What is the title of the longest running TV drama in the U.S?

Answer 1

1. Guiding Light started out on the radio in 1937 & then debuted on TV in 1952 and lasted until 2009, 57 years.
2. As the World Turns debuted April 1956 and lasted until September 2010, 54 years.
3. Coronation Street debuted December 1960 & still in production, 52 Years.
4. General Hospital debuted in 1963 & is still in production, 49 years.
5. Days of Our Lives debuted in 1965 & is still in production, 47 years.
6. One Life to Live debuted in 1968 & is still in production, 44 years.

Answer 2

RAW is the longest running, weekly episodic television show. That is a true stat. The WWE is not lying about anything in that regard.

That does not mean it is the longest running show, or has the most episodes, or has been on TV the longest.

It means that it is the show on TV that airs ONCE A WEEK, that has been running consecutively for the longest time with new episodes airing every single week. Shows like The Simpsons, that have been on for 20+ years, aren't in the running because they take season breaks and don't air new episodes for months, and sometimes aren't on the air as something takes it's place while in between seasons.

Soap operas, in the US and the UK and everywhere else in the world, do not count because they air DAILY. The stat RAW brings up is that they are a WEEKLY episodic show. Meaning they air once a week. Soap operas are DAILY episodic shows.

Answer 3

Law and Order is the longest running TV drama in the US. It was first broadcast on September 13, 1990. The show ended 456 episodes later on May 24, 2010.