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What Fictional/Scripted Weekly Show has the Most Episodes? (answer may surprise you)
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The answer shouldn't surprise anyone. It may surprise people in a few weeks, though. ;)
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So then I take it you're discounting daytime soaps, numerous of which must have thousands of scripted episodes?
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Originally Posted by adamblast
So then I take it you're discounting daytime soaps, numerous of which must have thousands of scripted episodes?
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Fictional/scripted? :hscratch:
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Originally Posted by scottall
Fictional/scripted? :hscratch:
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rotfl No one will ever guess the right answer in a thousand years. (Unless they read the spoilers of course.)
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Vince continues to shovel dirt onto the grave of kayfabe.*
* - the illusion that wrestling is a real sport maintained for years by wrestlers and other workers. |
I KNEW IT!!! I remember during the Hollywood writers strike in the 80s my Grandfather was complaining that all the wrestling shows were reruns. I just smiled and said, "Hmmm, I wonder why."
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Meltzer mentioned something about this in today's update:
WWE is claiming that 8/1 Raw show will be give the company the milestone of producing the most original episodes of any weekly fictional entertainment program on television with its 636th episode beating out the 635 of Gunsmoke. They used weekly to eliminate soap operas, and fiction to eliminate football. However, Houston wrestling produced more than 2,000 weekly shows and I'm sure Portland Wrestling and others would have been in that range. Even if you are eliminating them because of a national basis deal, WCW Saturday Night ran more than 1,200 episodes nationally. You can't even say prime time because that show was in prime time for about 20 years of its run. So they need to rephrase that by saying the company reaches the milestone of the most original episode of any weekly fictional show that doesn't include wrestling even though some would say we are wrestling. Whew. |
636 episodes. See, when you add it all up it means that Triple H has only been the main focus of a small percentage. :)
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What about Dr. Who? The Wikipedia article on the show claims that there have been over 700 episodes.
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When I saw the thread title I immediately thought of Doctor Who!! I am pretty sure that it is still the longest running SciFi show.
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I'm also raising my hand for Doctor Who, the original series. some 700 weekly episodes in a 26 season span from 1963-1989. Guess the writer of that article didn't bother about shows outside of the US.
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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
636 episodes. See, when you add it all up it means that Triple H has only been the main focus of a small percentage. :)
actually if you think about it..HHH was the focus back in 98/99...and continues to this day? he was a main star for about 400-450 of those 636 episodes. |
I'm with the above posters - I think Dr. Who has more episodes.
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Originally Posted by superdeluxe
actually if you think about it..HHH was the focus back in 98/99...and continues to this day?
he was a main star for about 400-450 of those 636 episodes. Also, RAW started in 93. 200 episodes from 1993 to 1998? Try 300+ |
What about one of the soap opreas? Hasn't Days of Our Lives been around since like the '60s?
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Originally Posted by j123vt_99
What about one of the soap opreas? Hasn't Days of Our Lives been around since like the '60s?
I still think they should add "American-produced" to the announcement to eliminate Dr Who comparisons http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/raw |
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