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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWE Monday Night RAW | Sports Entertainment | 120 | 15 | 760[1] | Yes |
| Doctor Who | Sci-Fi | 30, 45 or 60 | 29 | 725[2] | Yes |
| Lassie | Drama | 30 | 22 | 643 | No |
| Gunsmoke | Western | 30 or 60 | 20 | 635 | No |
| Saturday Night Live (SNL) | Comedy | 90 | 32 | 623[3] | Yes |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Sitcom | 30 | 14 | 435 | No |
| Bonanza | Western | 60 | 14 | 430 | No |
| The Real World | Reality | 30 | 18 | 420[4] | Yes |
| The Simpsons | Sitcom (Animated) | 30 | 19 | 409[5] | Yes |
| WWE Friday Night SmackDown! | Sports Entertainment | 120 | 8 | 387[6] | Yes |
| Law & Order | Drama | 60 | 17 | 383[7] | Yes |
| My Three Sons | Sitcom | 30 | 12 | 380 | No |
| Dallas | Soap Opera | 60 | 14 | 357 | No |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Sitcom | 30 | 11 | 351 | No |
| Knots Landing | Soap Opera | 60 | 14 | 344 | No |
| Beverly Hills 90210 | Soap Opera | 60 | 10 | 296 | No |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 291 | No |
| The Twilight Zone | Sci-Fi | 30 or 60* | 9 | 288 | No |
| Hawaii Five-O | Drama | 60 | 12 | 283 | No |
| ER | Drama | 60 | 13 | 280[8] | Yes |
| Dragnet | Drama | 30 | 8 | 276 | No |
| The Donna Reed Show | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 275 | No |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Sitcom | 30 | 9 | 274 | No |
| 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 | 254 | 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 |
| 7th Heaven | Family Drama | 60 | 11 | 243 | 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 |
| Petticoat Junction | Sitcom | 30 | 7 | 222 | No |
| Roseanne | Sitcom | 30 | 9 | 222 | No |
| The Waltons | Family Drama | 60 | 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[9] | Yes |
| The Facts of Life | Sitcom | 30 | 9 | 209 | No |
| One Day at a Time | Sitcom | 30 | 9 | 209 | No |
| Stargate SG-1 | Sci-Fi | 60 | 9 | 207[10] | Yes |
| The King of Queens | Sitcom | 30 | 9 | 207[11] | No |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Drama | 60 | 6 | 206 | No |
| King of the Hill | Sitcom | 30 | 11 | 206[12] | Yes |
| Home Improvement | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 204 | No |
| Father Knows Best | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 203 | No |
| Little House on the Prairie | Drama | 60 | 9 | 203 | No |
| The Outer Limits | Sci-Fi | 60 | 9 | 203 | No |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Action | 60 | 9 | 203 | No |
| Alice | Sitcom | 30 | 9 | 202 | 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 (Animated) | 30 | 7 | 199 | No |
| Survivor | Reality (Competition) | 60 | 15 | 198[13] | Yes |
| Who's the Boss | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 196 | No |
| Matlock | Drama | 60 | 10 | 195 | No |
| Mannix | Drama | 60 | 10 | 194 | No |
| Night Court | Sitcom | 30 | 9 | 193 | No |
| Full House | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 192 | No |
| Diff'rent Strokes | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 189 | 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 & Shirley | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 178 | No |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Sci-Fi | 60 | 7 | 176 | No |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Drama | 60 | 8 | 174[14] | Yes |
| 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 |
| Green Acres | Sitcom | 30 | 6 | 170 | No |
| Barney Miller | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 170 | No |
| Empty Nest | Sitcom | 30 | 7 | 170 | No |
| Hogan's Heroes | Sitcom | 30 | 6 | 168 | No |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Sitcom | 30 | 7 | 168 | No |
| South Park | Sitcom (Animated) | 30 | 11 | 167[15] | Yes |
| The Flintstones | Sitcom (Animated) | 30 | 6 | 166 | No |
| Growing Pains | Sitcom | 30 | 7 | 166 | No |
| Daniel Boone | Adventure | 60 | 6 | 165 | No |
| Mad About You | Sitcom | 30 | 7 | 164 | No |
| Designing Women | Sitcom | 30 | 7 | 163 | 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 |
| Benson | Sitcom | 30 | 7 | 158 | No |
| Fantasy Island | Drama | 60 | 7 | 157 | No |
| The Lucy Show | Sitcom | 30 | 6 | 156 | 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 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Sitcom | 30 | 5 | 155 | No |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Drama | 60 | 7 | 154[16] | Yes |
| Malcolm in the Middle | Sitcom | 30 | 7 | 151 | No |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Drama | 30 | 7 | 151 | No |
| Gomer Pyle, USMC | Sitcom | 30 | 5 | 150 | No |
| Webster | Sitcom | 30 | 6 | 150 | No |
| Perfect Strangers | Sitcom | 30 | 8 | 150 | No |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Drama | 60 | 6 | 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
- ^ As of Dec. 17th, 2007
- ^ As of December 25, 2006
- ^ As of May 12, 2007
- ^ As of January 17, 2007
- ^ As of Dec. 15th, 2007
- ^ As of January 26, 2007
- ^ As of January 12, 2007
- ^ As of January 11, 2007
- ^ As of September 27, 2004
- ^ As of January 23, 2007
- ^ As of the end of the ninth season on May 14, 2007
- ^ As of April 1, 2007
- ^ As of December 17, 2006
- ^ As of January 16, 2007
- ^ As of November 14, 2007
- ^ As of January 24, 2007
