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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: longest running series
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 02:11:19 EDT
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Star Trek only ran for 2-1/2 seasons in its first prime time run, which
is about the minimum for a show to be considered a success.  Dr Who has
been running (in the UK) over two decades, and I think Gunsmoke was
around twenty years old when it finally ended.  Star Trek was not a very
long-lived first-run show.  However, it is probably near the top in in
syndicated reruns (I Love Lucy is probably has probably been shown
more).
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    Barry Margolin
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