# Are there any TV shows that could last 100 years? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247 "2006-08-18T16:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247/21 "2006-08-18T23:50:07Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Since it is radio, I’m not sure that it would count, but the New York Philharmonic has been broadcasting since 1923 ([some of which still exist](http://www.radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+New+York+Philharmonic+Orchestra)). All they need is to last 16 more years on air. [/QUOTE] Figures. Spent 10 minutes researching that, and I made errors in phrasing and in math. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247/22 "2006-08-19T00:03:46Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Since it is radio, I’m not sure that it would count, but the New York Philharmonic has been broadcasting since 1923 ([some of which still exist](http://www.radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+New+York+Philharmonic+Orchestra)). All they need is to last 16 more years on air. [/QUOTE] The 2ZY Orchestra, via several name changes becoming the [BBC Philharmonic](http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/philharmonic/about_us/history.shtml), beats that by one year. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247/23 "2006-08-19T00:05:55Z")
OK, I should have admitted that that was a rather weak claim, if we’re after continuity. However, back on the OP’s path, Coronation Street is Britain’s longest-running TV soap (since 1960) and still bloody popular. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247/24 "2006-08-19T02:09:34Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Older than SNL by a lot is the institution known as the Tonight Show. The Soaps are a good call as for the way **Sarahfeena** asked the question including changing technologies, radio should count. Jim [/QUOTE] Good point. If you include radio, it would add a few years onto the age of Meet the Press, as I believe it started on radio as well. ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247/25 "2006-08-19T06:04:36Z")
It WILL be The Price is Right, thereby proving my theory that Bob Barker immediately retires to a cryogenic chamber after each show and that he is comprised entirely of parts from lesser game show hosts. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247/26 "2006-08-19T06:41:30Z")
[QUOTE=xizor] I could see _Cops_ lasting that long. There will always be law enforcement and there will always be drunk rednecks acting stupid who need arresting. [/QUOTE] Hmmm… > [@](#): > > Come along quietly sir. Don’t make me use the agonizer on you. > > Oh aren’t you a big, brave android! Well bring it on … AAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!! > > I warned you! O.K. get the compressors on him. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247/27 "2006-08-19T09:13:59Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] Well, there are two Science Fiction franchises that are still going, in one form or another. Of course, there were large gaps in the time they were on, and certain aspects, both major and minor, were changed over the years. And one lept to the cinema, too. Go ahead, guess which TV/Film SF franchises I’m speaking of… [/QUOTE] _Doctor Who_ and _Star Trek,_ presumably. Interestingly, given **mrrealtime** ’s (entirely plausible) speculations on the future of TV, both franchises have spawned numerous fan-produced continuations/expansions. If “You Tube” is the model for future entertainment provision, I doubt that either show could ever die. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247/28 "2006-08-19T10:42:19Z")
_THE TWILIGHT ZONE_ Rod Serling was a genius. The show drew from classic short stories and is _still_ in syndication after fifty years. I see no reason why people a hundred years from now won’t come across Beaumont and Bradbury in short story collections and not want to see the teleplays. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tv-shows-that-could-last-100-years/369247.md?page=1)