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re: What is the longest running TV show you have seen every episode of?

Posted on 8/10/26 at 10:04 am to
Posted by BhamTigah
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Posted on 8/10/26 at 10:04 am to
Like others said, probably Gunsmoke. The problem is I can't confirm if I saw every episode. I have watched it way over 635 times, but no idea if i caught every episode. I'm pretty sure I watched all of Cheers, but may have missed an episode along the way.

Much easier to be sure in the streaming era, so I'll go with Married with Children (259 episodes) since I did a streaming rewatch with my son.
Posted by SantaFe
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Posted on 8/10/26 at 10:35 am to
Breaking Bad

X Files
Posted by Dawglovertoo
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Posted on 8/10/26 at 5:06 pm to
My updated updated version.

Seinfeld
Cheers
Married with Children
Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!
Leave it to Beaver
Malcom in the Middle
Get a Life
Twilight Zone
One Step Beyond
The Outer Limits
Bonanza
The Red Green show
Car 54, Where Are You?
The Ernie Kovacs show
The Andy Griffith show
The Lone Ranger
The Roy Rogers Show
Hopalong Cassidy
Zorro
The Honeymooners
The Howdy Doody show
Andy's Gang with Andy Devine

Posted by Midtiger farm
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Posted on 8/10/26 at 5:10 pm to
Criminal Minds
Chicago PD
Saw every Law and Order and Svu episode until the last seasons
Posted by stuckintexas
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Posted on 8/10/26 at 5:34 pm to
quote:

And because my wife watches it:

My wife's watches all the CBS shows as much as she watches the Hallmark Channel. All the NCIS's, Magnum, etc. She's also seen every episode of The Rookie, but I'm not sure if that one is still running.

Speaking of Nathan Fillion, has anyone mentioned Castle?
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 8:23 am to
I've seen every episode of The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, Cheers and Frasier. I've probably seen every episode of M*A*S*H.

Those would be the 5 I would put up (particularly as the number of episodes per season/total shows is way, way higher than modern shows like Sopranos, Breaking Bad, etc.) Those 5, even with them all being half hour series - Cheers alone is almost 150 hours, M*A*S*H and Frasier about 130 each, Newhart over 90, The Bob Newhart Show over 70.

Just those 5 shows approach 600 hours (with commercials - probably closer to 425 without).

(ETA: Just not as confident I've seen every Seinfeld episode. I know I haven't seen all of Friends. Or older shows like Bonanza or Gunsmoke.)
This post was edited on 8/11/26 at 8:44 am
Posted by madamsquirrel
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 11:40 am to
Because they ran reruns so long I have seen all of friends and seinfeld by now but not in order
Posted by migui8618
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 11:44 am to
Top Gear/Grand Tour.
Posted by LSUDonMCO
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 12:17 pm to
NCIS
Posted by MWP
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 1:46 pm to
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Seinfeld ran for 9 seasons and 180 episodes


Probably saw all of those plus Sopranos and I was hooked on SEAL Team.
Posted by OrangeisUgly
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 2:39 pm to
For the longest running: Columbo 1968-2003 From a young LT Columbo in Prescription Murder to OMG retire Lt Columbo in Columbo likes the night life.
Posted by CatfishJohn
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 2:41 pm to
quote:

Seinfeld. Easily.



I've seen every Seinfeld episode a minimum of 10 times I think, with a lot of them way more than that

It's been my "background" show, along with The Office, since they were syndicated on cable, on DVD, and streaming.
Posted by eiasjsf
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 5:29 pm to
Smallville with 217 episodes
Stargate SG-1 with 214 episodes and a couple movies.
Jag has 227 but not sure I ever finished/watched them all.
Posted by LSUfan4444
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 6:31 pm to
Survivor
The Challenge (not counting streaming only seasons)
Posted by Mizz-SEC
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 6:53 pm to
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Gunsmoke

If I haven't it's by pure accident.

I'm sure I've seen every Seinfeld 10 times and every Hogan's Heroes 20 times.

Neither show ever jumped the shark. Laugh out loud shite in every one.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 6:58 pm to
Before the reboot, Law and Order the original.
Granchester, PBS Masterpiece 11 seasons
This post was edited on 8/11/26 at 8:16 pm
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 8:23 pm to
For all the Gunsmoke replies, double impressed if you listened to all the radio episodes that predate the TV series. 9 years and 480 episodes. Very good radio program. I've heard a few episodes that were line by line remade in the TV series.
Posted by P-Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 8:28 pm to
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One Piece

1,172 episodes


This
Posted by BRich
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 8:46 pm to
No 1 - The Big Bang Theory, 12 seasons, 279 episodes. Watched a lot of them in reruns as I started watching it live several years in.

No. 2 - Not sure which should count more:

Seinfeld- 9 seasons, 180 episodes.

or

Mannix - 8 seasons but 190 episodes (watched them all in reruns on MeTV)

Of course i have watched more episodes of Jeopardy! than anything, but certainly have not seen every episode.
Posted by cypresstiger
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Posted on 8/11/26 at 8:51 pm to
Perry Mason—9 seasons.
King of the Hill 15 seasons
Seinfeld 9 seasons
This post was edited on 8/11/26 at 8:52 pm
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