PRE-RELEASE: Ships when stock arrives. Scheduled for Release on 11-11-2008 7th Heaven is the longest running family drama in television history. Each episode deals with a moral lesson or controversial theme that the family handles either directly or indirectly. Some range from the traumatic to the somewhat trivial. Along with the show's family-oriented storyline, this conservative nature has been responsible, in part, for the show's longevity'appealing to an audience who are rarely targeted.