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Best Mystery TV Series of 1973

18 Mystery series that started in 1973, ranked by popularity

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18 series

World on a Wire

★ 7.7
7K 2 1973–1973
Existential dread · Philosophical

Barnaby Jones

★ 7.0
4K 178 1973–1980
Procedural · Episodic

The Magician

★ 7.5
746 22 1973–1974
Adventure · Crime · Mystery

Murder Must Advertise

★ 7.9
405 4 1973–1974
Mystery

La porta sul buio

★ 6.4
390 4 1973–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

L'île mystérieuse

★ 7.1
248 6 1973–1973
Adventure · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Hawkins

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

Krakh inzhenera Garina

★ 6.6
216 4 1973–1973
Crime · Mystery · Sci-Fi

The Wide World of Mystery

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

The New Perry Mason

★ 5.2
139 15 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Joseph Balsamo

★ 6.9
108 7 1973–1973
Crime · History · Mystery

Robot Detective

★ 6.0
54 26 1973–present
Action · Crime · Mystery

Gruby

★ 6.0
29 7 1973–present
Adventure · Mystery

La loba

★ 5.9
15 3 1973–present
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Moona Lisa's Creature Features

★ 8.2
14 1973–present
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Karatekas and co

★ 4.5
14 6 1973–present
Action · Adventure · Mystery

L'Alphoméga

★ 4.2
10 6 1973–present
Comedy · Fantasy · Mystery

La hiena

★ 7.9
9 190 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery
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