List of longest-running television shows by category
This is a list of the longest-running television shows by category. The criterion for being the longest-running show is by the number of years the show has been on the air and not the number of episodes produced.
Category | Show name | Country | Duration | Channel | Episodes |
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Children’s show (preschool) | Play School | 1966–present | Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | 4500+ | |
Agriculture Information | Country Calender | 1966-present [1] | TVNZ 1 | 1,100+ | |
Anime for kids | Sazae-san | 1969–present | Fuji Television | 7400+[2] | |
Annual live international beauty pageant | Miss Universe | 1952–present | CBS, NBC, FOX | 64 | |
Annual live national beauty pageant | Miss America | 1955–present | ABC, CBS, NBC | 63 | |
Automotive | Top Gear | 1977–2001, 2002–present | BBC Two | 515; 161+9 specials | |
Charity show | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon | 1966–2014 | Various | 48 | |
Children's show | Blue Peter | 1958–present | BBC One, CBBC | 5,000 (as of 1 February 2018) | |
Comedy | Yoshimoto Shinkigeki | 1962–present | MBS | ||
Cooking show | Today's Cooking | 1957–present | NHK | ||
Current affairs series | Panorama | 1953–present | BBC One | Teleclub | |
Fantasy | Wansapanataym | 1997-2005; 2010–2019 | ABS-CBN | 734 | |
Documentary | Teleenciclopedia | 1965–present | TVR1 | 2500+ | |
Film review | Film | 1971–2018 | BBC One | ||
Finance show | The Money Programme | 1966–2010 | BBC Two | ||
Game show | Des chiffres et des lettres | 1965–present | France 3 | 20,000 (as of October 2012) | |
Historical drama | Zenigata Heiji | 1952–present | |||
History series | Timewatch | 1963–present | BBC Two | ||
Medical drama | General Hospital | 1963–present | ABC | 14,000 (as of 23 February 2018) | |
Medicine talk show | Trupi dhe Shëndeti | 1962–present | RTSH | 1000+ | |
Magazine show | Ittyadi | 1994–present | Bangladesh Television | 300+ (as of 2016) | |
Music chart show | Top of the Pops | 1964–2006; Christmas shows only 2006–present | BBC One, BBC Two | 2,219 | |
Music talent show | NHK Nodo Jiman | 1953–present | NHK | 2,900 (as of 2012) | |
Music video show | Rage | 1987–present | ABC1, ABC2/Fly TV, ABC Me | ||
News show | Meet the Press | 1947–present | NBC | 4,946+ | |
Newscast | CBS Evening News | 1948–present | CBS | 16,400+ | |
Outside broadcast | Lord Mayor's Show | 1937–1938, 1946–present (not broadcast during WW2 1939–1945)[3] | BBC Television Service, BBC One | ||
Police procedural | Tatort | 1970–present | Das Erste | 1,120 (as of 9 February 2019)[4] | |
Quiz show | It's Academic | 1961–present[5] | |||
Reality show | America's Funniest Home Videos | 1989–present | American Broadcasting Company | 681 (as of May 19, 2019) | |
Religious program | Le Jour du Seigneur | 1949–present | |||
Satire | Extra 3 | 1976-present | Das Erste | ||
Science fiction series | Doctor Who | 1963 - 1989, 1996 & 2005 - present[6] | BBC One | 861 (as of 1 March 2020) | |
Science show | The Sky at Night | 1957–present | BBC One, BBC Four | 705+ | |
Sing-along show | Allsång på Skansen | 1979–present | Sveriges Television | ||
Sitcom | Last of the Summer Wine | 1973–2010 | BBC One | 295 | |
Sketch comedy show | Sábados Felices | 1972–present | |||
Soap opera | Coronation Street | 1960–present | ITV | 10000+ | |
Song contest | Sanremo Music Festival | 1951–present | RAI (radio broadcast since 1951, tv broadcast since 1955) | ||
Sports show | Hockey Night in Canada | 1952–present | CBC, City/Sportsnet, CTV | Unknown; Began as radio broadcast in 1931 | |
Sports magazine show | La Domenica Sportiva | 1953–present | RAI | 3318 (as of 10 May 2020) | |
Sports variety | Grandstand | 1958–2007 | BBC One, BBC Two | 3500 (estimated) | |
Sports outside broadcast | The Championships, Wimbledon[7] | 1937,[8] 1939, 1946–present | BBC Television Service, BBC One/Two | ||
Tabloid newscast | TV Patrol | 1987–present | ABS-CBN | ||
Talk show | The Tonight Show | 1954–present | 12,594 | ||
Teen drama | Grange Hill | 1978–2008 | 605 | ||
Telenovela | Anna Liza | 1980–1985 | GMA Network | 1,317 | |
Travel show | Holiday | 1969–2007 | BBC One | 622 | |
TV feedback show | Points of View | 1961–present | BBC One, BBC Two | Unknown | |
Variety show | Sábado Gigante | 1962–1986; Univision: 1986–2015 | Canal 13 | 2,800+ | |
Western | Gunsmoke | 1955–1975 | 635 |
See also
- List of longest-running United States television series
- List of longest-running UK television programmes
- List of longest-running Australian television series
- List of longest-running Philippine television series
- List of longest-running U.S. cable television series
- List of longest-running U.S. primetime television series
- List of longest-running U.S. first-run syndicated television series
- List of television series canceled after one episode
- List of television programs by episode count
References
- "1966 - key events - The 1960s | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- http://www.filmweb.pl/serial/Sazae-san-1969-502304/episodes
- "The Lord Mayor's Show dates". BBC Genome. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- "2019 - Alle TATORTe, alle Folgen, alle Kommissare". Tatort-fundus.de. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- "Mac McGarry, 'It's Academic' host, dies at 87". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- "BBC One - Doctor Who - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- "Wimbledon". Genome Project. 9 October 2018.
- "Wimbledon and the BBC 1927 to 2017". History of the BBC. 22 November 2018.
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