Instead of Watching All 50 Shows, You Could...
8,361 hours is a lot of screen time. Here's what else you could do with that time.
The Binge Calculator
Watching all 50 shows back-to-back at different paces:
Top 15 Shows by Binge Time
Hours needed to watch every episode. Pokémon and Detective Conan are in a league of their own.
Hours by Genre
Total binge time broken down by show type.
Shows by Decade Started
The 2000s were the golden age of new long-running shows.
Most-Streamed in 2024
Nielsen data: these shows from our list dominated streaming last year.
Episodes vs Binge Time
Shows with longer episodes (Live Action dramas) rack up hours faster per episode. Bubble size = years on air.
Show Timelines
When each show started and how long it ran. Some have been on air for over three decades.
All Shows
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| Show⇅ | Type⇅ | Start⇅ | Years⇅ | Status⇅ | Episodes⇅ | Ep Min⇅ | Hours▼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokémon | Anime | 1997 | 27 | Ongoing | 1,250 | 22m | 458.3h |
| One Piece | Anime | 1999 | 25 | Ongoing | 1,100 | 24m | 440h |
| Detective Conan | Anime | 1996 | 28 | Ongoing | 1,100 | 24m | 440h |
| Law & Order SVU | Live Action | 1999 | 25 | Ongoing | 550 | 45m | 412.5h |
| Law & Order | Live Action | 1990 | 20 | Ended | 456 | 45m | 342h |
| NCIS | Live Action | 2003 | 22 | Ongoing | 470 | 43m | 337h |
| Grey's Anatomy | Live Action | 2005 | 20 | Ongoing | 430 | 43m | 308.2h |
| The Simpsons | Animated | 1989 | 36 | Ongoing | 760 | 22m | 278.7h |
| ER | Live Action | 1994 | 15 | Ended | 331 | 44m | 242.7h |
| CSI | Live Action | 2000 | 15 | Ended | 335 | 43m | 240.1h |
| Criminal Minds | Live Action | 2005 | 15 | Ended | 324 | 43m | 232.2h |
| Supernatural | Live Action | 2005 | 15 | Ended | 327 | 42m | 228.9h |
| Naruto Shippuden | Anime | 2007 | 10 | Ended | 500 | 23m | 191.7h |
| The X-Files | Live Action | 1993 | 25 | Ended | 218 | 45m | 163.5h |
| Family Guy | Animated | 1999 | 25 | Ongoing | 420 | 22m | 154h |
| Bleach | Anime | 2004 | 8 | Ended | 366 | 24m | 146.4h |
| 24 | Live Action | 2001 | 9 | Ended | 192 | 44m | 140.8h |
| The Walking Dead | Live Action | 2010 | 12 | Ended | 177 | 44m | 129.8h |
| House MD | Live Action | 2004 | 8 | Ended | 177 | 44m | 129.8h |
| American Dad! | Animated | 2005 | 20 | Ongoing | 350 | 22m | 128.3h |
| South Park | Animated | 1997 | 27 | Ongoing | 330 | 22m | 121h |
| Dragon Ball Z | Anime | 1989 | 7 | Ended | 291 | 24m | 116.4h |
| Boruto | Anime | 2017 | 9 | Ongoing | 290 | 23m | 111.2h |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Animated | 1999 | 25 | Ongoing | 300 | 22m | 110h |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Live Action | 1997 | 6 | Ended | 144 | 45m | 108h |
| The Big Bang Theory | Live Action | 2007 | 12 | Ended | 279 | 22m | 102.3h |
| Frasier | Live Action | 1993 | 11 | Ended | 264 | 22m | 96.8h |
| Two and a Half Men | Live Action | 2003 | 12 | Ended | 262 | 22m | 96h |
| Bob's Burgers | Animated | 2011 | 14 | Ongoing | 260 | 22m | 95.3h |
| King of the Hill | Animated | 1997 | 13 | Ended | 259 | 22m | 94.9h |
| Modern Family | Live Action | 2009 | 11 | Ended | 250 | 22m | 91.7h |
| Lost | Live Action | 2004 | 6 | Ended | 121 | 44m | 88.7h |
| Friends | Live Action | 1994 | 10 | Ended | 236 | 22m | 86.5h |
| Naruto | Anime | 2002 | 5 | Ended | 220 | 23m | 84.3h |
| The Sopranos | Live Action | 1999 | 8 | Ended | 86 | 55m | 78.8h |
| How I Met Your Mother | Live Action | 2005 | 9 | Ended | 208 | 22m | 76.3h |
| The Office (US) | Live Action | 2005 | 8 | Ended | 201 | 22m | 73.7h |
| Game of Thrones | Live Action | 2011 | 8 | Ended | 73 | 57m | 69.3h |
| Dragon Ball | Anime | 1986 | 3 | Ended | 153 | 24m | 61.2h |
| My Hero Academia | Anime | 2016 | 9 | Ongoing | 150 | 24m | 60h |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Live Action | 2013 | 8 | Ended | 153 | 22m | 56.1h |
| Futurama | Animated | 1999 | 25 | Ongoing | 150 | 22m | 55h |
| Archer | Animated | 2009 | 14 | Ended | 145 | 22m | 53.2h |
| Dragon Ball Super | Anime | 2015 | 3 | Ended | 131 | 24m | 52.4h |
| Breaking Bad | Live Action | 2008 | 5 | Ended | 62 | 47m | 48.6h |
| Attack on Titan | Anime | 2013 | 10 | Ended | 94 | 24m | 37.6h |
| Rick and Morty | Animated | 2013 | 12 | Ongoing | 70 | 22m | 25.7h |
| Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood | Anime | 2009 | 1 | Ended | 64 | 24m | 25.6h |
| Demon Slayer | Anime | 2019 | 7 | Ongoing | 60 | 24m | 24h |
| Jujutsu Kaisen | Anime | 2020 | 6 | Ongoing | 50 | 24m | 20h |
Naruto Universe
Watching Naruto + Shippuden + Boruto is 387 hours — over 16 straight days of ninjas.
Law & Order Universe
The original + SVU total 754 hours. That's a full month of 24/7 crime-solving.
Dragon Ball Saga
DB + DBZ + DBS = 575 episodes and 230 hours. Most of it is powering up.
91% of Us Binge
91% of people report binge-watching TV regularly. You're not alone on that couch.
Simpsons = 36 Years
The longest-running US sitcom. If it were a person, it could run for president.
Streaming is King
US streaming hit 16.7 trillion minutes in 2025 — up 19% from 2024. TV isn't dying, it moved.