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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)

Clouds of Witness

★ 8.0
441 5 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery

The Tiger Brigades

★ 7.9
438 36 1974–1983
Action · Crime · Thriller

Jamie and the Magic Torch

★ 7.6
438 39 1976–1979
Animation · Family · Fantasy

The Nine Tailors

★ 8.0
436 4 1974–1974
Mystery

Eleanor and Franklin

★ 7.9
433 2 1976–1976
Biography · Drama · Romance

The Secret Garden

★ 7.0
431 7 1975–1975
Drama · Family

Vise od igre

★ 8.6
430 10 1976–2007
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

The Scarlet Letter

★ 6.2
430 4 1979–1979
Drama

Hospital at the End of the City

★ 7.5
423 20 1977–present
Drama

The Mayor of Casterbridge

★ 7.9
423 7 1978–1978
Drama

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

★ 7.2
418 26 1971–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Bad News Bears

★ 6.9
417 26 1979–1980
Comedy · Sport

Jason King

★ 6.9
417 26 1971–1972
Action · Adventure

Ljubav na seoski nacin

★ 8.8
417 8 1970–1970
Comedy

Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac

★ 7.2
417 26 1977–1977
Adventure · Animation · Family

The Bastard

★ 6.9
416 2 1978–1978
Drama · History · Romance

A Current Affair

★ 2.1
415 554 1971–present
News

Two's Company

★ 7.7
414 29 1975–1979
Comedy

ABC News Nightline

★ 5.8
414 6002 1979–present
News · Talk-Show

Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space

★ 6.8
413 16 1972–1972
Animation · Comedy · Family
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