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   In article , Rhino   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 2015-05-05 12:39 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > > In article ,   
   > >   Rhino  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On 2015-05-04 8:13 PM, jeebz@invalid.lan wrote:   
   > >>> On Mon, 04 May 2015 18:21:53 -0400, David  wrote:   
   > >>>   
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   > >>>   
   > >>>> The longest-running scripted show in television history, THE SIMPSONS   
   > >>>> exploded into a cultural phenomenon in 1990   
   > >>>   
   > >>> I watch hardly any TV and yet even I know that there are longer   
   > >>> running scripted shows on TV than the Simpsons.   
   > >>   
   > >> That's correct. The definition that you've cited omits (or implies)   
   > >> another condition that affects which shows meet the definition: it has   
   > >> to be an American show. And a second condition: it has to be a   
   > >> prime-time series.   
   > >>   
   > >> For example, the British series, Coronation Street, began in 1960 which   
   > >> means it has been running for 55 years (and presumably 55 seasons).   
      
      
   Coronation Street is a weekday evening soap opera, so it's basically   
   continuous and doesn't have "seasons" / "series" breaks.   
      
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