Longest running yet most forgotten (or forgettable) TV Show?

Remington Steele currently runs on MeTV.

MeTV.

And the multi-talented Phil Hartman, R.I.P.

I’m almost certain that several of those are currently in reruns on either MeTV, FamilyNet, or AntennaTV. I can’t keep them straight in my head. Not exactly Nick at Nite, but they’re out there.

Edit: I see I’ve been beaten to it on a couple.

Yes Dear is in pretty heavy rotation on Nick at Nite (and TBS before that), hardly forgotten.

Coach, like Wings is on Reelz. So is Becker, and I think they also show Newsradio from time to time. Coach and Becker were also in fairly heavy rotation on WGN not too long ago (maybe they still are, I dunno).

Depending on where you are, According to Jim can still be found in local syndication.

Soap runs on AntennaTV sometimes (as does its spinoff Benson, another surprisingly long running show). Barney Miller either runs there or on WGN, I forget which.

Alice, last time I remember seeing that was back when E! decided to start running real shows instead of just celeb/movie/gossip type self produced stuff.

Drew Carey, haven’t seen that for ages. When Ion was running it, I don’t think they even made it past the first 4 seasons.

I believe someone also mentioned Gunsmoke. How can that be forgotten? I don’t think it’s ever been out of syndication. To my count it currently runs on three networks. Encore Western even has the early half-hour episodes entitled “Marshall Dillon.”

Is this a whoosh? That show’s huge.

Concur. It’s still on PBS where I live.

oh geez :frowning: yeah

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Malcolm in the Middle airs here(Michigan) in re-runs, so it is syndicated.

What is the GMC station?

Cultural impact…no. I think it is well remembered, though. I will admit I never saw and obviously don’t remember the Jon Lovitz season, but I remember the rest.
Seventh Heaven may be the winner, but Just Shoot Me is a strong contender. I absolutely adore Supernatural(now in season 8 and renewed for season 9), but I sometimes wonder how many folks have ever seen it.

Pretty sure it’s the Gospel Music Channel, which I’ve never heard of, either.

Don’t. Lovitz is good, but he can’t replace Phil Hartman, even though, to his and the writers’ credit, he didn’t really try.

I watched Just Shoot Me and loved it. Seventh Heaven found a niche audience and rode it for a pretty long time, considering.

A Different World ran for six seasons, but is rarely mentioned these days despite being a spin-off of The Cosby Show.

I thought Newsradio was really good.
St. Elsewhere was one of my favorite shows when it aired originally.
I used to watch Remington Steele too, but I haven’t seen it for many years.

Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper - 5 years, 101 episodes.

Perfect Strangers- 8 seasons 150 episodes

Mr. Belvedere- 6 seasons 117 episodes

227- 5 seasons 116 episodes

Most of the shows mentioned were pretty big during my childhood (I’m 33) and are pretty memorable to me.
Even Yes, Dear, which ran later and I didn’t really watch. It starred the guy from Boston Common, daughter from Uncle Buck, and the host of Nick’s Guts.

I have to agree with JohnT here. For as big as Murphy Brown was, it is almost forgotten about now.

VP Quayle is himself forgettable.

The entire cast has fallen off of the face of the Earth.

The main problem is that the writing was TOO topical. In 2013 no one wants to hear jokes about James Carville and George Stephanopolous. Meanwhile a show like Everybody Loves Raymond will live forever.

Murphy Brown won The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in its second and fourth season and neither is available on DVD. Along with the first season of The Wonder Years, these are the only seasons that won that award in the last 40+ years that are not available on DVD.

William F. Buckley’s Firing Line ran from 1966 to 1999.

In that episode of Walker Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris uses Cherokee magic to enter Haley Joel Osment’s dreams and spin kick his nightmares.

And aside from Mr. Humphries, the rest of the cast isn’t bad either! Even Mrs. Slocombe’s hoo hah.

I came in to mention Supernatural, which appears to have been on TV for most of the last decade, despite the fact I’ve only ever met one person who watches it.

I will also nominate Neighbours - I know it’s hugely popular overseas and has viewership numbers suggesting it’s very popular here in Australia, but again - never met anyone who watches it (unlike rival soap Home & Away, where I have encountered several fans).

Brian becomes the boy toy of a rich older woman (played by Tim Daly’s real-life sister, Tyne Daly) who gives him a Porsche:

Antonio: Driving an automobile like this is like making love to a ravishingly beautiful woman.
Brian: Why is that?
Antonio: I’ve never done either.

Wings had its moments.

I would assume that’s because of music licensing issues. The Wonder Years featured period appropriate music, and I remember Murphy Brown having a fair amount of Motown music (the title character was a fan).