This is a list of the longest-running United States cable television series, ordered by number of broadcast seasons.
To qualify for this list, the programming must originate in North America and shown nationally in the United States and be first-run (as opposed to a repackaging of previously aired material or material released in other media). For the purposes of this list, series that were available only on a local or regional basis will be excluded, along with hybrid broadcast/cable networks such as The WB 100+/The CW Plus. For series that originated on U.S. broadcast networks (or broadcast syndication) and then was picked up by a national cable network, only the amount aired nationally on cable as original programming is represented here.
A season for the purpose of this article is defined as a given year, not a production cycle (as in America's Next Top Model) which is defined as a season by the network or the program's distributor; for instance, multiple series on Food Network (e.g. Chopped) count each production cycle as a season rather than classing them by year.
Series shaded in light blue are currently in production. |
Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes | |
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24 | ESPN Major League Baseball[15] | ESPN / ESPN2[16] | present | |||
24 | Comedy Central | present | ||||
24 | WCW Saturday Night[17] | WTCG/WTBS/TBS | [18] | |||
23 | Crossfire | CNN | ||||
Inside the Actors Studio | Bravo | |||||
Ovation | ||||||
22 | E! News[19] | News Live | E! | present | ||
Real Time with Bill Maher | HBO | present | ||||
22 | Pawn Stars | History | present | 646 | ||
21 | Reliable Sources | CNN | ||||
Modern Marvels | History | |||||
[20] | Fox News Channel | 5,321 | ||||
Around the Horn | ESPN | November 4, 2002 | present | |||
21 | Style with Elsa Klensch | CNN | ||||
20 | NFL Matchup | ESPN / ESPN2[21] | present | |||
20 | Monday Night Countdown | ESPN | present | |||
20 | Evans and Novak[22] | CNN | ||||
Deadliest Catch | Discovery Channel | present | ||||
Keeping Up with the Kardashians | E! | |||||
20 | Total Request Live | MTV | 2,254 | |||
2019 | ||||||
Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
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19 | Squawk Box | CNBC | present | ||
19 | ESPN Sunday Night Football[23] | ESPN | [24] | ||
19 | NASCAR on TBS | TBS | |||
18 | Golf Central | Golf Channel | present | ||
The Real Housewives of Orange County | Bravo | present | |||
18 | Showbiz Today[25] | ||||
17 | E! True Hollywood Story | E! | 501 | ||
17 | Fox News Live | Fox News | |||
present | |||||
17 | WNBA on ESPN | ESPN | present | ||
17 | MythBusters | Discovery Channel | |||
Science Channel | |||||
17 | USA Tuesday Night Fights | USA | |||
17 | Capital Gang | CNN | |||
16 | NFL Films Game of the Week[26] | ESPN | |||
16 | Hardball with Chris Matthews[27] | America's Talking | |||
CNBC | |||||
MSNBC | |||||
16 | Booknotes | C-SPAN | 801 | ||
16 | MTV Unplugged | MTV | present | ||
Good Eats | Food Network | ||||
Cooking Channel | |||||
Food Network | |||||
Discovery+ | |||||
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | FX | ||||
FXX | present | ||||
Ghost Hunters | Sci Fi Channel / Syfy | ||||
A&E | |||||
Discovery+ | |||||
Travel Channel | present | ||||
15 | Monday Night Countdown | ESPN | present | ||
The Real Housewives of Atlanta | Bravo | present | |||
Ninjago[28] | Cartoon Network | January 14, 2011 | October 25, 2020 | ||
Netflix | March 7, 2021 | October 1, 2022 | |||
Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
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SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | [29] | present | ||
Forensic Files[30] | TLC | ||||
Court TV | |||||
TruTV | [31] | ||||
Gold Rush | Discovery Channel | present | |||
14 | An Evening at the Improv | ||||
14 | SpeedWeek | ESPN | |||
14 | Video Soul | BET | |||
14 | Road Rules | MTV | [32] | ||
14 | Xplay[33] | ZDTV / TechTV | |||
G4techTV | |||||
G4 | |||||
14 | NASCAR on TNT | TNT | |||
13 | Tim Russert | CNBC | |||
13 | Private Screenings | TCM | |||
13 | Hannity & Colmes[34] | Fox News Channel | |||
13 | Gardening by the Yard | HGTV | |||
Mystery Science Theater 3000 | KTMA-TV | ||||
The Comedy Channel | |||||
Comedy Central | |||||
Sci Fi Channel | |||||
Netflix | |||||
Gizmoplex | [35] | present | |||
12 | Monday Night Baseball | ESPN | present | ||
12 | 30 Minute Meals | Food Network | 445+ | ||
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (alternate titles) | Adult Swim | [36] | |||
present | |||||
12 | BET's Top 25 | BET | |||
12 | NASCAR on Speed | Speed | |||
12 | American Sports Cavalcade | TNN | |||
Intimate Portrait | Lifetime | ||||
Number of seasons | Series | Network | First broadcast | Last broadcast | Number of episodes |
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11 | Closing Bell | CNBC | February 4, 2002 | present | |
Shameless | Showtime | January 9, 2011 | April 11, 2021 | ||
11 | Shepard Smith Reporting | Fox News Channel | August 12, 2002 | January 15, 2021 | |
11 | House of Style | MTV | May 1989 | 2000 | |
October 18, 2012 | |||||
11 | Talk Soup | E! | December 26, 1991 | May 17, 2002 | |
11 | E! | June 18, 1994 | July 8, 2005 | 1,550+ | |
11 | All That | Nickelodeon | January 21, 1995[37] | October 22, 2005 | 210 |
June 15, 2019 | December 17, 2020 | ||||
11 | Imus in the Morning[38] | MSNBC | September 2, 1996 | April 11, 2007 | |
11 | Paula's Home Cooking | Food Network | 2002 | 2013 | 135+ |
Impractical Jokers | TruTV | December 15, 2011 | February 9, 2023 | ||
TBS | April 6, 2024 | present | |||
When Calls the Heart | Hallmark Channel | October 19, 2013 | present | ||
11 | On the Record | Fox News Channel | February 4, 2002 | November 11, 2016 | |
10 | NFL Total Access | NFL Network | 2003 | May 17, 2024 | |
10 | American Morning | CNN | September 12, 2001 | December 30, 2011 | |
10 | Emeril Live | Food Network | October 6, 1997 | December 11, 2007 | |
Fine Living | July 7, 2008 | December 14, 2010 | |||
The Fairly OddParents | Nickelodeon | March 30, 2001 | November 25, 2006 | 172 | |
February 18, 2008 | September 16, 2016 | ||||
Nicktoons | January 18, 2017 | July 26, 2017 | |||
10 | Nashville Now | TNN | March 7, 1983 | October 15, 1993 | |
PAW Patrol | Nickelodeon | August 12, 2013 | present | ||
10 | NASCAR on TNN | TNN | March 3, 1991 | November 5, 2000 | |
10 | Stargate SG-1[39] | Showtime | July 27, 1997 | May 17, 2002 | 215[40] |
Sci Fi Channel | June 7, 2002 | June 22, 2007[41] | |||
10 | USA Up All Night | USA Network | January 7, 1989 | March 7, 1998 | 900+ |
10 | Weather Center | The Weather Channel | March 10, 1998 | March 1, 2009 | |
10 | Adventure Time | Cartoon Network | April 5, 2010 | September 3, 2018 | 283 |