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Best TV Series of the 1970s

Top 500 most popular series that started in the 1970s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Hedgehogs' War

★ 8.9
984 5 1979–1979
Comedy

Huset på Christianshavn

★ 7.6
978 84 1970–1977
Comedy · Family

The Gong Show

★ 7.0
966 15 1976–1980
Comedy · Game-Show

Quatermass

★ 7.0
958 4 1979–1979
Drama · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Speed Buggy

★ 6.6
954 16 1973–1973
Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Gatchaman

★ 7.8
953 205 1972–1980
Action · Adventure · Animation

Vizipók-Csodapók

★ 7.6
953 39 1978–present
Animation

The Tomorrow People

★ 7.2
953 68 1973–1979
Drama · Fantasy · Sci-Fi

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

★ 7.6
949 21 1976–1977
Drama

Godzilla

★ 6.2
947 26 1978–1979
Adventure · Animation · Family

The Fantastic Journey

★ 6.8
940 10 1977–1977
Adventure · Fantasy · Sci-Fi

QB VII

★ 7.7
939 2 1974–1974
Drama · Mystery

Ein Herz und eine Seele

★ 8.5
929 25 1973–1976
Comedy

Don Chuck Story

★ 6.7
926 8 1975–1978
Adventure · Animation · Family

Loriot

★ 9.0
925 6 1976–1978
Comedy

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein

★ 8.1
924 130 1971–1974
Adventure · Comedy · Family

Fernwood Tonight

★ 8.6
916 65 1977–1977
Comedy · Talk-Show

Robin's Nest

★ 6.4
913 48 1977–1981
Comedy

Frakk, a macskák réme

★ 7.7
912 52 1972–1987
Animation

The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour

★ 7.1
911 67 1971–1974
Comedy · Music

Gruntovcani

★ 9.1
909 10 1975–1975
Comedy

The Old Fox

★ 6.4
885 483 1977–present
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Quark

★ 6.9
882 8 1977–1978
Comedy · Sci-Fi

Jul i Skomakergata

★ 7.6
878 24 1979–1979
Family
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