Longest consecutive running game show, what's #6

[Jimmy Owen]

The basic format of Hollywood Squares (ask the star a questio then agree or disagree)was used continuously between 1966 and 1988 first with Hollywood Squares through 1981 then  Battlestars in 81 and 82, then New Battlestrs in 83. Match game Hollywood squares hour from 83 to 84.. Allstar blitz in the 84 through 86 seasons, then Davidon Sqares starting in fall 86

[Dbacksfan12]

Allstar blitz in the 84 through 86 seasons, then Davidon Sqares starting in fall 86

Blitz didn't come on until 1985.

[PYLdude]

Allstar blitz in the 84 through 86 seasons, then Davidon Sqares starting in fall 86

Blitz didn't come on until 1985.

And it ended before 1986.

Besides the point, Battlestars' format isn't the same because the celebrity is picking between answers as opposed to simply answering the question, no?

[Jimmy Owen]

Allstar blitz in the 84 through 86 seasons, then Davidon Sqares starting in fall 86

Blitz didn't come on until 1985.

Yes, but it was during the 84-85 and 85-86 TV Seasons.

[PYLdude]

Allstar blitz in the 84 through 86 seasons, then Davidon Sqares starting in fall 86

Blitz didn't come on until 1985.

Yes, but it was during the 84-85 and 85-86 TV Seasons.

Then there's still the little issue of selecting between two answers that Battlestars has.

[Jimmy Owen]

While not game shows in our estimation, shows like Survivor or Dancing with the Stars have been on for 18 years or so, but they are in their 30+ season.

[WarioBarker]

Price is obviously #1
Then Wheel, Jeopardy, Millionaire, Feud, what's #6?
Note: I said consecutive so years off wouldn't count...Sale, maybe? I could be answering my own question but I could be wrong.

If we're only counting US game shows, if I understand your criteria correctly I think the order is like this (not 100% sure, though):
* #1 is Washington D.C.'s It's Academic (57 seasons)
* #2 is Baltimore's It's Academic (47 seasons)
* #3 is Price (46 seasons)
* #4 is Wheel (35 seasons if only nighttime is counted, 43˝ if daytime is added in as well)
* #5 is Ohio's Academic Challenge (35 seasons)
* #6 is Jeopardy! (34 seasons)

If you're only wanting national shows, then I think it's like this (again, not 100% sure):
* #1 is Price
* #2 is Wheel
* #3 is Jeopardy!
* #s 4-6 depend on whether you consider the ABC and syndicated versions of Millionaire as one run. If so, it'd be
** Millionaire (19 seasons)
** Family Feud (19 seasons; debuted slightly later)
** What's My Line? (17˝ seasons)
** Otherwise, it'd be Feud-Line-Millionaire.

[TimK2003]

How are you counting AC in Cleveland?   The show started as It's Academic before it became Academic Challenge, had a few years off around the turn of the century, and did one more full flip-flop between the IA/AC names before staying with Academic Challenge as it is now.  The formats were pretty much the same (except for the PYL-esque board they used to pick categories for a few years, but that was more glitter than formatics).

Just curious.

[WarioBarker]

How are you counting AC in Cleveland?

I was referring to the original series as a whole, which I admittedly should've made clear in the first place. Sorry about that.

[That Don Guy]

The basic format of Hollywood Squares (ask the star a questio then agree or disagree)was used continuously between 1966 and 1988 first with Hollywood Squares through 1981 then  Battlestars in 81 and 82, then New Battlestrs in 83. Match game Hollywood squares hour from 83 to 84.. Allstar blitz in the 84 through 86 seasons, then Davidon Sqares starting in fall 86

Define "continuously."  There was a full year gap between the two versions of Battlestars (and 13 weeks or so between the end of Battlestars and the start of MG/HS hour).

And if you're going by general format, how long has the "buzz in and respond to a question" format been on?  The current Jeopardy run started in 1984 (and none of this "they're responding to answers, not questions, so it doesn't count" please), and NBC's Sale of the Century overlaps it, starting in 1983.

[cyclone45]

Price is obviously #1
Then Wheel, Jeopardy, Millionaire, Feud, what's #6?
Note: I said consecutive so years off wouldn't count...Sale, maybe? I could be answering my own question but I could be wrong.

If we're only counting US game shows, if I understand your criteria correctly I think the order is like this (not 100% sure, though):
* #1 is Washington D.C.'s It's Academic (57 seasons)
* #2 is Baltimore's It's Academic (47 seasons)
* #3 is Price (46 seasons)
* #4 is Wheel (35 seasons if only nighttime is counted, 43˝ if daytime is added in as well)
* #5 is Ohio's Academic Challenge (35 seasons)
* #6 is Jeopardy! (34 seasons)

If you're only wanting national shows, then I think it's like this (again, not 100% sure):
* #1 is Price
* #2 is Wheel
* #3 is Jeopardy!
* #s 4-6 depend on whether you consider the ABC and syndicated versions of Millionaire as one run. If so, it'd be
** Millionaire (19 seasons)
** Family Feud (19 seasons; debuted slightly later)
** What's My Line? (17˝ seasons)
** Otherwise, it'd be Feud-Line-Millionaire.

Thanks. That's what I was looking for.

[TimK2003]

How are you counting AC in Cleveland?

I was referring to the original series as a whole, which I admittedly should've made clear in the first place. Sorry about that.

That makes sense.  Had they not been off the air for those few years in the early '00s, Cleveland's "It's Academic/Academic Challenge" would have been #2 behind the DC version with 53 seasons and counting.  IIRC, the reason for the gap was lack of sponsorship (Ohio Edison/Illuminating Company sponsored the bulk of the original 35 years, with the Ohio Lottery sponsoring the last few years of the original run -- then Westfield Insurance began sponsoring the reboot, not sure if they still do).