History Main / LongRunners

* ''ComicBook/Witchblade'' (1995-2015, then 2017-20)

* ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'' (2012-present, 60% of the time that youtube has existed)

* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' (2003-present; went on hiatus from 2014 to 2022)

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' (1993-present; [[TropeMaker the]] ''[[UrExample original]]'' CollectibleCardGame)

* Multiple iterations of the Wrestling/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 August 2014[[/note]]

* ''Radio/TheShippingForecast'' 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.

* ''Countdown'' (1974-87)

* ''Series/{{Countdown}}'' (Britain; the first programme on Channel 4, started in 1982, with 5,000+ episodes)

* ''Emmerdale'' (formerly ''Emmerdale Farm''), British soap opera (began in October 1972)

* Multiple iterations of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt were used on Pro Wrestling TV from 1986 until 2014, totaling 28 years.[[note]]The original Crumrine Big Gold was used from 1986-2000, an all-gold cast copy was used from 2001-2003 and the WWE versions were used from 2003-2014[[/note]]

* ''Gardening Australia'' (1990-present a gardening programme on Creator/TheABC)

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.

* ''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.)
* ''Series/ChicagoFire (2012-present)''

* ''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})

* ''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.

* ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' (1966-81, 1986-89, 1998-2004; total of 24 years, or 25 if you count ''Series/TheMatchGameHollywoodSquaresHour'' {1983-84})

* ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' (British satirical panel show, started 1990 and still going despite several libel cases and not having a permanent presenter since sacking Angus Deayton in 2002)

** 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''.

* ProtoSuperhero ''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.

* ''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'' Website/YouTube.

* ''WebVideo/BarneyBunch'': Started off as a trolling group on Website/{{Newgrounds}} in 2005. Moved to Website/YouTube in 2006 and became the semi-affliliated "Speakonia Community". Despite numerous videos and accounts getting terminated, it's still going.

* ''Series/{{Brum}}'' (1991-2002, still in syndication in some territories and currently has an animated reboot on Website/YouTube)

* ''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 Website/YouTube which they still run today.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' (1997-2010; [=WildBrain=] revived the show in 2017 as ''The New Adventures of Caillou'' for [[Website/YouTube [=YouTube=] Kids]])

* ''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 [[UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames the late 90s]]), plus some comics and manga.

* ''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 [[UsefulNotes/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.

* WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat is the longest-lasting animated cartoon character in history, making his debut in ''[[UsefulNotes/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!

* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' (2004-present; also has two continually running, highly popular spin-off manga series: ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator'')

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' (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)

* 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 (since 2009)). Not to be confused with the American ''Series/TheLateLateShow'', which has "only" been running since 1995.)

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

** ''Theatre/{{O}}'' has also had a nonstop Las Vegas run since 1998.

* ''Inside The NFL'' (1977-2008 on HBO, Showtime 2008-)