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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)

Korg: 70,000 B.C.

★ 6.9
101 19 1974–1975
Adventure · Drama · Family

Country Matters

★ 7.3
100 13 1972–1973
Drama

Sarge

★ 7.1
100 15 1971–1972
Drama

Die große Flatter

★ 7.9
99 3 1979–present
Drama

The Feather and Father Gang

★ 6.9
98 14 1976–1977
Drama

La barraca

★ 7.8
98 9 1979–1979
Drama

The Delphi Bureau

★ 7.0
98 9 1972–1973
Crime · Drama

Irmãos Coragem

★ 8.6
97 329 1970–1971
Drama · Romance

The Manhunter

★ 7.0
97 23 1974–1975
Drama

Bluey

★ 7.6
97 39 1976–1977
Crime · Drama

Power Without Glory

★ 8.6
96 26 1976–1976
Drama

Nakia

★ 7.3
96 14 1974–1974
Crime · Drama

Tenafly

★ 7.2
96 5 1973–1974
Crime · Drama

Jack the Ripper

★ 8.3
96 6 1973–1973
Crime · Drama · History

The Psychiatrist

★ 7.2
96 7 1970–1971
Drama

The NBC Mystery Movie

★ 8.7
96 1971–1977
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Noce i dnie

★ 8.1
94 12 1978–1978
Drama · History · Romance

The Spoils of Poynton

★ 8.0
94 4 1970–1970
Drama

Dickens of London

★ 7.3
94 13 1976–1977
Biography · Drama · Romance

Pollyanna

★ 7.3
93 6 1973–present
Comedy · Drama · Family

The Frighteners

★ 7.1
93 13 1972–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Cedar Tree

★ 7.5
93 119 1976–1978
Drama

The BBC Television Shakespeare

★ 7.9
92 39 1978–1985
Drama

Affairs of the Heart

★ 7.6
92 13 1974–1975
Comedy · Drama · Romance
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