# most stable time-slots on primetime TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051 "2012-02-07T04:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/1 "2012-02-07T04:49:49Z")
What time slot has had the most stable shows in that slot? I know Sunday at 7 on CBS is 60 Minutes. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/2 "2012-02-07T13:35:18Z")
Sundays at 8 pm for **The Simpsons** ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/3 "2012-02-07T15:45:25Z")
Thursday at 10pm ET on NBC was _ER_ for 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/4 "2012-02-08T18:33:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Sundays at 8 pm for **The Simpsons** For several years it ran at 8pm Thursdays. So it’s been continuously stable at that slot for a “mere” 17 years. And then there’s football, baseball playoffs and other preemptions. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/5 "2012-02-08T19:19:05Z")
That’s right, the Simpsons changed to Thursdays to compete with “The Cosby”. That puts some perspective on how long it’s been running. I wonder what percentage of the world’s population even predates The Simpsons, especially if you count back to the Tracey Ullman Show. I’ve been time shifting so long, I don’t even know what time or day things are on anymore. Surely Law and Order must have been a fairly stable presence for a couple of decades or so. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/6 "2012-02-08T19:31:20Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > I wonder what percentage of the world’s population even predates The Simpsons, especially if you count back to the Tracey Ullman Show. Another reason The Simpsons should be renewed for future seasons. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/7 "2012-02-08T19:50:36Z")
ER was Thursday at 10 ET for its entire run of fifteen seasons, no? Law & Order seemed like it was on Wednesday at 10 ET forever, but looks like it only moved there beginning in its 3rd season then in its final season NBC started running Jay Leno at 10 every night. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/8 "2012-02-08T19:52:29Z")
I would bet on a soap opera. I get all my TV through Itunes now so I don’t know when anything is on but for long running shows in a stable timeslot that would be my bet. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/9 "2012-02-08T20:29:52Z")
Cops at 8 Saturday nights on Fox. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stable-time-slots-on-primetime-tv/612051/10 "2012-02-08T20:52:24Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > I would bet on a soap opera. I get all my TV through Itunes now so I don’t know when anything is on but for long running shows in a stable timeslot that would be my bet. Easily. _General Hospital_ was the only soap I ever watched with regularity, but it’s been on at 3 pm ET (around here, anyway) since the mid-70s when I did.