Category | Show name | Country | Duration | Channel | No. of episodes |
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Animated | Sazae-san | Japan}} Japan | 1969–present | Fuji Television | 7400+[1] |
Annual live international beauty pageant | Miss Universe | USA}} United States | 1952–present | CBS, NBC, FOX | 66 |
Annual live national beauty pageant | Miss America | USA}} United States | 1955–present | ABC, CBS | 63 |
Automotive | Top Gear | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1977–2001, 2002–present | BBC Two | 515; 161+9 specials |
Charity show | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon | USA}} United States | 1966–2014 | Various | 48 |
Children's show | Blue Peter | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1958–present | BBC One, CBBC | 2018|02|01|lc=yes}}) |
Comedy | Yoshimoto Shinkigeki | Japan}} Japan | 1962–present | MBS |
Cooking show | Today's Cooking | Japan}} Japan | 1957–present | NHK |
Current affairs series | Panorama | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1953–present | BBC One |
Educational show | Teleclub | Costa Rica}} Costa Rica | 1963–present[2] |
Fantasy | Wansapanataym | Philippines}} Philippines | 1997-2005; 2010–present | ABS-CBN | 734 |
Documentary | Teleenciclopedia | Romania}} Romania | 1965–present | TVR1 | 2500+ |
Film review | Film | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1971–2018 | BBC One |
Finance show | The Money Programme | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1966–2010 | BBC Two |
Game show | Des chiffres et des lettres | France}} France | 1965–Present | France 3 | 2012|10|lc=yes}}) |
Historical drama | Zenigata Heiji | Japan}} Japan | 1952–present |
History series | Timewatch | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1963–present | BBC Two |
Medical drama | General Hospital | USA}} United States | 1963–present | ABC | 2018|02|23|lc=yes}}) |
Medicine talk show | Trupi dhe Shëndeti | Albania}} Albania | 1962–present | RTSH | 1000+ |
Magazine show | Ittyadi | Bangladesh}} | 1994–present | Bangladesh Television | 2016|lc=yes}}) |
Music chart show | Top of the Pops | United Kingdom }} United Kingdom | 1964–2006; Christmas shows only 2007–present | BBC One, BBC Two | 2,219 |
Music talent show | NHK Nodo Jiman | Japan}} Japan | 1953–present | NHK | 2012|lc=yes}}) |
Music video show | Rage | Australia}} Australia | 1987–present | ABC1, ABC2/Fly TV, ABC Me |
News show | Meet the Press | United States}} United States | 1947–present | NBC | 4,946+ |
Newscast | CBS Evening News | United States}} United States | 1948–present | CBS | 16,400+ |
Outside broadcast | Lord Mayor's Show | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1937–1938, 1946–present (not broadcast during WW2 1939–1945)[3] | BBC Television Service, BBC One |
Police procedural | Tatort | Germany}} Germany | 1970–present | Das Erste | 2018|05|27|lc=yes}})[4] |
Quiz show | It's Academic | United States}} United States | 1961–present[5] |
Reality show | 71 grader nord | Norway}} Norway | 1999–present | TVNorge |
Religious program | Le Jour du Seigneur | France}} France | 1949–present |
Satire | Les Guignols | FRA}} France | 1988–2018 | Canal+ | 7,500 |
Science fiction series | Doctor Who | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1963 - 1989, 1996 & 2005 - present[6] | BBC One | 2019|01|01|lc=yes}}) |
Science show | The Sky at Night | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1957–present | BBC One, BBC Four | 705+ |
Sing-along show | Allsång på Skansen | Sweden}} Sweden | 1979–present | Sveriges Television |
Sitcom | Last of the Summer Wine | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1973–2010 | BBC One | 295 |
Sketch comedy show | Sábados Felices | Colombia}} Colombia | 1972–present |
Soap opera | Coronation Street | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1960–present | ITV | 9000+ |
Song contest | Sanremo Music Festival | Italy}} Italy | 1951–present |
Sports show | Hockey Night in Canada | Canada}} Canada | 1952–present | CBC, City/Sportsnet, CTV | Unknown; Began as radio broadcast in 1931 |
Sports magazine show | Trans World Sport | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1987–present | 2016|01|27|lc=yes}}) |
Sports variety | Grandstand | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1958–2007 | BBC One, BBC Two | 3500 (estimated) |
Sports outside broadcast | The Championships, Wimbledon[7] | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1937,[8] 1939, 1946–present | BBC Television Service, BBC One/Two |
Tabloid newscast | TV Patrol | Philippines}} Philippines | 1987–present | ABS-CBN |
Talk show | The Tonight Show | United States}} United States | 1954–present | {{:The Tonight Show}} |
Teen drama | Grange Hill | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1978–2008 | 605 |
Telenovela | Anna Liza | Philippines}} Philippines | 1980–1985 | GMA Network | 1,317 |
Travel show | Holiday | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1969–2007 | BBC One | 622 |
TV feedback show | Points of View | United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | 1961–present | BBC One, BBC Two | Unknown |
Variety show | Sábado Gigante | Chile}} Chile {{flagicon|United States}} United States | 1962–1986; Univision: 1986–2015 | Canal 13 | 2,800+ |
Western | Gunsmoke | United States}} United States | 1955–1975 | 635 |
War drama | Un village français | France}} France | 2009–2016 | 152 |
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1. ^http://www.filmweb.pl/serial/Sazae-san-1969-502304/episodes
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qHsCveojjY |title=Teleclub |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-01-24 |accessdate=2013-10-02}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=Lord+Mayor%27s+Show&svc=9371533#search |title=The Lord Mayor's Show dates |publisher=BBC Genome |date= |accessdate=2018-09-10}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tatort-fundus.de/web/folgen/chrono/ab-2010/2017.html |title=2017 - Alle TATORTe, alle Folgen, alle Kommissare |publisher=Tatort-fundus.de |date= |accessdate=2017-09-27}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mac-mcgarry-its-academic-host-dies-at-87/2013/12/12/5f6f1ebe-2eee-11e0-a371-d2bf1122591b_story.html|title=Mac McGarry, 'It's Academic' host, dies at 87|work=The Washington Post |accessdate=5 October 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0/episodes/guide |title=BBC One - Doctor Who - Episode guide |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2013-10-02}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&media=tv&order=asc&q=wimbledon&yt=1949#search|title=Wimbledon|website=Genome Project|date=9 October 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/programming/wimbledon|title=Wimbledon and the BBC 1927 to 2017|work=History of the BBC|date=22 November 2018}}