The nine oldest scripted US TV shows currently running (excluding animations)
5 Dec 2010
Cancelled Shows Law and Order SVU NCIS SpoilerTV ArticleTV shows seem to be dying young after Law & Order ended in it's 20th season last year. and shows outside of CBS & the CW are dying even younger.
First place
The oldest scripted show left on US TV (excluding animations & daytime Soaps) is Law and Order SVU in it's 12th season which may end this season due to cast contracts expiring and a desire to end the show.
Second place
the CSI mothership at 11 season which is expected to return next year.
Third place
Smallville at 10 seasons the longest running "serialized" show which is ending this season.
Fourth Place
Law and Order CI on USA having it's 10th and final season this summer.
Fifth place goes to CSI:Miami at 9 seasons which is considered on the bubble due to low ratings.
Sixth Place
One Tree Hill rumors have the creators and cast wishing to end it this season with contracts expiring and Sophia Bush stating this is her final season it's likely done.
Seventh Place
Two & a Half Men at season 8 which is already renewed for season 9.
Eighth Place
NCIS also at eight seasons still a ratings monster and expected to continue
Ninth Place
Entourage having it's 8th and final season this summer (with a reduced order).
1- Law & Order: SVU season 12 - cast issues could end it this year
2- CSI season 11
3- Smallville 10 - ENDING
4- Law & Order CI 10 - ENDING
5- CSI: Miami season 9
6- One Tree Hill season 8 - cast issues could end it this year
7- Two and a Half Men season 8 - already renewed through season 9
8- NCIS season 8
9- Entourage 8 - ENDING
10- Curb your Enthusiasm season 8 *
*thanks to Bunky Bunk for drawing Curb your Enthusiasm to my attention
Source : SpoilerTV
2 and half men is renewed only through next season (it's 9th) not season 10.
ReplyDeleteYeah... I'm pretty sure Doctor Who is the longest running scripted show.
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ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure you can only count the current Doctor Who (2005) series under currently airing... So it will have been on what ...5 or 6 years now? Hard to consider it to be a uninterrupted series since it only had 1 episode in 15 years. The original run ended at 26 seasons. Damn impressive either way!
ReplyDeleteI wonder why they do not include daytime soap operas? Some of them have been on 50 years or so and they are scripted I think. Maybe it is a primetime list?
ReplyDeleteyep listed in the post too many daytime soaps
ReplyDeleteHa! I skimmed right over that bit to get to the info... oops.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to add, re: 2 and a Half Men that even with its huge ratings in both viewers and 18-49, a lot depends on Charlie Sheen's sobriety and willingness to keep the show going. As I recall over the summer, it was touch and go for several weeks but CBS did make it clear that without Sheen, Jon Cryer is not a big enough name to keep the show going.
ReplyDeleteWell, besides Entourage it's pretty much only crap.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, you forgot Curb your Enthusiasm, which is probably the best comedy currently running. In 2011, LD's show will enter his 8th season. Curb your Enthusiasm is in production since 2000 (since 1999 if you include the TV movie), so technically it actually is the oldest scripted US TV show currently running.
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ReplyDeleteOne Tree Hill might come to an end? I was not a fan of the first three or four seasons of the show but came to like it when it transitioned to a more matured storyline.
ReplyDeleteThank god, L&O: CI is ending!
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I honestly can't picture NCIS going off the air anytime soon. Not with the consistent 20 million+ viewers week after week, and reports from the cast loving every minute of their work on the show. My bet would be that NCIS surpasses it's predecessor (JAG) with having atleast 10+ seasons. Hell, even on reruns of episodes, NCIS manages to bring in over 15 million viewers.
ReplyDeleteNCIS in its 8 season is better then ever. The writing is creative and it never gets boring. I say that it can go to about 10 or 11 seasons and still have a strong following. The writers and cast are just that good!
ReplyDeleteYep, I think it's Primetime only.
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