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Best Drama TV Series of the 1970s

Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 1970s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Doomwatch

★ 7.3
306 38 1970–1972
Drama · Sci-Fi

Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic

★ 7.6
304 4 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History

Armchair Thriller

★ 7.3
303 55 1978–1981
Crime · Drama · Horror

SOKO 5113

★ 5.8
298 678 1978–2020
Crime · Drama

Ultraman Leo

★ 7.3
296 51 1974–1975
Action · Adventure · Drama

Flower Angel

★ 7.4
296 50 1979–1980
Adventure · Animation · Drama

Love for Lydia

★ 7.6
291 13 1977–1977
Drama · Romance

The Omega Factor

★ 7.2
290 10 1979–1979
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Q & Q

★ 7.8
287 26 1974–1976
Adventure · Crime · Drama

Orson Welles Great Mysteries

★ 7.7
287 26 1973–1974
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Waris

★ 8.5
277 16 1979–present
Crime · Drama · Thriller

The Barbara Walters Summer Special

★ 5.1
277 56 1976–2015
Drama · News · Talk-Show

Cade's County

★ 7.1
276 24 1971–1972
Action · Crime · Drama

The Rebels

★ 6.5
275 2 1979–1979
Drama · History · War

Sense and Sensibility

★ 6.5
272 4 1971–1971
Drama · Romance

Anne of Avonlea

★ 7.5
272 6 1975–1975
Drama · Family

30 prípadu majora Zemana

★ 6.1
270 30 1975–1980
Crime · Drama

Kidnapped

★ 7.5
270 13 1978–1978
Adventure · Drama · History

The Blue Knight

★ 6.9
265 25 1975–1976
Action · Crime · Drama

Voor koningin en vaderland

★ 8.0
264 4 1979–1979
Drama · War

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

★ 8.0
263 6 1977–1977
Drama

Heidi

★ 7.4
263 26 1978–1978
Drama · Family

Who Pays the Ferryman?

★ 7.9
257 8 1977–1977
Drama

O Bem-Amado

★ 9.2
256 179 1973–present
Comedy · Drama · Romance
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