Longest-running Series
| Start | end | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Doctor Who (1963 - 2020)Consists of: Season 01 - First Doctor, Season 02 - First Doctor, Season 03 - First Doctor, more |
1963-11-23 | 2020-03-01 |
| 2. | 1970-11-29 | 2021-03-21 | |
| 3. |
 Polizeiruf 110 (1971 - 2021)Consists of: DFF/DDR-Fernsehen, Tanja Voigt, NDR, more |
1971-06-27 | 2021-03-14 |
| 4. | Stahlnetz (1958 - 2002) | 1958-03-14 | 2002-09-29 |
| 5. | The Old Fox (1977 - 2020) | 1977-04-11 | 2020-05-05 |
| 6. | SOKO 5113 (1978 - 2020) | 1978-01-02 | 2020-12-29 |
| 7. | Die Sendung mit der Maus (1971 - 2010) | 1971-03-07 | 2010-10-10 |
| 8. | Das Traumschiff (1981 - 2021) | 1981-11-22 | 2021-01-01 |
| 9. | Ein Fall für zwei (1981 - 2019) | 1981-09-11 | 2019-12-17 |
| 10. | Sesamstraße (1973 - 2010) | 1973-01-08 | 2010-11-08 |
| 11. | The Young and the Restless (1973 - 2011) | 1973-03-26 | 2011-01-01 |
| 12. | Saturday Night Live (1975 - 2011) | 1975-10-11 | 2011-04-02 |
| 13. | Columbo (1968 - 2003) | 1968-02-20 | 2003-01-30 |
| 14. | Lindenstraße (1985 - 2019) | 1985-12-08 | 2019-11-03 |
| 15. | The Simpsons (1989 - 2021) | 1989-12-17 | 2021-03-21 |
| 16. | Großstadtrevier (1986 - 2017) | 1986-12-16 | 2017-11-06 |
| 17. | Il était une fois... (1979 - 2008) | 1979-03-23 | 2008-01-01 |
| 18. | Oberinspektor Victor Marek (1963 - 1992) | 1963-10-03 | 1992-01-01 |
| 19. | Ein starkes Team (1994 - 2021) | 1994-03-28 | 2021-01-09 |
| 20. | Tom und Jerry (1940 - 1967) | 1940-12-12 | 1967-01-01 |
Most-referenced Series
| References | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 42 | |
| 2. | 36 | |
| 3. |
Doctor Who (1963 - 2020)Consists of: Season 01 - First Doctor, Season 02 - First Doctor, Season 03 - First Doctor, more |
29 |
| 4. | Miami Vice (1984 - 1990) | 25 |
| 5. | Friends (1994 - 2004) | 25 |
| 6. | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000 - 2015) | 24 |
| 7. | SpongeBob SquarePants (1999 - 2010) | 23 |
| 8. | Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994) | 21 |
| 9. | Columbo (1968 - 2003) | 21 |
| 10. | Law & Order (1990 - 2010) | 21 |
| 11. | Sex and the City (1998 - 2004) | 19 |
| 12. | Downton Abbey (2010 - 2015) | 17 |
| 13. | Grey's Anatomy (2005 - 2020) | 17 |
| 14. | The Walking Dead (2010 - 2020) | 16 |
| 15. | Breaking Bad (2008 - 2013) | 16 |
| 16. | Starsky and Hutch (1975 - 1979) | 16 |
| 17. | Kojak (1973 - 1978) | 16 |
| 18. | The Golden Girls (1985 - 1992) | 15 |
| 19. | Magnum, p.i. (1980 - 1988) | 15 |
| 20. | The Sopranos (1999 - 2007) | 15 |
