List of longest-running U.S. primetime television series with continuing characters

This is a list of the '''longest-running primetime television series with continuing characters in the United States'''. Only shows that have run on a traditional broadcast network for seven or more seasons are included. Those that moved to syndication or a cable network are noted below.

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! Number of<br />seasons || Series || Network || First air date || Last air date || Number of<br />episodes
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|28
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
| 1989-12-17
| Present
| 606
|-
|20
| ''[[Gunsmoke#Television series (1955-1975)|Gunsmoke]]''<ref>''Gunsmoke'' was a half-hour in its first six seasons and a full hour for the rest of its run. The half-hour EDition was retitled ''Marshal Dillon'' in syndication.</ref>
| [[CBS]]
| 1955-09-10
| 1975-03-31
| 635
|-
|20
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
| [[NBC]]
| 1990-09-13
| 2010-05-24
| 456
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|18
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| NBC
| 1999-09-20
| Present
| 395
|-
| 17<ref name="LassieLength">''Lassie'' ran for a total of 19 seasons and 591 episodes. The final two seasons aired in syndication.</ref>
| ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]''
| CBS<ref name="LassieLength"/>
| 1954-09-12
| 1971-03-21<ref name="LassieLength"/>
| 547<ref name="LassieLength"/>
|-
|15<ref name="CSI">''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' officially ended its run with ''[[Immortality (CSI)|Immortality]]'' on September 27, 2015. The TV movie is considered The Two-episode 16th season, bringing the episode total to 337.</ref>
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
| CBS
| 2000-10-06
| 2015-02-15<ref name="CSI" />
| 335<ref name="CSI" />
|-
|15
| ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
| NBC
| 1994-09-19
| 2009-04-02
| 331
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|15
| ''[[Family Guy]]''
| FOX
| 1999-01-31
| Present
| 276<ref>''Family Guy'' has two episodes that did not originally air on FOX. "[[When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]" originally aired on Adult Swim and "[[Partial Terms of Endearment]]" originally aired in the UK.</ref>
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|14
| ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
| CBS
| 2003-09-23
| Present
| 316
|-
|14
| ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1952-10-03
| 1966-04-23
| 434
|-
|14
| ''[[Bonanza]]''
| NBC
| 1959-09-12
| 1973-01-16
| 431
|-
|14
| ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''
| CBS
| 1978-04-02
| 1991-05-03
| 357
|-
|14
| ''[[Knots Landing]]''
| CBS
| 1979-12-27
| 1993-05-13
| 344
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|13
| ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
| ABC
| 2005-03-27
| Present
| 278
|-
|13
| ''[[King of the Hill]]''
| FOX<ref name="KingoftheHill">Four more episodes of ''King of the Hill'' aired after its official final broadcast, bringing the total to 259.</ref>
| 1997-01-12
| 2009-09-13<ref name="KingoftheHill"/>
| 255<ref name="KingoftheHill"/>
|-
|12
| ''[[My Three Sons]]''
| ABC <small>(1960-1965)</small><br/>CBS <small>(1965-1972)</small>
| 1960-09-29
| 1972-04-13
| 380
|-
|12
| ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]''
| CBS
| 1968-09-26
| 1980-04-26
| 279
|-
|12
| ''[[[...], She Wrote]]''
| CBS
| 1984-09-30
| 1996-05-19
| 264
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|12
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| CBS
| 2005-09-22
| Present
| 263
|-
|12
| ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
| CBS
| 2003-09-22
| 2015-02-19
| 262
|-
|12
| ''[[NYPD Blue]]''
| ABC
| 1993-09-21
| 2005-03-01
| 261
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|12
| ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''
| WB <small>(2005-2006)</small><br />CW <small>(2006-)</small>
| 2005-09-13
| Present
| 249
|-
|11
| ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]''<ref>For its first three seasons, ''The Danny Thomas Show'' aired as ''Make Room for Daddy''.</ref>
| ABC <small>(1953-1957)</small><br />CBS <small>(1957-1964)</small>
| 1953-09-29
| 1964-04-27
| 343
|-
|11
| ''[[Cheers]]''
| NBC
| 1982-09-30
| 1993-05-20
| 275
|-
|11
| ''[[Frasier]]''
| NBC
| 1993-09-16
| 2004-05-13
| 264
|-
|11
| ''[[Married... with Children]]''
| FOX
| 1987-04-05
| 1997-06-09<ref name="MarriedwithChildren">''Married... with Children'' has one episode that did not originally air on FOX - "[[I'll See You in Court]]" - bringing the total to 259.</ref>
| 258<ref name="MarriedwithChildren" />
|-
|11
| ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''
| CBS
| 1972-09-17
| 1983-02-28
| 256
|-
|11
| ''[[Happy Days]]''
| ABC
| 1974-01-15
| 1984-09-27
| 255
|-
|11
| ''[[The Jeffersons]]''
| CBS
| 1975-01-18
| 1985-06-25
| 253
|-
|11
|''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''
| [[The WB|WB]] <small>(1996-2006)</small><br />[[The CW|CW]] <small>(2006-2007)</small>
| 1996-08-26
| 2007-05-13
| 243
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|11
| ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''
| FOX
| 2005-09-13
| Present
| 234
|-
|11<ref name="AmericanDad">The number of seasons of ''American Dad!'' is disputed. While some sources claim 2013-14 is its ninth season, its Wikipedia articles treat it as the 10th season.</ref>
| ''[[American Dad!]]''
| FOX<ref name="AmericanDad2">''American Dad!'' moved to TBS in 2014 for additional seasons.</ref>
| 2005-02-06
| 2014-09-21<ref name="AmericanDad2"/>
| 175<ref name="AmericanDad2"/>
|-
|10
| ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''
| FOX
| 1990-10-04
| 2000-05-17
| 293
|-
|10
| ''[[Murphy Brown]]''
| CBS
| 1988-11-14
| 1998-05-18
| 247
|-
|10
| ''[[Friends]]''
| NBC
| 1994-09-22
| 2004-05-06
| 236
|-
|10
| ''[[CSI: Miami]]''
| CBS
| 2002-09-23
| 2012-04-08
| 232
|-
|10
| ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]''
| NBC <small>(1995-1996)</small><br />CBS <small>(1997-2005)</small>
| 1995-09-01
| 2005-04-29
| 226<ref>''JAG'' has one episode that did not originally air on NBC - "Skeleton Crew" - bringing the total to 227.</ref>
|-
|10
| ''[[Smallville]]''
| WB <small>(2001-2006)</small><br />CW <small>(2006-2011)</small>
| 2001-10-16
| 2011-05-13
| 218
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|10
| ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''
| CBS
| 2007-09-24
| Present
| 218
|-
|10
| ''[[Columbo]]''
| NBC <small>(1971-1978)</small><br/>ABC <small>(1989-1992)</small>
| 1971-09-15<ref name="Columbo">''Columbo'' began with two pilot movies on NBC and ended with eight specials on ABC.</ref>
| 1992-11-22<ref name="Columbo"/>
| 061<ref name="Columbo"/>
|-
|09
| ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
| CBS
| 1962-09-26
| 1971-03-23
| 274
|-
|09
| ''[[Perry Mason (TV series)|Perry Mason]]''
| CBS
| 1957-09-21
| 1966-05-22
| 271
|-
|09
| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''<ref>In its final season, the title of ''The Virginian'' was changed to ''The Men from Shiloh''.</ref>
| NBC
| 1962-09-19
| 1971-03-24
| 249
|-
|09
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| ABC
| 1977-09-24<ref>''The Love Boat'' had two pilot movies that aired on September 18, 1976 and January 21, 1977.</ref>
| 1986-05-24
| 244
|-
|09
| ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]''
| ABC
| 1965-09-19
| 1974-04-28
| 240
|-
|09
| ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''
| ABC
| 1995-09-13
| 2004-09-08
| 233
|-
|09
| ''[[Falcon Crest]]''
| CBS
| 1981-12-04
| 1990-05-17
| 227
|-
|09
| ''[[Roseanne]]''
| ABC
| 1988-10-18
| 1997-05-20
| 222
|-
|09
| ''[[The Waltons]]''
| CBS
| 1972-09-14<ref>''The Waltons'' began on December 19, 1971 with the TV movie ''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story''.</ref>
| 1981-06-04
| 221
|-
|09
| ''[[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]]''
| ABC
| 1981-01-12
| 1989-05-11
| 220
|-
|09
| ''[[Family Matters]]''
| ABC <small>(1989-1997)</small><br/>CBS <small>(1997-1998)</small>
| 1989-09-22
| 1998-07-17
| 215
|-
|09
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| CBS
| 1994-09-21
| 2003-04-27
| 212
|-
|09
| ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''
| CBS
| 1996-09-13
| 2005-05-16
| 210
|-
|09
| ''[[One Day at a Time]]''
| CBS
| 1975-12-16
| 1984-05-28
| 209
|-
|09
| ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''
| CBS
| 2005-09-19
| 2014-03-31
| 208
|-
|09
| ''[[The King of Queens]]''
| CBS
| 1998-09-21
| 2007-05-14
| 207
|-
|09
| ''[[All in the Family]]''
| CBS
| 1971-01-12
| 1979-04-08
| 205
|-
|09
| ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''<ref>In its final season, the title of ''Little House on the Prairie'' was changed to ''Little House: A New Beginning''.</ref>
| NBC
| 1974-09-11
| 1983-03-21
| 204
|-
|09
| ''[[Alice (TV series)|Alice]]''
| CBS
| 1976-08-31
| 1985-03-19
| 202
|-
|09<ref name="XFiles">In 2016, ''The X-Files'' returned to television as a six-episode event series, bringing the season total to ten and the episode total to 208.</ref>
| ''[[The X-Files]]''
| FOX
| 1993-09-10
| 2002-05-19<ref name="XFiles"/>
| 202<ref name="XFiles"/>
|-
|09
| ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]''
| NBC
| 1979-08-24
| 1988-05-07
| 201
|-
|09
| ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]''
| NBC
| 2005-03-24
| 2013-05-16
| 201
|-
|09
| ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]''
| ABC
| 1989-02-28
| 1997-05-14
| 197
|-
|09
| ''[[CSI: NY]]''
| CBS
| 2004-09-22
| 2013-02-22
| 197
|-
|09
| ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]''
| NBC <small>(1986-1992)</small><br/>ABC <small>(1992-1995)</small>
| 1986-09-23
| 1995-05-07
| 195
|-
|09
| ''[[Night Court]]''
| NBC
| 1984-01-04
| 1992-05-31
| 193
|-
|09
| ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]''
| WB <small>(2003-2006)</small><br/>CW <small>(2006-2012)</small>
| 2003-09-23
| 2012-04-04
| 187
|-
|09
| ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''
| NBC <small>(2001-2008)</small><br/>ABC <small>(2009-2010)</small>
| 2001-10-02
| 2010-03-17
| 182
|-
|09
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| NBC
| 1989-07-05
| 1998-05-14
| 180
|-
|08
| ''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]''
| CBS
| 1950-10-12
| 1958-09-15
| 291
|-
|08
| ''[[Wagon Train]]''
| NBC <small>(1957-1962)</small><br />ABC <small>(1962-1965)</small>
| 1957-09-18
| 1965-05-02
| 284
|-
|08
| ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]''
| NBC
| 1951-12-16
| 1959-08-23
| 276
|-
|08
| ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]''
| ABC
| 1958-09-24
| 1966-03-19
| 275
|-
|08<ref name="Mama">An additional season of ''Mama'' aired on Sunday afternoons, bringing the episode total to 283.</ref>
| ''[[Mama (TV series)|Mama]]''
| CBS
| 1949-07-01
| 1956-07-27<ref name="Mama" />
| 261<ref name="Mama" />
|-
|08
| ''[[Bewitched]]''
| ABC
| 1964-09-17
| 1972-03-25
| 254
|-
|08
| ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''
| CBS
| 1960-10-03
| 1968-04-01
| 249
|-
|08
| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''
| CBS
| 1959-01-09
| 1965-12-07
| 217
|-
|08
| ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
| ABC
| 1991-09-17
| 1999-05-25
| 204
|-
|08
| ''[[The Cosby Show]]''
| NBC
| 1984-09-20
| 1992-04-30
| 202
|-
|08
| ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''
| CBS
| 1993-04-21
| 2001-05-19
| 201
|-
|08
| ''[[That '70s Show]]''
| FOX
| 1998-08-23
| 2006-05-18
| 200
|-
|08
| ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]''
| NBC
| 1967-09-14<ref>''Ironside'' began with the pilot movie ''A Man Called Ironside'' on March 28, 1967.</ref>
| 1975-01-16<ref name="Ironside">''Ironside'' had three additional episodes after its official final broadcast, bringing the total to 199.</ref>
| 196<ref name="Ironside" />
|-
|08
| ''[[Who's the Boss?]]''
| ABC
| 1984-09-20
| 1992-04-25
| 196
|-
|08
| ''[[Mannix]]''
| CBS
| 1967-09-16
| 1975-04-13
| 194
|-
|08
| ''[[Will & Grace]]''
| NBC
| 1998-09-21
| 2006-05-18
| 194
|-
|08
| ''[[Full House]]''
| ABC
| 1987-09-22
| 1995-05-23
| 192
|-
|08<ref name="24LiveAnotherDay">In 2014, ''24'' returned to television with the 12-episode event series ''[[24: Live Another Day]]'', bringing the season total to nine and the episode total to 204.</ref>
| ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''
| FOX
| 2001-11-06
| 2010-05-24<ref name="24LiveAnotherDay" />
| 192<ref name="24LiveAnotherDay" />
|-
|08
| ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]''
| NBC <small>(1978-1985)</small><br />ABC <small>(1985-1986)</small>
| 1978-11-03
| 1986-03-07
| 189
|-
|08
| ''[[Newhart]]''
| CBS
| 1982-10-25
| 1990-05-21
| 184
|-
|08
| ''[[According to Jim]]''
| ABC
| 2001-10-03
| 2009-06-02
| 182
|-
|08
| ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
| ABC
| 2004-10-03
| 2012-05-13
| 180
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|08
| ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''
| CBS
| 2009-09-22
| Present
| 179
|-
|08
| ''[[Barnaby Jones]]''
| CBS
| 1973-01-28
| 1980-04-03
| 178
|-
|08
| ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]''
| ABC
| 1976-01-27
| 1983-05-10
| 178
|-
|08
| ''[[Diagnosis: [...]]]''
| CBS
| 1993-10-29
| 2001-05-11
| 178
|-
|08
| ''[[The Practice]]''
| ABC
| 1997-03-04
| 2004-05-16
| 178
|-
|08
| ''[[Charmed]]''
| WB
| 1998-10-07
| 2006-05-21
| 178
|-
|08
| ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
| FOX
| 2004-11-16
| 2012-05-21
| 177
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|08
| ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]''
| ABC
| 2009-09-30
| Present
| 177
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|08
| ''[[Modern Family]]''
| ABC
| 2009-09-23
| Present
| 175
|-
|08
| ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
| ABC
| 2009-03-09
| 2016-05-16
| 173
|-
|08
| ''[[Three's Company]]''
| ABC
| 1977-03-15
| 1984-09-18
| 172
|-
|08
| ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]''
| NBC
| 1990-04-19
| 1997-05-21
| 172
|-
|08
| ''[[Girlfriends]]''
| [[UPN]] <small>(2000-2006)</small><br />CW <small>(2006-2008)</small>
| 2000-09-11
| 2008-02-11
| 172
|-
|08
| ''[[L.A. Law]]''
| NBC
| 1986-10-03<ref>''L.A. Law'' began with a two-hour pilot on September 15, 1986.</ref>
| 1994-05-19
| 171
|-
|08
| ''[[Barney Miller]]''
| ABC
| 1975-01-23
| 1982-05-20
| 168
|-
|08
| ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''
| CBS
| 1980-12-11
| 1988-05-08
| 162
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|08
| ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''
| CW
| 2009-09-10
| Present
| 162
|-
|08
| ''[[Simon & Simon]]''
| CBS
| 1981-11-24
| 1989-01-21
| 156
|-
|08
| ''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]''
| ABC
| 1986-03-25
| 1993-08-09
| 150
|-
|08
| ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]''
| NBC
| 1976-10-03
| 1983-09-04
| 148
|-
|07
| ''[[Captain Video and His Video Rangers]]''
| [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]
| 1949-06-27
| 1955-04-01
| 273
|-
|07
| ''[[Melrose Place]]''
| FOX
| 1992-07-08
| 1999-05-24
| 226
|-
|07
| ''[[Petticoat Junction]]''
| CBS
| 1963-09-24
| 1970-04-04
| 222
|-
|07
| ''[[The Golden Girls]]''
| NBC
| 1985-09-14
| 1992-05-09
| 180
|-
|07
| ''[[Family Ties]]''
| NBC
| 1982-09-22
| 1989-05-14
| 176
|-
|07
| ''[[Adam-12]]''
| NBC
| 1968-09-21
| 1975-05-20
| 174
|-
|07
| ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''
| UPN
| 1995-01-16
| 2001-05-23
| 172
|-
|07
| ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''
| CBS
| 1966-09-17
| 1973-03-30
| 171
|-
|07
| ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
| CBS
| 1969-09-24<ref>''Medical Center'' began with the pilot movie ''U.M.C.'' on April 17, 1969.</ref>
| 1976-09-06
| 171
|-
|07
| ''[[Empty Nest]]''
| NBC
| 1988-10-08
| 1995-04-29
| 170
|-
|07
| ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''
| ABC
| 1969-09-23<ref>''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' began with a pilot movie on March 26, 1969.</ref>
| 1976-05-04
| 169
|-
|07
| ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''
| CBS
| 1970-09-19
| 1977-03-19
| 168
|-
|07
| ''[[Growing Pains]]''
| ABC
| 1985-09-24
| 1992-04-25
| 166
|-
|07
| ''[[Mad AbOUT You]]''
| NBC
| 1992-09-23
| 1999-05-24
| 164
|-
|07
| ''[[Designing Women]]''
| CBS
| 1986-09-29
| 1993-05-24
| 163
|-
|07
| ''[[Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]''
| ABC <small>(1996-2000)</small><br />WB <small>(2000-2003)</small>
| 1996-09-27
| 2003-04-24
| 163
|-
|07
| ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''
| ABC <small>(1991-1997)</small><br />CBS <small>(1997-1998)</small>
| 1991-09-20
| 1998-06-26
| 160
|-
|07
| ''[[Without a Trace]]''
| CBS
| 2002-09-26
| 2009-05-19
| 160
|-
|07
| ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]''
| ABC
| 1979-09-13
| 1986-04-19
| 158
|-
|07
| ''[[Boy Meets World]]''
| ABC
| 1993-09-24
| 2000-05-05
| 158

|-
|07
| ''[[The West Wing]]''
| NBC
| 1999-09-22
| 2006-05-14
| 156
|-
|07
| ''[[Cold Case]]''
| CBS
| 2003-09-28
| 2010-05-02
| 156
|-
|07
| ''[[The Good Wife]]''
| CBS
| 2009-09-22
| 2016-05-08
| 156
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|07
|''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''
|CBS
|2010-09-20
|Present
|154
|-
|07
| ''[[Hunter (U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]''
| NBC
| 1984-09-18
| 1991-04-26
| 153
|-
|07<ref name="GilmoreGirls">The [[Netflix]] original series ''[[Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life]]'', which launched on November 25, 2016, counts as the four-episode eighth season of ''Gilmore Girls'', bringing the episode total to 157.</ref>
| ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''<ref name="GilmoreGirls" />
| WB <small>(2000-2006)</small><br />CW <small>(2006-2007)</small><ref name="GilmoreGirls" />
| 2000-10-05
| 2007-05-15<ref name="GilmoreGirls" />
| 153<ref name="GilmoreGirls" />
|-
|07
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| ABC
| 1978-01-28<ref>''Fantasy Island'' had two premiere movies that aired on January 14, 1977 and January 20, 1978.</ref>
| 1984-05-19
| 152
|-
|07
| ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
| CBS
| 1979-09-23
| 1986-09-04
| 151
|-
|07
| ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''
| FOX
| 2000-01-09
| 2006-05-14
| 151
|-
|07
| ''[[The Mentalist]]''
| CBS
| 2008-09-23
| 2015-02-18
| 151
|-
|07
| ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]''
| NBC
| 1997-03-04
| 2003-08-16
| 148
|-
|07
| ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
| CBS
| 1979-01-26
| 1985-02-08
| 146
|-
|07
| ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
| NBC
| 1981-01-15
| 1987-05-12
| 146
|-
|07
| ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
| WB <small>(1997-2001)</small><br />UPN <small>(2001-2003)</small>
| 1997-03-10
| 2003-05-20
| 144
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|07
|''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]''
|CBS
|2010-09-24
|Present
|143
|-
|07
| ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]''
| NBC <small>(1988-1992)</small><br />CBS <small>(1992-1994)
| 1988-03-06
| 1994-05-11
| 142
|-
|07
| ''[[MacGyver]]''
| ABC
| 1985-09-29
| 1992-05-21
| 139
|-
|07
| ''[[30 Rock]]''
| NBC
| 2006-10-11
| 2013-01-31
| 138
|-
|07
| ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]''
| NBC <small>(2005-2009)</small><br />CBS <small>(2009-2011)</small>
| 2005-01-03
| 2011-01-21
| 130
|-
|07
| ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''
| CBS
| 1982-03-25<ref>''Cagney & Lacey'' began with a pilot movie on October 8, 1981.</ref>
| 1988-05-16
| 125
|-
|07
| ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''
| NBC
| 2009-04-09
| 2015-02-24
| 125
|-
|07
| ''[[[...]: Life on the Street]]''
| NBC
| 1993-01-31
| 1999-05-21
| 122
|- bgcolor="#cfecec"
|07
|''[[Bob's Burgers]]''
|FOX
|2011-01-09
|Present
|114
|-
|07
| ''[[Cheyenne (1955 TV series)|Cheyenne]]''
| ABC
| 1955-09-20<ref>''Cheyenne'' began as a rotating element of ''[[Warner Bros. Presents]]''.</ref>
| 1962-12-17
| 108
|-
|07
| ''[[Rules of Engagement (TV series)|Rules of Engagement]]''
| CBS
| 2007-02-05
| 2013-05-20
| 100
|-
|07
| ''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]''
| NBC
| 1970-09-16<ref>''McCloud'' began with a pilot movie on February 17, 1970.</ref>
| 1977-04-17
| 045
|}

==See also==
*Lists of longest running U.S. shows by broadcast type:
** [[List of longest-running United States television series]]
** [[List of longest-running U.S. broadcast network television series]]
** [[List of longest-running U.S. cable television series]]
** [[List of longest-running U.S. syndicated television series]]
** [[List of longest-running U.S. primetime television series]]
*** [[List of longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of American television series|Longest running prime time]]
[[Category:Lists of longest-running U.S. TV shows|Primetime]]