List of television programs by episode count

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This is a list of the prime time episodic television programs by episode count with 150 episodes minimum.

Program Name Genre Episode Length
(min)
Seasons Episode Count In Production
Doctor Who Sci-Fi 30, 45 or 60 29 723[1] Yes
WWE Monday Night RAW Sports Entertainment 120 15 702[2] Yes
Lassie Sitcom 30 22 643 No
Gunsmoke Western 30 or 60 20 635 No
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Sitcom 30 14 435 No
The Real World Reality 30 18 409[3] Yes
The Simpsons Sitcom 30 18 382[4] Yes
My Three Sons Sitcom 30 12 380 No
Law & Order Drama 60 17 379[5] Yes
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Sports Entertainment 120 8 376[5] Yes
Dallas Soap Opera 60 14 357 No
The Danny Thomas Show Sitcom 30 11 351 No
Knots Landing Soap Opera 60 14 344 No
The Twilight Zone Sci-Fi 30 or 60* 9 288 No
Hawaii Five-O Drama 60 12 283 No
Dragnet Drama 30 8 276 No
ER Drama 60 13 274[6] Yes
Cheers Sitcom 30 11 273 No
Perry Mason Drama 60 9 271 No
Frasier Sitcom 30 11 265 No
Murder, She Wrote Drama 60 12 264 No
Married... with Children Sitcom 30 11 263 No
NYPD Blue Drama 60 12 261 No
Happy Days Sitcom 30 11 255 No
The Jeffersons Sitcom 30 11 253 No
Bewitched Sitcom 30 8 252 No
M*A*S*H Sitcom 30 11 251 No
The Andy Griffith Show Sitcom 30 8 249 No
The Love Boat Sitcom 60 10 249 No
Murphy Brown Sitcom 30 10 247 No
Baywatch Drama 60 11 242 No
Friends Sitcom 30 10 236 No
Leave It to Beaver Sitcom 30 6 234 No
The Drew Carey Show Sitcom 30 9 233 No
JAG Drama 60 10 227 No
Falcon Crest Soap Opera 60 9 227 No
Melrose Place Soap Opera 60 7 227 No
7th Heaven Family Drama 60 11 227[4] Yes
Roseanne Sitcom 30 9 222 No
The Waltons Sitcom 30 9 221 No
Dynasty Soap Opera 60 9 220 No
Family Matters Sitcom 30 9 215 No
All in the Family Sitcom 30 9 212 No
Touched by an Angel Drama 60 9 212 No
Everybody Loves Raymond Sitcom 30 9 210 No
Road Rules Reality 30 13 210[7] Yes
The Facts of Life Sitcom 30 9 209 No
One Day at a Time Sitcom 30 9 209 No
Home Improvement Sitcom 30 8 204 No
Stargate SG-1 Sci-Fi 60 9 204[8] Yes
Father Knows Best Sitcom 30 8 203 No
The Outer Limits Sci-Fi 60 9 203 No
Walker, Texas Ranger Action 60 9 203 No
The X-Files Sci-Fi 60 9 201 No
The Cosby Show Sitcom 30 8 201 No
That 70's Show Sitcom 30 8 200 No
Beavis and Butt-head Sitcom 30 7 199 No
Who's the Boss Sitcom 30 8 196 No
Matlock Drama 60 10 195 No
The King of Queens Sitcom 30 8 194[9] Yes
Night Court Sitcom 30 9 193 No
Survivor Reality 60 13 193[10] Yes
Full House Sitcom 30 8 192 No
Newhart Sitcom 30 8 186 No
Seinfeld Sitcom 30 9 181 No
I Love Lucy Sitcom 30 6 180 No
Family Ties Sitcom 30 7 180 No
The Golden Girls Sitcom 30 7 180 No
Will and Grace Sitcom 30 8 179 No
Charmed Drama 60 8 178 No
Star Trek: The Next Generation Sci-Fi 60 7 178 No
Diagnosis Murder Drama 60 8 178 No
Laverne and Shirley Sitcom 30 8 178 No
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Sci-Fi 60 7 176 No
Star Trek: Voyager Sci-Fi 60 7 172 No
Three's Company Sitcom 30 8 172 No
Wings Sitcom 30 8 172 No
L.A. Law Drama 60 8 171 No
Mission: Impossible Drama 60 7 171 No
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Sitcom 30 7 168 No
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Drama 60 8 168[11] Yes
The Flintstones Sitcom 30 6 166 No
Growing Pains Sitcom 30 7 166 No
Mad About You Sitcom 30 7 164 No
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Sitcom 30 7 163 No
Magnum, P.I. Drama 60 8 162 No
The Dick Van Dyke Show Sitcom 30 5 158 No
Simon and Simon Drama 60 8 156 No
Boy Meets World Sitcom 30 7 156 No
The West Wing Drama 60 7 156 No
South Park Sitcom 30 10 153[12] Yes
Malcolm in the Middle Sitcom 30 7 151 No
Trapper John, M.D. Sitcom 30 7 151 No
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Drama 60 6 150 No
Perfect Strangers Sitcom 30 8 150 No
  • Some seasons of Doctor Who and The Twilight Zone had 30-minute episodes, while others had 60-minute episodes. The new generation of Doctor Who is 45 minutes long.

[edit] References/Notes

  1. ^ As of July 8, 2006
  2. ^ As of November 6, 2006
  3. ^ As of August 15, 2006
  4. ^ a b As of November 5, 2006
  5. ^ a b As of November 10, 2006
  6. ^ As of November 9, 2006
  7. ^ As of September 27, 2004
  8. ^ As of September 22, 2006
  9. ^ As of the end of the eighth season, May 2006
  10. ^ As of November 16, 2006
  11. ^ As of October 31, 2006
  12. ^ As of November 19, 2006

[edit] External links

  • www.angelfire.com/trek/proutsy/ -- A list of long-running US shows (copy and paste URL to get around spam filter)