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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)

Planet of the Apes

★ 7.0
6K 14 1974–1974
Adventure · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Holocaust

★ 8.0
6K 5 1978–1978
Bleak · Real history

The Sylvester & Tweety Show

★ 7.3
6K 3 1976–1976
Slapstick · Kids & family

Çarkifelek

★ 6.7
6K 3 1975–2024
Game & quiz show · Family-safe

Future Boy Conan

★ 8.8
6K 26 1978–1978
Post-apocalyptic · Anime

One Day at a Time

★ 6.6
6K 209 1975–1984
Sitcom · Female perspective

Twelve Chairs

★ 8.2
6K 4 1977–1977
Heists & cons · Satirical

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed

★ 8.7
6K 5 1979–1979
Criminal underworld

Seventeen Moments of Spring

★ 8.7
6K 12 1973–1973
Espionage · Period piece

The Partridge Family

★ 6.6
6K 96 1970–1974
Wholesome · Family-safe

Maude

★ 7.3
5K 141 1972–1978
Social commentary · Sitcom

Super Friends

★ 7.2
5K 93 1973–1985
Kids & family · Family-safe

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

★ 6.3
5K 62 1979–1983
Kids & family · Family-safe

All Creatures Great & Small

★ 8.4
5K 90 1978–1990
Cozy · Wholesome · British TV

Maya

★ 6.7
5K 104 1975–1980
Kids & family · Family-safe

Blake's 7

★ 8.0
5K 52 1978–1981
Cynical · Dystopia · Morally gray

El Chapulín Colorado

★ 8.5
5K 260 1973–1979
Slapstick · Campy · Episodic

Once Upon a Time... Man

★ 8.0
5K 26 1978–1979
Real history · Kids & family

Schoolhouse Rock!

★ 8.2
5K 65 1973–2009
Kids & family · Family-safe

Benson

★ 7.2
5K 158 1979–1986
Sitcom · Family-safe · Episodic

The Price Is Right

★ 7.5
5K 10089 1972–present
Game & quiz show · Long-runner

UFO

★ 7.9
5K 26 1970–1971
Space & sci-fi · Episodic

What's Happening!!

★ 7.1
5K 65 1976–1979
Sitcom · Episodic · Easy watching

The Good Life

★ 8.0
5K 30 1975–1978
British TV · Cozy · Feel-good
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