Blue Peter (1958 - Present) Beating the Germans by a single year, the UK's Blue Peter boasts the title of the world's longest-running children's show. It became part of BBC schedules in 1958 and has been informing children of all sorts for nearly 65 years.
"The Simpsons" (1989-Present)
With well over 700 episodes, "The Simpsons" is the longest-running scripted primetime TV series.
Sesame Street is not only the longest-running children's television show of all time—it's one of the longest-running TV shows ever, period. The series has been on the air for more than 50 seasons, and it remains popular among both children and adults.
Sesame Street is older than The Simpsons, but the longest-running show? Oh, no. Not even close. The Simpsons is the longest-running animated series in the United States.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children under 18 months have no exposure to screens (unless they're video chatting with a family member or friend). And even kids older than 1½ should watch or play with screen-based media in small, supervised doses.
Turn-On is an American sketch comedy series that aired on ABC in February 1969. Only one episode was shown, leaving one episode unaired, and the show is considered one of the most infamous flops in TV history.
Unless you count Sense8's 152-minute finale, which originally aired as a standalone movie, or Norway's “Slow TV” phenomenon, (real-time, marathon broadcasts of train rides, knitting contests, and fishing outings that draw surprisingly robust ratings), that may make it the longest single television episode ever made.
Since its debut on December 17, 1989, 750 episodes of the show have been broadcast. It is the longest-running American animated series, longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running American scripted primetime television series, both in terms of seasons and number of episodes.
The longest career as a TV presenter is 69 years 219 days, achieved by Sir David Attenborough (UK) between 2 September 1953 and 9 April 2023. Naturalist Sir David Attenborough made his on-screen debut on Animal Disguises (UK) on BBC Children's Television on 2 September 1953.
The longest-running anime TV series is Fuji TV's Sazae-san (Japan), which was first broadcast on 5 October 1969 and has run for 53 years 58 days, as of 2 December 2022. Produced by the studio Eiken, the animation features Sazae and her family focusing on day-to-day life in the suburbs.
The most hours on US television is 16,746.50 hours by presenter Regis Philbin (USA) whose career spans 52 years as of 15 September 2011. Regis Philbin's career started in San Diego in 1958.
How Many TV Shows Are Available to Watch Across Streaming and Traditional Television Platforms? According to Neilsen's State of Play report, between February 2021 and February 2022, 817,000 individual TV programs became available to choose from.
“Part of the reason the episodes are a bit longer is that we have a huge ensemble of characters. And by the way, fans love each and every one of them. To give them their due episode over episode, it just means the episodes need to expand to fit them.
And while it's cheaper to produce a 10-episode season versus 12 or 13, “a 10-episode season can still be sold internationally and to other platforms,” says Lederman, who notes that sometimes, actors are more attracted to a show with a shorter season lengths, which gives them more time each year to pursue other projects ...
Both the Basic and Basic with ads plans allow you to watch Netflix on one screen only. With a Standard subscription, you can watch Netflix on two screens at the same time. Those with a Premium plan are able to watch Netflix on four screens at once.
Though the Apollo 11 Moon landing is the most watched television event in American history, it is considered a news event, meaning that Fox's live telecast of Super Bowl LVII in 2023 holds the record for the largest average viewership of any live single network U.S. television broadcast, with 115.1 million viewers.
Answer: The top 10 most-watched series on Netflix are 'Squid Game,' 'Stranger Things' (seasons 3 and 4), Money Heist (parts 4 and 5), 'DAHMER — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story', 'Wednesday', 'Bridgerton' (seasons 1 and 2), 'The Night Agent' (season 1), 'Lucifer', 'All of Us Are Dead' and 'The Witcher'.
Football, of course, remains the dominant story in broadcast and cable. The most-watched program in primetime continues to be NBC's “Sunday Night Football,” averaging 18 million viewers.
As far as I'm aware, FLCL is the shortest with 6 episodes each around 20 minutes, summing up to a good 2 hours.
Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece has been serialized by Shueisha in the shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 22, 1997. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on December 24, 1997.
Betty's 80+ years in television is officially the longest career in the history of TV. She was the first woman to produce a national TV show; the first woman to star in a sitcom; and the first woman to receive an Emmy nomination.