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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)

Apple's Way

★ 6.6
254 28 1974–1975
Drama · Family

The Shadow of the Tower

★ 7.7
253 13 1972–1972
Biography · Drama · History

Pearl

★ 6.6
253 3 1978–1978
Drama · Romance · War

The Last of the Mohicans

★ 7.0
253 8 1971–1971
Adventure · Drama · War

Toma

★ 7.6
252 23 1973–1974
Crime · Drama

Wuthering Heights

★ 6.7
249 5 1978–1978
Drama

Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue

★ 7.4
249 3 1977–1977
Drama

Hazell

★ 7.4
247 22 1978–1979
Crime · Drama

Daleko od szosy

★ 7.8
246 7 1976–1976
Comedy · Drama · Romance

The Adams Chronicles

★ 8.2
242 13 1976–1976
Drama · History

The Forbidden Love

★ 7.1
241 6 1975–1975
Drama · Romance

Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers

★ 7.0
239 4 1976–1976
Drama

A fekete város

★ 7.5
233 1 1972–present
Drama · History

Hawkins

★ 7.5
233 8 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Teni ischezayut v polden

★ 7.3
232 7 1971–present
Drama · History

Crime and Punishment

★ 7.4
229 3 1979–1979
Drama

Cousin Bette

★ 7.9
228 5 1971–1971
Comedy · Drama

The Count of Monte Cristo

★ 7.4
227 6 1979–1979
Adventure · Drama · History

Dancin' Days

★ 7.9
227 173 1978–1979
Drama · Music · Romance

The Brothers

★ 7.5
226 92 1972–1976
Drama

Kamen Rider V3

★ 7.1
225 52 1973–1974
Action · Adventure · Drama

North & South

★ 7.0
224 4 1975–1975
Drama · Romance

The Rhinemann Exchange

★ 6.4
224 3 1977–1977
Drama · Thriller · War

A Ghost Story for Christmas

★ 7.7
222 8 1971–1978
Drama · Fantasy · Horror
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