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Best 70s TV Series of All Time Ranked

#1. Candy Candy (1976–)

★ 8.5/10 727 votes

This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Ann. And she met the "handsome boy on the hill" who is a important person in her life, on the hill behind the orphanage. She was adopted by the Loka's family. What's awaiting her are the bad-hearted Leo and his sister, Eliza. One day, in the rose garden, she met a boy, who is identical to the "handsome boy on the hill" who she had met in her childhood. The boy is called Antony. Thereafter, a fantastic story that she has never expected begins.

#2. Fawlty Towers (1975–)

★ 8.3/10 843 votes

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.

#3. El Chapulín Colorado (1973–)

★ 8.1/10 774 votes

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#4. Columbo (1971–)

★ 8.1/10 846 votes

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

#5. El Chavo del Ocho (1973–)

★ 8.1/10 2,065 votes

The mishaps of Chavo, an 8-year-old Mestizo-Latino American orphan boy who lives in a village. Together with Quico, Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis, Chavo experiences a series of humorous entanglements.

#6. The Muppet Show (1976–)

★ 8.0/10 358 votes

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.

#7. Little House on the Prairie (1974–)

★ 8.0/10 1,026 votes

When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

#8. Mazinger Z (1972–)

★ 8.0/10 421 votes

Mazinger Z, known briefly as Tranzor Z in the United States, is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. It was adapted into an anime television series which aired on Fuji TV from December 1972 to September 1974. A second manga series was released alongside the TV show, this one drawn by Gosaku Ota, which started and ended almost at the same time of the TV show. Mazinger Z has spawned several sequels and spinoff series, among them UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinkaiser. It was a very popular cartoon in Mexico during the 1980s, where it was dubbed into Spanish directly from the Japanese version, keeping the Japanese character names and broadcasting all 92 episodes, unlike the version aired in the U.S.

#9. MAS*H (1972–)

★ 7.9/10 763 votes

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

#10. Jesus of Nazareth (1977–)

★ 7.8/10 566 votes

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.

#11. Doraemon (1979–)

★ 7.7/10 615 votes

Doraemon is an anime TV series created by Fujiko F. Fujio and based on the manga series of the same name. This anime is the much more successful successor of the 1973 anime.

#12. The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–)

★ 7.7/10 1,172 votes

The New Tom & Jerry Show is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television in 1975 for ABC based on the theatrical shorts and characters Tom and Jerry.

#13. Happy Days (1974–)

★ 7.6/10 317 votes

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

#14. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–)

★ 7.5/10 337 votes

Everyone’s favorite mystery-solving Great Dane is here to find clues, along with a little help from his energetic nephew and four human companions.

#15. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–)

★ 7.4/10 362 votes

Cousins Bo and Luke Duke and their car "General Lee", assisted by Cousin Daisy and Uncle Jesse, have a running battle with the authorities of Hazzard County (Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane), plus a string of ne'er-do-wells often backed by the scheming Hogg.

Best 70s TV Series Ranked

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#1. Candy Candy (1976–)

#2. Fawlty Towers (1975–)

#3. El Chapulín Colorado (1973–)

#4. Columbo (1971–)

#5. El Chavo del Ocho (1973–)

#6. The Muppet Show (1976–)

#7. Little House on the Prairie (1974–)

#8. Mazinger Z (1972–)

#9. MAS*H (1972–)

#10. Jesus of Nazareth (1977–)

#11. Doraemon (1979–)

#12. The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–)

#13. Happy Days (1974–)

#14. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–)

#15. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–)

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Best 70s TV Series Ranked

Tired of scrolling? Find where to stream these instantly.

#1. Candy Candy (1976–)

#2. Fawlty Towers (1975–)

#3. El Chapulín Colorado (1973–)

#4. Columbo (1971–)

#5. El Chavo del Ocho (1973–)

#6. The Muppet Show (1976–)

#7. Little House on the Prairie (1974–)

#8. Mazinger Z (1972–)

#9. M*A*S*H (1972–)

#10. Jesus of Nazareth (1977–)

#11. Doraemon (1979–)

#12. The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–)

#13. Happy Days (1974–)

#14. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–)

#15. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–)

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