# Best TV Shows of the 70s

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-shows-of-the-70s/501058 "2009-06-26T13:31:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-shows-of-the-70s/501058/21 "2009-06-26T20:46:45Z")

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> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> 1. Favorite Sit/Com: Hard choice _Barney Miller_ because it doesn’t go in 4.
> 2. Drama: _Kung Fu_, never missed it and was going to buy DVDs recently but they aren’t cheap
> 3. Variety Show: Don’t know if the _Carol Burnett Show_ qualifies but it was very funny.
> 4. Cop/Detective: _Rockford Files_ only saw it on sale today and remarked what a great forgotten favorite of mine it is and bought season one.
> 5. Sci/Fi (ish): \*The Survivors \* a British series was the only SF series that wasn’t absolute nonsense.

OK, there it is, my vote for favorite drama. Kung fu. Never missed it either.

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**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-shows-of-the-70s/501058/22 "2009-06-26T22:05:39Z")

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Sitcom: Mary Tyler Moore  
Drama: The Waltons  
Variety: Carol Burnett  
Cop/Detective: Rockford Files  
Sci Fi ???

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-shows-of-the-70s/501058/23 "2009-06-26T22:32:27Z")

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1. Favorite Sit/Com – Barney Miller, then Maude
2. Drama – Family
3. Variety Show – Carol Burnette
4. Cop/Detective – Barretta
5. Sci/Fi (ish) – Fantasy Island

Runner Up – WKRP and Taxi

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