STILL STANDING

Want your show to last more than one season? How about 20? Either way, you have two options: Make sure you’re an animated prime-time show that appeals to both children and adults or, better yet, make sure you’ve got a procedural on your hands with Dick Wolf or Jerry Bruckheimer backing you up. Here, the top 11 longest-running prime-time shows currently on air (ranked by years, not episode numbers). Why 11? We had to run long. . . .

1. “The Simpsons” (Fox), 1989-present (20 years)

2. “Law & Order” (NBC), 1990-present (19 years)

3. “South Park” (Comedy Central), 1997-present (12 years)

4. “King of the Hill” (Fox), 1997-present (12 years)

5. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC), 1999-present (10 years)

6. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS), 2000-present (9 years)

7-10. “24” (Fox), “Smallville” (The WB/CW), “Scrubs” (ABC/NBC), “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (NBC/USA Network), 2001-present (8 years)

11. “CSI: Miami” (CBS), 2002-present (7 years)

-- Randee Dawn