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Best Western TV Series of the 1970s

33 Western series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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33 series

Kung Fu

★ 7.6
8K 63 1972–1975
Philosophical · Outsider lead

How the West Was Won

★ 8.2
3K 29 1976–1979
Drama · Western

Alias Smith and Jones

★ 7.6
3K 50 1971–1973
Western

The Sacketts

★ 7.6
3K 2 1979–1979
Drama · Western

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

★ 7.5
2K 37 1977–1978
Adventure · Family · Western

Against the Wind

★ 8.1
1K 13 1978–1978
Drama · History · Western

The Awakening Land

★ 8.3
535 3 1978–1978
Drama · History · Western

Hec Ramsey

★ 7.8
477 10 1972–1974
Drama · Mystery · Western

Nichols

★ 7.7
378 24 1971–1972
Western

The Quest

★ 7.1
339 15 1976–1976
Drama · Western

Dusty's Trail

★ 5.2
338 27 1973–1974
Comedy · Western

Barbary Coast

★ 6.8
235 14 1975–1976
Western

Bigfoot and Wildboy

★ 6.5
196 20 1977–present
Adventure · Drama · Western

Dirty Sally

★ 7.7
175 14 1974–1974
Drama · Western

The Chisholms

★ 7.1
157 13 1979–1980
Drama · Romance · Western

The Oregon Trail

★ 6.7
145 14 1976–1978
Drama · Western

America: A Personal History of the United States

★ 8.5
134 13 1972–1973
Documentary · History · Western

Young Maverick

★ 6.4
103 9 1979–1980
Comedy · Western

Rózsa Sándor

★ 7.4
94 12 1971–1971
Adventure · Western

Matt and Jenny

★ 7.4
81 26 1979–1980
Adventure · Family · Western

The Cowboys

★ 6.7
81 12 1974–1974
Drama · Western

Luke's Kingdom

★ 7.8
76 13 1976–1976
Drama · Western

Isamu the Wilderness Boy

★ 6.6
73 19 1973–1974
Animation · Western

Western von gestern

★ 7.8
59 153 1978–1986
Western
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