' in 2015.)
* ''VideoGame/WorldWarIIOnline'', the massive multiplayer war simulator, went to paid subscription on June 6, 2001 and is still going strong.
* ''Manga/WorldWitches'' (2008-present)
* ''Podcast/WTFWithMarcMaron'' (2009-present)
* ''Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}}'' (2010-present)
* ''Series/XPlay'' (1998-2012, originally as ''[=GameSpot=] TV'' on ZDTV)
* ''Toys/YoohooAndFriends'' (2006–present), a Korean line of toys that is incredibly popular in South Korea. Spawned three animated series, [[Animation/YoohooAndFriends the first]] of which premiered in 2009 and lasted until 2015. [[WesternAnimation/YoohooToTheRescue The third]] was released to Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2019 and currently sits at two seasons. [[WesternAnimation/YoohooAndFriends The second]], however, [[ShortRunners was not as long-lasting.]]
* ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' (2009-present)
* ''ComicBook/{{Ythaq}}'' (2005-present)
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' (2006-present)
* ''Manga/YumeNoShizukuKinNoTorikago'' (2010-present)
* ''Manga/YuruYuri'' (2008-present)
* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' (2007-2023)
* ''Series/ZCars'' (1962-1978)
* The following Cirque du Soleil troupes, in order of opening:
** ''Theatre/{{Alegria}}'' (1994-98 tent tour, 1999-2000 residency in Biloxi, MS, 2001-09 tent tour relaunch; 2009-13 arena tour. Revived in 2019.)
** ''Theatre/{{Quidam}}'' (1996-2010 tents, 2010-16 arenas, closing a few months short of 20 years)
** ''Theatre/LaNouba'' (1998-2017)
** ''Theatre/{{Dralion}}'' (1999-2010 tents; 2010-14 arenas)
** ''Theatre/{{Varekai}}'' (2002-13 tents, 2013-17 arenas)
** ''Zumanity'' (2003-2020)
** ''Theatre/{{KA}}'' (2005-)
** ''Theatre/{{Corteo}}'' (2005-15. Revived in 2018.)
** ''Theatre/TheBeatlesLOVE'' (2006-)
** ''Theatre/{{KOOZA}}'' (2007-)
** ''Theatre/{{Ovo}}'' (2009-15 tents, 2016- arenas)
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[[folder:At least 20 years]]
* ''Animation/ThreeThousandWhysOfBlueCat'' (1999-)
* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' (1988-2014)
* ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' (1991-2018)
* ''Series/AlarmFuerCobra11'' (1996-present)
* ''Series/AllThat'' (1994-2005; 2019-2020)
* ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' (2001-present)
* ''Series/AmericanIdol'' (2002-present; went on hiatus from 2016 to 2018)
* ''Series/AmericasMostWanted'' (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 [[UnCanceled uncancel]] the show a month and a half later. Upon returning, it resumed its regular Saturday-night timeslot and paired with ''Series/{{COPS|1989}}''. This combination ''itself'' was a long runner as one of the longest unchanged primetime schedules in American television history lasting 15 years until it was sent to Lifetime in 2011. They would only air the program for a little under a year, ending in 2012.)
* ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'' -- (2003-present)
* ''Manga/AnimalYokocho'' (2000-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' (1996-2022), a cartoon based on the books by Marc Brown. It was the second longest-running animated series in America behind ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. However, the GrandFinale aired in February 2022 and a wrap party was celebrated by the team back in 2019. This gives the show an impressive 26-year run.
* ''At the Movies'' (''Series/SiskelAndEbert''): 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.
* ''Series/TheAtheistExperience'' (1997-)
* ''Series/TheBachelor'' (2002-present)
** ''The Bachelorette'' (2003-2005, 2008-present)
* ''Series/BananasInPyjamas'' -- the "costumed" series debuted in 1991 and ended in 2002, but an AllCGICartoon adaptation beginning in 2011 has made the show one of these.
* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': The first videos came out from 1988-1991. The show premiered in 1992. Although new episodes haven't been produced since 2010, the show is not officially cancelled, as [[http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/barney-friends-reboot-set-for-2017-38401/ a new season was set to premiere in 2017]], although it has gone into DevelopmentHell. In 2019, plans for a second ''Barney'' movie were announced.
* ''Manga/{{Bastard 1988}}'': 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.
* ''{{Manga/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. Despite Creator/KentaroMiura's death in 2021, his assistants have endeavored to finish the series according to the storyline he had planned.
* ''Series/BestMotoring'': Physical media including magazines and discs/tapes published from December 1987 to June 2011 (22 and a half years), before they fully went digital on Platform/YouTube which they still run today.
* ''Series/BigBrother'': The show premiered in the Netherlands in 1999. While the original version has ended, several international versions continue to air and would belong here.
* Multiple iterations of the MediaNotes/BigGoldBelt were used on Pro Wrestling TV from 1986 until 2014, totaling 28 years.[[note]]The original Crumrine Big Gold was used from February 1986 to December 2000, an all-gold cast copy was used from January 2001 to March 2003 and the WWE versions were used from March 2003 to August 2014[[/note]]
* ''Manga/BigWindup'' (2003-present)
* ''Series/TheBill'' (pilot in 1983, full series in 1984, weekly since 1987. Ended in September 2010.)
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' (2002-present, though it's gone on hiatus several times)
* ''Series/TheBlackAndWhiteMinstrelShow'' (1958-1978)
* ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' (1998-present)
* ''Brookside'', (Channel 4 UK soap opera and one of the channel's first shows, 1982-2003)
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': 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.
* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' (2004-present; also has two continually running, highly popular spin-off manga series: ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator'')
* ''Series/CestPasSorcier'' (1993-2014), a French ScienceShow.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' (1997-2010; [=WildBrain=] revived the show in 2017 as ''The New Adventures of Caillou'' for [[Platform/YouTube [=YouTube=] Kids]])
* ''Camera Three'', arts anthology series (24 years, 1956-79 on CBS and 1979-80 on PBS)
* ''Series/CaptainKangaroo'' (29 years, 1955-84) If you include the 1997 revival, this comes to 31 years.
* The ''Film/{{Carry On|Series}}'' film franchise included at least one film a year every year from 1958-78 (followed by ''Film/CarryOnColumbus'' in 1992).
* ''Charlie Rose'' (PBS interview show, 1991-2017)
* ''Series/{{Chespirito}}'' (Mexican sketch show that ran from 1968 to 1995)
** ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', which originated as a sketch in ''Chespirito'' in 1972, ran from 1972-1992.
* ''Series/{{Cheaters}}'' (2000-2021)
* ''Series/ChuckleVision'' aired from 1987 to 2009.
* {{Creator/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 [[Anime/OnegaiMyMelody My Melody]] and Franchise/HelloKitty.
* Cirque du Soleil troupes:
** ''Theatre/{{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.
** ''Theatre/{{Mystere}}'' has been running nonstop in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1993.
** ''Theatre/{{O|1998}}'' has also had a nonstop Las Vegas run since 1998.
* ''{{Series/Concentration}}'' (24 years on NBC and in syndication {1958-78, 1987-91}, minus a five-month hiatus in 1973)
* ''Series/{{Crossroads}}'', British soap opera (26 years, 1964-88 and 2001-03).
* ''Series/CuentameComoPaso'' (2001-2023)
* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' has aired since 2000, albeit with several hiatuses between seasons (including an eight-year break between seasons 8 and 9).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' (2002-present, PBS' third-longest currently running kids' program after ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'')
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'' (1996-present, hosted by Craig Kilborn from 1996-99, by Jon Stewart from 1999-2015, and Trevor Noah 2015-)
* ''Roleplay/TheDarkonWargamingClub'' has been around since 1985.
* ''Series/{{Dateline}}'' (running continuously since 1992)
* ''The David Susskind Show'' (1958-1986)
* ''Manga/{{Dazzle}}'' (1999-present)
* ''A Day in the Park with Barney'' has been performed daily at Universal Studios Florida since 1995.
* ''Definitely Not the Opera'' (CBC Radio variety show since 1994, named ''Brand X'' 1994-97; hosted by Sook-Yin Lee since 2002)
* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'' (1996-present)
* ''Manga/DesertPunk'' (1997-2020)
* ''Theatre/DisneyDreamsAnEnchantedClassic'' (1998-present)
* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'' (21 years, 1955-1976)
* ''Manga/DNAngel'' (1997-2021, though it went on [[SeriesHiatus extended hiatus]] several times during its run)
* ''Series/{{Domian}}'' (1995-2016)
* ''Series/TheEdgeOfNight'' (7,420 episodes from 1956-84)
* ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'', originally titled ''Toast of the Town'' (1948-71)
* ''Enjoy Yourself Tonight'' (Hong Kong variety show, 1967-94)
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (1999-present, despite being cancelled twice)
* ''Series/FCDeKampioenen'' (Belgian sitcom, 1990-2011)
* ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly'' (aired as a standalone series from 1935-56, then as a segment on ''Monitor'' through 1959)
* ''Manga/FinderSeries'' (2002-present)
* ''VideoGame/FiranMUX'' (circa 1997-)
* ''Roleplay/FizzyBubbles'' (1998-present)
* ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'': The book series ran from 1986 to 2007, 21 years.
* ''Series/TheFriendlyGiant'' (Canadian children's show, 1958-85)
* ''WebVideo/TheFundayPawpetShow'' (November 1999-; 600 episodes as of July 18, 2010)
* ''Manga/FutariEcchi'' (1997-present) holds the record for the longest running manga with near explicit sex being showcased in every single chapter, in every volume. This is due to the manga essentially being a sex-ed curriculum in manga format.
* ''[[Series/GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!!]]'' (Japanese comedy/variety show, running since October 1989).
* ''Series/{{Generations}}'' (1993-2014)
* ''Series/{{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''.
* ''Series/GuteZeitenSchlechteZeiten'' ("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)
* ''VideoGame/{{Habbo}}'' (A Social Network opened in 2000 at Finland, then gradually released internationally.)
* The ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series: The [[Film/Halloween1978 first film]] came out in 1978 and there are still films in the 2020s.
* ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' (British satirical panel show, started 1990 and still going despite several libel cases and not having a permanent presenter since sacking Creator/AngusDeayton in 2002)
* ''Series/HeeHaw'' (CBS 1969-71, then in syndication through 1992)
* ''Series/HeyHeyItsSaturday'' (Australian variety show, 1971-99)
* ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' (2004-present)
* ''Series/HiFive'' (Started airing in January 1999 and also spawned a ''very'' successful American incarnation.)
* ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}'' (British SoapOpera produced for Creator/Channel4 that has aired since January 1995.)
* ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' (1966-81, 1986-89, 1998-2004; total of 24 years, or 25 if you count ''Series/TheMatchGameHollywoodSquaresHour'' {1983-84})
* ''Franchise/HomestarRunner'' (created as [[Literature/TheHomestarRunnerEntersTheStrongestManInTheWorldContest a children's book parody]] in July 1996, website created in January of 2000.)
** ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' (2001-present)
* ''Literature/HorribleHistories'' (1993-2013)
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' - Published in March of 1998 and still ongoing, though [[SeriesHiatus definitely not continuously]]; currently 36 volumes and nearly 400 chapters long. Its first anime adaption by Creator/NipponAnimation aired from late 1999 to early 2001, with a final [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] series continuing from 2003 to 2004. Its second anime adaption by Creator/{{Madhouse}} lasted from 2011 to 2014, ending accordingly due to reaching too close to the current point of the manga.
* ''In the Life'' (June 1992 - December 2012); the longest-running LGBT newsmagazine
* ''Series/InaiInaiBaa'' - A Japanese children's show that airs on Creator/{{NHK}}. It premiered in 1996 and is still going.
* ''Series/InsideTheActorsStudio'' (airing on Bravo since 1994)
* ''Series/{{Insight}}'' - A religious anthology series which ran from 1960 to 1985.
* ''Issues and Answers'' (1960-81) which, along with ''MeetThePress'' and ''Face the Nation'', represented the height of Sunday-morning political television in the US.
* ''Series/TheJerrySpringerShow'' (running in syndication from 1991-2018, 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)
* ''Jeux Sans Frontières'' (''Games Without Borders'') originally ran from 1965-82, and was revived from 1988-99 for a total run of thirty tournaments in 28 years. Some of the national qualifiers likewise ran for over twenty series, including France's ''Intervilles'' (a total of 27 series intermittently between 1962 and 2015) and Britain's ''It's a Knockout'' (original run 1966-82 on Creator/TheBBC, with intermittent celebrity specials from 1983-88, and two revivals, one from 1991-94 on [=S4C=] {Wales only} and one from 1999-2001 on Channel 5).
* ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' (2003-present)
* ''Series/JudgeJudy'': (1996-2021)
* ''Series/JudgeMathis'' (1999-2023)
* ''Manga/JunjouRomantica'' (2002-present)
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' (6 films, 1 two-season television series, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park#Other_media dozens of print and video game spin-offs]], 1993-2022)
* ''Series/JustForLaughsGags'' (2000-present)
* ''Series/KabouterPlop'' (1997-present)
* ''Series/KalkofesMattscheibe'', 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 Hop}}s). Creator/OliverKalkofe commented in 2014 that German TV had only become worse in the meantime.
* ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}'' (1996-present)
* ''Manga/KazeHikaru'' (1997-2020)
* ''Animation/KikoRiki'' (2003-present; although the original show ended in 2012, the series lived on through several spin-offs, animated films and a 2020-2023 revival)
* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klan_(TV_series) Klan]]'' (longest running Polish soap opera, 1997-).
* ''Manga/KotaroMakaritoru'' (1982-2004; the manga originally ran from 1982 to 1995, and was followed by two sequels that ran from 1995 to 2001 and 2001 to 2004)
* ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' (2002-present)
* ''Series/LaterWithJoolsHolland'' (British variety show, 1992-)
* ''Landline'' (Australian rural issues program, 1992-)
* ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' (1995-2023 on CBS; hosted by Tom Snyder {1995-99}, Craig Kilborn {1999-2005}, Creator/CraigFerguson {2005-2015}, and Creator/JamesCorden {2015-2023})
* ''Series/TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman'' (1993-2015; adding the ''Late Night'' years at NBC, a 33-year run in late-night television)
* ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'' (a Western [[RadioDrama radio series]] that started a [[Franchise/TheLoneRanger very popular franchise]], it ran from 1933 to 1954)
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'': 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 TurnOfTheMillennium. It was revived in 2022 after twelve years off the air.
** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' (1999-)
* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' (1995-present; the longest running CCG after ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' itself, although the original CCG officially ended in 2015 and transitioned into a living card game instead)
* ''Toys/LEGOMindstorms'' (1998-2022)
* ''Series/TheLetterPeople'': First broadcast in 1976, it ran clear into the 1990s.
* ''Manhua/LittleCherry'': The comic strip has been running since 1998, although it has been mainly published in its own magazine since 2008, the same year that spawned a TV animated series, among other animated works and books.
* The ''Toys/LittlestPetShop'' toy line has been in continuous production since 1992.
* ''Series/LoveOfLife'' (7,315 episodes from 1951-80)
* ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'' (2002-present)
* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' (2003-present; went on hiatus from 2014 to 2022)
* ''Radio/LuxRadioTheatre'', a weekly American radio series which adapted Hollywood films for radio broadcast, ran for 21 years, 1934-1955.
* ''Theatre/MammaMia'' (First performed on the West End in 1999, and has been running ever since.)
* ''Series/{{Mayday}}'' (3 September 2003 - present, 20 seasons and 180 episodes and counting)
* ''Series/{{Maury}}'' (Maury Povich's talk show; 1991-2022. Switched distributors from Paramount to Universal in 1998)
* ''Series/MediaWatch'' (Australian media analysis program; first aired in May 1989, isn't going anywhere any time soon)
* ''Franchise/MegaMan'': The [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 first game]] was released to the NES in 1987. The series celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2012.
* ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Finnish version]] (1979-2008).
* ''Series/MetalHeroes'' franchise (1982-1999, 2012-)
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', which has aired on ITV since 1997 and continued even after the main character left in 2011 (replaced by his cousin).
* ''Manga/MinamiKe'' (2004-present)
* ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' has been running on the West End since 1985.
* ''Manga/MoonlightMile'' (2000-present; went on hiatus from 2011 to 2021)
* ''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).
* ''Series/MrDressup'' (Canadian children's show, 1967-96)
* ''Series/MutualOfOmahasWildKingdom'' (1963-88 [original series], 2002-present [revival])
* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' (1999-present): The franchise began with [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the manga focused on the titular character]], which was serialized from 1999 to 2014 at 700 chapters, and an anime adaptation that aired from 2002 to 2017. In total, there are 72 volumes, 720 episodes, twelve [=OVAs=], eleven movies, numerous games, nineteen novels, two comedy spin-offs, and a miniseries. The final movie focusing on Naruto was released in December 2014, followed by a SpinOffspring movie in 2015. It was in turn followed by [[Manga/{{Boruto}} a sequel manga]] that started publication in March 2016 and an anime adaptation that started broadcasting in April 2017, both of which are ongoing.
* ''Series/NestorBurma'' (1991-2003)
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2003-present): The series celebrated its 20th anniversary in September 2023. It ran for so long it even outlived [[Series/NCISLosAngeles two]] of [[Series/NCISNewOrleans its spin-offs]] ''and'' [[Series/{{JAG}} the parent show it spun off from]].
* ''Series/NickNewsWithLindaEllerbee'' (1992-2015)
* ''Series/NinjaWarrior'' airs one or two new tournament every year since 1997.
* ''Manga/NintamaRantarou'' (1993-present) - The second longest-running anime of all time, behind only ''Manga/SazaeSan''.
* ''Website/NobodyHere'' was first launched in 1998, and continues to receive updates to this day.
* ''Manga/NotariMatsutarou'' (1973-1998)
* ''Okashina Keiji'', also known as ''Odd Detective'' in English (Japanese mystery crime series starring Shirō Itō and Michiko Hada, is still ongoing since August 2003, with the most recent episode having aired in December 2022)
* ''Series/OffBeatCinema'' (1993-present)
* ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' (1998-2019 for the original series, not counting ''[[SoftReboot New Generation]]'' on Creator/{{Netflix}})
* ''Oha Suta'' (Japanese children's morning show, has aired every weekday since 1997)
* ''Anime/{{Ojarumaru}}'' (1998-present) - The third longest-running anime of all time.
* ''Franchise/OnePiece'' (started publication in 1997, has 1050+ manga chapters in 100+ volumes, 1000+ episodes, fifteen movies as of august 8 2022, and counting.)
* ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'' (1986-2011)
* ''The O'Reilly Factor'' (1996-2017)
* ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' (2004-present)
* ''The Phil Donahue Show'' (1967-96 on national TV, 3 years on Dayton, Ohio local TV) The show that inspired most {{Talk Show}}s after it, including Oprah and Sally Jessy Raphael.
* ''Series/PlaySchool'' (BBC children's show, 1964-88)
* ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' (first episode shown in 1989, an occasional break in the 1990s and 2000s and a final episode in 2013)
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' (1996-present; Multimedia franchise centered on a video game series with 38 mainline entries to date [[note]]many released in pairs or as {{Updated Rerelease}}s[[/note]]; as well as a [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} trading card game]] since 1996, an [[Manga/PokemonAdventures ongoing manga series]] since 1997 with 60+ volumes, and an [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries ongoing anime series]] since 1997 with 1200+ episodes)
* ''Series/ThePolkaDotDoor'' (Canadian children's show, 1971-93)
* Radio/PrestonandSteve (Morning Radio Show in Philadelphia, broadcast since 1998)
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'' (airing weekly since 2004, as well as the Manga (starts 2 months later) which releases monthly on ''Nakayoshi'' Magazine) - reached its 20th anniversary with ''Anime/SoaringSkyPrecure''.
* ''Manga/PumpkinScissors'' (2002-present)
* ''Series/QueenForADay'' (GameShow, 1945-64 and 1969-70; 20 years)
* ''Rage'' (Music Video show, on Australian TV since 1987)
* ''Series/{{Rainbow}}'' (British children's series on Thames TV, 1972-92)
* ''Series/ReadingRainbow'' (1983-2006; 16 seasons over 26 years, appears to have been KilledOffForReal 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 Creator/{{PBS}} behind ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'')
* ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'' (2003-)
* ''Series/TheRealWorld'' (1992-, over 400 episodes, one of the first successful RealityTV shows and Creator/{{MTV}}'s longest running show.)
* ''Series/TheRedSkeltonShow'' (1951-71)
* ''Regional Contact'' (CTV Ottawa local newsmagazine, Sunday evenings since 1988)
* ''Series/RickStevesEurope'' (TravelogueShow that has been on the air since 2000).
* ''Franchise/SaintSeiya'' ([[Manga/SaintSeiya original manga]] ran from 1986 to 1990; it's been followed by a sequel that began in 2006, and has numerous other spinoffs)
* ''Series/SamsonEnGert'', has been running since 1989.
* ''The Secret Storm'' (squeaks in at 20 years and 7 days, 1954-74)
* ''Manga/LovePistols'' (Started in 2004, still running in 2024)
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' (1999-present)
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' (FASA's premier RPG survived the downfall of its parent company and just celebrated its 20th Anniversary)
* ''Anime/ShimaShimaToraNoShimajiro'' (1993- ongoing) - started in 1988 as a segment in the ''Kodomo Challenge'' direct-to-video cassettes, and in 1993 broke out into its own show. Faced a retool in 2008, another in 2010, and the latest retool in 2013. Benesse officially celebrated Shimajiro's 30th anniversary in 2018. But even if you don't count the Kodomo Challenge segments, it's still a relative long runner at 28 years as of 2021 and counting.
* ''Literature/ShonenOnmyouji'' (2001-present)
* ''Series/ShortlandStreet'' is Television New Zealand's longest-running soap opera, first aired on May 25, 1992 and still going strong.
* ''Series/SilentWitness'' (1996-, 26 seasons as of 2023, the oldest currently active crime show in the English language)
* [[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Simpsons Comics]]: Bongo Comics' longest running comic book series (November 1993 to October 2018, with 245 issues.)
* ''Manga/SkipBeat'' began publication in the magazine ''Magazine/HanaToYume'' in February of 2002 and chapters are still being published monthly.
* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': Began in 1989 in ''Dragon Magazine'' as a serialized novel series; had an anime run (1995-97); had two [=OVAs=] and five movies (1995-2001); anime was UnCancelled 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' (1997-present): The show surpassed ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' as the longest running Creator/{{ViacomCBS}} owned animated series with season 14. Show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have stated that the show would continue for as long as Comedy Central lets them make it.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' (1999 - present): Widely considered to be the most popular cartoon of the TurnOfTheMillennium and rightfully took its place as one of the most successful cartoons of all time. Despite this, Stephen Hillenburg intended [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie the first movie]] to be the series finale. However, Nickelodeon didn't want to let go of their biggest money maker and continued to renew the show for more episodes after the creator's departure. Hillenburg would briefly return years later before [[DiedDuringProduction dying of ALS]], with the show [[OutlivedItsCreator still chugging along afterward]]. It's the second longest running animated western children's show behind ''Arthur'', the second longest running [=ViacomCBS=]-owned animated series behind the above mentioned ''South Park'', the longest running Nicktoon and one of the 5 longest running western animated shows.
* ''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.
* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' has been on the air since 2000.
* ''Suspense'' (CBS Radio series, 940+ episodes from 1942-62)
* ''Series/SwiatWedlugKiepskich'', a Polish sitcom running from 1999 to 2022, stopping only after [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim most of the main cast passed away]].
* ''Series/{{Taggart}}'' (20+ years, 1985 [[note]] Although it started as a miniseries first in 1983 [[/note]] –2010, longest running cop show on UK TV at the moment)
* ''Talk Soup'' ran from 1991-2002. Its successor, plainly titled ''Series/TheSoup'', aired from 2004-15.
* The ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'' franchise of virtual pet toys began in 1996 and has been going since.
* ''Radio/ThisAmericanLife'' has aired nationally since 1996 (beginning locally one year earlier as ''Your Radio Playhouse''), as well as a Showtime TV series from 2007-09.
* ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'' (1993-present)
* ''Thuis'' (Belgian soap opera, since 1995)
* ''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 ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' 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 80 years.
* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Currently has three installments: [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 the original]] (1998-2005, 78 episodes and 6 seasons), ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' (2006-2007, 52 episodes and 1 season), and the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 2016 reboot]] (2016-2019, 105 episodes and 3 seasons). Overall, there are currently 235 episodes and 10 seasons. It has also 10 shorts, 4 specials, and 2 movies. Although the shows aired on US television for 12 years (14 if one counts ''Powerpuff Girls Z'' which was aired outside the United States), the franchise is actually 20 years old since it was introduced on November 18, 1998.
* ''Series/TheTonightShowWithJayLeno'' (1992-2009, 2010-14)
* ''WebVideo/TheTourettesGuy'' (The videos appeared as early as 2000, series celebrated its 20th anniversary on December 25, 2020)
* ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' (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.
* ''Series/TruthOrConsequences'' (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)
* ''Series/UnDosTres'', 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' (1993-present, took a brief four-year hiatus beginning in 2015 due to Creator/DreamworksAnimation purchasing the series, and was continued in 2019 as ''The [=VeggieTales=] Show'')
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' (2003-2023[[note]]The series proper, from season one to season seven, ran from 2004-2018. However the pilot was released standalone in 2003 while the series FinaleMovie, ''[[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrosRadiantIsTheBloodOfTheBaboonHeart Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart]]'', came out in 2023.[[/note]], Creator/AdultSwim's longest-running original series)
* ''Series/TheView'' (1997-present)
* ''Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe'' (1998-present)
* ''WaratteIitomo!'', 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.
* ''Series/WatchMrWizard'' (21 years; 1951-1965, 1971-1972, and 1983-1989)
* ''Wrestling/{{WCW}} Saturday Night'' managed 29 years (23 of them nationally televised), with a couple of name changes along the way.
* ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' (24 years; 1950-67, then 1968-75)
* ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'' (1995-2015, then 2017-20)
* ''Series/WorldOfSport'' (23 years; 1965–88 on Creator/{{ITV}})
* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' started out on BBC Radio 4 in 1988, then moved onto Creator/Channel4 the same year, where it lasted for 10 seasons; the show moved to Hollywood in 1998, when it got picked up by Creator/{{ABC}}. The show was cancelled in 2003 — and by cancelled, we mean it stopped ''filming'' new episodes; new episodes continued to ''air'' on Creator/ABCFamily until December 2007. Several years later, the series was {{uncanceled}} and made a ChannelHop to Creator/TheCW, where new episodes began airing in 2013. This makes for over 20 years' worth of ''Whose Line'' (and counting).
* ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' has been airing regularly since April 29, 1999.
* The ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' (2000-2020) is the longest-running superhero movie franchise. Creator/HughJackman appears as Wolverine in 10 of the 13 entries,[[note]]the exceptions are ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', ''Film/TheNewMutants'', and ''Film/Deadpool2016'', the last of which has the title character still wearing a Jackman mask[[/note]] making him the actor who has played the same superhero in the most movies.
* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' (2003-present)
* ''Your Hit Parade'' (24 years; 1935-53 on radio, 1950-59 on television)
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' got its start as a manga by Creator/KazukiTakahashi 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 three full-length animated movies. (The CollectibleCardGame 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.)
* ''Zrób to sam'' (Do It Yourself) was a Polish weekly TV series about tinkering and providing useful objects, basic home appliances, and toys with the use of minimal resources or even scraps - a very useful ability in the [[CommieLand People's Republic of Poland]]. It ran for 24 years, between 1959 and 1983, totaling 505 episodes. It even got a SpinOff of sorts, in the form of ''Animation/PomyslowyDobromir''.
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* ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}'' (read "13"), comic book series that started in 1984. Still going (it has [[OutlivedItsCreator outlived one of its creators]]), plus has a spinoff series titled ''XIII Mystery''. Also had a short-lived live action series adaptation and a [[VideoGame/{{XIII}} video game]]
* ''Manga/AmaiSeikatsu'', a manga and its sequel (''Amai Seikatsu 2nd Season'') that has been running since 1990 with a break of a few months between the two series in 2011.
* ''Series/AmericanBandstand'' (30 years on Creator/{{ABC}}, five years locally in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, one year in syndication, one year on Creator/USANetwork; 37 total)
* ''Series/TheAmericanExperience'' (1988-present)
* ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' (original pilot aired in November 1989, from there January 1990-present. From 1999-2000, it ran only as occasional specials, but the Tom Bergeron-hosted revamp returned it to series status)
* ''Series/AnotherWorld'' (35 years, 1964-99; 8,891 episodes)
* ''Literature/{{Arthur}}'' (The cartoon is already mentioned in the at least 20 years section, the books series ran for 34 years, 1976-2010)
* ''Australia's Funniest Home Videos'' (the Australian version of ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'') has been running since 1990.
* ''Series/BassieEnAdriaan'' (since 1978)
* ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'': The manga has been ongoing since 1990.
* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' (since 1984, with several ownership changes. Spawned a [[VideoGameLongRunners long running]] [[Videogame/MechWarrior video game series]], and an [[Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] since 1986)
* ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful'' (1987-present, 8000+ episodes)
* ''Radio/CarTalk'' 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. In late 2017 NPR announced, through a recording made by Ray, that they would officially cease its syndication to make way for new programming.
* ''Series/ACaseForTwo'': started in 1981, ended in 2013, with some more occasional TV movies until 2019.
* ''Franchise/DetectiveConan''
** ''Manga/CaseClosed'', in publication since 1994 and on the air since 1996 with 1000 episodes, 23 movies, and 100 volumes. It's still going in both anime and manga form.
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'' (30 years, first broadcast 1986) Its spinoff ''Series/HolbyCity'' has also had a 20+ year run in its own right (1999-2022).
* The ''Manga/ChibiMarukoChan'' franchise has been running for over 30 years; the manga was published from 1986 to 2018, and the second anime adaptation began in 1995 and is still airing, with well over a thousand episodes.
* ''Series/{{COPS|1989}}'' (1989–present, second longest-running show on Creator/{{Fox}} and the longest-running RealityShow, currently on Creator/SpikeTV, was canceled twice only to return later on)
* ''Manga/{{CookingPapa}}'' is a manga about a stoic salaryman who is highly skilled at cooking. It has been running since 1985.
* The first ''[[Literature/TheDarkTower Dark Tower]]'' book was released in 1982. An {{Interquel}} taking place between books four and five was released in 2012.
* The ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' television series, which has been running in some form since 1979.
* ''Series/DenAce'' (1989-present), a series of {{Tokusatsu}} shorts parodying ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
* ''Literature/{{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 Creator/TerryPratchett managed to release a new book almost every year.
* ''Don [=McNeill=]'s Breakfast Club'' aired on NBC Blue (later ABC Radio) from 1933-68.
* ''Series/EastEnders'' (3,300+ episodes since 1985)
* ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'' started in 1981 and is still in production.
* ''Evening at Pops'' (PBS Boston Pops concert program, aired 1970-2005)
* ''Series/FamilyFeud'' (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)
* ''Manga/TheFiveStarStories'' (1986-present)
* ''Series/FortBoyard'' (1990-) French summer TV GameShow.
* ''Manga/FromEroicaWithLove'' (1976-2012, though it went on hiatus from 1989 to 1995)
* ''Front Page Challenge'' (Canadian celebrity panel quiz show that ran from 1957-95)
* ''Literature/FujimiOrchestra'' (1994-present; over 50 volumes published)
* ''The Games Machine'' (1988-present), an Italian video game magazine, is the longest-running PC gaming magazine being continuously published, and also the second-longest-running video game magazine in the world after the Japanese ''Famitsu''. Ironically, it started its life as a direct translation of a British magazine of the same name, which however folded after just two years and was soon forgotten.
* ''Gardening Australia'' (1990-present a gardening programme on [[Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation ABC]])
* [=FurryMUCK=] (1990-present) May be the oldest text-based virtual reality game still around.
* ''ComicStrip/GeorgeAndLynne'', 36 years (1976-2010).
* ''Ginga Franchise'', which includes ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'' and ''Anime/{{Ginga Densetsu Weed}}'' with their sequels, has been going on since 1983. The last Ginga series ended in 2022, so there's about 147 volumes in the main series so far. In addition, the series has a lot of side stories and one spin-off, not to mention a huge amount of merchandise. Both Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin and Ginga Densetsu Weed are the only ones which got the anime adaptations (in 1986 and 2005-2006), so there hasn't been a new Ginga anime for about 20 years, while there was only about a 10-year hiatus after the original manga series before the start of the sequel. However, the series is still very popular in the Nordic countries, especially in Finland. The original series was also made into two Stage Plays in 2019 and 2020.
* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' (American comic book, 1991-2023) With 301 issues of the main run plus numerous miniseries and specials, also the longest running comic by a single creator by issue count.
* ''Series/GrangeHill'' (BBC children's drama, 1978-2008)
* ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'' (French satirical puppet show, 1988-2018, put to rest three months after its 30th anniversary)
* ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'': The manga is still in production after starting in 1986, although it has considerably slowed since Yoshiki Takaya doesn't use assistants, and hasn't had a new chapter since 2016.
* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' (manga serialization started in 1989, has since topped 1,000 chapters and going strong)
* ''Series/HeresHumphrey'' (Australian children's show, 1966-2003, briefly revived in 2007)
* ''ComicBook/HermanHedning'' (1988-Present)
* ''Series/HomeAndAway'' (Australian soap opera running since 1988, 7,800+ Episodes)
* ''Hong Kong Connection'' and ''Sunday Report'' are similar social commentary/documentary shows from Hong Kong that both coincidentally started in 1987, with the former being older by merely 5 days.
* ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow'' (some incarnation of the show has existed since the late 1970s)
* ''Radio/HowGreenWasMyCactus'' (Australia's longest running radio serial, airing since 1986)
* ''Animation/HungarianFolkTales'' (1977-2011)
* ''Series/InsideEdition'' (1989-present)
* ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'' (33 years on radio and television, 1932-65)
* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'' (1965-96, brief relaunch in 2007)
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (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; the eighth arc "Jojolion" is a long-runner itself, with a more than ten-year run from March 2011 to August 2021)
* ''Jubilee!'' -- The last traditional showgirl revue in Las Vegas to close ran from 1981 to 2016.
* ''3-Nen B-Gumi Series/KinpachiSensei'' (Japanese school drama; ran from 1979-2011)
* ''Manga/KaruraMau'' (manga serialization started in 1986, keeps going)
* ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'' (1992-present)
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' (1992-present)
* ''[[Manga/KocchimuiteMiiko Kocchimuite! Miiko]]'' (1989-present, originally serialized in ''Pyon Pyon'' magazine under the name ''Miiko Desu!'', before the magazine got discontinued in 1992 and serialization moved to ''Ciao'' magazine. The series went under name change in 1995).
* ''Kodomo Challenge'': A Japanese direct-to-video learning program by Benesse with a segment starring a character named Shimajiro that has been running since 1988. Shimajiro was spun off into its own anime, ''Anime/ShimaShimaToraNoShimajiro'', that has been running nonstop since 1993.
* ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' (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.
* ''Series/LateNight with...'' (1982- on NBC; hosted by Creator/DavidLetterman {1982-93}, Creator/ConanOBrien {1993-2009}, Creator/JimmyFallon {2009-2014}, and Creator/SethMeyers {2014-})
* ''[[Music/LawrenceWelk 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)
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' released in 1986 and still makes games to this day.
* ''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.
[[/index]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_Przebojow_Programu_Trzeciego Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego]] is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Chartlist of the Channel Three of the Polish National Radio]], running continuously since 1982 each Friday and being hosted by the same person, Marek Niedźwiecki, for most of that time. The program isn't just a simple chartlist, but it's spliced with interviews, guests in the studio, transmissions from live events and so on, making it further unique in Polish radio, be it national or commercial. In an aura of a politically-flavoured turmoil, the List's last program was aired on 15th of May, 2020 and Niedźwiedzki resigned from his job. The final chart (but without the broadcast itself) was published a week later, on 22nd of May, ending at 1999th listing, after over 38 years of continuous broadcasting and week from planned and already prepared celebrations of the 2000th listing milestone.
[[index]]
* ''Radio/TheKevinAndBeanShow'' on Los Angeles-based rock station KROQ aired from 1990 to 2020.
* ''Series/LookAndRead'' (produced irregularly from 1967-2004)
* The original theatrical ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' 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)
* ''Maalaala Mo Kaya'' (Airs on Creator/{{ABSCBN}} since 1991. World's longest-running drama anthology as well as in Philippine television, having aired on the said TV network for over 30 years)

* Bandai's ''Toys/MachineRobo'' toy line has been around semi-consistently since 1982 via revivals.
* ''Manga/MagicKaito'' (1987-present, though the manga has an irregular publishing schedule and new chapters are only drawn occasionally as the creator works more regularly on his [[Manga/CaseClosed other long-running manga]])
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' (1993-present; [[TropeMaker the]] ''[[UrExample original]]'' CollectibleCardGame)
* ''Series/TheMcLaughlinGroup'' (current affairs debate program, originally on PBS from 1982 until [[DiedDuringProduction host John McLaughlin's death]] in 2016; revived in 2018 on a local D.C. station, with plans to syndicate nationally)
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': First game was released in August 1986, with at least one new game coming out every console generation (sans a dry spell in [[MediaNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames the late 90s]]), plus some comics and manga.
* The Literature/MichaelShayne series of novels, about the eponymous HardboiledDetective, ran for 37 years, 1939-1976.
* ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' (1968-2001, although reruns still air)
* ''Magazine/MotorWeek'' (airing on PBS since October 15, 1981)
* ''Series/MrSquiggle'' (Australian children's show, 1959-95)
* ''Manga/MugenShinshi'' (1981-2007)
* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' has been running toys and shows consistently since its debut in 1982 in ''some'' country or other--most consistently in Europe, if not its country of origin.
* {{Sanrio}}'s [[Anime/OnegaiMyMelody My Melody]] debuted in 1975. She would become one of Sanrio's very beloved characters in the company.
* ''Radio/MyWord'' (1956-1988, BBC radio PanelGame)
* ''Series/{{Nature}}'' (PBS wildlife program, airing since 1982)
* ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' (Australian soap opera which ran from 1985-2022, with over 8,900 episodes)
* ''Omnibus'' (BBC documentary series, 1967-2003)
* ''The Original Amateur Hour'', originally titled ''Major Bowes Amateur Hour'' (variety/talent show aired on radio from 1934-45 and again from 1948-52, as well as on television from 1948-70, changing networks several times across both media)
* ''Manga/OukeNoMonshou'' ({{Shoujo}} manga by Chieko Hosokawa, has been running since 1976 just like ''Manga/GlassMask''. Had a short video drama as well.)
* ''Parkinson'' (British chat show hosted by Michael Parkinson, aired on Creator/TheBBC from 1971-82 and then again in 1987-88 and 1998-2004, then on Creator/{{ITV}} from 2004-07)
* The off-Broadway play ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Crime_(play) Perfect Crime]]'' has been running nonstop since 1987, making it the longest-running play in New York City history. Even more remarkably, actress Catherine Russell has been playing the lead for the show's ''entire run'', having missed only four performances total in 36 years.
* The "Film/PeteSmithSpecialties" series of short subjects for MGM, 1930s-1950s
* ''Radio/APrairieHomeCompanion'' (radio variety show, running from 1974–2016 with two very similar shows running during the breaks from 1987-89 and 1989-92. Garrison Keillor hosted this show, but not the very similar ones that ran during its breaks. The successor show, ''Live from Here,'' picked up where it left off in 2016, but ended in June 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.)
* The London production of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has been running since 1986; the Broadway staging ran from 1988 until closing on April 16, 2023.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (over 900 episodes since 1993)
* ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' (7 films and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alien,_Predator,_and_Alien_vs._Predator_games dozens]] of print and video game spin-offs, 1987-present)
* ''Series/QuestionTime'' (British current affairs debate program, running since 1979)
* ''Series/QuestionsPourUnChampion'' (French version of ''Series/GoingForGold'', running since 1988)
* ''Quirks and Quarks'' (general-interest science program on CBC Radio since 1975)
* ''[[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Record Breakers]]'' A TV series based on and approved by the Guinness Book Of Records, broadcast by the Creator/{{BBC}} between 1972 and 2001.
* ''Radio/RoyalCanadianAirFarce'' (since 1973 on radio, since 1993 on TV; ended with a New Year's Eve special on December 31, 2008)
* ''Franchise/{{Rugrats}}'' (1991-present): [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} The original cartoon]] ended in 2004 with 172 episodes, twelve video games, and five movies under its belt. It also spawned a direct-to-video series and two spinoffs, [[WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp one of which]] ran from 2003 to 2008. [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021 A reboot]] premiered in 2021.
* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' (1973-2009)
* ''Series/SearchForTomorrow'' (35 years and 9,130 episodes, 1951-86)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' 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[[/note]], though the title characters originated in animated shorts on ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'' back in 1987. Is on track to debut its 800th episode during its 36th season. It's also had a theatrical film, several video games, and nine comic book series. It currently holds the record for the longest-running scripted prime time television series of all time (in both seasons and number of episodes), having surpassed ''Gunsmoke'' in 2018.
* ''Series/SoulTrain'' (1971-2006)
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': The first game debuted in 1987, the more popular sequel, ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII: The World Warrior'', was released in arcades in 1991.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': (1991-present)
* ''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.)
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', whose first game was released in 1985 (1981, if one counts [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong previous]] [[VideoGame/MarioBros games]] where Mario has also been a protagonist), still has games in development every year. Since then, Mario has starred in over 200 games.
* ''Franchise/SylvanianFamilies'': Debuted in stores in 1985, and despite some controversies (ie disappearance from US shelves for a short stint followed by a name change in the US circa 1993, and another disappearance for a short stint, this time in the UK, in 2009) and numerous revamps, is still going strong.
* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' (6 films, 1 two-season television series, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_(franchise)#Other_media a bunch of spin-off media]], 1984-2019)
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' (1984-2020; a TV Show based off ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'', ran for thirty-six years, including American ImportationExpansion ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' which ran from 1989-1993 and the ''Jack & the Sodor Construction Company'' mini-series, if you were to include the ContinuityReboot ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'', ''Thomas'' has been running in one form or another since 1984)
* ''Series/TomorrowsWorld'' - Thirty-eight years (1965 - 2003)
* ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' (1962-1992)
* ''Series/TopGearUK'' (1977-2001, 2002-; if you include ''Wheelbase'', ''Top Gear'' has been running in one form or another since 1964.)
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' has been present in some form, either TV or comics, pretty much continuously since September 1984.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' ([[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage A comic book]] that started in 1984 has spawned [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 four]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 animated]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 TV]] [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles series,]] multiple films, two other [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures comicbook]] [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW universes,]] and several video games).
* ''Series/ThisOldHouse'', a Creator/{{PBS}} series which premiered in 1979 and has been running since.
* ''The Thistle & Shamrock'' (NPR Celtic-music program, airing since 1981)
* ''TV Patrol'', a longest-running Tagalog newscast in the Philippines aired on Creator/{{ABSCBN}} from March 2, 1987 to present.
* The comic ''ComicBook/{{Urbanus}}'', since 1982.
* ''Series/{{Nature}}'' (1982-)
* ''Wall Street Week'' (PBS economics program, 1972-2005)
* The Creator/WaltDisney anthology series, which aired continuously under various titles from 1954-83 and has been revived several times since.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', the game of fantasy battles, actually appeared before its MoreFamousSpinOff, in 1983.
** ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' is a long runner in its own right, spanning four editions and receiving over a hundred supplements, with its run spanning past the discontinuation of its source material and into the present day via AlternateContinuity. The first edition is also its own long runner, receiving over thirty supplements from 1986 to 2002. It'd have gone even longer had the company not sold the rights back to Games Workshop, leading to the second edition in 2005, the third in 2009, and the fourth in 2018.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the first game ''Rogue Trader'', was released in 1986. Nine editions, countless supplements, dozens of video games, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warhammer_40,000_novels hundreds of novels]] later...
* ''Wetten, dass...?'' (German language show, broadcast in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 1981-2014)
* ''What? Where? When?'' (the original Russian version of ''Series/MillionDollarMindGame'', 1975-)
* ''Series/WideWorldOfSports'' (1961-98)
* ''Wonderama'' (1955-1986), a weekly children's show that ran on New York's WNEW and other stations owned by the Metromedia syndicate.
* ''The Woodwright's Shop'' (1979-), an American woodworking show on PBS produced through University of North Carolina Public Television.
* WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker made his first appearance in 1940 (although he wouldn't get his own series until the next year) and his theatrical cartoons lasted all the way up to 1972 (and are still being re-run on television in some parts of South America). He also had a brief revival in the late 1990s.
* ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' has been airing since 1993 and has celebrated its 30th anniversary. It is the longest-running American nationally-broadcast professional wrestling program.
* ''Yan Can Cook'' has been on PBS since 1982.
* ''You've Been Framed'', British home video series, first broadcast in 1989.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:At least 40 years]]
* ''Series/TwentyTwenty'' (airing on ABC since 1978)
* ''Adventures in Good Music'', a daily classical music program that debuted on Detroit station WJR in 1959, was picked up for national syndication in 1970 and ran until 2007.
* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' (8 films and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(franchise)#Other_media too many print and video game spin-offs to count]], 1979-present)
* ''Series/AllMyChildren'' (10,712 episodes from 1970-2011)
* ''Series/AntiquesRoadshow'' (started in 1977 and is still ongoing)
* ''Austin City Limits'' (PBS live music series, airing since 1976)
* ''Big News'', a longest-running newscast in both languages in the Philippines, aired on ABC-5 (now 5) from March 19, 1962 (except during UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos-ruled military dictatorship from 1972 to 1986 and then Corazon Aquino's presidency from 1986 to February 1992) until August 8, 2008 before ABC-5's rebrand into [=TV5=] on August 9, 2008.
* ''Series/TheBozoShow'' (later known as ''The Bozo Super Weekend Show'') (1961-2001)
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny Show]]'' (1960-2000): With a 40-year run, it remains the longest-running American cartoon to air on television to date.
* ''Series/{{Countdown}}'' (Britain; the first programme on Channel 4, started in 1982, with 5,000+ episodes)
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': 1984-present. The manga started in late 1984 and ended in 1995, concluding with 42 volumes and 519 chapters. Three anime series totaling 508 half-hour episodes were broadcast between 1986 and 1997, the first two adapting the manga. ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'', a re-edit of [[Anime/DragonBallZ the second anime]], was broadcast between 2009 to 2015. Twenty [[NonSerialMovie Non Serial Movies]] aired during this same period. After a hiatus in which the only new material was video games, guidebooks, and the ''Kai'' reedit, the series had a revival with the release of the theatrical canon film ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' in 2013 (with a script mostly written by the author of the original manga), a revival that has continued to the present. Another film, ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'', followed in 2015. The same year a serialized continuation of the manga co-written by the original author, ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'', started up and soon after was running alongside a fourth anime series based on the same story, ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' which began airing in June 2015 and ended in March 2018 with 131 episodes. The movies and manga continued to come after the TV series ended, with the ''Super'' manga continuing on schedule to the present, ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' being released at the end of 2018, and an announcement for another unnamed movie to be released in 2021. There are also a number of TV specials and [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]]. Official {{Spin Off}}s like ''Manga/JacoTheGalacticPatrolman'' may also be included.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has been around since 1974 with five editions and literally hundreds of tabletop books, plus its own expanded multiverse of hundreds of novels and dozens of video games of variable notability.
* ''Series/EatBulaga,'' a Philippine noontime variety show running since 1979.
* ''En Familia con Chabelo'' (''In Family With Chabelo'') is a Mexican game/variety show starring Xavier Lopez "Chabelo" that ran almost every Sunday since 1968. After 47 years, the show ended its run on December 20, 2015.
* Ride/EuropaPark, German {{theme park|s}} (opened in 1975).
* ''Series/Extra3'' started in 1976 on the NDR. It was transferred into a mainstream slot on the [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations ARD]] [[SarcasmMode only 39 years later]].
* ''The Fifth Estate'' (CBC-TV newsmagazine program since 1975)
* ''Folies Bergere'', one of the original Las Vegas showgirl extravaganzas, opened in 1959 at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino and closed a few months shy of what would have been its 50th anniversary in 2009.
* ''Fresh Air'' (interview show, locally on WHYY Philadelphia since 1975, nationally on NPR since 1987)
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' (a newspaper comic strip, 1978-present)
* ''Manga/GlassMask'' (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.)
* [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Raspberry Awards]] (started in 1981 and is still ongoing)
* ''Radio/TheGoldbergs'': From radio through television for 27 years, but a musical in 1974 based on the characters stretch it to 45 years.
* ''Good Morning America'' (ABC weekday morning show, airing since 1975)
* ''Great Performances'' (PBS performing arts series, airing since 1972)
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' (since its debut on April 7, 1979, 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'''.)
* ''Hearts of Space'' (weekly New Age music program on public radio, has aired on Berkeley station KPFA since 1973 and in national syndication since 1983)
* ''The House'' (CBC Radio parliamentary affairs show, year-round since October 1977)
* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' has been running on BBC Radio 4 since April 1972. Humphrey Lyttelton was the 'chairman' from the beginning (barring a few episodes in the first series where Barry Cryer was chair; Lyttelton was the first and only choice for host but for various reasons he couldn't make every recording) up until his death in 2008. Of the regular panel of Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton which was quickly established within the first two years, Brooke-Taylor was the last to still be regularly appearing on the show when he passed away in April 2020 (Rushton had died in 1996, and health issues had reduced Cryer and Garden to occasional appearances by the late [=2010s=]). Apart from the format of the show itself, the only other element remaining from the "classic" lineup is pianist Colin Sell, who didn't make his debut until 1975.
* ''Inside The NFL'' (1977-2008 on HBO, 2008-2021 on Showtime, 2021-2023 on Paramount+, 2023- on The CW)
* The character Kiki & Lala from {{Sanrio}}'s ''Little Twin Stars'' has been around since 1974.
* ''[[Manga/{{Kochikame}} Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kôen Mae Hashutsujo]]'' (called ''Kochikame'' for short, and for good reason): Was the longest continuously-running manga series in terms of number of volumes, though ''Golgo 13'' beats it in years. Started in 1976, it accumulated a total of 1960 chapters in 200 tankobon volumes (plus a few uncollected one-shots and crossovers), before ending its run on its [=40th=] anniversary in 2016. The anime adaptation, which aired from 1996 to 2004, lasted 373 episodes plus 2 theatrical movies and 10 TV specials (including a [=40th=] anniversary special aired in 2016).
* ''Live from Lincoln Center'' (PBS performing arts series, airing since 1976)
* The talk show now known as ''Live with Kelly and Mark'' has a continuous history dating back to at least 1983:
** ''The Morning Show'' (1983–1988), 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'' (1988–2000). After Gifford left in 2000, then there was...
** ''Live! with Regis'' (2000–2001), when the producers tried out several prospective co-hosts. The hiring of Kelly Ripa brought us to...
** ''Live! with Regis and Kelly'' (2001–2011). Philbin left in early 2011, leading to...
** ''Live! with Kelly'' (2011–2012), with Ripa joined by a revolving cast of guest co-hosts. Eventually, producers settled on former [[UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers NFL player]] Michael Strahan, creating...
** ''Live with Kelly and Michael'' (2012–2016).[[note]]The exclamation point was officially removed at this time.[[/note]] Strahan left in the spring of 2016 to become co-host of ABC's ''Good Morning America'', leading to the return of...
** ''Live with Kelly'' (2016–2017), with Ripa [[RunningGag again joined by a revolving cast of guest co-hosts]]. Producers then settled on former ''Series/AmericanIdol'' host Ryan Seacrest, creating...
** ''Live with Kelly and Ryan'' (2017–2023). Seacrest announced in February 2023 that he would be stepping down as co-host primarily for travel reasons. Ripa's real-life husband Mark Consuelos was brought on as the new co-host, leading to...
** ''Live with Kelly and Mark'' (2023-)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'': The original French version has been running since 1964.
* ''Marketplace'' (consumer advocacy program on CBC-TV since October 1972)
* ''Masterpiece Mystery'' (originally known as ''Mystery!''), a sister program to the even longer-running ''Series/{{Masterpiece}}'' (see the "50 years" folder), has aired on PBS since 1980.
* ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' (Although the television series is also mentioned in the "At least 10 years" section, Creator/RosemaryWells has been making books starring the characters since 1979)
* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Manga came around in October 1972. An anime show and a second, manga series parallel to the original one were made in that same year, two sequels and several movies in that same decade, a related anime show (''Anime/GodMazinger'') in the eighties, an OVA series and movie in 2001 and a reboot in 2009. And then you have to count several alternate manga versions and one-shots produced throughout four decades. And this year [[Creator/GoNagai the creator]] [[WordOfGod has stated]] he intends to make more Mazinger manga and anime.
* ''Morning Edition'' (airing on NPR since 1979)
* ''Series/MrSquiggle'', an Australian children's [[PuppetShows puppet show]] that ran from 1959 to 1999.
* The Muscular Dystrophy Association's telethon, from 1966 to 2014, after which it was cancelled due to at least [[RuleOfThree three major factors]]: 1) lack of viewership due to Creator/JerryLewis' departure, 2) the numerous [[ScrewedByTheNetwork format changes]] and scheduling issues that followed, and 3) the MDA's shift to digital media to find a cure for muscular dystrophy.
* ''Radio/TheNewsQuiz'' (satirical PanelGame running on BBC Radio Four since September 8, 1977)
* ''Series/{{Newsnight}}'' (broadcast on the same channel since 1980 if you don't count its predecessor)
* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsWatch_(Philippine_TV_program) NewsWatch]]'', a second-longest running English newscast from the Philippines and aired on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Philippines_Network RPN-9]] from June 1970 (except for a brief hiatus from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2007 to 2008) to October 29, 2012.
* ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' (ABC late-night news program, airing since November 8, 1979. Originally aired as ''The Iran Crisis–America Held Hostage''; changed to current title in 1980)
* ''Series/{{Nova}}'', a Creator/{{PBS}} TVDocumentary series that has aired continuously since March 3, 1974.
* ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' (11,096 episodes from 1968-2012)
* ''Manga/OukeNoMonshou'' (1976-present)
* ''Series/PanelQuizAttack25'', a Japanese quiz show, 2280 episodes from 1975-2021. Hosted by Kiyoshi Kodama (1975-2011), Yasuyuki Urakawa (2011-2015), and Shosuke Tanihara (2015-2021)
* ''ComicBook/{{Papyrus}}'', a [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian comic]] set in AncientEgypt that started in 1974. It ended in 2013, after 36 albums.
* ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' (9 films and 2 one-season TV shows, 1968-2017)
* ''Series/PobolYCwm'' (Welsh-language SoapOpera, Creator/TheBBC's longest-running television soap began in October 1974 and is still going)
* ''Quote Unquote'', that innocuous literary quiz that appears at lunchtimes, has been on BBC Radio 4 with the same host (Nigel Rees) since 1976.
* ''Series/RomperRoom'' (41 years, 1953-94)
* ''TabletopGame/{{RuneQuest}}'' has been around since 1978.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (premiered October 11, 1975 and is still going with over 900 episodes and counting {[[ArchivePanic and that's not even counting the "Best Of..." clip shows, anniversary/holiday episodes, or the "Saturday Night Live Stays at Home" episodes that were made due to the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shutting down Studio 8H]] in 2020}, 45 completed seasons and is currently on its 46th season[[note]]which is back to doing episodes in the studio, only the audience is limited and some changes were made behind-the-scenes for public health reasons[[/note]]).
* ''ComicBook/TheScrameustache'', is a science-fiction comedy [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian comic]] that debuted in November 1972. It's still being made by the original author and his son has contributed to the series since 1982.
* The original ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' canon consists of 60 stories over the course of 1887-1930.
* ''Series/SportsCenter'' first aired on Creator/{{ESPN}}'s first broadcast day on September 7, 1979. Today, it runs for at least two hours every day {the latter of which is repeated throughout the following morning}, and quite a bit more since August 2008. ESPN celebrated the show's 50,000th episode back in 2012; each episode usually runs 60 or 90 minutes.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' (11 films, 4 live-action shows totaling 5 seasons; 4 animated shows totaling 15 seasons, 4 canon video games;[[note]]Post-2012, these are ''Battlefront'', ''Battlefront 2'', ''Fallen Order'', and ''Squadrons''[[/note]] 1977-present)
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' started up alongside the first film in 1977 and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_video_games produced]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_books#Original_Star_Wars_Legends_stories literally]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_comic_books#Star_Wars_Legends_comics_original_stories hundreds]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_reference_books of]] interconnected books, video games, and comic series before it finally stopped receiving content. Despite being rendered CanonDiscontinuity pretty much from the moment that Disney bought the franchise in 2012, ''Legends'' managed to drag its way into [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Legends_media 2017]] with one last trickle of video game content, comic issues, and short stories.
* ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'': Launched in 1979 by American Greetings (who also created ''Care Bears'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang''), the franchise has gained a couple TV specials during the 1980s, five different incarnations, a direct-to-video/DVD series, and five TV shows.
* ''Franchise/CareBears'': Since its launch in 1981, is over forty 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.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (1975-77, 1979-current [[note]]{''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger'' and ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' were not originally considered part of the franchise and were only retroactively recognized years later.}[[/note]]) Whether it counts depends on the definition of a "show", since the series are generally independent stories with a different team of superheroes (or "rangers") in color-coded uniforms who ride giant transforming and combining robots. It does, however, have a series of crossover films between different teams (the ''Super Sentai Versus Series'') and the [[MilestoneCelebration 35th series]], ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', was a ''year-long'' crossover involving all the previous teams. If you count it, it's the longest running sci-fi program in the world just by number of years on-air, and the fact that it airs an episode a week with no Summer break (more than 2000 episodes and counting) means it vastly exceeds most rivals' lengths in total airtime, including ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* ''Tony Brown's Journal'' (PBS African-American public affairs program): debuted in 1968 as ''Black Journal''; has aired under its current title since 1978.
* ''Series/TopOfThePops'' (UK chart music TV show): started in 1964; weekly show stopped in 2006, but lives on in special editions.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' has been around since 1977.
* ''The Victory Garden'' (PBS gardening program, airing since 1975)
* ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' (1975-91 on daytime television {NBC from 1975-89, CBS from 1989-91, then a return to NBC in 1991}; 1983-present in nighttime syndication)
* ''Series/{{Yeralash}}'' (1975-2018), a Soviet/Russian comedy show for kids.
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[[folder:At least 50 years]]
* ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' has aired weekly on CBS since September 1968.
* ''The 700 Club'': Religious program airing since April 1966 on local Portsmouth, Virginia station WYAH (now WGNT), in national syndication since 1974, and on CBN since 1977; well-known as one of two CBN / Family Channel shows remaining on FOX Family / ABC Family / Freeform (it, ''Living the Life'', and the annual day-long CBN telethon were all stipulations when Pat Robertson sold the network in 1998). Robertson was host from its inception until his death in 2023.
* ''All Night Nippon'' is a radio show that has been broadcast on Japan's Nippon Broadcasting System since October 1, 1967, and is probably most famous for giving out a [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom Disk System]] version of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''--wherein some sprites were replaced by imagery associated with the show's hosts and with NBS and its parent company--as a contest prize in 1986.
* ''All Things Considered'' (news magazine program airing on NPR since May 3, 1971, airing its first installment just months after NPR itself began broadcasting.)
* ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'': Made for a magazine in 1969, went to picture books from 1973 until 2013, then became big on the anime ''Soreike! Anpanman'' (1988-present), plus being the leader in the largest number of characters in any animated program.
* ''As It Happens'' (current events and interviews program on Creator/{{CBC}} Radio since 1968)
* ''Assignment: The World'', a social studies instructional show presented as a NewsBroadcast, was produced by UsefulNotes/{{Rochester}} Area Educational Television Association (1959-1966) and its successor WXXI Rochester (1966-2013) and a favorite of Creator/{{PBS}} stations in the American Northeast.
* ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' (54 years, 1956-2010; 13,858 episodes)
* ''Bound for Glory'' is a live folk music radio broadcast that has been presenting 33 concerts a year on Ithaca, NY station WVBR since September 1967.
* ''Series/CountryCalendar'' is a New Zealand farming documentary series that has been running continuously since March 1966. Not only is it New Zealand's longest-running television series, it is only five years younger than New Zealand television itself.
* ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' has run on NBC since 1965; while its network run ended on September 9, 2022, new episodes are being produced for NBC's Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service. Like ''Coronation Street'' (in the "60 years" folder), ''Days'' has recordings of all of its episodes; the entire run is available on Peacock. Because ''Days'' runs for an hour as opposed to ''Coronation Street''[='=]s normal 20 or 30 minutes, it likely has the largest archive of any dramatic TV series in terms of airtime. (Given ''[=SportsCenter=]''[='=]s multiple daily airings with differing content over a period of more than 40 years, it almost certainly has a larger archive these days.)
* ''Franchise/{{Doraemon}}'' started off as [[Manga/{{Doraemon}} 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 issues that eventually caused the animation studio to go bankrupt. There's 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. And this is before mentioning the truly staggering amount of anime films produced virtually every year since 1980,[[note]]Creator/ShinEiAnimation didn't produce a film in 2005 because they were busy pitching the new anime series.[[/note]] which hold the record as the highest-grossing film series in Japan.
* ''Emmerdale'' (formerly ''Emmerdale Farm''), British soap opera (began in October 1972)
* ''Theatre/TheFantasticks'' ran off-Broadway from 1960-2002, and was revived in 2006 to run until 2017. The revival run had the number of New York performances posted in the lobby, over 21,500 as of May 2017.
* Since 1965, Film/{{Gamera}} has starred in 12 films and an anime series.
* ''Gardeners' World'' has been broadcast on BBC television since 1968.
* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1bado_Gigante Sábado Gigante]]'' started in June 1962 (as ''Gran Show Dominical'' before moving from Sunday to Saturday in 1966), {{Channel Hop}}ped 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.
* ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'': 142 volumes spread across 50 years; started in 1969, plus two live-action movies, one animated movie, one OVA, a video game and a 50 episode anime. Still in production as of 2021.
* ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' has been around since 1974.
* The BBC pop-science program ''Horizon'' has been running since May 1964.
* The Toys/HotWheels toy franchise started in May 1968 with the release of its first 16 toy cars (known as the "Sweet 16") and has been running since.
* ''Ideas'' (anthology series on CBC Radio since 1965)
* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' (12 years with Art Fleming {1964-75 and 1978-79}, from 1984–2020 in syndication with Creator/AlexTrebek, and in syndication after Trebek's death with Mike Richards [briefly], Ken Jennings, and Creator/MayimBialik)
* ''Radio/JustAMinute'' has been running since December 1967 on BBC Radio 4, where it now rotates seasons with ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'' (see corresponding entry). The original chairman, Nicholas Parsons, either presented or appeared as a panellist on every episode but four from 1967-2019, only sitting out two recording sessions (for a total of four episodes) for health reasons near the end of his life. The Swedish version of the programme, ''På Minuten'', has aired since 1969 (with a hiatus from 1988-94).
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'': The TV series underwent four production eras ([[Series/KamenRider 1971]]-[[Series/KamenRiderStronger 1975]], [[Series/KamenRiderSkyRider 1979]]-[[Series/KamenRiderSuper1 1981]], [[Series/KamenRiderBlack 1987]]-[[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX 1989]], [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga 2000]]-present), with a few movies and specials (such as ''Film/KamenRiderZX'' and ''Film/KamenRiderJ'') produced during the off years. The [[MilestoneCelebration 1,000th episode]] aired on [[Series/KamenRiderOOO April 3, 2011]], which coincided with the 40th anniversary. 2021 celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the franchise, despite only having thirty-one seasons - still a lot, but still ten seasons behind five-years-younger sibling franchise ''Franchise/SuperSentai''.
* ''Letter from America'' ran on BBC Radio from 1946-2004, ending when Alastair Cooke retired less than a month before his death.
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'': The original weekly [[Manga/LupinIII manga]] stories were published in ''Weekly Manga Action'', starting in August of 1967; these were later collected into volumes. Later manga series were published directly to volume form. The first [[Anime/LupinIII anime]] for Lupin was a pilot film, created in 1969. The first full TV serial began in 1971; five other series plus a spin-off series have since been released, the most recent in 2021 to celebrate the TV version's 50th anniversary. There have also been nine theatrical releases, including one fully 3D CG animated film, in addition to two live action films, one spin-off film, and two crossover movies[[note]]With ''Manga/CaseClosed'', for those wondering[[/note]], as well as four OVA originally released to video/DVD. Since 1989, Creator/TMSEntertainment has also produced an [[Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials annual TV movie]] sitting at 28 films total and only missing in the years that one of the TV series was under production. There was even a Creator/{{Takarazuka}} stage play. Whew. There has not been a year without at least one Lupin III production since 1978. It's easier if you just think of it as the Japanese ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.
* ''Series/{{Mastermind}}'' (British quiz show airing since September 11, 1972; from 1972-97 on [=BBC1=] with Magnús Magnússon, 1998-2000 on BBC Radio 4 with Peter Snow, 2001-02 on Discovery with Clive Anderson, and 2003-present on [=BBC2=] with John Humphrys)
* ''Series/{{Masterpiece}}'' first aired on PBS as ''Masterpiece Theatre'' on January 10, 1971, and continues to this day.
* ''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 SpinOff series (''Match of the Day 2'', on air since the 2004-05 season) and magazine.
* ''Monday Night Football'' first aired on September 21, 1970. It aired on Creator/{{ABC|US}} until 2005, and has since aired on Creator/{{ESPN}}.
* Radio/PaulHarvey hosted ''News and Comment'' on ABC Radio from 1951 to 2008.
* ''Manga/NinjaHattori''. The original manga series started in 1964, and the series became popular enough to become a franchise that continues to this day.
* ''Manhua/OrientalHeroes'', a Chinese {{manhua}} that debuted in 1970.
* ''Series/PlaySchool'' (Australian children's show, running since July 1966 and isn't going anywhere any time soon)
* ''[[Series/AQuestionOfSport Question of Sport]]'' (known as '''''A''' Question of Sport'' before 2021) kicked off with a pilot episode in 1968 and became a regular programme on 5 January 1970, making it the oldest PanelGame in existence and arguably the longest continually running GameShow (while ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' has run for five more years overall and started twelve years earlier, it also spent seven years off the air; also, ''AQOS'' didn't broadcast any episodes in 1973 or 1978). It has only had five regular presenters (Stuart Hall (1968), David Vine (1970-78), David Coleman (1979-97), Sue Barker (1997-2021), and Paddy [=McGuinness=] (since 2021)).
* ''Radio Rochela'' was a Venezuelan late-night television sketch comedy and variety show, aired 1959-2010.
* ''Magazine/RangerRick'' started publication in January 1967 and continues to this day.
* ''ComicBook/RicHochet'' (1955-2010), a [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian comic]] featuring an amateur detective that solves crimes. A reboot has been made in 2015 with new writers.
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' (September 1969–present) Multiple series; at least one series was in first-run almost every year from 1969–91 and since 2002, plus one or more direct-to-video movies each year since 1998 and several live-action films. Something of an unusual example, due to the comparatively short nature of each incarnation. So far, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' holds the record at 52 episodes in two seasons. Despite a relatively modest episode count by the standards of most long-runners, they collectively make up a mythology of nearly 400 episodes.
** Fun fact: outside of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'', and the live-action renditions, Fred Jones has been portrayed by Creator/FrankWelker for every one of those years.
* ''Series/DieSendungMitDerMaus'' (German EdutainmentShow for children, airing since March 7, 1971)
* ''Series/SesameStreet'' debuted on November 10, 1969 and has run to this day, with nearly 4,600 episodes so far.
* ''Series/{{Shoten}}'' (Broadcast weekly on NTV since 1966; Japan's second longest-running show, with 2,400+ episodes to date; has used the same OpeningTheme since 1969)
* ''Series/TheSootyShow'' ran roughly from 1952-2004 under slightly different title changes and presenters. A new series was broadcast in 2011 with a new presenter and premise but the same core characters with another due in 2013.
* Franchise/StarTrek celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016. Since [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries its debut]] in September 1966 it's never gone more than 4-5 years without a show on the air or a movie in the works. {{Spinoff}}s (and one {{prequel}}) aired nonstop from 1987 through 2005, a [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery new prequel]] launched in 2017, a [[Series/StarTrekPicard new sequel]] launched in 2020, [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks an animated comedy]] launched in 2020 (with future series having been announced), a [[Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds spinoff of the new prequel]] launched in 2022, and feature films have been regularly released since [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture 1979]] (except for a gap between [[Film/StarTrekNemesis 2002]] and [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009]]).
* ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' (also known as ''Scene of the Crime'' in the USA) is a German-language detective series which began airing in November 1970 on Das Erste in UsefulNotes/WestGermany, in 1972 on ORF 2 in Austria, and from 1990-2001 and again starting in 2011 on [=SF1=] (now SRF 1) in Switzerland, making it the oldest currently airing crime show in the world. Its UsefulNotes/{{East German|y}} counterpart ''Polizeiruf 110'' has aired over 350 episodes since June 1971, on Fernsehen der DDR until 1990 and on Das Erste following the re-unification; both shows share a timeslot in UsefulNotes/TheBerlinRepublic. To celebrate the re-unification, ''Tatort'' and ''Polizeiruf 110'' co-produced the crossover episode "Unter Brüdern" ("Among Brothers"), which aired on 28 October 1990.
* The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', a popular Japanese {{Toku}}satsu franchise that began in January 1966. So far, 30+ shows (totally over 1,200 episodes), 30+ movies, a number of specials, and numerous manga and video games. Also Guinness World Record holder for most {{spinoff}}s.
* ''Series/UniversityChallenge'' (on ITV from September 1962 to December 1987 with Bamber Gascoigne, and on [=BBC2=] since September 1994 with Jeremy Paxman; British television's longest-running quiz show)
* ''[[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/68527 Vecernicek]]'' is a Czech bedtime story program that has been running every evening since 1965, even with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ni6dIpQ2yM opening]] unchanged for all these years.
* ''[=W5=]'' (airing since 1966 on CTV, longest-running newsmagazine program in North America)
* ''The World at Six'' (flagship dinner-hour newscast on CBC Radio One since October 1966)
* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Tonight_(Philippine_TV_program) The World Tonight]]'' is the longest-running English-language newscast in the Philippines, airing on Creator/{{ABSCBN}} and ANC since November 21, 1966 (except during UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos-ruled martial law dictatorship from 1972 to 1986).
* ''ComicBook/{{Yakari}}'' has been made since 1969 and is still been published.
* ''ComicBook/YokoTsuno'', a [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian comic]] that began in 1970 and is still being published.
* ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' (since March 1973, 12,000+ episodes)
* ''World Pro-Wrestling'' began in 1969 as a showcase for Wrestling/AntonioInoki's dojo in the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance on NET. Inoki's dojo became Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling in 1973 and NET became Creator/TVAsahi in 1977, and the program has only changed time slots and running times since.
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[[folder:At least 60 years]]
* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' (1945-2011, would later become ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'').
* While a student at the University of Kansas, Max Falkenstien began calling Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball games for a local radio station in 1946. After graduating in 1948, he continued to call Jayhawks games for more than a half-century, retiring at the end of his 60th season in 2006. His tenure was the longest in US college sports until 2021.
* ''Come Dancing'', the BBC televised ballroom dancing competition, originally ran from 1949-95, with intermittent specials in 1996 and 1998. Its revival with celebrity contestants as ''Series/StrictlyComeDancing'' has aired since 2004, spawning the worldwide ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' phenomenon.
* American sportscaster Vin Scully announced his first Dodgers baseball game on April 18, 1950, and moved with the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958. He made his final broadcast on October 2, 2016. His ''67-season'' tenure is the longest any broadcaster has spent with a single team in professional sports ''and'' broadcasting history (and not just in America, but the ''entire world!'').
** Speaking of the Dodgers, their Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime Jarrín was on the job from 1959 until his retirement after his 64th season in 2022. His tenure is second only to Vin Scully.
* The Major League Baseball ''Game of the Week'' aired on Saturday afternoons on various TV networks from 1953 to 1993. There was no ''Game of the Week'' in 1994 or 1995; The Baseball Network, an ill-fated joint venture between MLB, ABC, and NBC, completely scrapped national regular-season broadcasts in favor of a highly regionalized model. The Baseball Network was crippled by the 1994–95 players' strike and was dissolved after the 1995 season. Traditional ''GOTW'' coverage returned in 1996 with Fox picking up the rights, and it has continued airing there ever since (although in 2012 Fox shifted the bulk of its regular-season coverage from Saturday afternoons to Thursday or Saturday prime-time games under the ''Baseball Night in America'' title).
* ''Series/TheTonightShow'' (airing on NBC since September 1954)
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' (October 27, 1954–present, the longest-running film franchise in history), with over thirty films and counting (not even including two [[Film/Godzilla1998 American]] [[Film/Godzilla2014 reboots]]), [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour four]] [[Series/{{Godzilland}} car]][[Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint toon]] [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries series]], [[WebVideo/{{Godziban}} a puppet show]], more than forty video games, and comics by [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse]], [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]], and [[Creator/IDWPublishing IDW]], among many other appearances.
* ''Face the Nation'' (weekly on CBS since November 7, 1954).
* The Masters Tournament, the first men's major championship of the golf year, has been aired by CBS every April since 1956—except in 2020, when it was held (and aired by CBS) in November due to COVID-19.
* ''Series/EurovisionSongContest'' (annually since May 24, 1956)
* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' (November 26, 1956–September 3, 1965, then since September 4, 1972; originally hosted by Creator/BillCullen {1956-65}, then Creator/BobBarker {1972-2007}, then Creator/DrewCarey {2007-present})
* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matysiakowie Matysiakowie]]'' (Polish radio drama airing weekly since 1956)
* ''Datamation'' is the world's oldest and longest running computer magazine, having launched in ''1957'' and ran in print until 1998, and continues to this day as a website. While it won't make the PrintLongRunners list, it's still impressive considering commercially-available computers had only become available in 1951 and were still in their infancy.
* ''The Sky at Night'' (UK astronomy TV show): has aired once a lunar cycle since 24 April 1957; presented by Patrick Moore from the first episode until his death in December 2012, during which he missed a total of ''one'' episode due to food poisoning, making him the world record holder for longest tenure presenting a television programme until Brazil's Silvio Santos surpassed him in March 2019.
* The absurdist plays ''La cantatrice chauve (Theatre/TheBaldSoprano)'' and ''La lecon (The Lesson)'' by Creator/EugeneIonesco have been on a permanent double bill at the Théâtre de la Huchette in Paris since February 1957. ''The Bald Soprano'' also earned the Guinness World Record for longest play ever (though it has since been outdone), with one theater troupe in New Jersey performing it on a continuous loop for more than 23 hours.[[note]]The final scene of the play is identical to the first, but with Mr. and Mrs. Martin replacing Mr. and Mrs. Smith; the curtain usually falls during the second iteration of the first monologue.[[/note]]
* ''Telediario'' is a Spanish daily news program which started running in September 1957. Nowadays, its title has become synonymous with "TV news" in Spain.
* ''Today'' (AKA ''The Today Programme''), a British news daily on BBC Radio running since October 1957. There is a (probably apocryphal) story that if a British nuclear submarine commander failed to receive the ''Today'' programme three days in a row, they were to assume Britain had been nuked and open their sealed orders.
* ''Series/BluePeter'' (4,000+ episodes since October 1958, the longest-running children's show ever)
* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'': Titular characters debuted on October 23, 1958 in the ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' story "The Smurfs and the Magic Flute" ("La Flûte à six schtroumpfs" in French, literally "The Flute of Six Smurfs"). [[MorePopularSpinoff The Smurfs later starred in their own comic series]], with the first story published in ''Spirou'' magazine on July 2, 1959 and the first comics album following on November 30, 1963. Newer comics are still being made after Creator/{{Peyo}}'s [[OutlivedItsCreator death in 1992.]]
* Dutch sports program ''Studio Sport'' has aired since April 1959.
* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}: Superman's DistaffCounterpart was created in May 1959, and has been an important part of Franchise/TheDCU since then, being featured in solo books and anthologies, and showing up in movies, TV shows, and cartoons.
* Portuguese daily news show ''Telejornal'' was first broadcast in October 1959; its name is synonymous with "TV news" in Portugal.
* ''Series/OkaasanToIssho'', a Japanese children's show, premiered in October 1959 and has been running since.
* ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'': The comic books started in October 1959.
* Stop motion bedtime story series ''Unser Sandmännchen'' (now simply known as ''Sandmännchen'', or ''Little Sandman'') is the world's longest-running animated series. It began airing on East German state broadcaster DFF in November 1959 and has outlived both its West German counterpart, ''Das Sandmännchen'', and the German Democratic Republic itself (indeed, German re-unification and the greater popularity of ''Unser Sandmännchen'' led to the demise of ''Das Sandmännchen'' in 1991). It continues to air on the various ARD member networks to this day, having racked up over 20,000 episodes.
* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'': The original manga ran for about ten years, between 1960 and 1969, and multiple sequels versions of the manga and anime adaptations have been written since, developing a rather different canon as the series progressed. The different anime adaptations have been running more or less from 1968 to the present, with the sixth adaptation airing in 2018. It has also been adapted into multiple live-action versions and video games, as well as earning a place in several theme parks, like Fujikyu Highland.
* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_Jezioranach W Jezioranach]]'' (Polish radio drama, kind of rural counterpant to ''Matysiakowie'', airing weekly since 1960)
* ''The Nature of Things'' (science documentary series on CBC since November 1960; hosted continuously by zoologist and environmentalist David Suzuki since 1979)
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'' (over 10,000 episodes since December 9, 1960). Even more impressive is that ''every single episode'' has survived to this day – almost unheard of for a show that's been around this long.
* ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'' has been going in ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' magazine since January 1961. Though its original artist Prohias had to hand over drawing duties to other artists, it has been continuously published since that date—though from 2020 on, only year-end special issues feature new content.
* The ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asadora Renzoku Terebi Shousetsu]]'' (literally "serial TV novel"), colloquially known as "Asadora" ("Morning Drama", due to its timeslot) is a SoapOpera series that airs in the mornings on NHK in Japan, Monday through Saturday, with each season featuring a new story. First airing in April 1961, "Asadora" seasons used to run annually, but starting in 1975 with ''Mizuiro no toki'', the series switched to a six-month format. This has resulted in ''ninety-six'' distinct seasons and stories, with no sign of slowing down as "Asadora" remains one of the biggest ratings draws on Japanese TV. Some of these seasons are extremely famous in Japan - ''{{Series/Oshin}}'', the most successful, drew TV ratings of ''sixty-three percent'' during its run - and you can expect other Japanese media to make reference to them from time to time.
* The BBC public affairs programme ''Panorama'' (see the "70 years" folder) spawned a German version in June 1961, produced by NDR, aired on ARD, and also called ''Panorama''. ARD still airs it.
* ''Four Corners'' (Australian current affairs show, running since August 1961)
* ''Series/SongsOfPraise'' is the BBC's Christian music programme. It began in October 1961 and still running to this day, having produced 2,300 episodes at the last count in 2012.
* ''It's Academic'' (Washington, D.C. televised academic game show): debuted October 7, 1961 and has been going ever since; listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the longest-running quiz show in television history, and almost certainly the longest-running game show '''ever'''.
** The show's creator, Sophie Altman, remained as executive producer until her death on May 24, 2008, shortly after production wrapped on Season 47.
** Mac [=McGarry=] hosted for ''the first 50 years'', through June 25, 2011. When Season 51 began, Hillary Howard filled in for an ill [=McGarry=] but became permanent after he announced his retirement in November, although he appeared one last time to officially hand off the show to her.
* Most of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse core characters are at least 60 years old, with several others having debuted in 1965.
** 1961: The Fantastic Four (November)
** 1962: Hulk (May), Spider-Man (August)
** 1963: The Avengers and X-Men (September)
** 1964: Daredevil (April)
* In December 1961, Joel Utley became the men's basketball radio announcer for the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers, representing current NCAA Division II member Kentucky Wesleyan College. After 61 seasons, [[https://www.14news.com/2022/08/04/longtime-kwc-broadcaster-joel-utley-announces-retirement-after-61-years/ he retired before the 2022–23 season]].
* The ''Manhua/OldMasterQ'' comics started on February 3, 1962 and have been running ever since. It's still in print today (despite the death of its creator Alphonse Wong in 2017) and is currently the oldest Asian comic series in publication.
* 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 (2009-2023) and Patrick Kielty (since 2023). Not to be confused with the American ''Series/TheLateLateShow'', which has "only" been running since 1995.)
* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' is one of the longest-running Brazilian comic series, having been running since the 1960s. Monica herself made her grand debut on February 11, 1963, and got her own comic series on March 3 of that year.
* Three days after Monica made her debut, the first book in the ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' children's series was released. The original author Norman Bridwell released 78 books in the series before his death in late 2014. Two final books were published the next year. A TV adaptation ran briefly in the early 2000s, and a second TV series began airing in 2019. Also, a live-action animated film adaptation was initially announced in 2012, but fell into development hell for several years before being scheduled for a late 2020 release. COVID-19 led to that film being delayed until late 2021.
* ''Series/GeneralHospital'' with over 15,000 episodes since April 1, 1963. It holds the record for longest running American soap opera in production.
* On that same date, German broadcaster [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations ZDF]] went on the air, as did its flagship news programme ''heute''. The programme has aired to this day, and has occupied its current 19:00 timeslot since 1973.
* The Brazilian variety show ''Programa Silvio Santos'' has been running since June 2, 1963. Silvio Santos has been host for its entire run—by himself until 2021, and since then with his daughter Patricia Abravanel as co-host.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' ran from 1963 to 1989, and again from 2005 to present, for a total of 39 full seasons, plus specials. It is listed in ''Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords'' 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, Creator/TheBBC produced [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie a telemovie]], and licensed [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations novelizations of the old episodes]], [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures books with new stories]] (which [[Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures they decided to handle themselves]] after the telemovie), [[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine an ongoing comic strip]], and eventually [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio dramas]], so it was no big stretch that the BBC celebrated the franchise's ''60th anniversary'' in 2023. Also a counter-example to the claim in the introduction that these shows avoided being ScrewedByTheNetwork, as an attempt to cancel it in the mid-80s led to the hiatus a few years later (basically, when it returned from that attempt at cancellation, it got rescheduled in a death slot against ''Series/CoronationStreet'', giving the BBC cause to stop recommissioning it).
* In Mexico, a daily radio program playing Music/TheBeatles has run uninterrupted since February 1964; originally known as ''7 minutes and 90 seconds'' on Mexico City's 790 AM, in later years it became ''The Beatles Hour'', ''Beatlemania'' and is currently named ''The Beatles Club" airing on 88.1 FM.
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[[folder:At least 70 years]]
* ''ComicStrip/MuttAndJeff'' ran in newspapers from November 15, 1907 to June 26, 1983.
* ''Series/GuidingLight'': 72 years, 7 months, 26 days (57 of those on television), from January 25, 1937 to September 19, 2009. It ''was'' listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the longest continuously-running program on any medium, in any genre, until the ''CBS World News Roundup'' broke its record in November of 2010. It would take a listener [[ArchivePanic over 18 months, 24 hours a day, to listen to it from beginning to end]] (although the large number of {{Missing Episode}}s from the first 40 years would make such an archive binge impossible). It may be the largest single work of fiction in human history.
* ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs'' has been airing on BBC Radio since 29 January 1942 (apart from a hiatus from January 1946 to January 1951). It still uses the original theme tune, Eric Coates' "By the Sleepy Lagoon" (with overdubbed seagull noises), and has only had four regular presenters (Roy Plomley (1942-85), Michael Parkinson (1985-88), Sue Lawley (1988-2006), Kirsty Young (since 2006)).
* ''Composer of the Week'', British broadcasting's longest-running classical music programme, began airing five times a week on the BBC Home Service on 2 August 1943 as ''This Week's Composer'', then transferred in 1964 to the newly-created Third Programme (now known as Radio 3). The first featured composer was Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, who has featured almost annually ever since (as have Music/JohannSebastianBach, Music/GeorgeFredericHandel, Music/JosephHaydn, and Music/LudwigVanBeethoven).
* ''Arbeidsvitaminen'' (''Work vitamins''), a music programme on AVRO in the Netherlands, is the longest running daily radio show in the world, having started in February 1946.
* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' - Started in 1946.
* ''Manga/SazaeSan'': The original manga ran from 1946 to 1974, while the anime adaptation began in October 1969 on Creator/FujiTelevision and continues to this day. In addition, the title character is still played by the ''original'' voice actress, Midori Kato, who has been honored by ''Guinness World Records'' as the voice actor with the longest tenure playing the same character.
* ''Gardeners' Question Time'' has broadcast since April 1947 on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio]], keeping pretty much the same format (a chaired panel of horticultural experts answers questions posed by the audience or posted in by listeners) ever since, nowadays augmented by cutaways to additional recorded features.
* Ride/WeekiWacheeSprings, a UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} {{Theme Park|s}} famous for its mermaid show, debuted in 1947 and is still active today.
* ''Series/MeetThePress'' – weekly on NBC television since November 6, 1947; debuted on Mutual radio in 1945 as ''American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press''. Considered the longest-running televised program in American history.
* ''Sports Report'' has been running on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio]] since January 1948, and still uses its original [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv_idtcK1-E theme tune, "Out of the Blue" by Hubert Bath.]]
* ''ComicBook/TexWiller'' started publication in Italy in 1948, making it the longest running comic originating from there as well as the most popular.
* While by 1993 there wasn't a single member of the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance that had been around since 1980, the governing body itself did not let this setback stop it from continuing on as it had since 1948, making do with granting "territories" or "rights" to use the NWA name to newer promotions. Its title belts also continued to be used by many of its former members who still respected its authority, [[BadassDecay if to a much lesser extent.]] By 2019 [[Music/TheSmashingPumpkins Billy Corgan]], who had bought the NWA intellectual unit, would start promoting events directly under the NWA name.
* ''ComicBook/{{Alix}}'', a well-known [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian comic]] started in 1948 and even after the creator's passing, other writers continue his work to this very day.
* ''Series/ABCWorldNewsTonight'' (1948–), currently anchored by Creator/DavidMuir.
* ''Creator/ToveJansson's'' Finnish children's book series ''Literature/TheMoomins'' has been very popular and well-known in its home country for a long time. The first book was published in 1945, but the popularity has also been helped by the comics drawn by Tove and her brother, as well as numerous adaptations, the most famous of which is the anime series from the 90s, which has been dubbed into several languages. Even after Tove's death, new books and comics have appeared, although their main target audience has now been children. The newest animated series started in 2019.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'': Originally started as a series of books by Creator/EnidBlyton published from 1949-63, and spawned two puppet shows, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnRMDFeKFIE a 12 minuted animated film]], three stop-motion series, three CGI-animated adaptations, and [[Series/TheNoddyShop a children's sitcom based on the character]]. Apart from a gap from 1982-92, Noddy has been a fixture of British television continuously since 1955.
* ''Giro 413'' has aired weekly on Danmarks Radio (DR) since January 8, 1950. This is a family program to which people donate money collected at celebrations such as wedding anniversaries and 50th birthdays. Listeners also request songs. DR in turn donates the money collected to a variety of charities.
* ''Radio/{{Unshackled}}'', a [[TheMoralSubstitute Christian]] RadioDrama produced by UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} rescue mission Pacific Garden Mission, has been continuously produced since 1950 and is (along with the CBS World News Roundup) one of the lone remaining shows still airing on radio from MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfRadio.
* ''Radio/TheArchers'' (radio soap set in a rural farming community) has run since January 1, 1951 on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC radio]] (with its pilot episodes having aired on May 29–June 2, 1950), and is now the world's longest-running extant SoapOpera in any medium (since the cancellation of ''Series/GuidingLight'').
* ''Theatre/CrazyHorse'': 72 years and counting since 1951. Famous UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}ian cabaret with nude dancers-based shows, with some new numbers every now and then.
* ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'' (airing on various networks since December 1951)
* ''Series/{{Today}}'' (American morning news show, running daily since January 1952)
* Ride/{{Efteling}}, Dutch {{theme park|s}} (opened in 1952).
* ''Kentucky Afield'', an outdoors show produced by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, started as a radio program in 1952. The next year, it spawned a TV program of the same title, initially aired by a Louisville station and later syndicated to other commercial stations around the state. In 1985, the TV program was taken over by Kentucky Educational Television. While the radio program has been replaced with a podcast, the TV program still airs every week.
* ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' magazine launched with an October/November 1952 issue, [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated did not get the memo to close down in 2019]], and is still going, although almost all of its content is now reprinted.
** Al Jaffee's work first appeared in the pages of ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' in 1955. Jaffee left shortly after to follow founding editor Harvey Kurzman. After Kurzman's post-''Mad'' project ''Humbug'' folded in 1958, Jaffee returned to ''Mad'' and stayed there until December 2019, retiring completely in June 2020 ''at age 99''.
* The news programme ''Tagesschau'' was first aired on NWDR in Germany on Boxing Day 1952 and went to being broadcast seven days a week in 1961. The programme now serves as ARD's flagship news brand and still occupies the same 20:00 time slot as it did in 1952.
* ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' ran its first show as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation on January 7, 1953.
* The Franchise/JamesBond franchise began on April 13, 1953 with the UK publication of ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', and has continued long after [[Creator/IanFleming its creator's]] death in 1964, thanks to...
** ...the [[Film/JamesBond eponymous film series]], which celebrated its 60th anniversary on October 5, 2022.[[note]]Dated from the UK release of ''Film/DrNo''.[[/note]]
* A theatre example is Creator/AgathaChristie's play ''Theatre/TheMousetrap'', which has been running continuously on the West End since November 1952 (interrupted from March 2020–May 2021 by COVID-19).
* ''Brain of Britain'', Britain's longest-running quiz programme in any medium, began as a segment of ''What Do You Know?'' on BBC Radio in 1953, and has been a standalone programme on Radio 4 since 1967. It has only had three regular presenters: Franklin Engelmann from 1953-72, Robert Robinson from 1973-2008, and Russell Davies since 2009.
* Current affairs show ''Series/{{Panorama}}'' has been airing on the BBC since November 1953 and is presently the longest-running programme in the history of British television.
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[[folder:At least 80 years]]
* The BBC has televised UsefulNotes/{{Wimbledon}} since 1937, though no tournaments were held from 1940–45 due to World War II and 2020 due to COVID-19. %% 80th broadcast in 2022
* ''CBS World News Roundup'' made its first broadcast on March 13, 1938 as a special report on the Anschluss; still runs every day at 8:00 AM EST. It surpassed ''Guiding Light''[='s=] record on November 8, 2010, and is now listed as the longest continuously-running program in ''any'' medium.
* The core of Franchise/TheDCU. The only classic ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} founder absent is ComicBook/MartianManhunter (1955).
** ComicBook/{{Superman}} first appeared in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' in June 1938. Many years, radio, TV and film spinoffs later... To put this into perspective, Superman debuted in an era closer to the days of [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar legalized American slavery]] than to the present.
** ComicBook/{{Batman}} was created in May 1939, and has been powering on ever since.
** ComicBook/WonderWoman, Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, ComicBook/GreenLantern and ComicBook/TheFlash all appeared between 1940 and 1941 (though the last two became more famous with {{Legacy Character}}s).
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the original Human Torch, and Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner all are over 80 years old, the Human Torch and Namor from 1939, and Captain America from 1941.
* ''The National Research Council Time Signal'', heard at 1:00 PM EST every day since November 5, 1939 on the CBC radio network.
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[[folder:''Literally'' Older Than Television]]
* Bibendum (Better known by English-speaking audiences as the Michelin Man) was first introduced by the Michelin brothers as an advertisement at the Lyon Exposition of 1894, and has been continuously used by the Michelin company in advertising ever since.
* ''ComicStrip/TheKatzenjammerKids'' is a comic strip that debuted December 1897, and has been published ever since, with [[http://comicskingdom.com/katzenjammer-kids#about new strips]] still appearing regularly today. This makes it most likely the longest-running piece of serial fiction in any medium or format.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Becassine}}'' was in continuous publication from 1905-62. The character is still used in advertising.
* ''ComicStrip/GasolineAlley'' debuted on November 25th, 1918. The original protagonist, Walt Wallet, is still alive, and is now 122 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 is now past 100. 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.
* WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat is the longest-lasting animated cartoon character in history, making his debut in ''[[MediaNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation 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 ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' and ''Baby Felix'', and he is still appearing in merchandise to this day. In fact, one of the [[http://www.felixthecat.com/history.htm very first TV broadcasts]] featured Felix way back in 1928. Meow!
* After a ban on private, commercial radio stations implemented during World War I was lifted by the US government, such stations began to broadcast in 1919-1921. WWJ in Detroit and KDKA in Pittsburgh were the first stations to reach the century mark, having broadcast regularly since 1920. KCBS in San Jose/San Francisco has lasted longer overall, but resumed post-WWI broadcast a year after the former two stations were established.
* The Franchise/CthulhuMythos is generally traced back to Creator/HPLovecraft's 1919 short story "Dagon", although Cthulhu himself wouldn't appear until 1928. Embraced and perpetuated by Lovecraft's contemporary correspondents and by generations of successors, the resulting SharedUniverse has spawned films, video games, tabletop [=RPGs=], comics, and enough written fiction to overload bookshelves.
* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} was first introduced on January 17, 1929, in the comic strip ''Thimble Theater'', which was later renamed after him. Olive Oyl is older still; she appeared in the strip ''nine years'' earlier when it debuted on December 19, 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.
* ''The Shipping Forecast'' has been broadcast on one BBC Radio station or another since October 1925 (except for an enforced absence caused by World War II). It's called BBC Radio 4 its home since 1978. And before the BBC broadcast it, the Met Office (i.e., the UK's national weather service) first transmitted it by radio in 1911, with a break from 1914 to 1921 (WWI and its aftermath). The service celebrated its '''150th anniversary''' in August 2017.
* ''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.
* Franchise/MickeyMouse 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 [[Creator/TheBBC 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 — even through WWII.
* ''Music and the Spoken Word'': Weekly broadcast of music (and a short sermon) by The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, still widely known by its former name of UsefulNotes/{{Mormon|ism}} Tabernacle Choir, which started in 1929.
* ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'' has remained in print since January 1930, with monthly [[ScheduleSlip or semi-monthly]] issues every year.
* ''Radio/TheShadow'' debuted in 1930 as a radio HorrorHost 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 Creator/AlecBaldwin [[Film/TheShadow 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 Wrestling/{{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 7 p.m. radio news show ''A Voz do Brasil'' (when translated to English, "The Voice of Brazil") has been running since 1935.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie 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).
* ''La Hora Nacional'', a radio program produced by the Mexican government, has ran every Sunday since July 25, 1937.
* Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium, which Tolkien started working on during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. While no individual series of either books or adaptations qualifies, the franchise as a whole definitely does and is still going today. It all starts with Tolkien's foundational novels: ''Literature/TheHobbit'' (1937), ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (three volumes, 1954-1955), ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'' (1962), and ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' (1977, published posthumously). From there we have [[WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings the three]] [[WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing animated]] [[WesternAnimation/TheHobbit adaptations]] (1978-1980), the first video game adaptations by Melbourne House (1982-1988), the various tabletop [=RPGs=] based on the setting (starting with ''Middle-earth Role Playing'' and its supplements, 1982-1996), ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth'' cobbled together from Tolkien's unpublished manuscripts with commentary from his son (twelve volumes, 1983-1996), the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings three blockbuster live-action film adaptations]] of ''The Lord of the Rings'' directed by Creator/PeterJackson (2001-2003), the ''[[Film/TheHobbit other]]'' three blockbuster films by Jackson adapting ''The Hobbit'' (2012-2014), the ''Middle-earth: Shadow'' video games (two so far, one in 2014 and another in 2017), ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'' (incomplete by the time of Tolkien's death, edited and published by his son in 2007), ''Beren and Luthien'' (ditto, 2017), ''The Fall of Gondolin'' (ditto, 2018), the Amazon television series ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' (2021), and the ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' MMORPG (received eight expansion packs, 2007-2022). Plus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Middle-earth_video_games quite]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings a few]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth_in_film other things]].
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