View Full Version : Who wins the best TV Shows of the 70's? ABC or CBS?


TVFactFan
07-17-2005, 01:36 PM
CBS Shows that most are familiar from 1970-79

1.Lassie
2.Hogan Heroes
3.Gunsmoke
4.Here's Lucy
5.All in the Family
6.Carol Burnett Show
7.Doris Day Show
8.Jeffersons
9.Maude
10.One Day at a Time
11.Alice
12.Good Times
13.Beverly Hillbillies
14.Mary Tyler Moore Show
15.Bob Newhart
16.Rhoda
17.Waltons
18.Mash
19.Tony Orlando and Dawn
20.60 Minutes



Well Known ABC Shows from the 1970's

1.Three's Company
2.Happy Days
3.Mork and Mindy
4.Welcome Back Kotter
5.Barney Miller
6.Taxi
7.Soap
8.What's Happening
9.That's My Mama
10.Brady Bunch
11.Patridge Family
12.Odd Couple
13.Monday Night Football
14.Donny and Marie
15.Charlie's Angels
16.Eight is Enough
17.Love Boat
18.Benson
19.Starsky and Hutch
20.Operation Petticoat




So in your Opinion, what Network had the best TV shows during the 70's? I choose CBS

USTVFanFromUK
07-17-2005, 02:00 PM
CBS hands down! CBS really pushed the envelope creatively and socially during the 70's. ABC for the most part, always played it safe.

Dean Winchester
07-17-2005, 04:18 PM
CBS had the better shows, but I only really liked One Day, Maude and MTM from their 70's output. I loved a lot of ABC's 70's shows tho. But as a whole, CBS won hands down in terms of writing. If I recall correctly, Taxi was the only ABC Emmy-winning show of the 70's.

Brian Damage
07-17-2005, 04:19 PM
ABC

Southern Hellraiser
07-17-2005, 04:22 PM
CBS

barwars
07-17-2005, 07:38 PM
The both had their fair share of good series, but ABC had my favorite (Taxi), while CBS had more shows I enjoyed.



Of course, there's always NBC, but they were almost in as bad shape in the 70s as they are today. God, all they really had was Sanford & Son and Chico & The Man.

mstewart
07-18-2005, 12:39 AM
CBS by a long shot.

Mr. Television
07-18-2005, 12:48 AM
CBS

Skywalker
07-18-2005, 08:23 PM
ABC

Joker85
07-19-2005, 12:03 AM
CBS would win hands down for me simply because they had The Carol Burnett Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Bob Newhart Show. ABC had some good shows too, but overall I think CBS was the better of the two.