Star Trek on tv and in General

[James Wright]

I need some help with something, I got to thinking about the number of episodes and the movies of all the Trek series, there's 719 all tolled!
Would this give the Star Trek francise the #1 spot among tv series?
I've looked and I can't find a series with more episodes, if anyone knows of one please say so!

James

 

[Harvey]

Dramatic television franchise--hard to say. It might hold the title.

But there are certainly soap operas and variety shows that have produced far, far more episodes than Trek.

 

[firehawk12]

What about Doctor Who?

 

[Harvey]

Ah, wikipedia says 753 episodes for Doctor Who. A slight edge over Trek.

 

[bigdaddy]

However...

Doctor Who had 30 minute episodes, and some of the episodes videos were last.

 

[James Wright]

Let's leave soap opera's out of this discussion, please!

James

 

[James Wright]

That's ok, Gunsmoke had 30 minute episodes to!

James

 

[firehawk12]

Well, if you go by minutes... who knows.

There's also anime I guess. I mean, Pokemon is still running new episodes and One Piece recently broke episode 403.

 

[RandyS]

Another thing to remember is that even if Star Trek has produced more episodes than any other franchise (although Law & Order has had how many spin-offs?), it won't hold the title forever. Someday some other show will come along and beat it eventually, if it hasn't been done already.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

The Law & Order franchise is up to 841 episodes in its US incarnations (and 854 with the UK spinoff). It'll be over 900 episodes by the end of next season.

 

[Star Wolf]

Another thing to remember is that even if Star Trek has produced more episodes than any other franchise (although Law & Order has had how many spin-offs?), it won't hold the title forever. Someday some other show will come along and beat it eventually, if it hasn't been done already.

Law & Order 19 years,SVU 11 years, CI 8 years. The failed series: Crime and Punishment, Trial by Jury and Conviction. The European shows UK and the French CI. Does the in universe Homicide Life on the Street count as part of the franchise? The franchise has 40 to 50 years at 6 to 22 episodes per year

 

[James Wright]

No, not minutes, number of episodes!
Like I totally forgot about Law & Order, that would be a cop show wouldn't it?

James

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

No, not minutes, number of episodes!
Like I totally forgot about Law & Order, that would be a cop show wouldn't it?

James

Combination of cop show and courtroom drama.

 

[James Wright]

No, not minutes, number of episodes!
Like I totally forgot about Law & Order, that would be a cop show wouldn't it?
Gunsmoke had 635 episodes total for tv, 233 were half hour!


James

 

[Hermiod]

WWE Monday Night Raw beats Doctor Who, Law and Order, Gunsmoke and Star Trek. Most of its episodes have been two hours long, although it was one hour in the early days but they've also recently started doing regular three hour shows.

As of June 15th they stand at 838.

 

[Mistral]

WWE Monday Night Raw beats Doctor Who, Law and Order, Gunsmoke and Star Trek. Most of its episodes have been two hours long, although it was one hour in the early days but they've also recently started doing regular three hour shows.

As of June 15th they stand at 838.

I think we're talking about real, watchable tv shows here.

 

[Hermiod]

WWE Monday Night Raw beats Doctor Who, Law and Order, Gunsmoke and Star Trek. Most of its episodes have been two hours long, although it was one hour in the early days but they've also recently started doing regular three hour shows.

As of June 15th they stand at 838.

I think we're talking about real, watchable tv shows here.

Let's not start that crap again please. I happen to think that Doctor Who, at least in its modern incarnation, is a lot less watchable and Law & Order is a complete joke of a television show but I did not feel it necessary to bash either.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Regardless of how anyone feels about the quality of WWE, I think the OP is just interested in the most episodes compiled by a scripted TV franchise, excluding daily soaps. He's obviously not after shows like The Tonight Show, Meet the Press or WWE, some of which have thousands and thousands of episodes.

 

[Hermiod]

Regardless of how anyone feels about the quality of WWE, I think the OP is just interested in the most episodes compiled by a scripted TV franchise, excluding daily soaps. He's obviously not after shows like The Tonight Show, Meet the Press or WWE, some of which have thousands and thousands of episodes.

WWE is, as we wrestling fans are constantly reminded as if we didn't know, scripted.

Don't believe me ? Look and see.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

And The Tonight Show and 60 Minutes are also partly scripted, and all reality shows are partly scripted. That's beside the point. The term "scripted programming" is used to describe shows that are fully scripted and acted and that fall within the one-hour drama and half-hour comedy formats (or dramedy in both cases). WWE doesn't fall under that rubric.