List of longest-running television shows by category

Audiovisual broadcasts by duration and content

This is a list of the longest-running television shows by category. The criterion for being the longest-running show is by the number of years the show has been on the air and not the number of episodes produced.

The Brazilian show Programa Silvio Santos is the longest-running television show of all time hosted by the same person.

See also

• List of longest-running American television series
• List of longest-running British television programmes
• List of longest-running Indian television series
• List of longest-running Australian television series
• List of longest-running Philippine television series
• List of longest-running Spanish television series
• List of longest-running American cable television series
• List of longest-running American primetime television series
• List of longest-running American first-run syndicated television series
• List of television series canceled after one episode
• List of television programs by episode count

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