# Longest running yet most forgotten (or forgettable) TV Show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064 "2013-03-05T03:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/201 "2013-03-14T02:03:59Z")
> [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](#): > > Mr Belvedere and Perfect Strangers still had a cultural impact…I mean can we say the Dance of Joy? > Re: Head of the Class…I met the guy who played Arvid down at my town’s beach. Don’t be ridiculous, and get outta the city! Of COURSE we can do the Dance of Joy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/202 "2013-03-14T02:28:43Z")
Concerning shows like “Meet the Press” and “Face the Nation”, aren’t these still reasonably important shows for political junkies and for politicians to get on? I guess now it is more important for a politician to get on Jay Leno or Jon Stewart, but there still has to be a market for these shows. Various quotes and positions will still make the Monday newspapers and talk shows. But it’s not like when I was a kid in the 1960s when my parents would take us for a Sunday family excursion and the local AM station would do an evening rebroadcast of MTP or FTN ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/203 "2013-03-14T02:47:00Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > No one mentioned Boy Meets World because a whole new generation became obsessed with it on the Disney Channel. So obsessed that Disney is making a sequel series about Cory and Topanga’s 12-year old daughter (I love that their math is still broken). How is the math broken? 😕 BMW ended in 2000; it’s easy for them to have a 12 yr old daughter by now if Topanga got pregnant soon after the series finale. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/204 "2013-03-14T02:59:56Z")
\*\*My Three Sons \*\*ran for 12 years, '60-'72. Nick At Night ran it for a while back in the '80s, but I haven’t heard of it since then. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/205 "2013-03-14T03:29:14Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Is that show Rules of Engagement still on the air after 7 seasons? It’s one thing for shows that ran decades ago to make this thread, but shows that are still running, such as ‘Rules of Engagement’, raise the level of suck to a very high level. Does anyone watch that show? Would anyone admit it? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/206 "2013-03-14T22:03:38Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > It’s one thing for shows that ran decades ago to make this thread, but shows that are still running, such as ‘Rules of Engagement’, raise the level of suck to a very high level. Does anyone watch that show? Would anyone admit it? CBS’s answer to According to Jim, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/207 "2013-03-18T09:15:39Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > \*\*My Three Sons \*\*ran for 12 years, '60-'72. Nick At Night ran it for a while back in the '80s, but I haven’t heard of it since then. It’s on one of the over-the-air networks (MeTV? Antenna? This? I forget), and man, it sucks. They show the Uncle Charlie era, which I guess is considered post-shark. Awful film print too; everything is too red. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/208 "2013-03-18T14:23:38Z")
“Private Practice” recently ended. I think it will be joining the list of long-running-but-forgettable shows. Did anyone mention Kate and Allie? Long running but doesn’t anyone really remember anything about it, except maybe who its stars were? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/209 "2013-03-19T22:03:04Z")
I was just reminded of 2 by Netflix, and the fact no one has mentioned them yet is a good indicator of how not memorable they are. _Quincy, ME_ ran for _eight_ seasons. _Airwolf_ ran for 4, which is a long time given how bad it was. BTW, Airwolf reminded me of _Knight Rider_, another shitty program that lasted 4 years. Also … these awful programs? I watched them all faithfully. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/210 "2013-03-20T23:40:09Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > \*\*My Three Sons \*\*ran for 12 years, '60-'72. Nick At Night ran it for a while back in the '80s, but I haven’t heard of it since then. It ran so long, during the final seasons, the Sons were shacking up and having kids. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/211 "2013-03-21T00:16:03Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > It’s one thing for shows that ran decades ago to make this thread, but shows that are still running, such as ‘Rules of Engagement’, raise the level of suck to a very high level. Does anyone watch that show? Would anyone admit it? EW had an article in its magazine this week about Rules of Engagement. It was all about how no one can believe it is still on despite the fact that it makes new episodes. The funny thing is that Just Shoot Me was the same way and both had David Spade. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064/212 "2013-03-21T01:26:36Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Definitely whether a TV show is forgotten depends on your age. To me, “Gunsmoke” has no meaning at all despite the fact that it ran for 600+ episodes, but I’m sure there are old farts out there who think “Gunsmoke” is unforgettable. You may not be into westerns but Gunsmoke had some great episodes with characters created by some of out greatest characters actors of that era. Ken Curtis created an amazing character in Festus Hagen. Aspiring actors and actresses should study that show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-running-yet-most-forgotten-or-forgettable-tv-show/652064.md?page=10)