What’s a long-running TV show you just can’t quit?
Everybody's got a TV show they can't stop watching, even after it runs out of gas or jumps the shark. Here's our list, for better or worse
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There’s always that never-ending television program you love, and whenever a new trailer or any casting information drops, people are bound to ask: “Is this thing still on?” Why yes, several long-running TV shows can continue only because people still insist on watching. It could be comfort-viewing, the simple inability to give up on characters we’ve grown to love, or curiosity to see how the narrative trots on even though the quality dipped a long time ago.
With that in mind, here’s an AVQ&A that asks: What’s a long-running TV show you just can’t quit? For the purposes of this piece, any series with at least five seasons counts.
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