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Best Music TV Series of the 1970s

219 Music series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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219 series

The New Bill Cosby Show

★ 5.9
92 21 1972–1973
Comedy · Music · Talk-Show

The Little and Large Show

★ 5.1
90 78 1978–1991
Comedy · Music

Play Away

★ 7.5
84 203 1971–1984
Comedy · Family · Music

Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

★ 5.3
83 6 1975–1976
Comedy · Family · Music

Shields and Yarnell

★ 6.8
80 14 1977–present
Comedy · Family · Music

Countdown

★ 8.4
79 599 1974–1987
Music

The Metropolitan Opera Presents

★ 8.2
76 194 1977–present
Music · Musical

Dolly

★ 8.2
76 26 1976–present
Music

The Mac Davis Show

★ 7.0
75 34 1974–1976
Music

Disco

★ 7.1
75 133 1971–1982
Comedy · Music

Getting Together

★ 7.3
73 14 1971–1972
Comedy · Music

Rockpalast

★ 8.0
71 108 1974–present
Documentary · Music

Hee Haw Honeys

★ 4.8
71 24 1978–1979
Comedy · Music

The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard

★ 8.9
70 6 1976–present
Music

The Innes Book of Records

★ 8.3
69 18 1979–1981
Comedy · Family · Music

Domenica in

★ 5.1
67 206 1976–present
Music · Talk-Show

Great Performances: Dance in America

★ 7.3
66 70 1976–present
Music

The Irish Rovers

★ 7.8
66 3 1971–1975
Comedy · Family · Music

Bosco

★ 8.6
63 2 1978–present
Family · Music

Young Talent Time

★ 7.1
62 14 1971–1988
Family · Music

Cheggers Plays Pop

★ 5.8
62 81 1978–1986
Family · Game-Show · Music

Musikladen

★ 7.0
62 91 1972–1984
Music

Archie's Bang-Shang Lalapalooza Show

★ 7.7
59 1977–1978
Animation · Comedy · Music

Roberto Carlos Especial

★ 7.3
59 50 1974–2025
Family · Music
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