What's the longest running TV show in history?

The Simpsons made its debut on December 17, 1989, and has become the longest-running primetime scripted show in the U.S., as well as the longest-running animated series in history. It's also the longest-running scripted television show of all time.
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What is the longest running show in television history?

Guiding Light is the longest-running TV show in the world, with 72 years on the air. The American daytime soap was created in 1937, debuting on the radio – and was finally taken off CBS in 2009.
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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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Which show has the most episodes ever?

"Gunsmoke"

During those 20 seasons, it racked up an astounding 635 episodes, the most of any scripted primetime series ever. So, those are the 13 scripted TV shows that have surpassed the big 300-episode milestone.
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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's the longest running show in television history?



What has been the longest running sitcom?

1 The Simpsons (1989 - Present) - 33 Years

The Simpsons win the grand prize for being the longest-running sitcom of all time. It's been on air since 1989, after all. The Simpsons isn't a run-of-the-mill sitcom, boasting more prominent distinctions than its animated style alone.
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Is GREY's Anatomy the longest running show?

Key Background. Pompeo, 52, who is now a producer on Grey's, told Insider last month she's been “trying to focus on convincing everybody that [Grey's Anatomy] should end." The show is the longest-running primetime medical drama in TV history, and is ABC's longest-running current show.
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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 was the first color TV show?

The First Color TV Shows

Two days later, on June 27, 1951, CBS began airing the first regularly scheduled color television series, "The World Is Yours!" with Ivan T. Sanderson.
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What was the very first sitcom on TV?

The first television sitcom was Pinwright´s Progress (BBC, UK, 1946-47) starring character actor James Hayter (UK) as J Pinwright, owner of the smallest multiple store in the world. The first US sitcom was Mary Kay and Johnny (DuMont 1947), domestic tales of New York newlyweds.
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Did they have TV in 1963?

April 1 – German terrestrial channel ZDF (pronounced tseht-day-ehf) begins broadcasting. May 15 – First television pictures transmitted from a US manned space capsule ("Faith 7"). Due to the poor picture quality, only NBC carries the transmission, and on tape-delay, not live.
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Who is the richest on GREY's anatomy?

Grey's Anatomy: The Main Characters, Ranked By Wealth
  • 8 Maggie Pierce.
  • 7 Atticus Lincoln.
  • 6 Amelia Shepherd.
  • 5 Meredith Grey.
  • 4 Cristina Yang.
  • 3 Derek Shepherd.
  • 2 Miranda Bailey.
  • 1 Jackson Avery.
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Will Greys anatomy ever end?

Grey's Anatomy remains the longest-running medical drama on American television, so if it was to end after Season 19, it would for sure leave a lasting legacy. At the moment, Grey's Anatomy Season 19 does not have an official release date but ABC has confirmed it will be a part of its Fall 2022 schedule.
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Is GREY's Anatomy losing viewers?

While the show's ratings have been dropping over the last few seasons, Grey's Anatomy season 18's ratings have been particularly bad. For many, this decline seems inevitable for a show running as long as Grey's Anatomy has been.
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What's the longest-running TV show still airing in 2021?

"The Simpsons"

Matt Groening's animated sitcom helped put the Fox network on the map -- and it's still going strong.
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Will Meredith Grey get Alzheimer's?

Grey is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, given it's hereditary. However, even though it seems likely, doesn't mean the possibility is well-liked.
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Who left GREY's 2022?

The first main cast member to leave the show was Giacomo Gianniotti, who played Dr. Andrew DeLuca. DeLuca was killed mid-season when he exposed a child trafficking ring and was stabbed in the process. Next to depart was Williams, who first joined the cast of Grey's Anatomy back in Season 6 as Dr.
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Who dies season 18 GREY's?

With enough blood only for one of them, Simon made the call himself, choosing to die but save his wife. Simon got to hold his newborn son for a few seconds before he took his last breath in one of the most emotional scenes of the finale.
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How much did Cristina Yang make per episode?

Sandra Oh. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sandra Oh is worth $25 million. She played Cristina Yang on the medical drama from 2005 to 2014, making about $350 thousand per episode.
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How much does Miranda Bailey make per episode?

$10 MILLION

Miranda Bailey on the beloved drama, has been nominated for four Emmys for her work, but sadly, she's never been named the winner. Early into the show's run, she was earning at least $125,000 per episode, but that has surely increased in the years since.
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Why did Denny Duquette have so much money?

Denny left his doctor a surprise gift

Duquette, Denny's father. But Mr. Duquette wasn't just there to meet the woman his son so quickly fell in love with, he was there to deliver a gift. As it turns out, one of Denny's final actions was to ensure his fiancé received an $8.7 million check upon his death.
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What year color TV came out?

At the 1939 World's Fair, RCA laboratories–now a part of SRI International–introduced the all-electronic television system. The invention of the television created an industry that forever changed the world. By 1953, RCA devised the first complete electronic color TV system.
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When did TV turn color?

Although colour TV was introduced to consumers in 1954, less than 1 percent of homes had a colour set by the end of that year. Ten years later, in fact, nearly 98 percent of American homes still did not have one. It was not until 1964…
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When did black and white TV end?

For 30 years of its existence (1936–67), television was entirely in black and white.
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What was the first sitcom with a laugh track?

A review of the sitcom The Hank McCune Show in a 1950 issue of Variety described the first known use of a laugh track on TV: “Although the show is lensed on film without a studio audience, there are chuckles and yucks dubbed in.
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