From the Akron Beacon:
Beacon TV
with Rich Heldenfels
http://blogs.ohio.com/beacon_tv/2006...te_longes.html
''Stargate'': Longest What?
When Sci Fi had a little celebration for ''Stargate SG-1'' during the TV critics' summer press tour, I heard the network make a claim that just didn't sound right. It's also in press materials for the show, and it goes like this: ''With 200 episodes, the longest-running drama in cable history has also became the longest-running sci-fi series in television history.''
To which I say: Doctor Who.
Forget the recent revival. The original version ran for 26 years. It had more than 700 episodes -- 3 1/2 times what Stargate has done. (The 200th episode airs on Aug. 18.)
Methinks that Sci Fi overreached. Comments?
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Followed up with:
http://blogs.ohio.com/beacon_tv/2006...te_follow.html
''Stargate'' Followup
A Sci Fi publicist has answered my question re ''Stargate'' and ''Doctor Who.'' I may be doing more research on this, but here's the answer for the record:
Guinness awarded the title of longest-running sci-fi series in tv history to Stargate, which took the title away from X-Files (at the 203rd episode, technically). Both shows overshadow Doctor Who in that they had consecutive episodes. Doctor Who while it ran several hundred episodes, had long gaps of not being in production, far longer than a regular hiatus. The show was revived several times and I'm told one of the gaps between production was over ten years.
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Morjana
Beacon TV
with Rich Heldenfels
http://blogs.ohio.com/beacon_tv/2006...te_longes.html
''Stargate'': Longest What?
When Sci Fi had a little celebration for ''Stargate SG-1'' during the TV critics' summer press tour, I heard the network make a claim that just didn't sound right. It's also in press materials for the show, and it goes like this: ''With 200 episodes, the longest-running drama in cable history has also became the longest-running sci-fi series in television history.''
To which I say: Doctor Who.
Forget the recent revival. The original version ran for 26 years. It had more than 700 episodes -- 3 1/2 times what Stargate has done. (The 200th episode airs on Aug. 18.)
Methinks that Sci Fi overreached. Comments?
(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)
Followed up with:
http://blogs.ohio.com/beacon_tv/2006...te_follow.html
''Stargate'' Followup
A Sci Fi publicist has answered my question re ''Stargate'' and ''Doctor Who.'' I may be doing more research on this, but here's the answer for the record:
Guinness awarded the title of longest-running sci-fi series in tv history to Stargate, which took the title away from X-Files (at the 203rd episode, technically). Both shows overshadow Doctor Who in that they had consecutive episodes. Doctor Who while it ran several hundred episodes, had long gaps of not being in production, far longer than a regular hiatus. The show was revived several times and I'm told one of the gaps between production was over ten years.
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Morjana
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