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Flamingo Road

St Elsewhere

Moonlighting 

Reasonable Doubt

West Wing

NCIS

 

Not all hits, and interspersed with TV and feature films, but a steady and kind of surprising longevity 

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Ron Howard.........Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968), Happy Days (1974-1984)

 

Robert Wagner.....It Takes A Thief (1968-1970), Switch (1975-1978), Hart To Hart (1979-1984)

 

David Hasselhoff....Knight Rider (1982-1986), Baywatch (1989-2000).....not to mention his long run on Y&R (1975-1982).

 

Tom Selleck.......Magnum P.I. (1980-1988), Blue Bloods (2010-present)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Buddy Ebsen - The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones
Ben McKenzie - The OC, Southland, Gotham
Ted Knight - Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort
Don Knotts - The Andy Griffith Show, Three's Company
William Frawley - I Love Lucy, My Three Sons
Bea Benederet - Burns and Allen, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction
Bill Daily - I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show
Denise Nicholas - Room 222, In the Heat of the Night
Kim Fields - The Facts of Life, Living Single
Dick Van Dyke - The Dick Van Dyke Show, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis Murder
Pernell Roberts - Bonanza, Trapper John MD
Steve Howey - Reba, Shameless
Suzanne Somers - Three's Company, Step by Step
Susan Dey - The Partridge Family, LA Law
Lorenzo Lamas - Falcon Crest, Renegade
Harry Morgan - December Bride, Pete and Gladys, Dragnet 1968-1970, M*A*S*H

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Add to William Shatner he hosted Rescue 911 for 6 years. 
Add to Scott Bakula Star Trek: Enterprise, although "hit" might be a dubious term for it.

Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek, Mission:Impossible, In Search Of
Bill Bixby: My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Incredible Hulk
Richard Dean Anderson: Macgyver, Stargate:SG1, plus he was on General Hospital for about 5 years
Ted Wass: Blossom, Soap
Raymond Burr: Perry Mason, Ironside
James Brolin: Marcus Welby, Hotel
Jack Klugman: The Odd Couple, Quincy


 

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Richard Briers - "The Good Life", "Monarch of the Glen"

 

Penelope Keith - "The Good Life", "To the Manor Born"

 

Susan Hampshire - "The Forsyte Saga", "Monarch of the Glen"

 

Gordon Jackson - "Upstairs, Downstairs", "The Professionals"

 

Christopher Beeny - "The Grove Family", "Upstairs, Downstairs", "In Loving Memory"

 

Peter Davison - "Doctor Who", "All Creatures Great and Small"

 

Derek Fowlds - "Yes, Minister", "Yes, Prime Minister", "Heartbeat"

 

Amanda Burton - "Silent Witness", "Peak Practice"

 

Andrew Lincoln - "This Life", "The Walking Dead"

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I look at it this way: if it ran longer than one full season, it qualifies.  Even if it never set the Nielsens on fire, it still qualifies.  Because, to be perfect and frank, there are a TON of long-running shows out there that managed to survive in spite of being popular with neither the critics nor the audience.  (Looking at you, "Yes, Dear.")

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus : Senifeld, New Adventures of Old Christine, Veep

Jane Krakowski: Ally McBeal, 30 Rock, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Laura Prepon: That 70s Show, Orange Is The New Black

Tia Mowry: Sister Sister, The Game

Damon Wayans: In Living Color, My Wife and Kids, Lethal Weapon

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James Garner - Maverick, Rockford Files (Nicols and Bret Maverick were lesser successes. Man of the People a big miss)

 

Robert Stack  The Untouchables, Name of the Game and Unsolved Mysteries (Strike Force was amiss)

 

Efrem Zimbalist  77 Sunset Strip, The FBI

 

Ed Asner Mary Tyler Moore, Lou Grant

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Tisha Campbell-Martin - Martin, My Wife & Kids

Tichina Arnold - Martin, Everybody Hates Chris

Cree Summer - A Different World, various voiceover work

Jackee - Another World, 227, Sister,Sister

Tim Reid - WKRP, Simon & Simon, Sister,Sister

Alfonso Ribeiro - Silver Spoons, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, In The House

 

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Robert Conrad - Hawaiian Eye, The Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep
Lori Loughlin - Full House, 90210, When Calls the Heart
Bob Denver - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island
William Conrad - Cannon, Jake and the Fatman
Gene Barry - Bat Masterson, Burke's Law, The Name of the Game
Susan Saint James - McMillan and Wife, Kate and Allie
Telma Hopkins - Tony Orlando and Dawn, Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, Family Matters, Half & Half, Are We There Yet?

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