# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1817

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36324 "2015-07-26T21:16:51Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years
2. CSI, 15 years
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)
4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons
5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons
6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36325 "2015-07-26T21:48:00Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years
2. CSI, 15 years
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)
4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons
5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons
6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)
7. 60 Minutes, 47 seasons so far

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36326 "2015-07-26T22:52:31Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years
2. CSI, 15 years
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)
4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons
5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons
6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)
7. 60 Minutes, 47 seasons so far
8. NCIS, 12 and counting

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36327 "2015-07-26T22:52:46Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years
2. CSI, 15 years
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)
4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons
5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons
6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)
7. 60 Minutes, 47 seasons so far
8. NCIS, 12 and counting
9. NBC Nightly News, 45 years

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36328 "2015-07-26T23:24:34Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years
2. CSI, 15 years
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)
4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons
5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons
6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)
7. 60 Minutes, 47 seasons so far
8. NCIS, 12 and counting
9. NBC Nightly News, 45 years
10. Meet the Press, 68 years on TV and counting

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36329 "2015-07-26T23:57:24Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years
2. CSI, 15 years
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)
4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons
5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons
6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)
7. 60 Minutes, 47 seasons so far
8. NCIS, 12 and counting
9. NBC Nightly News, 45 years
10. Meet the Press, 68 years on TV and counting
11. Sabado Gigante, recently cancelled after 53 years

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36330 "2015-07-27T00:02:58Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years
2. CSI, 15 years
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)
4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons
5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons
6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)
7. 60 Minutes, 47 seasons so far
8. NCIS, 12 and counting
9. NBC Nightly News, 45 years
10. Meet the Press, 68 years on TV and counting
11. The Price Is Right, 43 years

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36331 "2015-07-27T00:15:05Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years
2. CSI, 15 years
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)
4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons
5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons
6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)
7. 60 Minutes, 47 seasons so far
8. NCIS, 12 and counting
9. NBC Nightly News, 45 years
10. Meet the Press, 68 years on TV and counting
11. The Price Is Right, 43 years
12. My Three Sons

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36332 "2015-07-27T02:56:23Z")

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TV shows that have run for over a decade.

1. MASH, 11 years

2. CSI, 15 years

3. Mystery Science Theater 3000, 11 years (inc. KTMA season)

4. Law & Order (the original) 20 seasons

5. Gunsmoke 20 seasons

6. The Simpsons, 26 seasons (and counting)

7. 60 Minutes, 47 seasons so far

8. NCIS, 12 and counting

9. NBC Nightly News, 45 years

10. Meet the Press, 68 years on TV and counting

11. The Price Is Right, 43 years

12. My Three Sons, 12 seasons

13. General Hospital, 52 years and counting  
**New Topic**  
TV cops

14. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), _Highway Patrol_

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36333 "2015-07-27T04:33:23Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), _Highway Patrol_
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), _Dragnet_

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36334 "2015-07-27T05:16:26Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), _Highway Patrol_
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), _Dragnet_
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: _Starsky & Hutch_

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36335 "2015-07-27T05:52:51Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), _Highway Patrol_
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), _Dragnet_
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: _Starsky & Hutch_
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), _The Shield_

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36336 "2015-07-27T07:32:12Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), _Highway Patrol_
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), _Dragnet_
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: _Starsky & Hutch_
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), _The Shield_
5. Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr (Michael Weatherly) “Navy Cop” _NCIS_

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36337 "2015-07-27T08:47:10Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), _Highway Patrol_
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), _Dragnet_
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: _Starsky & Hutch_
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), _The Shield_
5. Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr (Michael Weatherly) “Navy Cop” _NCIS_
6. Sergeant Philip Fish (Abe Vigoda), _Barney Miller_

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36338 "2015-07-27T09:21:36Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), _Highway Patrol_
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), _Dragnet_
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: _Starsky & Hutch_
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), _The Shield_
5. Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr (Michael Weatherly) “Navy Cop” _NCIS_
6. Sergeant Philip Fish (Abe Vigoda), _Barney Miller_
7. Commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan (Rock Hudson), _McMillan and Wife_

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36339 "2015-07-27T09:22:15Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), _Highway Patrol_
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), _Dragnet_
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: _Starsky & Hutch_
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), _The Shield_
5. Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr (Michael Weatherly) “Navy Cop” _NCIS_
6. Sergeant Philip Fish (Abe Vigoda), _Barney Miller_
7. Commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan (Rock Hudson), _McMillan and Wife_
8. Officers Francis Llewelyn “Ponch” Poncherello & Jonathan A. “John” Baker (Eric Estrada & Larry Wilcox), _CHiPs_

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36340 "2015-07-27T10:49:01Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), Highway Patrol
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), Dragnet
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: Starsky & Hutch
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), The Shield
5. Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr (Michael Weatherly) “Navy Cop” NCIS
6. Sergeant Philip Fish (Abe Vigoda), Barney Miller
7. Commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan (Rock Hudson), McMillan and Wife
8. Officers Francis Llewelyn “Ponch” Poncherello & Jonathan A. “John” Baker (Eric Estrada & Larry Wilcox), CHiPs
9. Francis X. Muldoon (_ **Car 54, Where Are You?** _)

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36341 "2015-07-27T11:30:04Z")

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TV cops

1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), Highway Patrol
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), Dragnet
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: Starsky & Hutch
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), The Shield
5. Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr (Michael Weatherly) “Navy Cop” NCIS
6. Sergeant Philip Fish (Abe Vigoda), Barney Miller
7. Commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan (Rock Hudson), McMillan and Wife
8. Officers Francis Llewelyn “Ponch” Poncherello & Jonathan A. “John” Baker (Eric Estrada & Larry Wilcox), CHiPs
9. Francis X. Muldoon (Car 54, Where Are You?)
10. Philip Gerard (Barry Morse), The Fugitive

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36342 "2015-07-27T12:01:13Z")

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1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), Highway Patrol
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), Dragnet
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: Starsky & Hutch
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), The Shield
5. Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr (Michael Weatherly) “Navy Cop” NCIS
6. Sergeant Philip Fish (Abe Vigoda), Barney Miller
7. Commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan (Rock Hudson), McMillan and Wife
8. Officers Francis Llewelyn “Ponch” Poncherello & Jonathan A. “John” Baker (Eric Estrada & Larry Wilcox), CHiPs
9. Francis X. Muldoon (Car 54, Where Are You?)
10. Philip Gerard (Barry Morse), The Fugitive
11. Chief Wiggum, The Simpsons

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36343 "2015-07-27T12:51:20Z")

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1. Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), Highway Patrol
2. Joe Friday (Jack Webb), Dragnet
3. David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) & Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul (Solberg)), call sign Zebra Three: Starsky & Hutch
4. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis), The Shield
5. Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr (Michael Weatherly) “Navy Cop” NCIS
6. Sergeant Philip Fish (Abe Vigoda), Barney Miller
7. Commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan (Rock Hudson), McMillan and Wife
8. Officers Francis Llewelyn “Ponch” Poncherello & Jonathan A. “John” Baker (Eric Estrada & Larry Wilcox), CHiPs
9. Francis X. Muldoon (Car 54, Where Are You?)
10. Philip Gerard (Barry Morse), The Fugitive
11. Chief Wiggum, The Simpson
12. T J Hooker (William Shatner)

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