Series of the 1970s

See Also: Series of the 1950s, Series of the 1960s, Series of the 1980s, Series of the 1990s, Series of the 2000s, Series of the 2010s

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• Adam-12: Debuted in 1968, ended in 1975.
• Against the Wind
• Alice (1976)
• All Creatures Great and Small
• All in the Family
  • The Jeffersons
  • Maude
    • Good Times
• The Amazing Spider-Man (1978)
• Antiques Roadshow
• Are You Being Served?
• Ark II
• Arthur of the Britons
• The Aunty Jack Show
• Bagpuss
• Baretta
• Barnaby Jones

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• Barney Miller
• Bassie & Adriaan
• Battlestar Galactica (1978)
• Beachcombers
• Bearcats!
• The Better Sex
• The Bill Cosby Show: Debuted in 1969, ended in 1971.
• B.J. and the Bear
• Black Sheep Squadron
• Blake's 7
• The Bob Newhart Show
• The Bold Ones
• The Brady Bunch: For many, the 70s Sitcom^note although it actually debuted in 1969.
• The Bozo Show
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• The Bugaloos
• Cannon
• The Carol Burnett Show: Debuted in 1967, ended in 1978.
• Carry On Laughing!
• Centennial
• Charlie's Angels
• El Chavo del ocho
• Chico and the Man
• CHiPs
• Circle Of Fear (aka Ghost Story)
• Classics Dark and Dangerous
• Co-Ed Fever
• Come Back Mrs. Noah
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father: Debuted in 1969, ended in 1972.
• Dad's Army: Debuted in 1968, ended in 1978.
• Definition
• Doctor Who (classic series ran 1963-1989)
• Donny and Marie
• Dragons, Wagons & Wax
• The Dukes of Hazzard

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• Dusty's Trail
• Eight is Enough
• Ein Herz und eine Seele
• Emergency!
• Emmerdale
• Enemy at the Door
• Face The Nation
• Fantasy Island
• Far Out Space Nuts
• Fawlty Towers: Ricky Gervais has noted that Basil Fawlty's obsession with climbing the social ladder was much more important in the 1970s than when The Office (UK) was made - when David Brent's preoccupation was becoming a celebrity.
• The Galloping Gourmet: The first cooking-as-entertainment show.
• Gemini Man
• Get Some In!
• Give-n-Take
• The Gong Show
• Good Times
• Go Godman
• Go Greenman
• Happy Days
  • Laverne & Shirley
  • Mork & Mindy
• The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
• Hart to Hart
• Hawaii Five-O: Debuted in 1968, ended in 1980.
• Here's Humphrey
• Hey Hey It's Saturday - premiered in 1971 and initially ran until 1999. Also had two reunion specials in 2009 and one revival season in 2010.
• Hollywood Television Theatre

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• Holmes & Yoyo (1976-1977)
• H.R. Pufnstuf: Originally produced and broadcast in 1969, but was rerun for 3 more seasons before being taken off the air in 1972.
• The Immortal
• In Search of...
• The Incredible Hulk
• Issues And Answers
• Jason of Star Command
• Kinpachi-sensei: began in 1979 and ended in 2011.
• Kojak
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker
• Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
• Land of the Lost (1974)
• Little House on the Prairie
• Logan's Run
• Longstreet
• The Lost Saucer
• The Love Boat
• Love Thy Neighbour
• The Magician
• Man About the House
  • George & Mildred
• Man from Atlantis
• Mannix: Debuted in 1967, ended in 1975.
• Marcus Welby, M.D.: Debuted in 1969, ended in 1976.
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
  • Forever Fernwood
  • Fernwood Tonight
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Rhoda
  • Lou Grant
• M*A*S*H
• Mastermind
• Masterpiece: Debuted in 1971 (as Masterpiece Theatre), acquired current name in 2008.
• Matador
• McButt
• Meet the Press
• Michael Bentine's Potty Time
• The Midnight Special
• Mind Your Language
• Monday Night Football
• Monty Python's Flying Circus: Debuted in 1969, ended in 1974.
• The Moon Stallion
• Moonbase 3 (1973)
• The Mouse Factory
• Mr. Squiggle
• The Muppets
  • The Muppet Show
• Musical Chairs (1975)
• Nanny and the Professor
• The NBC Mystery Movie
  • Columbo
  • McCloud
  • McMillan & Wife
• The New Avengers
• New Zoo Revue
• Night Gallery
• Nova: Running continuously on PBS since March 3, 1974.
• The Odd Couple
• Odisea Burbujas
• One Day at a Time (1975)
• The Partridge Family
• Pinwheel
• The Pippi Longstocking TV series, and its re-edition as feature films.
• Pobol y Cwm
• Police Woman
• The Polka Dot Door
• Porridge
• The Professionals
• Project UFO
• Pyramid
• Quark
• Question Time
• Quincy, M.E.
• The Rockford Files
• Roll Out!
• Room 222: Debuted in 1969, ended in 1974.
• Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In: Debuted in 1968, ended in 1973.
• Run For Your Life
• Salvage 1
• The Sandbaggers
• Sanford and Son
• Sapphire and Steel
• Saturday Night Live
• SCTV
• Sealab 2020
• The Secrets of Isis
• Sesame Street: Debuted in 1969.
  • Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
  • A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
• Seventeen Moments of Spring
• Shazam!
• Shoestring
• Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
• The Six Million Dollar Man
  • The Bionic Woman
• Soap
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
• Soul Train
• Space: 1999
• Space Academy
• The Star Lost
• Starsky & Hutch
• The Streets of San Francisco
• SWAT
• The Sweeney
• Switch (1975)
• The Toku genre exploded in The Seventies, giving us several classic shows and two franchises that are still with us. More Toku shows aired per year in this decade than any other decade before or since.
  • Kamen Rider began in 1971 with its namesake series, and it's still going on (except for that break between 75 and 79 when Ishinomori was working on Sentai, and the break between 1980 and 1987, and the break between 1988 and 2000).
    • Kamen Rider (1971-1973)
    • Kamen Rider V3 (1973-1974)
    • Kamen Rider X (1974)
    • Kamen Rider Amazon (1974-1975)
    • Kamen Rider Stronger (1975)
    • Kamen Rider: Skyrider (1979-1980)
  • Super Sentai began in 1975 with Himitsu Sentai Goranger, and it's still going on (except for 1978, where the Spider-Man tokusatsu aired in its place, making way for the giant robots that are common in Super Sentai nowadays).
    • Himitsu Sentai Goranger (1975-1977)
    • Ninja Captor (1976-1977) was once counted as Super Sentai, but not anymore.
    • J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai (1977)
    • Battle Fever J (1979-1980)
  • The Ultra Series returned after a brief hiatus, achieving greater popularity than ever before or afterwards. In this era, it settled and expanded its conventions and established a singular universe for the Ultra heroes.
    • Return of Ultraman
    • Ultraman Ace
    • Ultraman Taro
    • Ultraman Leo
  • Choujin Barom 1
  • Fireman
  • Iron King
  • Jumborg Ace
  • Kaiketsu Zubat
  • Kure Kure Takora
  • Mirrorman
  • Robot Detective
  • Space Ironmen Kyodain
  • Spectreman
  • Spider-Man (Japan)
  • Warrior of Love Rainbowman
  • Zone Fighter
• Tales of the Unexpected
• Tatort
• Taxi
• This Old House
• Three's Company
  • The Ropers
• Tiswas
• The Tomorrow People (1973)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Debuted in 1962, ended in 1992.
• Top Gear (UK)
• UFO
• Un, dos, tres
• Upstairs Downstairs: Original version.
• Van der Valk
• Van Kooten En De Bie: Ongoing since the '60s.
• Vega$
• The Virginian: Debuted in 1962, ended in 1971.
• Vision On - Premiered in 1964, ended in 1976.
• The Waltons
• Welcome Back, Kotter
• What's Happening!!
• When the Boat Comes In
• When Things Were Rotten
• Whodunnit? (UK)
• Wives and Daughters: 1971 Mini Series.
• The Wizard of Odds
• WKRP in Cincinnati
• Wonder Woman (1975)

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