Grace and Frankie remains Netflix's longest-running series to date, having concluded its run after seven successful seasons. Grace and Frankie ranks among the best long-running shows, meaning those with at least four seasons.
Netflix has officially renewed Big Mouth for its eight and final season — becoming the longest-running series in the streamer's history outside of Kids & Family programming. The animated coming-of-age series will premiere its last two seasons in 2023 and 2024, after airing season six in October 2022.
1. "The Simpsons" (1989-Present) With well over 700 episodes, "The Simpsons" is the longest-running scripted primetime TV series. It centers around the hilariously dysfunctional Simpson family — consisting of father Homer, mother Marge, and kids Bart, Lisa, and Maggie — as they navigate the monotony of everyday life.
"Gunsmoke"
Inspired by the classic radio drama, "Gunsmoke," the highly-acclaimed TV series depicting the settlement of the American West, aired on CBS from 1955 to 1975. During those 20 seasons, it racked up an astounding 635 episodes, the most of any scripted primetime series ever.
Now, the Griffin family has been on for 21 seasons and aired exactly 400 episodes.
Grey's Anatomy (2005– ) 18 Seasons
The most successful medical drama on television, Grey's Anatomy, is on Netflix for fans to binge-watch and enjoy in all its glory.
Adam Sandler is by far the person with the most Netflix original movies or shows. The actor has starred in eight movies for the streamer, with two more on the way.
GUNSMOKE (1955-75)
Over those two decades, the series aired a total of 635 episodes. That makes it the second longest running prime-time series in US history behind The Simpsons.
Unless you count Sense8's 152-minute finale, which originally aired as a standalone movie, or Norway's “Slow TV” phenomenon, (real-time, marathon broadcasts of train rides, knitting contests, and fishing outings that draw surprisingly robust ratings), that may make it the longest single television episode ever made.
Naturally ending shows include The Crown, Firefly Lane, and Never Have I Ever. Then we'll have shows that get ghost canceled, whereby we never officially hear about them being axed. We're keeping a track of some of those ghost-canceled shows here.
Netflix has ushered in the era of limited series programming, with critically lauded shows such as “Godless,” “When They See Us,” “Maniac,” “Unorthodox,” and “The Queen's Gambit.” These shows have limited episodes, and each episode typically lasts between thirty minutes to an hour.
A Netflix 'limited series' acts as a mini-series with usually around 4-10 episodes where the main story arc of the show will be full resolved within that time-frame. This doesn't necessarily mean an end for the show itself however.
But 2022 will see the streaming service provide its first ever movie that is intended for adults only. Blonde has been rated NC-17 in the States - the equivalent to an 18s certificate in Ireland - for its sexual content, making it the first ever Netflix movie to receive that certification.
What can I watch on Netflix? With 3,600+ movies and 1,800+ TV shows available to subscribers, Netflix is one of the world's most popular streaming services.
The most popular shows ranking on our guide to the best-reviewed on Netflix include Stranger Things (which aired its fourth season in 2022), phenom Squid Game (which will air its second season in 2023 or 2024), video game curse-breaking adaptations (Arcane: League of Legends, The Witcher, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners), crime ...
On April 17, 2002, ABC airs the 10,000th episode of the daytime drama General Hospital, the network's longest-running soap opera and the longest-running program ever produced in Hollywood. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, General Hospital premiered on April 1, 1963.
1. The Young and the Restless, the #1 daytime drama for 31 consecutive years, will celebrate its milestone 12,000th episode with a week-long event that begins Monday, Nov. 30. The 12,000th episode airs Tuesday, Dec.