The WWE Raw 20th Anniversary show was a television episode of the WWE's Raw brand, which took place on January 14, 2013 in Houston, Texas.

2012 On July 23, 2012, Raw aired its 1,000th episode, which also began its permanent three-hour format.

The episode also featured talent from the SmackDown! and ECW brands. Later that month, on October 23, Raw aired its 700th episode.

Monday Night Raw is the longest-running weekly episodic program in the U.S. with more than 1,500 original episodes. The two-hour Friday Night SmackDown airs live on FOX in primetime at 8PM ET.

In Raw's contract with USA Network they agreed to do 3 hours a week. In Smackdown's contract with Fox they agreed to do 2 hours a week. Who would you want to see as either Raw or SmackDown women's champion? Piper Niven, Rhea Ripley,and Queen Zelina Vega.

July 23, 2012 On July 23, 2012, Raw aired its 1,000th episode, which also began its permanent three-hour format.

Television's first drama,The Queen's Messenger, is broadcast from Schenectady, New York station WGY on September 11, 1928. Russian-born, American scientist Vladimir Zworykin demonstrates the first practical electronic system for both the transmission and reception of images in 1929.

Lord Mayor's Show List of longest-running television shows by category

Though it actually began its 1500+ episode run as a one-hour broadcast before expanding to two hours in 1997, Raw has been three hours long for more than a decade - since its 1000th episode, to be precise, which aired July 23, 2012.

On July 23, 2012, Raw aired its 1,000th episode, which also began its permanent three-hour format.

24 Longest-Running TV Shows Ever, Ranked By Duration

• 8 Sesame Street – 54 Years.
• 7 Sazae-San / サザエさん – 54 Years.
• 6 As The World Turns – 54 Years.
• 5 Days Of Our Lives – 58 Years.
• 4 General Hospital - 60 Years.
• 3 Coronation Street - 63 Years.
• 2 The Tonight Show - 69 Years. 1954 - Present.
• 1 Guiding Light - 72 Years. 1937 - 2009.

General Hospital (60 Seasons) “GH” is the longest-running televised soap opera in American television, celebrating its 60-year anniversary this year. Set in the fictional Port Charles, N.Y., the serial has circulated through numerous characters and plot lines since premiering on April 1, 1963.