Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1970s
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- These years were more known for disco and rock and roll, but who can forget all of the amazing television? Join www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 decade defining TV shows of the 1970s. Check us out at / watchmojo , / watchmojo and / watchmojo
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Wouldn't Dallas be on the 80's list since most of it's episodes were in the 80's.
No, because the first episode of the show was released in the 70s.
How the hell is All in the Family #8 ?? That broke all sorts of barriers. One of the best and iconic shows of our times !
Not really. All in the Family was based on Till Death Do Us Part.
Agree on #1, but here's my list:
1. MASH
2. All In The Family
3. Happy Days
4. Mary Tyler Moore
5. Brady Bunch
6. Little House on the Prairie
7. Waltons
8. Hawaii Five-O
9. Rockford Files
10. Columbo
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order): Jeffersons, Three's Company, Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie's Angels, Incredible Hulk, Partridge Family, Odd Couple, Sanford & Son, Good Times, Love Boat, Bob Newhart Show, Alice, Carol Burnett, Starsky & Hutch, Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, Quincy M.E., Emergency!, Barney Miller, Marcus Welby M.D., Streets of San Francisco, CHiPs, Mannix, Kojak, Taxi, Laverne & Shirley, What's Happening, Welcome Back Kotter, Mork & Mindy, WKRP, Muppets, Sesame Street, SNL, Scooby Doo
So basically what you're saying is, everything on television in the 1970s defined that decade?
MASH was exceptional for the exact reasons you state..one minute it would make you laugh yourself sick, the next you'd have tears of sorrow coming up.
I love the old Muppet Show!!!!! I miss it a lot.
#1 is my favorite comedy of all time, but it was "All in the Family" that defined the social and political changes and issues of the 1970s and the generation gap between young people and their parents.
I Love How They Used 30FPS Instead Of 24FPS. Which Is So Smooth For My Eye.
I can not believe that "EMERGENCY!" Did not make the list. One of my favorite shows.
I'm with you. And where was BJ and the Bear? That was a favorite of mine.
I agree and chips to
I can't believe that the Six Million Dollar Man didn't make the list or get a honorable mention, I was really shocked that Charlie's Angels wasn't on the top 10 list. I'm also surprised that shows like The Rockford Files, Barney Miller, The Incredible Hulk, and Wonder Woman weren't mentioned at all.
There are other lists about shows of the 1970's some show up there.
I'll accept COLUMBO as an "Honorable Mention" but I'd prefer a clip that featured the star, Peter Falk!
We'll never forget The Fonz, such an iconic character
The first list you got perfectly right Mash deserves Number one
Six Million Dollar Man, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Carol Burnett Show, Barney Miller, Sandford and Son, just to name the one's off the top of my head.
The Jeffersons? I believe the Jeffersons were extremely decade defining.
It would have to MASH! I still cry at the end of the final episode.
Very easy choice for #1. One of the greatest shows ever made.
No mention whatsoever of "Good Times"?
or Sanford and son or What's happening or the Jeffersons....
or Taxi
Ya. Sanford & Son should *definitely* be in there. It's still hilarious.
zendaddy621 top three funniest shows ever
yeah for sure. Remember the one about the coffin? that had me in stitches!
So The Jeffersons don't even get an honorable mention??
Should be in the Top 10.
Yes it should definitely be in the top 10. Great show!
How is faulty towers only an honorable mention
cause it's british
Well Monty Python is #5
Gramps G.
well,then i do not know.
It didn't go very long
Good question.
Aw man not even a mention of The Waltons.. I love that show
Exactly
I figured if Little House got an honorable mention, the Waltons should at least get that too.
The Waltons is a awesome! ❤️❤️
Boy" is iconic
Walton's ran 9 seasons but 6 TV movies.
All in the Family should be #1
Over M*A*S*H? Don't make me laugh.
jojag5
My Gods, M*A*S*H almost deserves a spot in century-defining television. I mean, as much as I support Star Trek in all of its incarnations, M*A*S*H touched on so many social issues that it almost puts Star Trek to shame. Find me a single show who's finale touched as many hearts as M*A*S*H did. The only tragedy is that there couldn't be any successive spin-offs.
Truly a classic that should never be forgotten, regardless of what decade you were born in.
I would still rank M*A*S*H #1, but All In the Family should definitely have been in the 2 or 3 spot. It encapsulated everything going on during the 1970's.
jojag5 Maybe, but it should be much higher than it is, and things like Monty Python, SNL, and Johnny Carson should be in a different category.
Lol I was about to comment that :P
Rumor has it that the skit of silly walks by Monty Python was so funny to Steven Tyler and Joe Perry that they penned "Walk this way" because of it.
When I was about 3 or 4 years old I remember that my uncle had a happy day's lunch box!!! And fonzie was on the one side and the other side had Arnold's on it!!!? And then I remembered my mom's waiting for Saturday night live to come on!!! And it was her Time with her friends and they would laugh and laugh when it was on!!!!!!!!? Great memories right here and I thank you all for the great video!!!!!!" God bless
This Top Ten might just be the best, most accurate list of all time, with even a couple nods to our friends across the sea!
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How about Top ten Japanese games that did not make it to western shores OR Top ten cancelled games
And how about a Top Ten Tv good relationships with their Ex', I know is too long, but there's is a long list over there and would be nice
So when are you guys going to start sharing some of that ad revenue with people who suggest ideas ;)
the partridge family, the Brady bunch, the Monkees TV show, the Beatles animated shows.
WatchMojo.com All in the Family way too low
My favorite shows were Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and Welcome Back Kotter.
Much better than the shows today that’s for sure!
What about Dark Shadows? That was an amazing Soap opera! And it was out in the seventies!
10. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
9. Sanford and Son (different)
8. Three's Company
7. Mork and Mindy (different)
6. Rockford Files (different)
5. Happy Days
4. All In The Family
3. Battleship Galactica (different)
2. Doctor Who (different)
1. MASH
Honorable Mentions
Columbo
The Jeffersons (different)
Starsky & Hutch (different)
Soap (different)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Bob Newhart Show
Emergency! Loved that show....Adam 12 , Maude, Six million dollar man, Sanford and Son, Bionic woman, Love boat I can go on and on.....
Dallas, which was not only a 1980s show but the no. 1 1980s show, only gets an honorable mention in the wrong decade? What the heck are you guys thinking?
I'm glad Three's Company was on here. One of my favorite shows ever.
There are better shows than that (and better than the friggin' Muppets!)which deserved to be Top 10, though...like Little House on the Prairie, the Waltons, the Jeffersons, Good Times, etc.
70's tv starts with All In The Family...the greatest show of all time.
The 1970 movie M*A*S*H was based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker
Where the fuck was scooby doo????????
Mayve in the 80s list. . . . or the 2000s list. . . I hope.
scoobycool9 but it was the best in 73
Agreed. . . maybe it will be on the ultimate list.
scoobycool9 if that list follows their previous ones only tv shows on the top 3 of each decade are eligible
Scooby Don't
No Charlie's Angels??? It's THE ICONIC show of the 70s!
"Dallas" was an '80s phenomenon, not something the '70s is remembered for.
I was going to complain, but you're right, it was an 80's phenom.
We really had the best back then. Nothing compares.
In Canada working in Toronto, then come 5pm at home I watched the first iconic Star Trek! Total fun!
All in the family should be higher, in the case of decade defining even though it only got about two or three good seasons, it is one of the most influential tv shows of all time.
Also, the brady bunch defines the 70s, I'm not a fan, but again if we are doing shows that define the decade, then the Brady bunch and All in the Family should be top 5 at least.
"The Waltons" should really have been on this list. There's no show more '70's than that. And "The Gong Show" was a phenomenon.
No mention of Hawaii Five-O?!?!?!
Brady Bunch in front of All in the Family, and All in the Family is number 8? Are you serious!?
Why isn't CHiPs (1977 - 1983) there too? It was a 70's show, after all. :c
All In the Family is numer 8?!! Who voted for this stuff?
Definitively deserved higher its the best
***** its a fan voting process so u cant really blame WM but sometimes i wonder if it really is fans voted. like are u serious? AITF. a tv show that defines culture, entertainment, society is below the likes of the Brady Bunch?
MASH deserved number 1 but as much as I like The Muppet Show not sure if number 2 is where it belongs
Jennifer S Mash is a great series and was a great satire of "war" which still reverberated from the 60's, at the time, but i thought AITF not only tackles the commentary of war, but race, class, sexual orientations and furthermore pushed the boundaries of prime time tv. I personally put AITF at 1 but i can't get mad at Mash being 1 either, it was a great series. I think i'd be content if it was top 5(there are alot of great shows in the countdown, (tonigh show, Mash, SNL) but jeebus, 8?! lol. smh.
they decide
All in the Family spawned 5 spinoffs? I know Maude, The Jeffersons, Archie's Place (if that counts as a spinoff instead of just a few more seasons) and maybe Good Times (I say maybe since that was a spinoff of Maude). Which one/s am I missing?
Gloria and Checking In (a short-lived sitcom spinoff of The Jeffersons focused on Florence).
Wheres The Incredible Hulk with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno? That was an amazing show!
I watched this just to see if Columbo made the list--my favorite show! It didn't make the top ten, but so smart of you, WatchMojo, for at least including it in Honorable Mentions. It would've been a crime if you didn't! I totally agree with Carson, and the top three: SNL, Muppets, and MASH. Way to go, Mojo. You get it right or mostly right so often! How do you do it?
The Waltons! One of the best! Ever.
Little House on The Prairie should be included in this list!
HAPPY DAYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE!!!
Great list! Other greats include "Sanford and Son," "Welcome Back, Kotter" and "Good Times." And then there's "Maude"!....another great. "Little House on the Prairie" should definitely have made the list, though it was good to see it as an honorable mention.
Yes definitely little house on the prairie
I understand your choices are decade defining. Two are, IMHO, are in the best of the last half century: Mary Tyler Moore and WKRP. And two are in the worst of the last half century: Three’s Company and runner up Charlie’s Angels. Thanks for the fun vid
In the honorable mentions would be the show Emergency! then Happy Days and M*A*S*H then Laugh In. You did have on the video in the honorable mentions was Little House but you didn't mention anything about The Waltons. And I watched all of them including The Partridge Family. Love them all and wished that some would come back. Love from Marysville California
MASH Get your hands on the German release - No Laugh Track. An amazing difference.
M*A*S*H was amazing!!!!!!!!! My dad has all the seasons!
Damn right M*A*S*H should be number 1.
But I'm extremely disappointed Emergency! didn't make it on this list. It's such a good show. I even own seasons 1-4 on dvd.
All in the Family is based on the UK show "Till death us do part" And Threes Company is based on "Man about the House" Also Sanford and Son was based on Steptoe & Son....probably should have mentioned that.
All three of those shows were taken from other people. Please tell me how they are groundbreaking??!!
@@micahsquires5649 Read again....THAT is my point. They are all US ripoffs of British shows.
I could only imagine the creators of the original shows from Britain must have been ticked off that these ripoffs were far more successful than the shows they stole them from.
All in the Family was annoying with Archie and Edith, Sanford and Son was annoying with Fred and Lamont’s constant bickering, and Three’s Company was bizarre because all the show’s content was sex and the scantily clad Suzanne Somers.
No Good Times, Jefferson, or Sanford and Son? Not even in the honorable mentions?
I know man.. Fred Sanford would have the "Big One" if he looked at this list
AMEN!
Ain't THAT a hot damn blip?!
Also goes without truly mentioning, (... but I'm clearly going to do it anyway,) "Maude"
Hard to believe
Being 23, and judging from this list i got the strong idea that most 70's shows were mainly comedies. ( which I'm aware they're not)
+denae bedard They weren't . I was born in 73, and was constantly in the living room watching my parents favorite tv shows from that time period (murder mystery and cop shows, and believe me, there was tons of them!!)
There were. I own the DVD Greatest Cop Shows from the Seventies, and it is a compilation of episodes from Starsky and Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, The Rookies, S.W.A.T., and Police Woman. Charlie’s Angels and Starsky and Hutch were the only ones that appealed to me. The others lost me.
#1. knew it was gonna be on the list, happy its #1
No honorable mention for" Laverne & Shirley" and "Welcome back Kotter"??
never heard.
FINALLY I have been scrolling though the comment section looking for Welcome Back, Kotter. Amazing TV show that definitely should've been on this list, also helped launch Travolta's career
laverne and shirley is the best after happy days!
Hello how are you doing
Starsky and Hutch?
I think Incredible Hulk and Wonder Woman should have at least been honorable mentions.
7:04 Love that segment!🤣
Glad you put The Muppet Show on your list. I know the next Top 10 Decade Defining Shows list will be 80's shows.
Nice list...cant wait for the 21st Century decades shows especially the 2000s.
I would've put Maude on the list too! We just saw a brief glimpse of her back! Loved All In The Family!
No! Maude was a loud-mouthed liberal who aborted her child. Any show that does that loses me completely.
How the hell do you leave the Waltons off this list?
How about the Incredible Hulk as an honorable mention???
Welcome Back, Kotter is the best 70s TV show in my opinion
Happy Days. The Fonz is so iconic ❤ Saturday Night Live in its early years was great.
greatest sitcoms in history the 70s!
Little House on the Prairie has to be higher
Hulk 1977 -1979 Wonder Woman 1976-1979 The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew 1977-1979 Jim Henson
I love this series
Why isn't mork and Mindy more importantly
There were so many iconic shows from the 70's it's impossible to choose a Top 10 or whatever. It was a very strange, somewhat embarrassing, yet defining era of television. Sure "Miami Vice," "Dynasty," but also, "Love Boat," "Fantasy Island," and what about "H.R. Puffinstuff." Strange days indeed, most peculiar mama.
No "Barney Miller," "Columbo," "Carol Burnett," Sonny & Cher," "Tony Orlando & Dawn," "Chico & the Man," or even The Love Boat??" :(
Carol Burnett was on the 60's list
Can’t believe Taxi is not on your list
"And Now for Something Completely Different" =))
I just noticed that the All in The Family set looks shockingly similar to the Married With Children set!
Three's Company is disturbing similar to a British program from the same era called Man About the House, even down to the landlords, which had their own spin off, called George and Mildred. Man about the House came out in '73 whilst Three's Company came out in '77. Maybe they borrowed the format?
Great List, was hoping to see SOAP
Soap was one of the best sitcoms ever!
Disagree! The show was highly immoral!
With so many people upset about this list, how come there are so few dislikes.
What about That 70's show
In the late 90's, 2000'S. NOT A 70's TV Show! read the description!!
As amazing as it is, it was based in the '70s but not actually from the '70s. I assume it will be on the '90s-'00s list xD
*****
Maybe. But with some guys on UA-cam, I wouldn't be surprised if he were serious. :)
REALLY..... That was in the 90s
Ehh no one can ever take a joke I know it was in the late 90's early 2000's
How did Hawaii Five O not make this list
No idea not even an honorable mention.
10. Heard of it but I've never watched it
9. Same as 10
8. Wow same as 10 and 9
7. Same as 10, 9 and 8
6. I was introduced to this when I was about eight and I loved it so much
5. Heard of it but never watched it
4. Eyyyy Iconic! Should be number one
3. Love it
2. Aw I still love watching this even though I'm probably too old at this point
1. Alright well saw that coming
Cannot believe Diff'rent Strokes didn't even get an honorable mention
Nice list
Little House on the Prairie should be no. 1
Wmfaq how often do u update your calendar
All in the family should be WAY higher than #8!
The Loveboat, The six million dollar man, Mork & Mindy
I liked the 1st & the 3rd ones, esp. the 1st one, goofy as it was.
I would like to watch that one episode of loveboat where john hillerman appears. But I can't find it anywhere on UA-cam.
Calling it now, The Cosby Show is #1 for the 80s
i still watch MASH when its on tv
I was a small kid in the 70s, people talked about nothing but disco and Charlie's Angels. I played with other girls in the neighbourhood and we emulated the Angels, but since I am the littlest one, I would always be Cheryl Ladd.
dear watchmojo, will you ever do a top 10 futurama episodes or a top 10 lotr moments
Try suggesting those ideas on their website ;)
Top ten futurama episodes would be great 👌
Daenerys Targaryen OMG THE MOTHER OF DRAGONS REPLIED TO ME, OMG
I wanna top ten spongebob episodes
Jawuan Hart Me too
No Dark Shadows? :(
Wow, I'm surprised at no Carol Burnett!
Putting Muppet Show at #2 makes up for any other disagreement I may have with this list.