List of longest running U.S. cable television series

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This is a list of the longest running United States cable television series, ordered by number of broadcast seasons.

To qualify for this list, the programming must originate in North America and shown nationally in the United States and be first-run (as opposed to a repackaging of previously-aired material or material released in other media). For the purposes of this list, series that were available only on a local or regional basis will be excluded. For series that originated on U.S. broadcast networks (or broadcast syndication) and then was picked up by a national cable network, only the amount aired nationally on cable as original programming is represented here.

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Contents

[edit] 25 seasons and up

Number of
seasons on
U.S. cable		 Series Network First broadcast Last broadcast Number of
episodes
30 700 Club [1] CBN/Family/Fox Family/
ABC Family		 1977 present
30 Inside the NFL HBO 1977 present
28 SportsCenter ESPN September 7, 1979 present ~30,000
27 Bobby Jones Gospel BET January 27, 1980 present
27 Moneyline [2] CNN June 1, 1980 present
27 Washington Journal [3] C-SPAN October 7, 1980 present

[edit] 20-24 seasons

Number of
seasons		 Series Network First broadcast Last broadcast Number of
episodes
24 WCW Saturday Night[4] WTCG/WTBS/TBS December 17, 1976[5] June 24, 2000
24 Gilad's Bodies in Motion ESPN 1983 1994
Fox Sports Net 1994 1995
Discovery Health 1995 2004
FitTV 2004 present
23 Crossfire CNN 1982 June 3, 2005
22 National Geographic Explorer [6] Nickelodeon 1985 1986
WTBS/TBS 1986 1999
CNBC 1999 2001
MSNBC[7] 2001 2005
National Geographic 2005 present
22 Larry King Live CNN June 3, 1985 present
22 Grand Ole Opry Live [8] TNN April 20, 1985 August 2001
CMT August 2001 2003
GAC [9] 2003 present
21 Style with Elsa Klensch CNN June 1, 1980 January 2001
20 Sunday NFL Countdown ESPN September 7, 1987 present
20 College GameDay (football series) ESPN September 1987 present
20 NFL Primetime ESPN 1987 present
20 Biography [10] A&E April 6, 1987 [11] August 2006
Biography Channel August 2006 present [12]
20 Evans and Novak [13] CNN September 1982 November 9, 2002
20 Moneyline CNN June 1, 1980 2000

[edit] 15-19 seasons

Number of
seasons on
U.S. cable		 Series Network First broadcast Last broadcast Number of
episodes
19 The Sports Reporters ESPN [14] October 9, 1988 present
19 ESPN Sunday Night Football [15] ESPN November 8, 1987 [16] January 1, 2006
18 Showbiz Today [17] CNN October 29, 1984 2002
18 The Real World [18] MTV May 21, 1992 present 383
17 Baseball Tonight ESPN March 19, 1990 present
17 ESPN Major League Baseball [19] ESPN, ESPN2 [20] April 15, 1990 present
17 Outside the Lines ESPN 1990 present
17 USA Tuesday Night Fights USA March 30, 1982 1998
17 The Capital Gang CNN September 7, 1988 2005
16 MTV Unplugged MTV November 26, 1989 November 10, 2005[21] 108
16 Booknotes C-SPAN April 2, 1989 December 5, 2004
16 E! News [22] E! September 1, 1991 present
16 Investigative Reports A&E September 27, 1991 present
15 Nick News Nickelodeon 1983 1997
15 Reliable Sources CNN March 7, 1992 present

[edit] 10-14 seasons

Number of
seasons on
U.S. cable		 Series Network First broadcast Last broadcast Number of
episodes


14 An Evening at the Improv A&E February 3, 1982 January 1, 1996
14 SpeedWeek ESPN 1983 1997
14 Video Soul BET June 26, 1983 1997
14 WWE Monday Night Raw USA January 11, 1993 September 18, 2000 700+
TNN/Spike TV September 25, 2000 July 30, 2005
USA August 6, 2005 present
14 NFL Matchup ESPN, ESPN2 [23] September 5, 1993 present
14 Monday Night Countdown ESPN September 6, 1993 present
13 Real World/Road Rules Challenge MTV September 28, 1997 present
13 Inside the Actors Studio Bravo August 14, 1994 present
13 Homes Across America [24] HGTV December 1994 October 12, 2005
13 Road Rules MTV July 19, 1995 September 27, 2004[25]
12 Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO 1995 present
12 Modern Marvels History Channel January 1, 1995 present 350+
12 Golf Talk Golf Channel January 17, 1995 present
12 Golf Central Golf Channel January 18, 1995 present
12 Squawk Box CNBC 1995 present
11 House of Style MTV January 1, 1989 2000
11 Talk Soup E! December 26, 1991 May 17, 2002
11 The Howard Stern Show E! June 18, 1994 July 8, 2005
11 All That Nickelodeon September 6, 1994 [26] October 22, 2005
11 The Daily Show Comedy Central July 22, 1996 present
11 Imus in the Morning [27] MSNBC September 2, 1996 present
11 Fox News Live Fox News Channel October 6, 1996 present
11 Your World with Neil Cavuto Fox News Channel October 6, 1996 present
11 The O'Reilly Factor [28] Fox News Channel October 6, 1996 present
11 Hannity & Colmes Fox News Channel October 6, 1996 present
11 E! True Hollywood Story E! 1996 present
11 Gardening by the Yard HGTV 1996 present
11 A Wedding Story TLC 1996 present
10 Nashville Now TNN March 1, 1983 January 1, 1993
10 Getting Fit ESPN 1987 1997
10 Mystery Science Theater 3000 [29] Comedy Central November 27, 1989 May 18, 1996 198
Sci Fi Channel February 1, 1997 August 8, 1999 [30]
10 The Crocodile Hunter Animal Planet October 1996 2006 345
10 Stargate SG-1 [31] Showtime July 27, 1997 May 17, 2002 215 [32]
Sci Fi Channel June 7, 2002 2007 [33]
10 Hardball with Chris Matthews [34] CNBC 1997 1999
MSNBC 1999 present
10 South Park Comedy Central August 13, 1997 present 152
10 Emeril Live Food Network 1997 present
10 Denise Austin's Daily Workout Lifetime 1997 present
10 NFL Films Presents [35] ESPN 1997 present
NFL Network November 4, 2003 present

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Aired locally on WYAH-TV Portsmouth, Virginia, 1966-1977, syndicated 1972-present; evolved from locally-broadcast telethons 1962-1966
  2. ^ Became Lou Dobbs Moneyline in 2001, Lou Dobbs Tonight in 2003
  3. ^ Weekend editions are simulcast on the BBC Parliament channel with the name America This Week
  4. ^ Previously Georgia Championship Wrestling (1972-1984), World Championship Wrestling (1984-1992)
  5. ^ Date when WTCG was distributed nationally via cable (WTCG evolved into TBS). Broadcast on WTCG started January 1972.
  6. ^ Host: Tom Chapin (1985-1988), Robert Urich (1988-1995), Bob Ballard (1988-1995), Boyd Matson (1995-2003), Michael Fay (2001), Lisa Ling (2003-)
  7. ^ Show renamed National Geographic Ultimate Explorer 2003-2005
  8. ^ Oldest continuously running radio program, airing on WSM radio, Nashville, Tennessee
  9. ^ As Grand Ole Opry Live!
  10. ^ Originated on CBS
  11. ^ Reran CBS originals, 1984-1987
  12. ^ Rebroadcast A&E originals, 1999-2006
  13. ^ Other names: Evans, Novak, Hunt, and Shields (1998-2001), Novak, Hunt, and Shields (2001-2002)
  14. ^ Program rebroadcast later the same day on ESPNEWS
  15. ^ Moved to NBC in 2006, at which time Monday Night Football moves from ABC to ESPN
  16. ^ Sunday Night Football shared with TNT, with TNT getting the first half of the season, ESPN the second half, 1990-1997
  17. ^ Also known as CNN Showbiz Today
  18. ^ According to MTV, 18th season begins November 22, 2006
  19. ^ Includes Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball, etc.
  20. ^ ESPN2 started broadcasting major league baseball games in 2002 in addition to those offered by ESPN
  21. ^ New episodes sporadic after 2001
  22. ^ Previously E! News Daily and E! News Live
  23. ^ Presently, each episode first airs on ESPN2 on Fridays, then is repeated on ESPN two days later
  24. ^ Had 13 week seasons, according to HGTV
  25. ^ The start of Season 14 has been announced for January 2007
  26. ^ "Special preview" airing, April 16, 1994
  27. ^ Simulcast of live program at WFAN New York
  28. ^ Originally The O'Reilly Report
  29. ^ Also known as MST3K; first aired locally on KTMA, 1988-1989
  30. ^ official end of series, although one "unofficial" episode (Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders) was shown a month later
  31. ^ Longest-running science fiction series in the United States.
  32. ^ According to Sci Fi Wire
  33. ^ Cancellation announced by Sci Fi Channel, August 21, 2006
  34. ^ Originally Politics with Chris Matthews
  35. ^ First-run syndication 1968-1997
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