America's Funniest Home Videos: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

ABC's longest-running primetime entertainment show, America's Funniest Home Videos, returns for season 36 this fall with the same mission -- giving families something genuinely funny to enjoy together on Sunday nights.

"AFV," the longest-running primetime entertainment show in ABC history, returns for season 36 with the same mission - to provide viewers with hysterical moments that fly by at a dizzying pace.

Series details

• Title: America's Funniest Home Videos
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 1990-01-14
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 5889
• IMDb ID: tt0098740
• TVDB ID: 76235

Cast and credited roles

• Jess Harnell — Announcer
• Tom Bergeron — Host
• Alfonso Ribeiro — Host
• Bob Saget — Host
• Ernie Anderson — Announcer
• Gary Owens — Announcer
• Daisy Fuentes — Host
• John Fugelsang — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1990-01-14; final listed air date 1990-05-20; episode order: 16.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-09-16; final listed air date 1991-05-12; episode order: 25.
• Season 3: premiered 1991-09-22; final listed air date 1992-05-17; episode order: 22.
• Season 4: premiered 1992-09-20; final listed air date 1993-05-16; episode order: 25.
• Season 5: premiered 1993-09-19; final listed air date 1994-05-22; episode order: 22.
• Season 6: premiered 1992-12-18; final listed air date 1995-05-21; episode order: 24.
• Season 7: premiered 1995-09-17; final listed air date 1996-05-19; episode order: 22.
• Season 8: premiered 1996-09-22; final listed air date 1997-05-18; episode order: 30.
• Season 9: premiered 1998-01-05; final listed air date 1998-05-11; episode order: 21.
• Season 10: premiered 1998-03-04; final listed air date 1999-05-15; episode order: 23.
• Season 11: premiered 2001-02-03; final listed air date 2002-02-08; episode order: 17.
• Season 12: premiered 2002-02-15; final listed air date 2002-05-17; episode order: 15.
• Season 13: premiered 2002-01-10; final listed air date 2003-05-09; episode order: 25.
• Season 14: premiered 2003-09-28; final listed air date 2004-05-23; episode order: 22.
• Season 15: premiered 2004-09-26; final listed air date 2005-05-13; episode order: 24.
• Season 16: premiered 2005-02-24; final listed air date 2006-05-19; episode order: 26.
• Season 17: premiered 2006-10-01; final listed air date 2007-05-18; episode order: 25.
• Season 18: premiered 2007-10-07; final listed air date 2008-05-16; episode order: 23.
• Season 19: premiered 2005-05-15; final listed air date 2005-05-15; episode order: 25.
• Season 20: premiered 2009-10-04; final listed air date 2010-05-16; episode order: 24.
• Season 21: premiered 2010-10-03; final listed air date 2011-05-22; episode order: 24.
• Season 22: premiered 2011-10-02; final listed air date 2012-05-20; episode order: 23.
• Season 23: premiered 2012-10-07; final listed air date 2013-05-19; episode order: 22.
• Season 24: premiered 2013-10-13; final listed air date 2014-05-18; episode order: 22.
• Season 25: premiered 2014-10-12; final listed air date 2015-05-17; episode order: 23.
• Season 26: premiered 2015-10-11; final listed air date 2016-05-22; episode order: 22.
• Season 27: premiered 2016-10-02; final listed air date 2017-05-21; episode order: 22.
• Season 28: premiered 2017-10-08; final listed air date 2018-05-20; episode order: 22.
• Season 29: premiered 2018-09-30; final listed air date 2019-05-19; episode order: 22.
• Season 30: premiered 2019-09-29; final listed air date 2020-06-14; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

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