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First scene of Friends

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Episode: "The One Where It All Began". Air date: September 22, 1994 (Thursday) on NBC.

First scene of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

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Episode: "The Fresh Prince Project". Air date: September 10, 1990 (Monday) on NBC.

Highest achievement for an Canadian sports team by major league

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From baseball to association football. Major League Baseball - Toronto Blue Jays (two titles) National Hockey League - Montreal Canadiens (25 titles) National Football League - No Canadian teams, but the closest thing is Buffalo Bills (two AFL titles) National Basketball Association - Toronto Raptors (one title) Canadian Football League - Edmonton Elks (11 titles) Major League Soccer - Toronto FC (one title)

Highest achievement for an American sports team by major league

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From the MLB to the MLS. Major League Baseball - New York Yankees (27 titles) National Hockey League - Detroit Red Wings (11 titles) National Football League - Green Bay Packers (13 titles) National Basketball Association - Boston Celtics (18 titles) Canadian Football League - Baltimore Stallions (one title) Major League Soccer - Los Angeles Galaxy (six titles)

Documentary on the unreleased Fantastic Four film

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Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four About the film adaptation that was shelved before its planned general release.

Documentary on the aborted Superman Lives film

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The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? About the ill-fated reboot that was scrapped weeks before filming began.

Album discography of Oasis

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Years active - 1991-2010 and 2024-present Definitely Maybe  (1994) (What's the Story) Morning Glory (1995) Be Here Now (1997) The Masterplan  (1998) Standing on the Shoulder of Giants  (2000) Heathen Chemistry  (2002) Don't Believe the Truth (2005) Dig Out Your Soul (2008)

Album discography of Blur

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Years active - 1988-2004, 2008-2015, 2019 and 2022-present Leisure  (1991) Modern Life Is Rubbish  (1993) Parklife  (1994) The Special Collectors Edition (1994) The Great Escape  (1995) Blur  (1997) 13  (1999) Think Tank  (2003) The Magic Whip  (2015) The Ballad of Darren  (2023)

Most-watched Star Wars trailer

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With 112 million views, it's the theatrical trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens . The first installment of the sequel trilogy and the eighth overall of the film series.

Most-watched Star Trek trailer

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With 19 million views, it's the theatrical trailer for Star Trek Beyond . The third and most recent installment of the Kelvin Timeline series and the 13th overall of the film series.

Longest-running Marvel Comics ongoings by team

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By team as in the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Excludes legacy renumbering. X-Men - The X-Men  v1 / X-Men  v1 / The All-New, All-Different X-Men  / The Uncanny X-Men  v1 / Uncanny X-Men  v1 (September 1963 to December 2011, 544 issues) Fantastic Four - The Fantastic Four v1 / Fantastic Four v1 (November 1961 to September 1996, 406 issues) Avengers - The Avengers  v1 / The Mighty vengers  / Avengers  v1 (September 1963 to September 1996, 402 issues) New Warriors - The New Warriors  v1 (July 1990 to September 1996, 75 issues) Guardians of the Galaxy - Guardians of the Galaxy  v1 (June 1990 to July 1995, 62 issues) Ultimates - Ultimate Comics Ultimates  (August 2011 to September 2013, 30 issues) Champions - Champions  v2 (December 2016 to February 2019, 27 issues)

Longest-running DC Comics ongoings by team

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By team as in the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Legion of Superheroes and the Suicide Squad. Excludes legacy renumbering. Justice League - Justice League of America  v1 (November 1960 to April 1987, 261 issues) Legion of Superheroes - Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes  #197-221 / Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes  #222-258 / Legion of Super-Heroes  v2 #259-354 (September 1973 to December 1987, 158 issues)   Teen Titans - The New Teen Titans v2 / The New Titans v1 / New Titans v1 (August 1984 to February 1996, 130 issues) Birds of Prey - Birds of Prey  v1 (January 1999 to April 2009, 127 issues) Justice Society of America - JSA  v1 (August 1999 to September 2006, 87 issues) Doom Patrol - Doom Patrol  v2 (October 1987 to February 1995, 87 issues) Suicide Squad - Suicide Squad  v1 (May 1987 to June 1992, 66 issues) Outsiders - Outsiders  v3 (August 2003 to November 2007, 50 issues)

Last minutes of MCM (France)

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Last music video being "La dernier jour du disco" by Juliette Armanet. Date: June 30, 2026.

Last minutes of Viva (Germany)

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Last music video being "Viva Forever" by Spice Girls. Date: December 31, 2018.

Most overall titles won by a Portuguese football club

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Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal etc. Benfica - 91 Porto - 87 Sporting CP - 58 Boavista - 9 Braga and Belenenses - 8 Vitória de Setúbal - 7 Vitória de Guimarães - 3 Académica and Beira-Mar - 2 Leixões, Estrela da Amadora, Aves, Torreense, Moreirense, Olhanense, Marítimo, Carcavelinhos, Seixal, SC Espinho, Barreirense, Leiria and CUD - 1

Most overall titles won by a Spanish football club

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La Liga, Copa del Rey etc. Real Madrid - 106 Barcelona - 104 Athletic Bilbao - 36 Atlético Madrid - 34 Valencia - 23 Sevilla - 15 Real Zaragoza - 9 Real Sociedad - 7 Deportivo La Coruña - 6 Real Betis, Espanyol and Real Unión - 4 Villarreal - 3 Mallorca - 2 Málaga, Celta Vigo, Arenas and Real Valladolid - 1

Notable scene from Dude, Where's My Car?

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And then? Comedy gold.

Not Godzilla

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But this is self-explanatory. From Austin Powers in Goldmember .

Quite like this VO5 advert

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It had the cover of Cameo's "Word Up". If you know you know.

Final day of June

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Since it's also Pride Month, here's this recent video from Rocked Reviews on openly LGBTQ+ hard rock and metal musicians. Rob Halford is indeed in this video.

Evolution of novelty songs

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From 1953... ...to 2026.

Last scene of Top Gear before major revamp

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It was the last to feature Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. The three would move to Amazon Prime to do The Grand Tour .

Neneh Cherry's best known hit

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It was the 1988 hit "Buffalo Stance". It peaked at number three in the UK and the US as well as topping the charts in her native Sweden.

Once available in Latin America and Europe

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Yep, it's none other than Locomotion. It broadcasted from 1996 to 2005 before being rebranded as Animax Latin America.

Christina Aguilera's first single may surprise you

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It wasn't "Genie in a Bottle", nor was it "Reflection". It was actually the song "All I Wanna Do", a duet with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi in 1997.

How a lawsuit led to a major rivalry between the two soft drinks.

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Yep, the Coca-Cola vs Pepsi rivalry didn't initially began in the Eighties. It actually began in the Thirties.

Popular in Portugal

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This is a popular chain of ice cream shops in Portugal called Emanha. There's one in Figueira da Foz.

Maxiseries that defined crossovers.

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For DC, it's Crisis on Infinite Earths . And for Marvel, it's Secret Wars .

Untitled for a reason

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Alan Davies had a show on Dave from 2014 to 2023 titled Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled . It was a popular comedy chat show and each episode begins untitled, hence the series name, but a title is chosen at the conclusion of the episode, often a full or paraphrased quote from one of the guest's anecdotes.

Singapore's Marina Bay is unique

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Yep, a floating marina on top of three buildings. And it's been around for the past sixteen years.

Southside Wandsworth used to look like this

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It was originally called the Arndale Centre when it opened in 1971. The shopping centre was modernised in the early Noughties.

Upcoming film coming next month

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Yep, it's a documentary on Wham's tour in China. It will come out in cinemas on July 28.

Officially my 2000th post on here

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Yep, I have reached this milestone. In a span of nearly 17 years to boot.

Never thought this day would even come

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But the Commodore brand is coming back with a flip phone called the Callback 8020. Pre-orders begin in the end of this month.

This app is actually pretty good.

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It's free and it's useful. Of course, it's Fotmob.

The channel that Sky One competed against at one point

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In 2007, Ftn was rebranded as Virgin 1. And aired similar content as Sky One before being rebranded as Sky Atlantic in 2011.

KFC changed their logo in a big way

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Even their font has changed. Looks good.

Soft drink comparisons

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Courtesy of Nick DiGiovanni and Andrew Rea from Binging with Babish. From the real deal to knockoff.

Final battle in Mystery Men

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Always liked this film. "See ya later, Frankenpuss", indeed.

Peter Gabriel's follow-up to "Sledgehammer"

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Titled "Big Time", it was the fourth single from his 1986 album So . And proved to be his second US top ten hit, peaking at number eight in 1987.

Final console of the Game Boy line

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Introduced in 2005, the Game Boy Micro was the second and final revision of the Game Boy Advance console. The console ceased production by Nintendo in late 2008, ending the line that began with the original Game Boy in 1989.

Three wheels, two seats and all substance

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This microcar right here is the Carver One. Also known as the Ventureone, which was revealed back in August 2007.

Despite being Grade II listed....

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The Twin Towers in the old Wembley Stadium couldn't be saved from demolition and reconstruction of the stadium back in 2003 due to the nature of the material used. Such a missed opportunity.

HMV's last release as a record label

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To mark the retailer leaving their flagship store in 363 Oxford Street (that they would return in 2021) to a more larger store back in May 2000, they released a limited edition 78 of Robbie Williams' 1998 hit "Millennium" backed by a 1920 recording of Edward Elgar conducting "Nimrod", a movement from his Enigma Variations suite with EMI. Serving as a bookend since Elgar opened the store back in 1921.

Remnant of the Soviet Union

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The train station in the unrecognised state of Abkhazia has its roots in the dissolved communist country. And it's the New Athos Cave Railway.

New BBC News report with Linkin Park

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As part of their 18 Minutes  series. It was just after their performance at the Download Festival.

When ITV1 did this in 2002

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It was the first look of their rebrand. And it marked the end of regionalised branding.

Last Walkers advert to feature Gary Lineker

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It was for KFC flavoured crisps back in 2021. Since then, Walkers have shifted towards a different direction for their ads.

May consider drinking this one day

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No, not Budweiser but their alcohol-free variant Budweiser Zero or Budweiser 0.0%. If you're wondering, I'm a teetotaler as in someone who avoids alcoholic drinks. I've had Kopparberg's alcohol-free cider if you're wondering.

Really miss this site

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Google+ and I wish Google didn't shut it down. Had it continued beyond 2018, then it would've been a great alternative to Musk era Twitter like Mastodon, Bluesky and Threads.

Pop group who are also Sailor Guardians

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Introduced in the final arc of Sailor Moon , they are none other than the Sailor Starlights. By day, they're the pop group Three Lights but by night, they're the Starlights.

Stadium that represents Monaco

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Built in 1939, it's the Stade Louis II. It's the home stadium of AS Monaco.

Hilarious moment from Laugh In

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Yep, Richard Nixon appeared in this moment. Not making this up.

Going there next month

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Yes, I'm planning on going to Bluewater during July.

Fantastic cover of this Michael Jackson song

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Yep, it's from British rock band The Struts.

Every 0 score from Anthony Fantano

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You know it's a bad sign.

Daim used to be called this in the UK

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Before 2005, it was called Dime. The name was changed to align internationally.

Compact disc's first release

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Upon the format's official launch in October 1, 1982, Billy Joel's 1978 album  52nd Street  was released in CD that day. And it was even the first Sony album to be reissued on vinyl back in 2018.

Bugatti's first car since the EB 110

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It was none other than the Veyron. The car was initially set to go on sale in 2003 but it eventually came out in 2005.

And on Thursday begins an event

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The event being the 2026 FIFA World Cup and here's the logo below. And it's the first to have 48 teams.

Never dubbed in English but still was a good show

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If you're wondering, I'm talking about the French animated series S.O.S. Croco .

Not fond of this trope at all

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Three words: "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome".

Funny moment from Scary Movie

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Very self-reflexive if you think about it.

Fun fact about this music video by Hanson

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It was directed by Gus Van Sant himself.

Superlatives of European venues

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As in stadiums and arenas. Belgium Largest stadium - King Baudouin Stadium (home stadium of the Belgian national football and rugby union teams); capacity of 50,093 Largest arena - Sportpaleis (no permanent tenants); capacity of 23,001 France Largest stadium - Stade de France (home of the French national football and rugby union teams); capacity of 81,338 Largest arena - Paris La Défense Arena (home of Racing 92); capacity of 45,000 Germany Largest stadium - Signal Iduna Park (home of Borussia Dortmund); capacity of 81,365 Largest arena - LANXESS arena (home of Kölner Haie); capacity of 20,000 Italy Largest stadium - San Siro (home of AC Milan and Inter Milan); capacity of 80,018 Largest arena - PalaItalia (no permanent tenants); capacity of 16,000 Netherlands Largest stadium - Johan Cruijff ArenA (home of Ajax); capacity of 71,000 Largest arena - Ziggo Dome (no permanent tenants); capacity of 17,000 Portugal Largest stadium - Estádio da Luz (home of Benfica); capacity of 68,100 Larges...

Fact from each member of a superhero team

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As in the likes of DC's Titans and Marvel's X-Men in terms of their original and most successful periods (1964-96 for the former and 1963-91 for the latter). Both teams Teen Titans - They were nameless in their first appearance. X-Men - They almost went by the Mutants. Teen Titans 1964-1969 Dick Grayson / Robin / Nightwing / Batman - His original codename was named after Robin Hood. Wally West / Kid Flash / Flash - He was absent from the main comics from 2011 to 2016 due to the result of Flashpoint. Garth / Aqualad / Tempest - His blue costume is actually based on his counterparts from Teen Titans  (2003) and Young Justice  (2013). Donna Troy / Wonder Girl / Troia / Darkstar - Her origins has been inconsistent as a result of Crisis on Infinite Earths . Roy Harper / Speedy / Arsenal / Red Arrow - His alias Red Arrow originated in the Elseworlds miniseries Kingdom Come . Lilith Clay / Lilith / Omen - Her father was revealed to be the team's benefactor Loren Jupiter in the Dan...

British Home Championship stats

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Also included are the 1945-46 British Victory Home Championship, the Rous Cup (1985-89) and the 2011 Nations Cup. England 1885-86 (shared) 1887-88 1889-90 (shared) 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1894-95 1897-98 1898-99 1900-01 1902-03 (shared) 1903-04 1904-05 1905-06 (shared) 1907-08 (shared) 1908-09 1910-11 1911-12 (shared) 1912-13 1926-27 (shared) 1929-30 1930-31 (shared) 1931-32 1934-35 (shared) 1937-38 1938-39 (shared) 1946-47 1947-48 1949-50 1951-52 (shared) 1952-53 (shared) 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 (shared) 1956-57 1957-58 (shared) 1958-59 (shared) 1959-60 (shared) 1960-61 1963-64 (shared) 1964-65 1965-66 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 (shared) 1970-71 1971-72 (shared) 1972-73 1973-74 (shared) 1974-75 1977-78 1978-79 1981-82 1982-83 1986 Rous Cup 1988 Rous Cup 1989 Rous Cup Scotland 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 (shared) 1886-87 1888-89 1889-90 (shared) 1893-94 1895-96 1896-97 1899-00 1901-02 1902-03 (shared) 1905-06 (shared) 1907-08 (shared) 1909-10 1911-12 (shared) 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 1924-25 1...

Oldest team per league

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By league, I'm referring to the five sports leagues in the United States and Canada. MLB Chicago Cubs - 1870 Atlanta Braves - 1871 Cincinnati Reds - 1881 Pittsburgh Pirates - 1882 St. Louis Cardinals - 1882 NHL Montreal Canadiens - 1909 Toronto Maple Leafs - 1917 Boston Bruins - 1924 Detroit Red Wings - 1926 New York Rangers - 1926 NFL Arizona Cardinals - 1898 Green Bay Packers - 1919 Chicago Bears - 1920 New York Giants - 1925 Detroit Lions - 1930 NBA Sacramento Kings - 1923 Detroit Pistons - 1937 Boston Celtics - 1946 New York Knicks - 1946 Philadelphia 76ers - 1946 MLS San Jose Earthquakes - 1973 Seattle Sounders - 1973 Vancouver Whitecaps - 1974 Portland Timbers - 1975 CF Montréal - 1992

Most watched music videos on YouTube by decade

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Each decade from the 1970s onwards has a music video with a billion views on YouTube. 1970s "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen (1975) - 2.062 billion "Dancing Queen" by ABBA (1976) - 1.103 billion "I Was Made for Lovin' You" by Kiss (1979) - 1.065 billion "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen (1979) - 991.8 million "Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees (1977) - 913.4 million "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire (1978) - 881.2 million "Hotel California" by Eagles (1977) - 856.7 million "How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees (1977) - 796.4 million "Rasputin" by Boney M. (1978) - 775.6 million "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" by ABBA (1979) - 696.8 million 1980s "Take On Me" by a-ha (1985) - 2.421 billion "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson (1983) - 2.166 billion "Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses (1988) - 1.950 billion "Never Gonna Give You Up...

Timeline of Saturday Night Live

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Live from New York, it's Saturday night! 1970s Season 1 - 1975-76 Season 2 - 1976-77 Season 3 - 1977-78 Season 4 - 1978-79 Season 5 - 1979-80 1980s Season 6 - 1980-81 Season 7 - 1981-82 Season 8 - 1982-83 Season 9 - 1983-84 Season 10 - 1984-85 Season 11 - 1985-86 Season 12 - 1986-87 Season 13 - 1987-88 Season 14 - 1988-89 Season 15 - 1989-90 1990s Season 16 - 1990-91 Season 17 - 1991-92 Season 18 - 1992-93 Season 19 - 1993-94 Season 20 - 1994-95 Season 21 - 1995-96 Season 22 - 1996-97 Season 23 - 1997-98 Season 24 - 1998-99 Season 25 - 1999-00 2000s Season 26 - 2000-01 Season 27 - 2001-02 Season 28 - 2002-03 Season 29 - 2003-04 Season 30 - 2004-05 Season 31 - 2005-06 Season 32 - 2006-07 Season 33 - 2007-08 Season 34 - 2008-09 Season 35 - 2009-10 2010s Season 36 - 2010-11 Season 37 - 2011-12 Season 38 - 2012-13 Season 39 - 2013-14 Season 40 - 2014-15 Season 41 - 2015-16 Season 42 - 2016-17 Season 43 - 2017-18 Season 44 - 2018-19 Season 45 - 2019-20 2020s Season 46 - 2020-21 Season 4...

Longest-running television series by network

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As in the Big Four television networks in the United States. NBC NFL on NBC (1939-98, 2006-present) - 80 years (59 from original run and 21 from current run) Meet the Press (1947-present) - 79 years Today (1952-present) - 74 years The Tonight Show (1954-present) - 72 years Days of Our Lives (1965-2022, still airs on Peacock) - 57 years CBS CBS Evening News (1941-present) - 85 years Face the Nation (1954-present) - 72 years NFL on CBS (1956-94, 1998-present) - 66 years (38 from original run and 28 from current run) CBS Sports Spectacular (1960-present) - 66 years The NFL Today (1961-94, 1998-present) - 61 years (33 from original run and 28 from current run) ABC ABC World News Tonight (1948-present) - 78 years General Hospital (1963-present) - 63 years Good Morning America (1975-present) - 51 years 20/20 (1978-present) - 48 years Monday Night Football (1970-2005, 2016-present) - 45 years (35 from original run and 10 from current run) Fox The Simpsons (1989-present) - 37 ye...

Notable firsts from each tokusatsu franchise

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As in the Big Four franchises - Ultraman , Kamen Rider , Super Sentai  and Metal Heroes . Ultraman The Adventure Begins  - First American installment. Kamen Rider Black RX - First series to air during the Heisei era. Super Sentai Power Rangers Dino Fury  - First LGBTQ+ Ranger. Metal Heroes Gavan Infinity - First installment of Project R.E.D .