It is tied for the longest comedy in history. The problem is I wish it was a better comedy. I guess we could give credit for surviving so long. Most shows don’t. Married with Children lasted a year less....only 11 years.
"The network's sole new fall comedy, The McCarthys stars Tryler Ritter as a gay man at odds with his traditional Boston family..
It never stops..
Interesting list. Some decent shows in there. I always forget that Hollywooders worked a lot harder years ago then they do now:
Some of the Longest Running Television Comedies
By number of seasons
25+ The Simpsons (Spring 2014)
17+ South Park (Spring 2014)
14 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie And Harriet
13 King Of The Hill
12 My Three Sons, Family Guy (Spring 2014)
11 M*A*S*H, Cheers, The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy, Happy Days, The Jeffersons, Married ... With Children, Frasier, Two And A Half Men (Spring 2014)
10 Murphy Brown, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Friends, Family Guy
9 The Beverly Hillbillies, The Love Boat, Alice, Roseanne, Family Matters, Coach, All In The Family, One Day At A Time, Night Court, The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, The King Of Queens, The Office
By number of episodes
541+ The Simpsons (Spring 2014)
435 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie & Harriet
380 My Three Sons
336 The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy
275 The Donna Reed Show, Cheers
274 The Beverly Hillbillies
264 Frasier
259 Married ... With Children
257 King Of The Hill
256 M*A*S*H
255 Happy Days
253 The Jeffersons
252 Bewitched
249 The Andy Griffith Show
247 Murphy Brown, South Park (Spring 2014)
245 The Love Boat
239+ Two And A Half Men (Spring 2014)
238 Friends
234 Leave It To Beaver
233 The Drew Carey Show
222 Roseanne
221+ Family Guy (Spring 2014)
214 Family Matters
210 All In The Family
209 One Day At A Time, The Facts Of Life, Everybody Loves Raymond
207 The King Of Queens
204 Home Improvement
202 Alice
201 The Cosby Show
200 Coach
199 The Office
193 Night Court, Will & Grace
I never watched one episode. Is that great or what?
I can proudly say that the time it took to enter this post is the most of my precious time that I have ever wasted on this swill.
I have never seen the show.
Oh my, how will they ever replace such a family friendly show, that emphasized such strong moral values? I know, maybe they could just film the poor and destitute on skid row. that would probably appeal to their targeted demographic.
I remember encountering the series the very first year it started, as that was back before I just totally gave up and turned off ‘network-tv’ for good. At first I thought it looked to be a potentially promising update of the “Odd Couple” theme, but with the two brothers instead. The two guys did seem to have a bit of chemistry.
But, wow. It dove headlong into the sewer. Just a non-stop stream of tacky put-downs and one-liners. Gratuitous sex and scat jokes every single minute. Pathetic and slimey at the same time. Just watching it instilled in me an almost immediate desire to go take a shower, to wash the filth off. It was that creepily noxious. So obviously, I quickly tuned the show out. And shortly thereafter, all of network-tv. Excised it from my life completely.
tiresome and predictable.
He was fired because he was so stoned most of the time that he couldn't do his job.
Good riddance to that vulgar trash.
without Charlie, the show was crap and died the death it deserved
looks like Charlie won ... while pissing off a big Hollywood lib
I love a happy ending (so does Charlie ;)
THANK GOD.
12 years to late.