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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)

Law & Order

★ 7.9
162 4 1978–1978
Crime · Drama

David Cassidy - Man Undercover

★ 6.8
162 10 1978–1979
Crime · Drama

The Wide World of Mystery

★ 6.9
162 265 1973–1976
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Khozhdenie po mukam

★ 7.3
161 13 1977–present
Drama · History

Shoulder to Shoulder

★ 8.6
160 6 1974–1974
Drama · History

Kamen Rider X

★ 6.6
160 35 1974–1974
Action · Adventure · Drama

The Chisholms

★ 7.1
157 13 1979–1980
Drama · Romance · Western

Kamen Rider

★ 6.2
157 54 1979–1980
Action · Adventure · Drama

Lemminge

★ 7.1
156 2 1979–1979
Drama

The Moonstone

★ 7.2
156 5 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

Will Shakespeare

★ 7.6
155 6 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History

The Search for the Nile

★ 8.3
155 6 1971–present
Adventure · Drama

Ballet Shoes

★ 7.1
152 6 1975–1975
Drama · Family

Symphorien

★ 6.9
151 1970–present
Comedy · Drama

Wheels

★ 6.7
150 5 1978–1978
Drama

Casanova

★ 7.5
150 6 1971–1971
Drama · History · Romance

The Evil Touch

★ 6.9
149 26 1973–1974
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

De stille Kracht

★ 7.3
148 3 1974–1974
Drama

Jude the Obscure

★ 7.6
148 6 1971–present
Drama

Commissaire Moulin

★ 5.4
148 73 1976–present
Crime · Drama

Kamen Rider Stronger

★ 6.6
147 39 1975–1975
Action · Adventure · Drama

The Strauss Family

★ 8.0
146 8 1972–1972
Drama · Romance

The Oregon Trail

★ 6.7
145 14 1976–1978
Drama · Western

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

★ 7.1
145 14 1977–1978
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