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* ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'' -- (2003-present)

* ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' (2003-present)

* ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'' (2003-)

** ''Zumanity'' (2003-)

* ''Series/BlueBloods'' (2010-present)

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2003-present): The series celebrated its 20th anniversary in September 2023. It ran for so long it even outlived [[Series/NCISLosAngeles two]] [[Series/NCISNewOrleans of its spin-offs]] AND [[Series/{{JAG}} the parent show it spun off from]].

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2003-present): The series celebrated its 20th anniversary in September 2023. It ran for so long it outlived [[Series/NCISLosAngeles two]] [[Series/NCISNewOrleans of its spin-offs]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', which started in 2001 (2000 if you count the stealth airing of the first episode) and, after a few title changes, was cancelled in 2015 but in January 2023, Creator/AdultSwim announced it's getting another season with five episodes.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2003-present)
** ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' (2009-2023)

* 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 70 years.

* The ''Radio/ShippingForecast'' 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 Four 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.

* 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. Across the Channel, the German version of the programme, produced by NDR and also called ''Panorama'', has aired on ARD since June 1961.

* ''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. Across the Channel, the German version of the programme, produced by NDR and also called ''Panorama'', has aired on ARD since June 1961.

* ''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 ''50th anniversary'' in 2013. 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).

* ''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 ''50th anniversary'' in 2013. 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).

* ''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]], [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations novelizations of the old episodes]], and [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures books with new stories]], as well as [[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine an ongoing comic strip]] and [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho licensed a company to produce audio dramas]], so it was no big stretch that the BBC celebrated the franchise's ''50th anniversary'' in 2013. Also a counter-example to the claim in the introduction that these shows avoided being ScrewedByTheNetwork as the hiatus was instigated by an executive who hated the show.

* ''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]], [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations novelizations of the old episodes]], and [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures books with new stories]], as well as [[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine an ongoing comic strip]] and [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho licensed a company to produce audio dramas]], so it was no big stretch that the BBC celebrated the franchise's ''50th anniversary'' in 2013. Also a counter-example to the claim in the introduction that these shows avoided being ScrewedByTheNetwork as the hiatus was instigated by an executive who hated the show.

* ''Series/TheOReillyFactor'' (1996-2017)

* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' (2007-present)

* ''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 2008-2011 TV animated series, among other animated works and books.

* ''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]], [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations novelizations of the old episodes]], and [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures books with new stories]], as well as an ongoing comic strip and [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho licensed a company to produce audio dramas]], so it was no big stretch that the BBC celebrated the franchise's ''50th anniversary'' in 2013. Also a counter-example to the claim in the introduction that these shows avoided being ScrewedByTheNetwork as the hiatus was instigated by an executive who hated the show.

* ''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, the BBC produced a telemovie, novelizations of the old episodes, and books with new stories, as well as an ongoing comic strip and licensed a company to produce audio dramas, so it was no big stretch that the BBC celebrated the franchise's ''50th anniversary'' in 2013. Also a counter-example to the claim in the introduction that these shows avoided being ScrewedByTheNetwork as the hiatus was instigated by an executive who hated the show.

* ''Series/CuentameComoPaso'' (2001-present)

* ''Manga/{{Chihayafuru}}'' (2007-present)

* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' (2006-present, one of the longest running webcomics still ongoing as of May 2023)

* ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'' (2011 to present)

* ''WebComic/GirlGenius'' (2005 to present) having a few thousand strips, plus several printed volumes.
* ''WebComic/GirlsWithSlingshots'' (2004 to 2015)

* ''Webcomic/TheLifeOfNobTMouse'' began in December 1996 and is still going.

* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' (2003-present)

* ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' (2008-present; currently on hiatus although it will return with new strips sometime in 2023 and is one of the longest-running webcomics still ongoing)

* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' (2005-2015, starting and ending on January 17th)

* ''Bonequest'' (formerly ''Webcomic/{{Jerkcity}}'') (1998-)

* ''Webcomic/CatAndGirl'', a web comic that has been running since 1999.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' (Started in January of 2002)

* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' started in September 1995, making it one of the oldest webcomics in existence.

* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' began in August of 2000 and is still ongoing.

* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', since 1998.

* ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'' (updated with multiple strips once a month from September 1996 to September 2016, making it one of the oldest webcomics)

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' (published daily from June 12, 2000 to July 24, 2020 and not missing a single day)

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has been daily since August 25, 1997.

* ''Webcomic/UserFriendly'' has been published daily since 1997, with only short hiatus periods lately due to serious losses in the author's family.

* ''Webcomic/{{Yamara}}'' from 1988 in ''Dragon Magazine'' to 2006 in webcomic form.

* ''[[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).