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Best Romance TV Series of the 1970s

223 Romance series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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223 series

Little House on the Prairie

★ 7.6
31K 204 1974–1983
Rural & frontier · Wholesome

Dallas

★ 7.1
18K 356 1978–1991
Soap & telenovela

The Love Boat

★ 6.3
16K 250 1977–1987
Love story · Episodic

The Waltons

★ 7.6
10K 212 1972–1981
Wholesome · Warm glow · Nostalgic

Soap

★ 8.3
9K 88 1977–1981
Soap & telenovela · Parody · Campy

The Young and the Restless

★ 5.4
7K 13574 1973–present
Soap & telenovela · Long-runner

Holocaust

★ 8.0
6K 5 1978–1978
Bleak · Real history

Knots Landing

★ 7.0
4K 344 1979–1993
Soap & telenovela · Long-runner

Emmerdale Farm

★ 4.9
4K 10548 1972–present
Long-runner · Soap & telenovela

All My Children

★ 6.8
4K 9705 1970–2011
Soap & telenovela · Long-runner

To the Manor Born

★ 7.4
3K 22 1979–2007
Comedy · Romance

The Long Recess

★ 8.0
2K 4 1973–1973
Comedy · Drama · Romance

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

★ 7.9
2K 325 1976–1977
Comedy · Romance

Butterflies

★ 7.0
1K 28 1978–1983
Comedy · Romance

Poldark

★ 8.3
1K 29 1975–1977
Drama · History · Romance

Pennies from Heaven

★ 8.3
1K 6 1978–1979
Drama · Musical · Romance

The Onedin Line

★ 7.6
1K 91 1971–1980
Adventure · Drama · Romance

Isaura: Slave Girl

★ 6.7
816 100 1976–1977
Drama · History · Romance

Janosik

★ 7.3
746 13 1974–1974
Adventure · Drama · Romance

Persuasion

★ 6.5
648 5 1971–1971
History · Romance

Chespirito

★ 8.6
645 1970–1973
Comedy · Romance

Ryan's Hope

★ 7.2
642 3650 1975–1989
Drama · Romance

Emma

★ 6.8
640 6 1972–1972
Comedy · Romance

Michel Strogoff

★ 7.3
612 7 1975–1977
Adventure · Drama · Romance
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