{"id":4353,"date":"2026-09-02T17:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:17:01","slug":"what-tv-show-has-been-on-the-air-way-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=4353","title":{"rendered":"What TV Show Has Been On the Air WAY Too Long?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all have that one show we loved at first\u2014but after season after season, we eventually started asking,\u00a0<strong>\u201cWait\u2026 is this STILL on?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83d\ude02 Some series become television traditions, while others make viewers wonder if it\u2019s finally time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc40 Online debates often mention shows such as\u00a0<em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The View<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Kardashians<\/em>, and the\u00a0<em>Real Housewives<\/em>\u00a0franchise. Whether you think they\u2019ve overstayed their welcome or are still entertaining millions is completely subjective. After all, if people keep watching, networks have a pretty good reason to keep making them! \ud83d\udcfa\ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<div class=\"8b6f096671da924326c04f02653a866c\" data-index=\"4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2069700\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u23f3 But when it comes to longevity, some shows are in a league of their own.\u00a0<em>General Hospital<\/em>\u00a0premiered on\u00a0<strong>April 1, 1963<\/strong>, and is still in production today, making it the longest-running dramatic series still airing. Guinness World Records also recognizes it as the world\u2019s longest-running daytime soap opera. \ud83d\ude32\ud83d\udc4f Other legendary long-running programs include\u00a0<em>Jeopardy!<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Simpsons<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Sesame Street<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83e\udd14\u2764\ufe0f\u00a0<strong>Now we want to know YOUR opinion!<\/strong>\u00a0Which TV show do you think has been around for far too long? Is there a series you stopped watching years ago because the story just seemed to go on forever? \ud83d\ude02 Or do you think some shows should stay on television as long as people enjoy them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have that one show we loved at first\u2014but after season after season, we eventually started asking,\u00a0\u201cWait\u2026 is this STILL on?\u201d\u00a0\ud83d\ude02 Some series become television traditions, while others make &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-4353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4355,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4353\/revisions\/4355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}