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From: ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: longest running series
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 15:39:39 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  1 15:39:39 1985
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>In article <1959@sunybcs.UUCP> ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) writes:
>>     Does anybody out there know what the longest running T.V. series
>>is and how Star Trek compares with it.

In article <209@utflis.UUCP> brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) writes:
>GUNSMOKE, but that's all I know.

I believe Doctor Who has already been running longer than Gunsmoke, and
the Doctor is not dead yet (just resting).

Star Trek may well be the shortest-running syndicated series.  Usually
a series has to last five seasons before it is considered suitable for
syndication.  Star Trek had only three seasons.
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Dave Seaman			 ..!pur-ee!pucc-h:ags