1 9 7 8 – 1 9 8 0 (USA) This spoof of beauty pageants (created by the production company of Chuck Barris and aired on…
Browsing: 1970s Television
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1 9 7 3 – 1 9 7 6 (USA) 4270 x 30 minute episodes “Keep your eye on this spot! You are about to see…
1 9 7 9 (USA) 9 x 30 minute episodes Originally to have been titled Five Women, this short-lived spring replacement comedy series from ABC starring Eileen…
In the 1970s, TV Producers turned from the excess of violence seen in drama series’ of the 60s, to seek other ways of stimulating the…
1 9 7 7 (UK) 16 x 60 minute episodes Great Britain, 1990. A dystopian future (at the time) in which Britain is under the grip…
1 9 7 8 – Current (USA) This hour-long current affairs show from ABC has always featured award-winning journalists covering social issues and current events. The…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 7 2 (UK) 1,695 x 30/35/40 minute episodes Following the demise of the long-running BBC show Tonight, Cliff Michelmore…
1 9 7 9 – 1 9 8 1 (USA) 16 x 60 minute episodes 240-Robert followed the exploits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department…
1 9 7 2 (UK) 6 x 45 minute episodes The six episodes of this short-lived LWT series were broadcast on Saturday nights in June and…
1 9 7 7 (USA) 4 x 60 minute episodes Based loosely on the successful British TV series Rock Follies, this innovative four-episode variety show-cum-sitcom from…
1 9 7 8 – 1 9 8 7 (UK) 180 x 60 minute episodes Ted Rogers and Dusty Bin (a robotic dustbin with a face…
1 9 7 8 – 1 9 8 2 (USA) 30 minute episodes This hard-hitting magazine documentary series for youth was every bit as aggressive and…
1 9 7 6 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes “Maybe we’re not ready for the outside world.” “Is the outside world ready for us?” Life…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 7 5 (UK) 40 x 30 minute episodes Following the demise of the children’s TV pop show Lift Off…
1 9 6 8 – Current (USA) 1 9 7 9 – Current (Australia) In 1967 Don Hewitt conceived of his new programme, 60 Minutes, as a strategy…
1 9 7 1 – 1 9 7 8 (Australia) 1 9 8 8 – current (Australia) An Australian magazine programme that started life as…
1 9 7 8 (USA) 5 x 30 minute episodes This short-lived ABC tryout series centred around Dr Antonio ”Tony” Menzies (Gregory Sierra, who played Detective Chano…
1 9 7 2 – 1 9 9 7 (USA) 60 minute episodes Premiering on 4 October 1972, ABC After School Specials were sixty-minute specials for young people,…
1 9 7 3 – 1 9 7 5 (USA) 17 x 90 minute episodes Irregularly scheduled 90-minute drama specials for the afternoon viewing audience. Usually…
1 9 7 2 (USA) 13 x 60 minute episodes The ABC Comedy Hour aired between 12 January 1972 and 5 April 1972 and starred top…