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Best Sport TV Series of the 1970s

110 Sport series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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110 series

Wrestling

★ 6.4
35 12 1977–1989
Sport

Attack on Tomorrow

★ 6.2
34 23 1977–1977
Animation · Drama · Sport

Monday Night Baseball

★ 7.2
33 4 1976–1988
Sport

AFL Sunday

★ 7.9
33 460 1979–2026
Sport

ESPN College Basketball

★ 8.5
32 2494 1979–present
Sport

Ski Sunday

★ 6.9
32 8 1978–present
Sport

Samurai Giants

★ 6.9
31 46 1973–1974
Animation · Sport

ESPN: NCAA Basketball

★ 7.7
31 4 1979–present
Sport

1971 World Series

★ 6.9
30 7 1971–1971
Sport

Spectrum Wrestling

★ 7.1
29 9 1977–1989
Sport

Ore wa Teppei

★ 4.3
28 28 1977–1978
Animation · Comedy · Sport

One Man and His Dog

★ 6.8
27 164 1976–2012
Sport

The Indoor League

★ 7.5
27 6 1973–1978
Sport

Superstars

★ 6.5
27 7 1975–2022
Reality-TV · Sport

Athlitiki Kyriaki

★ 6.3
26 1 1972–present
News · Sport · Talk-Show

ESPN Speedworld

★ 7.0
25 360 1979–2006
Action · Sport

Sapporo 1972: XI Olympic Winter Games

★ 5.2
25 13 1972–1972
Sport

World Professional Darts Championship

★ 6.2
25 375 1978–present
Sport

The NBA on CBS

★ 7.4
24 286 1973–1990
Sport

Bowling for Dollars

★ 6.2
24 2 1972–2008
Game-Show · Sport

1976 World Series

★ 6.6
23 4 1976–present
Sport

1972 World Series

★ 6.9
23 7 1972–present
Sport

The Way It Was

★ 7.0
22 35 1974–1978
Sport

1973 World Series

★ 6.5
22 7 1973–present
Sport
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