Longest running variety show in the world

Television is a competitive industry, so any TV series that gets picked up past its first season should consider itself lucky.

It’s rare when a series is popular enough to survive casting changes, cultural shifts, and disruptions in the media landscape. From daytime soap operas to late-night comedy programs, these are the 50 longest-running TV shows in history.

Soap operas are known for their longevity; they are also notorious for following complicated storylines over multiple seasons.

Longest series in the world by episodes

Even by the standards of the genre, the British series Coronation Street has been around for a while. It premiered in 1960 and is still airing today. If you count its years as a radio drama, the soap opera Guiding Light technically ran longer.

After it began airing in 1937, it transitioned to television in 1952 and ran for 57 years until its cancellation in 2009.

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The list of longest-running TV shows also includes several comedies.

After nearly seven decades on the air with several different hosts, The Tonight Show

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