[quote name='Admiral Ackbar']Dr Who ran from 1963 to 1989. And I know it doesn't hold the record for the longest fiction show. I think the longest all time show is the CBS News, but that's non-fiction.
As for animated, the flintstones may be the longest animated us show. But even then, there are probably soaps that have run longer as fiction in the US.[/quote]
Okay, I found the same milestones on Wikipedia, but worded much better.
In 1997 they surpassed The Flintstones as the longets running prime time animated series in America. It beat Ozzy & Harriet as the longest running US sitcom, and will soon beat Gunsmoke in primetime, scripted television series.