What is the world's longest drama?

Casualty (BBC, 1986–present) is the world's most enduring primetime medical drama series. Only the hospital-based soap opera General Hospital (ABC, 1963–present) – now the world's longest-running daytime soap opera with the demise of As the World Turns (CBS, 1956–2010) – has been broadcast for a longer period.
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What is the longest play in history?

The longest play is 30 hr 33 min, and was achieved by Deepika Chourasia (India) in New Delhi, India, from 15 to 16 August 2020.
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What is the top 10 longest running TV show?

The 20 Longest Running TV Shows Of All Time
  1. 1 The Simpsons (1989 - Present)
  2. 2 South Park (1997 - Present) ...
  3. 3 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999 - Present) ...
  4. 4 Family Guy (1999 - Present) ...
  5. 5 Law & Order (1990 - 2010) ...
  6. 6 Gunsmoke (1955 - 1975) ...
  7. 7 NCIS (2003 - Present) ...
  8. 8 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (2005 - Present) ...
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What's the longest running crime drama?

The longest running TV crime drama is Tatort, which first aired on Das Erste (Germany), running for 50 years from 29 November 1970 to 29 November 2020.
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What is the 2 longest show?

GUNSMOKE (1955-75)

The show aired on CBS from September 10, 1955 to March 31, 1975. Over those two decades, the series aired a total of 635 episodes. That makes it the second longest running prime-time series in US history behind The Simpsons.
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Longest TV Shows by Episode Count | Comparison



What's the longest movie ever?

The longest film ever made was the 85 hour The Cure for Insomnia (USA 1987), directed by John Henry Timmis IV and premiered in its entirety at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA from 31 January to 3 February 1987.
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What shows have 17 seasons?

CBS's police procedural NCIS also makes the list of longest-running primetime television shows with seventeen current seasons and an eighteenth set to star premiering in the next few weeks.
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Which TV show has the most murders?

Top 10 Shows With The Highest Kill Counts
  1. #1: “Game of Thrones” (2011-) Was the top spot on our list ever in doubt?
  2. #2: “The Walking Dead” (2010-) ...
  3. #3: “Spartacus” (2010-13) ...
  4. #4: “The Punisher” (2017-) ...
  5. #5: “American Horror Story” (2011-) ...
  6. #6: “24” (2001-2010) ...
  7. #7: “Vikings” (2013-) ...
  8. #8: “Narcos” (2015-) ...
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What show has the most drama?

These dramatic TV series have more episodes than any others in American television.
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Longest Running US Drama Shows
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. September 20, 1999. ...
  • Lassie. ...
  • Law & Order. ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents. ...
  • Dragnet. ...
  • Grey's Anatomy. ...
  • ER. ...
  • Hawaii Five-O.
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What series has the most episodes?

1. "Gunsmoke" Inspired by the classic radio drama, "Gunsmoke," the highly-acclaimed TV series depicting the settlement of the American West, aired on CBS from 1955 to 1975. During those 20 seasons, it racked up an astounding 635 episodes, the most of any scripted primetime series ever.
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What is the longest series on Netflix?

Grace and Frankie is the longest running series on Netflix – and a show for women who don't see themselves on television.
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Who has the most episodes on TV?

In honor of “The Simpsons” reaching another milestone – 700 episodes – these are the longest-running scripted primetime TV shows by number of episodes.
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Which is Shakespeare's longest play?

The longest play is Hamlet, which is the only Shakespeare play with more than thirty thousand words, and the shortest is The Comedy of Errors, which is the only play with fewer than fifteen thousand words. Shakespeare's 37 plays have an average word count of 22.6 thousand words per play.
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What's the longest play in football?

He Could Go All The Way: The Longest Plays in NFL History
  • Longest Punt Return: Robert Bailey (1994) 103 yards.
  • Longest Missed Field Goal Return: Jamal Agnew (2021) and Antonio Cromartie (2007), 109 yards.
  • Longest Field Goal: Justin Tucker (2021) 66 yards.
  • Longest Punt: Steve O'Neal (1969) 98 yards.
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What's the best crime drama on Netflix?

Best crime dramas on Netflix right now
  • Giri/Haji. This story follows the ripple effect one mystery murder has across two cities, London and Tokyo. ...
  • Luther. ...
  • Mindhunter. ...
  • Making a Murderer. ...
  • Dexter. ...
  • Line of Duty. ...
  • Unbelievable.
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What is the most realistic crime show?

The Wire. Everyone's talking about The Wire. The show is based in Baltimore, a city that wasn't explored much in television before, with the goal of showing the darker side of most American cities. The show is praised for its accurate and often intense portrayal of police work.
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What is the most popular crime drama in the UK?

The 10 Best British TV Crime Dramas, Ranked By IMDb
  • Foyle's War (2002 - 2015) - 8.5. ...
  • Poirot (1989 - 2013) - 8.6. ...
  • Endeavour (2012 - Present) - 8.6. ...
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984 - 1985) - 8.7. ...
  • Line of Duty (2012 - Present) - 8.7. ...
  • Peaky Blinders (2013 - 2022) - 8.8. ...
  • Sherlock (2010 - 2017) - 9.1.
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What was the first ever TV show?

Television's first drama,The Queen's Messenger, is broadcast from Schenectady, New York station WGY on September 11, 1928. Russian-born, American scientist Vladimir Zworykin demonstrates the first practical electronic system for both the transmission and reception of images in 1929.
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What is the longest anime?

Sazae-san - 7,701 episodes

Recognized by the Guinness World Records, this anime holds the world record for the longest-running animated TV series. The show is about a mother named Sazae-san and her family life.
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What is the longest-running cartoon?

The single longest-running animated TV show in US history is The Simpsons with an amazing 600+ episodes (and one of the oldest, still going strong).
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Is Titanic The longest movie?

One of the most notable things about Titanic is its long runtime. The movie lasts about three hours and 14 minutes, according to IMDb. While it's nowhere near the longest movie ever, that's still longer than a lot of commercial films, especially big blockbusters.
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What is the longest YouTube video?

Jonathan Harchick has created and uploaded the longest YouTube video of all time, clocking in at 571 hours, 1 minute and 41 seconds. He says, "I challenge anyone to try and make a longer video."
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What movies are 3 hours?

The 33 Best Movies Over 3 Hours Long
  • Gone With the Wind (1939) ...
  • Spartacus (1960)
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) ...
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) ...
  • Cleopatra (1963) ...
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) ...
  • Andrei Rublev (1966) ...
  • The Godfather, Part II (1974)
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