Number of seasons Series Network First air date Last air date hide Number of episodes 29 The Simpsons FOX 1989 - 12 - 17 Present 639 20 Gunsmoke CBS 1955 - 09 - 10 1975 - 03 - 31 635 20 Law & Order NBC 1990 - 09 - 13 2010 - 05 - 24 456 19 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit NBC 1999 - 09 - 20 Present 434 18 Lassie CBS 1954 - 09 - 12 1971 - 03 - 21 591 16 Family Guy FOX 1999 - 01 - 31 Present 309 15 NCIS CBS 2003 - 09 - 23 Present 356 15 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 2000 - 10 - 06 2015 - 02 - 15 335 15 ER NBC 1994 - 09 - 19 2009 - 04 - 02 331 15 The Jack Benny Program CBS (1950 -- 1964) NBC (1964 -- 1965) 1950 - 10 - 28 1965 - 04 - 16 260 15 American Dad! FOX (2005 -- 2014) TBS (2014 --) 2005 - 02 - 06 Present 247 15 Grey 's Anatomy ABC 2005 - 03 - 27 Present 317 14 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ABC 1952 - 10 - 03 1966 - 04 - 23 435 14 Bonanza NBC 1959 - 09 - 12 1973 - 01 - 16 431 14 Armstrong Circle Theatre NBC (1950 -- 1957) CBS (1957 -- 1963) 1950 - 06 - 06 1963 - 06 - 05 370 14 Dallas CBS 1978 - 04 - 02 1991 - 05 - 03 357 14 Knots Landing CBS 1979 - 12 - 27 1993 - 05 - 13 344 13 Criminal Minds CBS 2005 - 09 - 22 Present 299 14 Supernatural WB (2005 -- 2006) CW (2006 --) 2005 - 09 - 13 Present 287 14 King of the Hill FOX 1997 - 01 - 12 2009 - 09 - 13 259 14 My Three Sons ABC (1960 -- 1965) CBS (1965 -- 1972) 1960 - 09 - 29 1972 - 04 - 13 380 12 It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia FX 2005 - 08 - 04 Present 134 12 Hawaii Five - O CBS 1968 - 09 - 26 1980 - 04 - 26 279 12 Murder, She Wrote CBS 1984 - 09 - 01 1996 - 05 - 19 264 12 Two and a Half Men CBS 2003 - 09 - 22 2015 - 02 - 19 262 12 NYPD Blue ABC 1993 - 09 - 21 2005 - 03 - 01 261 12 Bones FOX 2005 - 09 - 13 2017 - 03 - 28 246 11 Kraft Television Theatre NBC 1947 - 05 - 07 1958 - 10 - 01 525 11 The Danny Thomas Show ABC (1953 -- 1957) CBS (1957 -- 1964) 1953 - 09 - 29 1964 - 04 - 27 344 11 Cheers NBC 1982 - 09 - 30 1993 - 05 - 20 275 11 Frasier NBC 1993 - 09 - 16 2004 - 05 - 13 264 11 Married... with Children FOX 1987 - 04 - 05 1997 - 06 - 09 258 11 M * A * S * H CBS 1972 - 09 - 17 1983 - 02 - 28 256 11 The Big Bang Theory CBS 2007 - 09 - 24 Present 255 11 Happy Days ABC 1974 - 01 - 15 1984 - 09 - 24 255 11 The Jeffersons CBS 1975 - 01 - 18 1985 - 06 - 25 253 11 7th Heaven WB (1996 -- 2006) CW (2006 -- 2007) 1996 - 08 - 26 2007 - 05 - 13 243 11 The X-Files FOX 1993 - 09 - 10 2018 - 03 - 21 210 10 General Electric Theater NBC 1953 - 02 - 01 1962 - 06 - 03 302 10 Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX 1990 - 10 - 04 2000 - 05 - 17 293 10 The United States Steel Hour ABC (1953 -- 1955) CBS (1955 -- 1963) 1953 - 10 - 27 1963 - 06 - 12 253 10 Murphy Brown CBS 1988 - 11 - 14 1998 - 05 - 18 247 10 Friends NBC 1994 - 09 - 22 2004 - 05 - 06 236 10 CSI: Miami CBS 2002 - 09 - 23 2012 - 04 - 08 232 10 Roseanne ABC 1988 - 10 - 18 2018 - 05 - 22 231 10 JAG NBC (1995 -- 1996) CBS (1997 -- 2005) 1995 - 09 - 01 2005 - 04 - 29 226 10 Smallville WB (2001 -- 2006) CW (2006 -- 2011) 2001 - 10 - 16 2011 - 05 - 13 218 09 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS 1962 - 09 - 26 1971 - 03 - 23 274 09 Perry Mason CBS 1957 - 09 - 21 1966 - 05 - 22 271 09 The Virginian NBC 1962 - 09 - 19 1971 - 03 - 24 249 09 The Love Boat ABC 1977 - 09 - 24 1986 - 05 - 24 244 09 The F.B.I. ABC 1965 - 09 - 19 1974 - 04 - 28 240 09 The Drew Carey Show ABC 1995 - 09 - 13 2004 - 09 - 08 233 09 Falcon Crest CBS 1981 - 12 - 04 1990 - 05 - 17 227 09 Night Court NBC 1984 - 01 - 04 1992 - 05 - 31 222 09 Dynasty ABC 1981 - 01 - 12 1989 - 05 - 11 220 09 Family Matters ABC (1989 -- 1997) CBS (1997 -- 1998) 1989 - 09 - 22 1998 - 07 - 17 220 09 NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 2009 - 09 - 22 Present 216 09 All in the Family CBS 1971 - 01 - 12 1981 - 05 - 21 216 09 The Middle ABC 2009 - 09 - 30 2018 - 05 - 22 215 09 Touched by an Angel CBS 1994 - 09 - 21 2003 - 04 - 27 211 09 The Waltons CBS 1972 - 09 - 14 1981 - 06 - 04 210 09 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 1996 - 09 - 13 2005 - 05 - 16 210 09 Modern Family ABC 2009 - 09 - 23 Present 210 09 Will & Grace NBC 1998 - 09 - 21 Present 210 09 One Day at a Time CBS 1975 - 12 - 16 1984 - 05 - 28 209 09 The Facts of Life NBC 1979 - 08 - 24 1988 - 05 - 07 209 09 How I Met Your Mother CBS 2005 - 09 - 19 2014 - 03 - 31 208 09 The King of Queens CBS 1998 - 09 - 21 2007 - 05 - 14 207 09 Little House on the Prairie NBC 1974 - 09 - 11 1983 - 03 - 21 204 09 Alice CBS 1976 - 08 - 31 1985 - 03 - 19 202 09 The Office NBC 2005 - 03 - 24 2013 - 05 - 16 201 09 Coach ABC 1989 - 02 - 28 1997 - 05 - 14 197 09 CSI: NY CBS 2004 - 09 - 22 2013 - 02 - 22 197 09 Matlock NBC (1986 -- 1992) ABC (1992 -- 1995) 1986 - 09 - 23 1995 - 05 - 07 195 09 One Tree Hill WB (2003 -- 2006) CW (2006 -- 2012) 2003 - 09 - 23 2012 - 04 - 04 187 09 Scrubs NBC (2001 -- 2008) ABC (2009 -- 2010) 2001 - 10 - 02 2010 - 03 - 17 182 09 Seinfeld NBC 1988 - 09 - 05 1998 - 05 - 14 180 08 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars CBS 1951 - 10 - 05 1959 - 03 - 27 347 08 The Big Story NBC 1949 - 09 - 16 1957 - 06 - 28 310 08 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS 1950 - 10 - 12 1958 - 09 - 15 291 08 Wagon Train NBC (1957 -- 1962) ABC (1962 -- 1965) 1957 - 09 - 18 1965 - 05 - 02 284 08 Robert Montgomery Presents NBC 1950 - 01 - 30 1957 - 06 - 24 276 08 Dragnet NBC 1951 - 12 - 16 1959 - 08 - 23 276 08 The Donna Reed Show ABC 1958 - 09 - 24 1966 - 03 - 19 275 08 Mama CBS 1949 - 07 - 01 1956 - 07 - 27 261 08 Bewitched ABC 1964 - 09 - 17 1972 - 03 - 25 254 08 The Andy Griffith Show CBS 1960 - 10 - 03 1968 - 04 - 01 249 08 Ford Theatre CBS (1948 -- 1951) NBC (1952 -- 1956) ABC (1956 -- 1957) 1948 - 10 - 17 1957 - 06 - 26 245 08 Home Improvement ABC 1991 - 09 - 17 1999 - 05 - 25 224 08 Diff'rent Strokes NBC (1978 -- 1985) ABC (1985 -- 1986) 1978 - 11 - 03 1986 - 05 - 07 222 08 Simon & Simon CBS 1981 - 11 - 24 1989 - 01 - 21 156 08 Rawhide CBS 1959 - 01 - 09 1965 - 12 - 07 217 08 Laverne & Shirley ABC 1976 - 01 - 27 1983 - 05 - 10 216 08 Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 1993 - 04 - 21 2001 - 05 - 19 201 08 The Cosby Show NBC 1984 - 09 - 20 1992 - 04 - 30 201 08 That ' 70s Show FOX 1998 - 08 - 23 2006 - 05 - 18 200 08 Who 's the Boss? ABC 1984 - 09 - 20 1992 - 04 - 25 196 08 Ironside NBC 1967 - 09 - 14 1975 - 01 - 16 196 08 Mannix CBS 1967 - 09 - 16 1975 - 04 - 13 194 08 Hawaii Five - 0 CBS 2010 - 09 - 20 Present 193 08 Full House ABC 1987 - 09 - 22 1995 - 05 - 23 192 08 24 FOX 2001 - 11 - 06 2010 - 05 - 24 192 08 According to Jim ABC 2001 - 10 - 03 2009 - 06 - 02 182 08 Desperate Housewives ABC 2004 - 10 - 03 2012 - 05 - 13 180 08 Barnaby Jones CBS 1973 - 01 - 28 1980 - 04 - 03 178 08 Diagnosis: Murder CBS 1993 - 10 - 29 2001 - 05 - 11 178 08 The Practice ABC 1997 - 03 - 04 2004 - 05 - 16 178 08 Charmed WB 1998 - 10 - 07 2006 - 05 - 21 178 08 House M.D. FOX 2004 - 11 - 16 2012 - 05 - 21 177 08 Blue Bloods CBS 2010 - 09 - 24 Present 177 08 Castle ABC 2009 - 03 - 09 2016 - 05 - 16 173 08 Three 's Company ABC 1977 - 03 - 15 1984 - 09 - 18 172 08 Wings NBC 1990 - 04 - 19 1997 - 05 - 21 172 08 Girlfriends UPN (2000 -- 2006) CW (2006 -- 2008) 2000 - 09 - 11 2008 - 02 - 11 172 08 L.A. Law NBC 1986 - 10 - 03 1994 - 05 - 19 171 08 The Vampire Diaries CW 2009 - 09 - 10 2017 - 03 - 10 171 08 Barney Miller ABC 1975 - 01 - 23 1982 - 05 - 20 168 08 The Loretta Young Show NBC 1953 - 09 - 02 1961 - 06 - 04 165 08 Magnum, P.I. CBS 1980 - 12 - 11 1988 - 05 - 08 162 08 Perfect Strangers ABC 1986 - 03 - 25 1993 - 08 - 06 150 08 Bob 's Burgers FOX 2011 - 01 - 09 Present 150 08 Quincy, M.E. NBC 1976 - 10 - 03 1983 - 09 - 04 148 08 Suits USA 2011 - 06 - 23 Present 114 07 Captain Video and His Video Rangers DuMont 1949 - 06 - 27 1955 - 04 - 01 1537 07 Lux Video Theatre CBS (1950 -- 1954) NBC (1954 -- 1957) 1950 - 10 - 02 1957 - 09 - 12 336 07 Fireside Theater NBC 1949 - 04 - 05 1958 - 05 - 22 268 07 Alfred Hitchcock Presents CBS (1955 -- 1960) NBC (1960 -- 1962) 1955 - 10 - 02 1962 - 06 - 26 267 07 The Philco Television Playhouse NBC 1948 - 10 - 03 1955 - 10 - 02 251 07 Melrose Place FOX 1992 - 07 - 08 1999 - 05 - 24 226 07 Petticoat Junction CBS 1963 - 09 - 24 1970 - 04 - 04 222 07 Step by Step ABC (1991 -- 1997) CBS (1997 -- 1998) 1991 - 09 - 20 1998 - 06 - 26 215 07 The Golden Girls NBC 1985 - 09 - 14 1992 - 05 - 21 180 07 Family Ties NBC 1982 - 09 - 22 1989 - 05 - 14 176 07 Adam - 12 NBC 1968 - 09 - 21 1975 - 05 - 20 174 07 Star Trek: Voyager UPN 1995 - 01 - 16 2001 - 05 - 23 172 07 Mission: Impossible CBS 1966 - 09 - 17 1973 - 03 - 30 171 07 Medical Center CBS 1969 - 09 - 24 1976 - 09 - 06 171 07 Empty Nest NBC 1988 - 10 - 08 1995 - 04 - 29 170 07 Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC 1969 - 09 - 23 1976 - 05 - 04 169 07 The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS 1970 - 09 - 19 1977 - 03 - 19 168 07 Growing Pains ABC 1985 - 09 - 24 1992 - 04 - 25 166 07 Mad About You NBC 1992 - 09 - 23 1999 - 05 - 24 164 07 Designing Women CBS 1986 - 09 - 29 1993 - 05 - 24 163 07 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC (1996 -- 2000) WB (2000 -- 2003) 1996 - 09 - 27 2003 - 04 - 24 163 07 Without a Trace CBS 2002 - 09 - 26 2009 - 05 - 19 160 07 Pretty Little Liars ABC 2010 - 06 - 08 2017 - 06 - 07 160 07 Benson ABC 1979 - 09 - 13 1986 - 04 - 19 158 07 Boy Meets World ABC 1993 - 09 - 24 2000 - 05 - 05 158 07 The West Wing NBC 1999 - 09 - 22 2006 - 05 - 14 156 07 Cold Case CBS 2003 - 09 - 28 2010 - 05 - 02 156 07 The Good Wife CBS 2009 - 09 - 22 2016 - 05 - 08 156 07 Once Upon a Time ABC 2011 - 10 - 23 2018 - 05 - 18 155 07 Hunter NBC 1984 - 09 - 18 1991 - 04 - 26 153 07 Gilmore Girls WB (2000 -- 2006) CW (2006 -- 2007) 2000 - 10 - 05 2007 - 05 - 15 153 07 Fantasy Island ABC 1978 - 01 - 28 1984 - 05 - 19 152 07 Trapper John, M.D. CBS 1979 - 09 - 23 1986 - 09 - 04 151 07 Malcolm in the Middle FOX 2000 - 01 - 09 2006 - 05 - 14 151 07 The Mentalist CBS 2008 - 09 - 23 2015 - 02 - 18 151 07 Just Shoot Me! NBC 1997 - 03 - 04 2003 - 08 - 16 148 07 The Dukes of Hazzard CBS 1979 - 01 - 26 1985 - 02 - 08 146 07 Hill Street Blues NBC 1981 - 01 - 15 1987 - 05 - 12 146 07 New Girl FOX 2011 - 09 - 20 2018 - 05 - 15 146 07 Buffy the Vampire Slayer WB (1997 -- 2001) UPN (2001 -- 2003) 1997 - 03 - 10 2003 - 05 - 20 144 07 In the Heat of the Night NBC (1988 -- 1992) CBS (1992 -- 1994) 1988 - 03 - 06 1994 - 05 - 11 142 07 Futurama Fox / Comedy Central 1999 - 03 - 28 2013 - 09 - 03 140 07 MacGyver ABC 1985 - 09 - 29 1992 - 05 - 21 139 07 Medium NBC (2005 -- 2009) CBS (2009 -- 2011) 2005 - 01 - 03 2011 - 01 - 21 130 07 Emergency! NBC 1972 1979 128 07 Cagney & Lacey CBS 1982 - 03 - 25 1988 - 05 - 16 125 07 Scandal ABC 2012 - 04 - 05 2018 - 04 - 19 124 07 Homicide: Life on the Street NBC 1993 - 01 - 31 1999 - 05 - 21 122 07 Cheyenne ABC 1955 - 09 - 20 1962 - 12 - 17 108 07 Rules of Engagement CBS 2007 - 02 - 05 2013 - 05 - 20 100
what is the longest running current tv show
The Simpsons