List of longest-running American primetime television series
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This is a list of the longest running U.S. primetime television series, ordered by the number of broadcast seasons offered by a U.S. broadcast network or cable network in prime time on the show's original run. Broadcast syndication that could have been scheduled by local stations in prime time have been omitted.
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Longest telecasted series[]
Series shaded in light blue are currently in production. |
50 seasons or more[]
Number of seasons |
Series | Genre/Subject | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 | Hallmark Hall of Fame[1] | Anthology | NBC | Dec 24, 1951 | Dec 17, 1978 | 260 |
CBS | Nov 14, 1979 | April 30, 1981 | ||||
PBS | Feb 9, 1981 | May 6, 1981 | ||||
CBS | Dec 1, 1981 | Jan 29, 1989 | ||||
ABC | April 30, 1989 | April 23, 1995 | ||||
CBS | Dec 10, 1995 | April 24, 2011 | ||||
ABC | Nov 27, 2011 | April 20, 2014 | ||||
Hallmark Channel | Nov 30, 2014 | present | ||||
53 | Walt Disney Presents[2] | Anthology | ABC | Oct 27, 1954 | June 11, 1961 | 2000 |
NBC | Sep 24, 1961 | Aug 16, 1981 | ||||
CBS | Sep 26, 1981 | May 3, 1983 | ||||
ABC | Feb 2, 1986 | May 22, 1988 | ||||
NBC | Oct 9, 1988 | Aug 26, 1990 | ||||
Disney Channel | Sep 23, 1990 | Sep 21, 1997 | ||||
ABC | Sep 28, 1997 | present | ||||
Disney Junior | March 23, 2012 | present | ||||
53 | 60 Minutes | News Magazine | CBS | September 24, 1968 | present | 2,325 (as of December 3, 2017)[3] |
53 | Sábado Gigante[4] | Spanish Programming | Univisión | May 20, 1986 | September 19, 2015 | |
50 (NFL seasons) | Monday Night Football | Sports
Football |
ABC | September 21, 1970 | December 26, 2005 | 718 (games) |
ESPN | August 14, 2006 | present |
30–49 seasons[]
Number of seasons |
Series | Genre/Subject | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | Masterpiece | Anthology | PBS | January 10, 1971 | present | |
47 | Nova | Science | PBS | March 3, 1974 | present | 884 |
46 | Saturday Night Live | Variety Show | NBC | October 11, 1975 | present | 909 |
The Victory Garden | Gardening | PBS | April 16, 1975 | present | ||
Austin City Limits | Music | PBS | 1976 | present | 900 | |
43 | Live from Lincoln Center | Music | PBS | January 30, 1976 | present[5] | 251 |
26 | Live from the Met[6] | Music | PBS | 1977 | present[5] | |
42 | Inside the NFL | Sports
Football |
HBO | September 1977 | February 6, 2008 | |
Showtime | September 10, 2008 | present | ||||
43 | 20/20 | News Magazine | ABC | June 6, 1978 | present | 500+ |
41 | This Old House | Home Improvement | PBS | February 20, 1979 | present | 1,041 (as of May 31, 2020) |
40 | Survivor | Reality Competition | CBS | May 31, 2000 | present | 596 |
38 | The Woodwright's Shop | Woodworking | PBS | 1981 | present | 481 |
36 | Frontline | Public Affairs | PBS | January 17, 1983 | present | 757 |
37 | The Challenge | Reality Game Show | MTV | June 1, 1998 | present | 492 |
36 | National Geographic Explorer[7] | Documentary | Nickelodeon | 1985 | 1986 | 233 |
WTBS/TBS | 1986 | 1999 | ||||
CNBC | 1999 | 2001 | ||||
MSNBC[8] | 2001 | 2005 | ||||
National Geographic | 2005 | present | ||||
35 | Wall Street Week[9] | News
Economics |
PBS | November 20, 1970 | June 24, 2005 | |
34 | 48 Hours[10] | Documentary/News Magazine | CBS | January 2, 1988 | present | 991[11] |
26 | Mystery! | Anthology | PBS | February 5, 1980 | present | |
Firing Line | Public Affairs | Syndication | 1966[12] | 1971 | ||
PBS | 1971 | December 26, 1999 | ||||
33 | The Real World[13] | Reality | MTV | May 21, 1992 | August 22, 2019 | 614 |
32 | Cops[14] | Reality | Fox | March 11, 1989 | May 4, 2013 | 1,103[15][16] |
Spike/Paramount Network | September 14, 2013 | May 11, 2020 | ||||
33 | American Experience | Documentary | PBS | October 1, 1988 | present | 355 |
Nature | Documentary | PBS | October 10, 1982 | present | ||
32 | The Amazing Race | Reality Competition | CBS | September 5, 2001 | present | 373 |
32 | The Simpsons[17] | Animated Sitcom | Fox | December 17, 1989 | present | 706 |
31 | America's Funniest Home Videos | Reality, Comedy | ABC | November 26, 1989 | present | 721 |
30 | POV | Documentary | PBS | July 5, 1988 | present | 400+ |
20–29 seasons[]
Number of seasons |
Series | Genre/Subject | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Dateline NBC[18] | News Magazine | NBC | March 31, 1992 | present | |
29 | Dancing with the Stars | Reality Competition | ABC | June 5, 2005 | present | 459 |
29 | WWE Monday Night Raw | Professional wrestling | USA | January 11, 1993 | September 18, 2000 | {{#expr:1445 + {{age in weeks |
TNN/Spike TV | September 25, 2000 | September 26, 2005 | ||||
USA | October 3, 2005 | present | ||||
26 | Grand Ole Opry[19] | Music | TNN | April 20, 1985 | August 2001 | |
CMT | August 2001 | 2003 | ||||
GAC[20] | 2003 | 2011 | ||||
25 | The Bachelor | Romance Reality | ABC | March 25, 2002 | present | 263 |
26 | America's Most Wanted | Reality | Fox | February 7, 1988 | April 21, 2012 | 1186 |
Lifetime | December 2, 2011 | October 12, 2012 | ||||
25 | Camera Three | Anthology | CBS | January 22, 1956 | 1979 | |
PBS | 1979 | July 1, 1980 | ||||
26 | Antiques Roadshow | Bargain Hunt | PBS | January 1, 1997 | present | |
24 | Nick News with Linda Ellerbee | Children's News Program | Nickelodeon | April 18, 1992 | December 15, 2015 | 178 |
24 | The Ed Sullivan Show[21] | Variety Show | CBS | June 20, 1948 | June 6, 1971 | 1,068 |
23 | Crossfire | Talk/News Program | CNN | 1982 | June 3, 2005 | |
22 | E! News[22] | Entertainment Newscast | E! | September 1, 1991 | present | 7,500+ |
23 | South Park | Animated Sitcom | Comedy Central | August 13, 1997 | present | 309 |
22 | Investigative Reports | Reality | A&E | September 27, 1991 | 2004 | |
22 | Ted Mack and The Original Amateur Hour[23] | Reality | DuMont | January 18, 1948 | October 1949 | |
NBC | October 1949 | September 1954 | ||||
ABC | October 1955 | June 1957 | ||||
NBC | July 1957 | October 1958 | ||||
CBS | May 1959 | October 1959 | ||||
ABC | March 1960 | September 26, 1960 | ||||
CBS | October 2, 1960 | September 27, 1970 | ||||
21 | The New Yankee Workshop | Western Woodworking | PBS | January 1988 | June 27, 2009 | 284 |
22 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[24] | Crime Drama | NBC | September 20, 1999 | present | 494 |
23 | Big Brother | Reality Competition | CBS | July 5, 2000 | present | 806 |
20 | NFL Primetime | Sports
Football |
ESPN | 1987 | present | |
20 | Biography[25] | Documentary | A&E | April 6, 1987[26] | August 2006 | |
Biography Channel | August 2006 | present[27] | ||||
20 | The Red Skelton Show | Variety Show | NBC | September 30, 1951 | June 21, 1953 | 672 |
CBS | September 22, 1953 | June 23, 1970 | ||||
NBC | September 14, 1970 | August 29, 1971 | ||||
20 | Gunsmoke[28] | Drama | CBS | September 10, 1955 | March 31, 1975 | 635 |
20 | Law & Order[29] | Crime Drama | NBC | September 13, 1990 | May 24, 2010 | 456 |
20 | Evans and Novak[30] | Political Discussion | CNN | September 1982 | November 9, 2002 | |
20 | Moneyline | Editorial | CNN | June 1, 1980 | November 11, 2000 |
15–19 seasons[]
Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | Family Guy | Fox | January 31, 1999 | February 14, 2002 | 369 |
May 1, 2005 | present | ||||
19 | ESPN Sunday Night Football[31] | ESPN | November 8, 1987[32] | January 1, 2006 | |
19 | Lassie | CBS/Syndication | September 12, 1954 | March 21, 1973 | 591 |
18 | ESPN Major League Baseball[33] | ESPN, ESPN2[34] | April 15, 1990 | present | |
18 | NCIS | CBS | September 23, 2003 | present | 414 |
18 | American Dad! | Fox | February 6, 2005 | September 21, 2014 | 320 |
TBS | October 24, 2014 | present | |||
17 | Grey's Anatomy | ABC | March 27, 2005 | present | 380 |
17 | Outside the Lines | ESPN | 1990 | present | |
25 | What's My Line?[35] (network version) |
CBS | February 16, 1950 | September 3, 1967 | CBS: 876 Syndication: 1,320 Total: 2,196 |
17 | Showbiz Today | CNN | October 29, 1984 | 2001 | |
17 | USA Tuesday Night Fights | USA | March 30, 1982 | 1998 | |
17 | Capital Gang | CNN | September 7, 1988 | 2005 | |
16 | Bleach | Cartoon Network (Toonami) | October 5, 2004 | March 27, 2012 | |
16 | MTV Unplugged | MTV | November 26, 1989 | November 10, 2005[36] | 108 |
16 | Booknotes | C-SPAN | April 2, 1989 | December 5, 2004 | 801 |
16 | The Lawrence Welk Show[37] | ABC | July 2, 1955 | September 4, 1971 | |
15 | Criminal Minds | CBS | September 22, 2005 | February 19, 2020 | 324 |
15 | Supernatural | CW | September 13, 2005 | November 19, 2020 | 327 |
15 | ER | NBC | September 19, 1994 | April 2, 2009 | 331 |
15 | I've Got a Secret | CBS | June 19, 1952 | April 3, 1967 | CBS 1952-67: 681 Syn 1972-73: 39 CBS 1976: 4 Oxygen: 120[38] GSN 2006: 40 |
24 | Concentration | NBC | August 25, 1958 | September 20, 1991 | 3,770 (1958–1973) 975 (1973–1978) 1,020 (1987–1991) |
15 | The Jack Benny Program | CBS | October 29, 1950 | September 15, 1964 | 260 |
NBC | September 25, 1964 | September 10, 1965 | |||
15 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CBS | October 6, 2000 | September 27, 2015 | 337 |
19 | American Idol | Fox | June 11, 2002 | April 7, 2016 | 640 |
ABC | March 11, 2018 | present |
12–14 seasons[]
Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | Unsolved Mysteries | NBC | January 20, 1987[39] | September 5, 1997 | 593 |
CBS | November 13, 1997 | June 11, 1999 | |||
Lifetime | July 2, 2001 | September 20, 2002 | |||
Spike TV | October 13, 2008 | April 27, 2010 | |||
14 | World Poker Tour | Fox Sports Networks | March 30, 2003 | present | 420 |
14 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet[40] | ABC | October 10, 1952 | September 3, 1966 | 435 |
14 | Bonanza[41] | NBC | September 12, 1959 | January 16, 1973 | 431 |
14 | Dallas | CBS | April 2, 1978 | May 3, 1991 | 357 |
14 | Knots Landing | CBS | December 27, 1979 | May 13, 1993 | 344 |
14 | An Evening at the Improv | A&E | February 3, 1982 | January 1, 1996 | |
12 | Wild America | PBS | 1982 | 1996 | 120 |
14 | Video Soul | BET | June 26, 1983 | 1997 | |
16 | America's Got Talent | NBC | June 21, 2006 | present | 388 |
13 | Private Screenings | TCM | January 1, 1996 | 2010 | |
26 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | HBO | April 2, 1995 | present | |
13 | King of the Hill | Fox | January 12, 1997 | September 13, 2009 | 259 |
14 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | NBC | June 6, 1950 | June 1957 | 370 |
CBS | October 1957 | August 28, 1963 | |||
13 | Tim Russert | CNBC | 1994 | 2008 | |
13 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | May 1, 1999 | present | 268 |
12 | The Big Bang Theory | CBS | September 24, 2007 | May 16, 2019 | 279 |
12 | To Tell the Truth | CBS | December 18, 1956 | September 6, 1968 | |
12 (original) 2 (reboot) |
Ghost Hunters | Syfy | October 6, 2004 | October 26, 2016 | 243 (+ 12 specials not included) |
A&E | August 21, 2019 | present | |||
12 | CBS Reports | CBS | October 27, 1959 | September 7, 1971 | |
12 | My Three Sons | ABC | September 29, 1960 | September 2, 1965 | 380 (184 in black-and-white, 196 in color) |
CBS | September 16, 1965 | August 24, 1972 | |||
12 | NYPD Blue | ABC | September 21, 1993 | March 1, 2005 | 261 |
12 | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | September 1, 1984 | May 19, 1996 | 264 (+ 4 TV movies) |
12 | Hawaii Five-O | CBS | September 26, 1968 | April 26, 1980 | 278 (282 if multi-length episodes are counted in parts)[42] |
12 | Don Francisco Presenta | Univision | October 10, 2001 | January 30, 2012 | |
12 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | September 22, 2003 | February 19, 2015 | 262 |
12 | Bones | Fox | September 13, 2005 | March 28, 2017 | 246 |
10–11 seasons[]
Number of seasons |
Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | Murphy Brown | CBS | November 14, 1988 | May 18, 1998 | 260 |
September 27, 2018 | December 20, 2018 | ||||
11 | Kraft Television Theatre[43] | NBC | May 7, 1947 | October 1, 1958 | 525 |
11 | The Voice of Firestone | NBC | September 5, 1949 | June 1954 | |
ABC | June 1954 | June 1959 | |||
ABC | September 1962 | June 16, 1963 | |||
11 | You Bet Your Life | NBC | October 5, 1950 | June 29, 1961 | 529 |
11 | The Andy Williams Show | CBS | 1957 | 1959 | |
NBC | 1962 | 1971 | |||
11 | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | September 11, 1967 | March 29, 1978 | 279 |
11 | M*A*S*H | CBS | September 17, 1972 | February 28, 1983 | 256 |
11 | Happy Days | ABC | January 15, 1974 | May 8, 1984 | 255 |
11 | Cheers | NBC | September 30, 1982 | May 20, 1993 | 275 (including three double-length episodes and a triple-length finale) |
11 (all episodes filmed in black-and-white) | The Danny Thomas Show | ABC | September 20, 1953 | 1957 |
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CBS | 1957 | September 14, 1964 | |||
11 | Frasier | NBC | September 16, 1993 | May 13, 2004 | 264 |
11 | Married... with Children | Fox | April 5, 1987 | June 9, 1997 | 259 |
11 | The Jeffersons | CBS | January 18, 1975 | July 23, 1985 | 253 |
11 | 7th Heaven[44] | The WB | August 26, 1996 | May 8, 2006 | 243 |
The CW | September 25, 2006 | May 13, 2007 | |||
10 | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | CBS | January 12, 1949 | April 28, 1959 | |
12 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | KTMA | November 24, 1988 | May 28, 1989 | 217 |
Comedy Central | November 18, 1989 | May 18, 1996 | |||
Sci Fi | February 1, 1997 | September 12, 1999 | |||
Netflix | April 14, 2017 | November 22, 2018 | |||
12 | NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | September 22, 2009 | present | 280 |
11 | Modern Family | ABC | September 23, 2009 | April 8, 2020 | 250 |
11 | Will & Grace | NBC | September 21, 1998 | April 23, 2020 | 246 |
10 | The Fairly OddParents | Nickelodeon | March 30, 2001 | July 26, 2017 | 172 (283 segments) |
10 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts[45] | CBS | December 6, 1948 | July 21, 1958 | |
10 | Studio One[46] | CBS | November 7, 1948 | September 29, 1958 | |
10 | The Arthur Murray Party[47] | ABC | July 20, 1950 | September 1950 | |
DuMont | October 1950 | March 1951 | |||
ABC | April 1951 | May 1952 | |||
CBS | July 1952 | August 1952 | |||
NBC | October 1953 | September 1955 | |||
CBS | April 1956 | September 1956 | |||
NBC | July 1957 | September 6, 1960 | |||
10 | General Electric Theater | CBS | February 1, 1953 | September 16, 1962 | 302 |
10 | Stargate SG-1[48] | Showtime | July 27, 1997 | May 17, 2002 | 214 + 2 DVD films |
Sci Fi | June 7, 2002 | 2007[49] | |||
10 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents[50] | NBC | October 2, 1955 | June 26, 1960 | 268 (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) 93 (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) 361 (total) |
CBS | September 25, 1960 | June 26, 1962[51] | |||
NBC | September 20, 1962 | July 3, 1964 | |||
CBS | October 5, 1964 | May 10, 1965 | |||
10 | Nashville Now | TNN | March 1, 1983 | January 1, 1993 | Unknown |
11 | All That | Nickelodeon | April 16, 1994 | October 22, 2005 | 206 |
June 15, 2019 | present | ||||
10 | Friends | NBC | September 22, 1994 | May 6, 2004 | 236 |
10 | JAG | NBC | September 1, 1995 | May 22, 1996[52] | 227 |
CBS | January 3, 1997 | April 29, 2005 | |||
10 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Fox | October 4, 1990 | May 17, 2000 | 293 |
10 | Pantomime Quiz[53] | CBS | July 1, 1950 | August 1951 | |
NBC | January 1952 | March 1952 | |||
CBS | July 1952 | May 1952 | |||
CBS | July 1952 | August 1953 | |||
DuMont | October 1953 | April 1954 | |||
CBS | June 1954 | August 1954 | |||
ABC | January 1955 | March 1955 | |||
CBS | July 1955 | July 1957 | |||
ABC | April 1958 | September 1959 | |||
10 | The United States Steel Hour | ABC | October 27, 1953 | June 21, 1955 | 315 |
CBS | July 6, 1955 | August 13, 1963 | |||
10 | Smallville[54] | The WB | October 16, 2001 | May 11, 2006 | 217[54] |
The CW | September 28, 2006 | May 13, 2011 | |||
10 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | NBC | September 30, 2001 | May 21, 2007 | 195 |
USA | October 4, 2007 | June 26, 2011 | |||
10 | CSI: Miami | CBS | September 23, 2002 | April 8, 2012 | 232 |
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. first-run syndicated television series
- List of longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series
- Lists of longest running shows internationally:
- List of longest-running television shows by category- international list
- List of longest-running Australian television series
- List of longest-running British television series
- List of longest-running Philippine television series
- List of shortest running shows:
Notes[]
- ^ Originally Hallmark Playhouse radio series, was Hallmark Television Playhouse (1951–1954)
- ^ Originally well known as The Wonderful World of Disney (1969–1979, 1997–2008), now airing as The Magical World of Disney (1988–1997, 2012–current)
- ^ Announced on the December 3, 2017 episode
- ^ Continuation of series that aired 1962–1985 on Chile's Canal 13
- ^ Jump up to: a b Not currently on a regular schedule
- ^ Also known as The Metropolitan Opera Presents
- ^ Host: Tom Chapin (1985–1988), Robert Urich (1988–1995), Bob Ballard (1988–1995), Boyd Matson (1995–2003), Michael Fay (2001), Lisa Ling (2003–)
- ^ Show renamed National Geographic Ultimate Explorer, 2003–2005
- ^ Became Wall Street Week with Fortune after original host was fired in 2002
- ^ Also called "48 Hours Investigates"
- ^ "48 Hours on CBS". TV Guide. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ^ Pilot taped April 4, 1966
- ^ According to MTV, 18th season begins November 22, 2006
- ^ ‘Cops Beyond The Bust’: Spike Sets Special To Mark 1,000th Episode Of ‘Cops’ Deadline Hollywood, July 26, 2017.
- ^ "Episodes: Cops". The TVDB. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ 'Cops Beyond The Bust': Spike Sets Special To Mark 1,000th Episode Of 'Cops' Deadline Hollywood, July 26, 2017
- ^ Longest running prime time animated program in the United States.
- ^ Also known as Dateline (day of week it airs), Dateline With Stone Phillips
- ^ Oldest continuously running radio program, airing on WSM radio, Nashville, Tennessee
- ^ As Grand Ole Opry Live!
- ^ Aired as Toast of the Town until 1955
- ^ Previously E! News Daily and E! News Live
- ^ Originated on radio as Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, 1934–1946
- ^ Roots, Kimberly (2018-05-10). "SVU Renewed for Season 20 at NBC". TVLine. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ Originated on CBS
- ^ Reran CBS originals, 1984–1987
- ^ Rebroadcast A&E originals, 1999–2006
- ^ Longest-running live-action prime time entertainment program with a consistent setting and recurring characters. While other prime-time shows have run longer, they are all news, sports, anthology or variety programs.
- ^ Longest-running live-action hour-long prime time entertainment program in the United States. While Gunsmoke has accumulated more episodes (635), 233 of its episodes were half-hour dramas. All of Law & Order's episodes were an hour long.
- ^ Other names: Evans, Novak, Hunt, and Shields (1998–2001), Novak, Hunt, and Shields (2001–2002)
- ^ Moved to NBC in 2006, at which time Monday Night Football moves from ABC to ESPN
- ^ Sunday Night Football shared with TNT, with TNT getting the first half of the season, ESPN the second half, 1990–1997
- ^ Includes Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball, etc.
- ^ ESPN2 started broadcasting major league baseball games in 2002 in addition to those offered by ESPN
- ^ Longest-running game show in prime time network television; first-run syndication 1968–1975
- ^ New episodes sporadic after 2001
- ^ Originally The Dodge Dancing Party; first-run syndication 1971–1982; reruns have been airing since 1982 on various PBS stations
- ^ Ryon, Ruth - Hot Property Column, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2003
- ^ Includes series of specials, Jan. 1987 to May 1988
- ^ Longest running live-action sitcom.
- ^ First US network series to film all its episodes in color
- ^ https://www.tvseriesdvdondeal.com/Hawaii-Five-0-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Box-Set.html
- ^ Also known as Kraft Mystery Theatre (1958); another series of the same name ran concurrently on ABC, 1953–1955
- ^ Longest-running family drama on television, per Reuters article about 7th Heaven finale
- ^ On CBS radio 1946–1956
- ^ Originated on CBS Radio, 1947
- ^ The first series to be shown on four US broadcasting networks
- ^ Longest-running science fiction series in the United States.
- ^ Cancellation announced by Sci Fi Channel, August 21, 2006
- ^ The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962–1965
- ^ One episode wasn't aired on network TV, but was included in later syndication packages
- ^ One episode made its premiere on USA network as part of a JAG rerun package. The episode, planned to be the first of a two-part story, never aired on NBC before cancellation.
- ^ Originally aired locally in Los Angeles, 1947–1950
- ^ Jump up to: a b David Lambert (April 26, 2011). "The Complete Series on DVD: Timeframe, Packaging, New Extras and Answer to 'Why Not On Blu-ray?'". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
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