Best TV Series of the 1970s

Top 500 most popular series that started in the 1970s

Fawlty Towers

★ 8.8
112K 12 1975–1979
Comedy

M*A*S*H

★ 8.5
70K 251 1972–1983
Comedy · Drama · War

Saturday Night Live

★ 8.0
58K 1010 1975–present
Comedy · Music

Columbo

★ 8.3
48K 67 1971–1998
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The World at War

★ 9.2
38K 26 1973–1974
Documentary · History · War

Little House on the Prairie

★ 7.5
30K 204 1974–1983
Drama · Family · Romance

The Muppet Show

★ 8.4
28K 120 1976–1981
Comedy · Family · Musical

Top Gear

★ 8.4
25K 530 1978–2002
Documentary · Talk-Show

Happy Days

★ 7.4
23K 255 1974–1984
Comedy · Family · Music

All in the Family

★ 8.4
21K 207 1971–1979
Comedy · Drama

Three's Company

★ 7.6
19K 174 1976–1984
Comedy

Battlestar Galactica

★ 7.2
19K 21 1978–1979
Action · Adventure · Drama

Dallas

★ 7.1
18K 356 1978–1991
Drama · Romance

The Incredible Hulk

★ 7.0
18K 82 1977–1982
Action · Adventure · Drama

The Dukes of Hazzard

★ 7.1
18K 146 1979–1985
Action · Comedy

Taxi

★ 7.7
18K 114 1978–1983
Comedy

El Chavo

★ 8.7
17K 356 1972–1983
Comedy · Family

Charlie's Angels

★ 6.6
16K 109 1976–1981
Action · Adventure · Crime

The Love Boat

★ 6.3
16K 250 1977–1987
Comedy · Drama · Romance

The Six Million Dollar Man

★ 7.1
15K 99 1974–1978
Action · Adventure · Crime

Mork & Mindy

★ 7.2
14K 94 1978–1982
Comedy · Family · Sci-Fi

Diff'rent Strokes

★ 6.7
14K 181 1978–1986
Comedy · Drama

CHiPs

★ 6.5
13K 139 1977–1983
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Rockford Files

★ 8.2
13K 119 1974–1980
Crime · Drama · Mystery