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Old 07-11-2016, 10:19
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O.k... The Simpsons has now been renewed for Seasons 29 and 30.

When I started this list, the count was:

Doctor Who: 813
The Simpsons: 574
Total difference: 239


Currently, the count is:

Doctor Who: 826
The Simpsons: 602
Total difference: 224


After a year and a half, The Simpsons has caught up by 15 episodes.
It's going to be some while (if ever), before it overtakes it then.
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Old 07-11-2016, 10:41
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What about WWE Monday Night RAW?

The longest weekly episodic TV show in recent times, with more than 1000 episodes.
No1curr.
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Old 08-11-2016, 08:12
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Any thoughts on this fun and silly numbers exercise?
The Simpsons First Season aired Dec 17 1989

TMNT First Season aired Dec 28 1987

Yet everyone harps on about simpsons being longest running cartoon when it isnt.
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Old 08-11-2016, 08:17
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The Simpsons First Season aired Dec 17 1989

TMNT First Season aired Dec 28 1987

Yet everyone harps on about simpsons being longest running cartoon when it isnt.

But it has not been on continuously


4.1 First animated series (1987–1996)
4.2 Anime series
4.3 Live-action series (1997–1998)
4.4 Second animated series (2003–2009)
4.5 Third animated series (2012–present)
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Old 08-11-2016, 18:32
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But it has not been on continuously


4.1 First animated series (1987–1996)
4.2 Anime series
4.3 Live-action series (1997–1998)
4.4 Second animated series (2003–2009)
4.5 Third animated series (2012–present)
Maybe not but ew episodes still being made no matter how often c4 forget TMNT
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Old 08-11-2016, 20:47
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Maybe not but ew episodes still being made no matter how often c4 forget TMNT
That is true, but if you add up all four of those different TMNT shows, they still add up to just under 500 episodes whereas The Simpsons has topped 600 episodes on the same continuous show. Not only would it be like comparing episode number of Star Trek (including the original series, The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise) against the single show of Doctor Who (several different series, albeit tied together within the same universe, against a single series), but The Simpsons still has more episodes.
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Old 08-11-2016, 20:55
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That is true, but if you add up all four of those different TMNT shows, they still add up to just under 500 episodes whereas The Simpsons has topped 600 episodes on the same continuous show. Not only would it be like comparing episode number of Star Trek (including the original series, The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise) against the single show of Doctor Who (several different series, albeit tied together within the same universe, against a single series), but The Simpsons still has more episodes.
Well we could add together Dr Who SJA Class & Torchwood universe = 924 so far

Star Trek universe=726 so far

Power Rangers=863 so far
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Old 10-11-2016, 06:58
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Well we could add together Dr Who SJA Class & Torchwood universe = 924 so far

Star Trek universe=726 so far

Power Rangers=863 so far
You forgot K-9 & Company and K-9.

Are you including the movies in the Star Trek and Power Rangers stuff?
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Old 10-11-2016, 08:32
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You forgot K-9 & Company and K-9.

Are you including the movies in the Star Trek and Power Rangers stuff?
Oh yes but only POWER RANGERS TURBO movie for Power Rangers as 1st movie is non canon as up coming 3rd movie,but YES for all STAR TREK movies,

And is that K-9 show canon?
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Old 10-11-2016, 09:07
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Oh yes but only POWER RANGERS TURBO movie for Power Rangers as 1st movie is non canon as up coming 3rd movie,but YES for all STAR TREK movies,

And is that K-9 show canon?
The only thing that has been declared as non-canon is Scream of the Shakla. So, I guess so? LOL!
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Old 10-11-2016, 11:02
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That is true, but if you add up all four of those different TMNT shows, they still add up to just under 500 episodes whereas The Simpsons has topped 600 episodes on the same continuous show. Not only would it be like comparing episode number of Star Trek (including the original series, The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise) against the single show of Doctor Who (several different series, albeit tied together within the same universe, against a single series), but The Simpsons still has more episodes.
Yeah the point I was making was all these tv companies like BBC2 channel 4 etc just keep banging on about Simpsons the longest running cartoon when the Turtles debuted 2 years before. Regardless how many gaps the breaks are in the TMNT franchise its the longest running cartoon not simpsons.
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Old 10-11-2016, 11:09
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Yeah the point I was making was all these tv companies like BBC2 channel 4 etc just keep banging on about Simpsons the longest running cartoon when the Turtles debuted 2 years before. Regardless how many gaps the breaks are in the TMNT franchise its the longest running cartoon not simpsons.
Well its the longest running PRIME TIME cartoon.

And what about
Doraemon


Its been on continuously since 79 but also have a run April 1 – September 30, 1973.
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Old 11-11-2016, 06:35
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Well its the longest running PRIME TIME cartoon.

And what about
Doraemon


Its been on continuously since 79 but also have a run April 1 – September 30, 1973.
Holy smokes, that one has 1787 episodes. He churned out 256 episodes in the second year. That is almost one a day. How long are the episodes, two minutes? Wow.

By the way, it looks as if that one ended in 2005, but still, wow.
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Old 11-11-2016, 06:39
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Yeah the point I was making was all these tv companies like BBC2 channel 4 etc just keep banging on about Simpsons the longest running cartoon when the Turtles debuted 2 years before. Regardless how many gaps the breaks are in the TMNT franchise its the longest running cartoon not simpsons.
I think, at this point, that they are referring to episode count. The Simpsons simply has more episodes than TMNT. Also, The Simpsons has been on continuously for the last 28 years without gaps. TMNT has a bunch of gaps. Given that, The Simpsons also has more seasons than TMNT because of the skipped years.
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Old 11-11-2016, 06:49
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Yeah the point I was making was all these tv companies like BBC2 channel 4 etc just keep banging on about Simpsons the longest running cartoon when the Turtles debuted 2 years before. Regardless how many gaps the breaks are in the TMNT franchise its the longest running cartoon not simpsons.
No, the gaps matter. Once a show stops, it stops. It's kind sad how this thread is all about people desperately looking for some reason to take away this record from The Simpsons.
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Old 11-11-2016, 11:02
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No, the gaps matter. Once a show stops, it stops. It's kind sad how this thread is all about people desperately looking for some reason to take away this record from The Simpsons.
BECAUSE THE SIMPSONS IS NOT THE LONGEST RUNNING CARTOON!

Even as far back as the 2000s Channel 4 did alot of crap disregarding this.
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Old 11-11-2016, 11:38
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BECAUSE THE SIMPSONS IS NOT THE LONGEST RUNNING CARTOON!

Even as far back as the 2000s Channel 4 did alot of crap disregarding this.
Using that logic and bearing in mind that you're conflating different canons and including live action too, literally any cartoon that has had various iterations over more than 27 years can claim to be longer running than The Simpsons.

So Superman kicks Homer's arse.
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Old 17-11-2016, 21:06
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Yeah the point I was making was all these tv companies like BBC2 channel 4 etc just keep banging on about Simpsons the longest running cartoon when the Turtles debuted 2 years before. Regardless how many gaps the breaks are in the TMNT franchise its the longest running cartoon not simpsons.
No, because Turtles is THREE DIFFERENT CARTOONS. Fred Wolf 1987-1996. 4Kids 2003-2009. Nickelodeon 2011-present. Different production companies licensing (and in Nick's case, outright buying) the rights to the comic book characters. There was also a Saban live action series in 1997. The Simpsons has always been one show, from Gracie Films and Fox Television.
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Old 18-11-2016, 13:49
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Sorry, but this thread is about episode count, not how long a show has existed for, with or without breaks or regardless of who was producing it.
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Old 18-11-2016, 14:43
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If we're talking longest running cartoon series, then surely that would be Looney Tunes (1930-1967)? I know they were originally shown in theatres, but were later shown on tv and are more associated with that medium.
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Old 19-11-2016, 23:18
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Fair point, but Looney Tunes (and Merrie Melodies) were shorts built around a whole host of characters, none of whom appeared in every single one, so it's not really comparable to something like The Simpsons.
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Old 20-11-2016, 09:11
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No, because Turtles is THREE DIFFERENT CARTOONS. Fred Wolf 1987-1996. 4Kids 2003-2009. Nickelodeon 2011-present. Different production companies licensing (and in Nick's case, outright buying) the rights to the comic book characters. There was also a Saban live action series in 1997. The Simpsons has always been one show, from Gracie Films and Fox Television.
Its the same franchise regardless of what company makes them.
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Old 20-11-2016, 15:57
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Its the same franchise regardless of what company makes them.
Why exactly do you keep mentioning TMNT?

It clearly doesn't have the most episodes. Nor is it the longest-running if you're allowing any cartoon that has had multiple iterations over several decades.

The different TMNT series do not follow on from each other. So it's not even a single continuity.

TMNT is utterly irrelevant to this discussion.
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Old 21-11-2016, 05:46
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BECAUSE THE SIMPSONS IS NOT THE LONGEST RUNNING CARTOON!

Even as far back as the 2000s Channel 4 did alot of crap disregarding this.
Define "longest running" the way that you are using it, then. If I show a single episode in 1915 and I then show another episode in 2015, was I running for 100 years? No. I ran for one episode (or one year or one season to be generous) and then later I ran for another episode (or one year or one season to be generous), but it would not make it a show that ran for 100 years.

You can define "Longest running" by seasons (series or years in which new episodes were shown) or by episode count (which is what we are doing here), but to say that a show was "running" during long breaks is simply a misnomer at best or a falsehood at worst.
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Old 21-11-2016, 13:39
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Why exactly do you keep mentioning TMNT?

It clearly doesn't have the most episodes. Nor is it the longest-running if you're allowing any cartoon that has had multiple iterations over several decades.
Yeah - Spider-Man comes to mind. He's had half a dozen different cartoons (and two live action shows almost simultaneously in the US and Japan in 1978), starting from the 1960s. But he hasn't been on air continuously for 50 years.
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