What was the longest running show in television history? It's amazing how many people give the same ridiculous answers that aren't even close. Hope you guys get it better than my brother did. ;)
2006-07-22 08:36:16 · 40 answers · asked by gamerboy4496 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I worded that wrong. Since there are lots of kinds of shows(animated, sitcom, etc) I should have been more specific. I was looking for longest running sitcom. If you want, tell me the longest running animated show. Whoever tells me both and specifies which is which gets the best answer.
2006-07-22 08:42:08 · update #1
Yeah, the dude's right. It's NBC's 'Meet the Press', first broadcast on November 6, 1947 and broadcast every week since September 12, 1948. Pips 'The Simpsons' by around 42 years.
Interestingly, the longest running children's programme is the BBC's 'Blue Peter', first broadcast 16 October 1958, and the longest running drama is ITV's 'Coronation Street', first broadcast in December 1950.
For my money, though, the most enduring show is the BBC's 'Doctor Who', first aired on 23rd November 1963, and still going strong (after a short nap :) ).
The longest running sitcom is the BBC's 'Last of the Summer Wine', first aired in 1973 and still going, and 'The Simpsons' comes in as the longest running animated show, fiirst aired in 1989 and still going strong.
2006-07-22 08:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by Foxie 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Simpson's is the longest running sitcom, animated or non starting in 1989 and still running. and then the 2nd longest sitcom, or longest non animation sitcom, is The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet which was 14 years from 1952-1966
2006-07-22 15:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by Jason M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
News
2006-07-22 08:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by Japan_is_home 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest running television series was Gunsmoke. I watched it every week when I was a kid. Over a 21 year period, there were 633 episodes.
Meet the Press is the longest running show of any kind -- since 1947!
2006-07-22 08:40:39 · answer #4 · answered by Otis F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Simpsons is the longest running animated sit-com (1989 to present)
Married with Children was the longest running live action sit-com (1987-1998)
Everyone Loves Raymond was the longest running sit-com (1996-2005)
2006-07-22 15:41:17 · answer #5 · answered by Sandtone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(The Adventures Of) Ozzie And Harriet - longest running sitcom 14 seasons
The Simpsons (Spring 2006) - longest running animated 17 season.
2006-07-22 08:47:19 · answer #6 · answered by Little_mouse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meet The Press
2006-07-22 08:44:13 · answer #7 · answered by AK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A long time ago I heard that M*A*S*H won that title. Maybe that's just some long standing rumor... And I don't know if bandaging up old war generals counts as a sitcom, but I thought I'd give it a shot.
Shoot, or did they just have the most watched finale ever recorded? Or something?
Wasn't Cheers up there in the runnings, too?
2006-07-22 11:49:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, is it by year or by episode? But Meet the Press is the longest running show since 1947!
2006-07-22 08:41:05 · answer #9 · answered by Mac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world's longest running TV show is "Meet the Press". It began on NBC on November 6th, 1947, and has been running in the USA for 55 years, non-stop.
2006-07-22 08:39:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋