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Best News TV Series of the 1970s

78 News series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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78 series

20/20

★ 6.8
3K 1273 1978–present
Crime · Documentary · News

SportsCenter

★ 8.0
3K 2393 1979–present
News · Sport · Talk-Show

Good Morning America

★ 4.4
2K 5802 1975–present
News · Talk-Show

60 Minutes Australia

★ 6.8
1K 495 1979–present
Documentary · News · Talk-Show

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

★ 7.7
1K 968 1979–present
News · Talk-Show

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

★ 5.8
789 5045 1970–present
News

PBS News Hour

★ 7.6
608 2730 1975–present
News

Extra Drei

★ 7.5
495 643 1976–present
Comedy · News

Question Time

★ 6.4
447 1449 1979–present
News · Talk-Show

Inside the NFL

★ 7.1
445 454 1977–present
News · Sport · Talk-Show

A Current Affair

★ 2.1
415 554 1971–present
News

ABC News Nightline

★ 5.8
414 6002 1979–present
News · Talk-Show

The NFL Today

★ 6.4
297 432 1975–present
News · Sport · Talk-Show

The Fifth Estate

★ 7.7
287 302 1975–present
Documentary · News

The Barbara Walters Summer Special

★ 5.1
277 56 1976–2015
Drama · News · Talk-Show

Newsround

★ 6.3
273 349 1972–present
Family · News

Tagesthemen

★ 6.7
147 1364 1978–present
Documentary · News

Marketplace

★ 7.9
140 327 1972–present
News

Globo Repórter

★ 7.0
132 110 1973–present
News

ITV Lunchtime News

★ 4.8
128 833 1972–present
News

Heute Journal

★ 6.4
123 426 1978–present
News

This Week in Baseball

★ 8.4
110 71 1977–present
Family · News · Sport

Canada A.M.

★ 5.9
104 204 1972–2016
News

Bill Moyers' Journal

★ 7.7
96 310 1972–2010
Documentary · News
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