Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1970s

[@Pbiblueguy3144]

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 !

[@TDH24Live]

Wouldn't Dallas be on the 80's list since most of it's episodes were in the 80's.

[@playstation2038]

No, because the first episode of the show was released in the 70s.

[@renaysari6631]

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.

[@ProxyMinePro]

So The Jeffersons don't even get an honorable mention??

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

Should be in the Top 10.

[@kayeandrews7499]

Yes it should definitely be in the top 10. Great show!

[@charliegriffey7773]

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.

[@charliegriffey7773]

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.

[@baynye]

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.

[@zanethe66man]

good list

[@rhackett25]

My top 10 from watching these 70s shows in the 80s, as reruns , when i was a kid. In no order..( Sanford and son, Taxi, All in the family, Welcome back Kotter, Love boat, Diffrent strokes, SNL, What's happening" The Jeffersons, Three's company.

[@RobbieSuede13]

Hey What Happened to Taxi ???

[@aaronainairetv]

Where the fuck was scooby doo????????

[@scoobycool9]

Mayve in the 80s list. . . . or the 2000s list. . . I hope.

[@aaronainairetv]

scoobycool9 but it was the best in 73

[@scoobycool9]

Agreed. . . maybe it will be on the ultimate list.

[@aaronainairetv]

scoobycool9 if that list follows their previous ones only tv shows on the top 3 of each decade are eligible

[@greenrobot5]

Scooby Don't

[@denaspohn9095]

#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.

[@Puddin_Tame]

I'll accept COLUMBO as an "Honorable Mention" but I'd prefer a clip that featured the star, Peter Falk!

[@achapril]

I love the old Muppet Show!!!!! I miss it a lot.

[@arden40]

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

[@daniellehall9679]

So basically what you're saying is, everything on television in the 1970s defined that decade?

[@zendaddy621]

No mention whatsoever of "Good Times"?

[@rhackett25]

or Sanford and son or What's happening or the Jeffersons....

[@petervanbuskirk500]

or Taxi

[@funch357]

Ya. Sanford & Son should *definitely* be in there. It's still hilarious.

[@xblackcatx1312]

zendaddy621 top three funniest shows ever

[@cyphrinfinity9992]

yeah for sure. Remember the one about the coffin? that had me in stitches!

[@WatchMojo]

Don't miss the rest of the videos in this series, Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1950s Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1960s Monday - Decade Defining TV Shows of the 80s Tuesday - Decade Defining TV Shows of the 90s Wednesday - Decade Defining TV Shows of the 00s Thursday - Decade Defining TV Shows of the 10s Friday - Ultimate Decade Defining TV Shows

[@saeefa]

How about Top ten Japanese games that did not make it to western shores OR Top ten cancelled games

[@TheDistortionVenegas]

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

[@EmperorPrinc3]

So when are you guys going to start sharing some of that ad revenue with people who suggest ideas ;)

[@celesteazarcon3970]

the partridge family, the Brady bunch, the Monkees TV show, the Beatles animated shows.

[@christopherrembert6356]

WatchMojo.com All in the Family way too low

[@Iowafan92]

The Jeffersons? I believe the Jeffersons were extremely decade defining.

[@lukeclarke2880]

How is faulty towers only an honorable mention

[@darecky8957]

cause it's british

[@lukeclarke2880]

Well Monty Python is #5

[@darecky8957]

Gramps G. well,then i do not know.

[@markybarky9506]

It didn't go very long

[@darthnowlan]

Good question.

[@TheHehe1223]

All in the Family should be #1

[@jojag5]

Over M*A*S*H? Don't make me laugh.

[@k1productions87]

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.

[@christopherbrochu7492]

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.

[@charliegriffey7773]

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.

[@AstraeaFae]

Lol I was about to comment that :P

[@ImmortalfireTheMod]

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.

[@jeanine9]

My favorite shows were Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and Welcome Back Kotter.

[@Th3Shrike]

love M*A*S*H

[@joshuakosek1410]

Who doesn't?

[@samnangpoe]

All In the Family is numer 8?!! Who voted for this stuff?

[@mickygurll]

Definitively deserved higher its the best

[@samnangpoe]

***** 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?

[@mickygurll]

MASH deserved number 1 but as much as I like The Muppet Show not sure if number 2 is where it belongs

[@samnangpoe]

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.

[@sayeedmorgan3413]

they decide

[@JethroParis]

We'll never forget The Fonz, such an iconic character

[@LightmyWay23]

Brady Bunch in front of All in the Family, and All in the Family is number 8? Are you serious!?

[@zachmurrey6176]

The first list you got perfectly right Mash deserves Number one

[@KkBo15]

We really had the best back then. Nothing compares.

[@fightingtyler14]

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.

[@hydrolito]

There are other lists about shows of the 1970's some show up there.

[@Rolo555]

None of the top Black shows from the 70's on here and All in the Family only 8??????? BULLSHIT

[@jeffreycoogan09]

The 1970 movie M*A*S*H was based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker

[@vamphunterdlover]

What about Dark Shadows? That was an amazing Soap opera! And it was out in the seventies!

[@LinkMEP]

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

[@richard1701able]

It would have to MASH! I still cry at the end of the final episode.

[@Kandik93]

No Charlie's Angels??? It's THE ICONIC show of the 70s!

[@mfbinc]

70's tv starts with All In The Family...the greatest show of all time.

[@robertoaguiar8082]

The Waltons! One of the best! Ever.

[@TotesProfeshPooks]

Why isn't CHiPs (1977 - 1983) there too? It was a 70's show, after all. :c

[@bryanharrell5303]

No Good Times, Jefferson, or Sanford and Son? Not even in the honorable mentions?

[@rhackett25]

I know man.. Fred Sanford would have the "Big One" if he looked at this list

[@funch357]

AMEN!

[@79sdv10]

Ain't THAT a hot damn blip?!

[@79sdv10]

Also goes without truly mentioning, (... but I'm clearly going to do it anyway,) "Maude"

[@waynejohanson1083]

Hard to believe

[@hawkeye7246]

Very easy choice for #1. One of the greatest shows ever made.

[@gutsygal6942]

HAPPY DAYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE!!!

[@barbarasprague]

No honorable mention for" Laverne & Shirley" and "Welcome back Kotter"??

[@darecky8957]

never heard.

[@lucagrandinetti3992]

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

[@gutsygal6942]

laverne and shirley is the best after happy days!

[@franksmith5564]

Hello how are you doing

[@gamesoundtrack5002]

I Love How They Used 30FPS Instead Of 24FPS. Which Is So Smooth For My Eye.

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

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

[@Patdemps11]

Why isn't mork and Mindy more importantly

[@jullemanden]

I was afraid M*A*S*H wasn't gonna be on this list!

[@litos9738]

Starsky and Hutch?

[@xxbryan715xx]

I can not believe that "EMERGENCY!" Did not make the list. One of my favorite shows.

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

I'm with you. And where was BJ and the Bear? That was a favorite of mine.

[@juliemcarthur3004]

I agree and chips to

[@suehbing]

Emergency! Loved that show....Adam 12 , Maude, Six million dollar man, Sanford and Son, Bionic woman, Love boat I can go on and on.....

[@DrDraco]

No mention of Hawaii Five-O?!?!?!

[@bellarose8642]

Alice that's a good t.v. show

[@RLSteve]

"Dallas" was an '80s phenomenon, not something the '70s is remembered for.

[@williamwatson4354]

I was going to complain, but you're right, it was an 80's phenom.

[@JAMEYJFAN]

Aw man not even a mention of The Waltons.. I love that show

[@mr.movieman4846]

Exactly

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

I figured if Little House got an honorable mention, the Waltons should at least get that too.

[@homespunhomefragrance5659]

The Waltons is a awesome! ❤️❤️

[@ladyagnes7781]

Boy" is iconic

[@hydrolito]

Walton's ran 9 seasons but 6 TV movies.

[@StopMotionStuds]

Where was A-Team? Where was Dukes of Hazzard?

[@nancyomalley6441]

"Little House" only gets an HM??? That's so wrong

[@clairetickner1045]

i feel like the muppets needed to be higher. i’m quite disappointed it wasn’t number one. disappointed in humanity.

[@shadowdramon01]

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?

[@Darwaxion]

Charlie's Angels should've been in the top 10

[@odt]

MASH Get your hands on the German release - No Laugh Track. An amazing difference.

[@terrybeechener5992]

should have been a tie at the top,M.A.S.H and Fawlty Towers.

[@TheMisterJ]

Totally snubbed The Price is Right. Monday Night Football too.

[@achapril]

M*A*S*H was amazing!!!!!!!!! My dad has all the seasons!

[@julioalonsocarlosmartinez7474]

Wheres The Incredible Hulk with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno? That was an amazing show!

[@nikgrid]

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.

[@nikgrid]

@Micah Squires Read again....THAT is my point. They are all US ripoffs of British shows.

[@scarpfish]

How the hell do you leave the Waltons off this list?

[@billdenekamp7675]

where's EMERGENCY?

[@myforbidden]

No Dark Shadows? :(

[@MavenCree]

And the Jeffersons, Good Times, What's Happening.... guess there weren't any black people in the 70's. Thanks Mojo.

[@matthewadam4902]

Little House on the Prairie has to be higher

[@sebastianf6499]

what happen to "Good Times"

[@john-gw9iq]

I think Incredible Hulk and Wonder Woman should have at least been honorable mentions.

[@503whys0s3ri0us]

What about That 70's show

[@mndydltn1980]

In the late 90's, 2000'S. NOT A 70's TV Show! read the description!!

[@xshaniaxharrisonx]

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

[@jstrahan2]

***** Maybe. But with some guys on KZbin, I wouldn't be surprised if he were serious. :)

[@bannokelly18]

REALLY..... That was in the 90s

[@503whys0s3ri0us]

Ehh no one can ever take a joke I know it was in the late 90's early 2000's

[@larrycox9406]

"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.

[@richardbullis6263]

No black shows. Come on do list of all black t.v shows.

[@jjrichard8152]

Where's mork and mindy

[@dancingpixie6120]

No "Barney Miller," "Columbo," "Carol Burnett," Sonny & Cher," "Tony Orlando & Dawn," "Chico & the Man," or even The Love Boat??" :(

[@nancyomalley9959]

Carol Burnett was on the 60's list

[@quincytrains2964]

How did Hawaii Five O not make this list

[@cbdgf]

No idea not even an honorable mention.

[@PunksNotDead851]

What about Sanford and Son and the Jeffersons..

[@SuperCoon88]

How did The Muppets beat Happy Days, The Little House on the Prairie, and The Brady Bunch! Its a kid show and it got #2?! Thats a bunch of horse crap!

[@SuperCoon88]

EEEEHHHHHHHHHHH!

[@urianger]

Welcome Back, Kotter is the best 70s TV show in my opinion

[@Weesing]

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[@ToughGamingGuy]

Little House on The Prairie should be included in this list!

[@DirtJutter]

The Loveboat, The six million dollar man, Mork & Mindy

[@funch357]

I liked the 1st & the 3rd ones, esp. the 1st one, goofy as it was.

[@riva9111]

I would like to watch that one episode of loveboat where john hillerman appears. But I can't find it anywhere on KZbin.

[@opensprit]

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.

[@mbg5836]

All in the family should be #1.

[@georgehans2636]

dear watchmojo, will you ever do a top 10 futurama episodes or a top 10 lotr moments

[@daenerystargaryen5260]

Try suggesting those ideas on their website ;)

[@alli457]

Top ten futurama episodes would be great 👌

[@georgehans2636]

Daenerys Targaryen OMG THE MOTHER OF DRAGONS REPLIED TO ME, OMG

[@jhart19963]

I wanna top ten spongebob episodes

[@georgehans2636]

Jawuan Hart Me too

[@jimslancio]

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?

[@neuroswipe]

No Rockford Files. Grr.

[@shanefowler3349]

facts of life ?

[@Tardisius]

"And Now for Something Completely Different" =))

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

What about Adam 12 and Starsky and Hutch? Not having Adam 12 I can understand, it was a good show, but not really the most decade defining one, but a 70's list without Starsky and Hutch?!? Blasphemy!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

I would've put Maude on the list too! We just saw a brief glimpse of her back! Loved All In The Family!

[@Horicert]

No honorable mention for The Incredible Hulk? OK...

[@charliegreer2691]

I know right! I was expecting that

[@DarthDracquos]

M*A*S*H And why do they keep omitting the fact that the whole franchise started from a novel??!!!

[@loyalman692ndaccount]

greatest sitcoms in history the 70s!

[@VvVLuffyM2]

#1. knew it was gonna be on the list, happy its #1

[@alyssasvintagedecor]

MASH was during the Korean War not the Vietnam War! My goodness, how could you make such a big mistake?

[@davidwilkins3359]

Dukes of Hazzard

[@thedoctorck7]

What about Mork and Mindy that show was amazing

[@gutsygal6942]

yes after happy days and laverne and shirley!

[@seanmoran1894]

Chevy Chase SUCKS!!!!!!

[@gnewt75]

How about the Incredible Hulk as an honorable mention???