Long-running TV shows: [link]
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
amych - Aug 14, 2006 4:21:22 pm PDT #757 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jesse - Aug 14, 2006 4:21:32 pm PDT #758 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Frasier, Married With Children, Baywatch. [link]
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 4:27:01 pm PDT #759 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Dang again. The first SF/F thing on amych's list was Bewitched, at #28.
I am going to fall back on "Sure, SF/F ... but what have you done for me lately?"
Strega - Aug 14, 2006 4:28:07 pm PDT #760 of 10001
Gus, you said the numbers confused you, and Jessica said that the numbers (that is, the audience numbers) determine if something continues to air. Not a particular number.
But anyway: westerns. Rawhide had 217 episodes. The Virginian, 249. Gunsmoke, 341. Bonanza, 430.
More recently, I'm pretty sure NYPD Blue made it past 200.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 4:31:29 pm PDT #761 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
t Note to self: Do not do numbers with Buffistas. They will chew off your leg to the hip-socket.
Cashmere - Aug 14, 2006 4:32:27 pm PDT #762 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I went from a 40 pant to a 33 since then.
Dude, that's impressive. Although when DH was in 33's, I found that they were wicked hard to find in most stores. although that could have just been because of the 30 inseam. (We are short, round people.)
I always try to explain to non-scifi people that it's the story that counts--the aliens, robots and spaceships are just a bonus.
edited--that first sentence just ran on and on....
Jesse - Aug 14, 2006 4:37:30 pm PDT #763 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not to mention Law and Order.
Even Beverly Hills 90210 almost got to 300.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 4:45:18 pm PDT #764 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
With the exception of The Simpsons, everyone's list of long-runners is a litany of crap-tastic stuff.
I don't know, maybe the true metric is how well it runs, rather than how long.
Jesse - Aug 14, 2006 4:47:40 pm PDT #765 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not when the question is WHY DOESN'T SF SEEM TO LAST ON TV?
JenP - Aug 14, 2006 4:47:51 pm PDT #766 of 10001
M*A*S*H ran for a long time, didn't it?