Best TV Shows of 1977

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Best TV Shows of 1977
Best TV Shows of 1977
TOP TV Shows: Roots (1977), Soap (1977), The Incredible Hulk (1977), Lou Grant (1977), Mind Your Language (1977), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), The Love Boat (1977), The Professionals (1977), Secret Army (1977), Eight Is Enough (1977), CHiPs (1977), Fantasy Island (1977), The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977), Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977), Logan's Run (1977), All That Glitters (1977), James at 15 (1977), Man from Atlantis (1977), Citizen Smith (1977), The Richard Pryor Show (1977).
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 8.4
 19K
Roots (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 588 min.
TV show
Story: African teen Kunta Kinte, brought to America to be enslaved, and the generations of his family.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, uplifting, suspense ...
Plot: slavery, racism, civil war, american civil war, family history, human spirit, slave trade, african american, american south, escape attempt, black, justice ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, 1860s ...
Place: africa, usa, america, tennessee
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 8.2
 8K
Soap (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 into 1981. The show was created as a night-time parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was ...
Style: parody, sitcom, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: family relations, love affair, siblings relations, infidelity, couples, family problems, butler, eccentric family, couple relations, adult humor, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, connecticut
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The Incredible Hulk (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character, the Hulk. The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as David Banner, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Jack Colvin as Jack McGee. In ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, sentimental, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: superhero, villain, experiment gone awry, scientist, one against many, false accusation, uncontrollable, superhuman powers, antidote, unstoppable, mutant, danger ...
Time: 70s, 80s, future, 20th century
Place: usa
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The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 434 min.
TV show
Story: A seven-hours-plus adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" and "The Godfather, Part II" - with new scenes added and some old ones lengthened. Originally broadcast on the NBC television network in November of ...
Style: epic, serious, captivating, rough, saga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, crime boss, gang war, mobster, lawyer, melancholy, corrupt politician, police corruption, parent child relationship, rise to power, casino, patriarch ...
Time: 1930s, 1950s, 1920s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, cuba, italy
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 7.3
 2K
Lou Grant (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lou Grant is an American television drama series starring Ed Asner in the titular role as a newspaper editor. Unusual in American television, this drama series was a spinoff from a sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Aired from 1977 to 1982, Lou ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, serious, clever
Plot: reporter, photojournalism, journalism, newspaper office, workplace situations, media, workplace, dog, newspaper, newspaper editor, publisher, childhood friend
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Mind Your Language (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mind Your Language is a British comedy television series which premiered on ITV in late-1977. Produced by London Weekend Television and directed by Stuart Allen, the show is set in an adult education college in London and focuses on the English as a ...
Style: sitcom, controversial, humorous, psychological, feel good ...
Plot: teacher, ethnic stereotype, english teacher, immigrant, society, silly humor, joke, school, italian man, japanese man, muslim, chinese woman ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
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Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 382 min.
TV show
Story: Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, ...
Style: biblical, epic, serious, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot: jesus, christianity, jesus christ, faith, religion, self sacrifice, roman empire, christian, new testament, prophet, apostle, bible ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place: holy land, italy, tibet, ancient greece, jerusalem ...
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 6.3
 13K
The Love Boat (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24, 1977, until May 24, 1986. The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain. It was part of ABC's popular ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: cruise ship, looking for love, love and romance, love affair, tour guide, family relations, workplace, fall in love, parents and children, passenger, father daughter relationship, sailing ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: pacific ocean
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The Professionals (1977)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked ...
Style: controversial, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, law enforcement, cop, espionage, gentleman, car chase, police, intelligence, odd couple, fandom, wartime, secret agent ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: england, britain, europe
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 8.5
 2K
Secret Army (1977)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
Style: costume drama, period drama
Plot: world war two, nazism, nazi, german occupation, french resistance, resistance, cafe, ss officer, prospector, gestapo, escape, nazi occupation ...
Time: 1940s
Place: belgium, brussels belgium
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Eight Is Enough (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: family affairs, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, single parent, remarry, couples, looking for love, parents and children, family life, teenage life, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, usa, sacramento california
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 6.4
 11K
CHiPs (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol. The series ran ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: police, motorcycle, police officer, car chase, law enforcement, highway patrol, bike, racing, trucker, motor racing, stuntman, truck ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, southern california
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Fantasy Island (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.
Style: semi serious, feel good, anthology, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: resort, wish come true, adventurer, dream come true, escapades, mysterious place, magic, exotic locale, occult, hotel, intelligence agency, self discovery ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Genre: Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: amateur detective, kickass women, supernatural, brothers, children, teenage detective, nancy drew, high school, asexual, teenager, righting the wronged, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
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The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The All-New Super Friends Hour is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from September 10, 1977, to September 2, 1978, on ABC. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and is based on the Justice League and associated ...
Style: epic, anime
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, batman, flying superhero, teenage superhero, aquaman, voice over narration, wonder woman, superman, superpower, monkey, supernatural power, transformation ...
Time: 70s
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The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams is an American television series starring Dan Haggerty that aired on NBC from February 9, 1977 to May 12, 1978.
Plot: grizzly bear, bear, nature, road trip, survival, cowboy, usa history, wild man, mountain, mountain man, wilderness, fugitive ...
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Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977)
Genre: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics was a two-hour programming block of Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Running from September 10, 1977 to September 2, 1978 on ABC, the block featured five Hanna-Barbera ...
Audience: kids
Plot: scooby doo, crossover, yogi bear, cartoon wolf, caveman, cartoon bear, olympics, anthropomorphic animal, cartoon horse, cartoon dog, great dane, dog ...
Time: 70s
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 7.1
 3K
Logan's Run (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.
Style: captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Plot: chase, dystopian future, on the run, danger, escapades, chases and races, androids and robots, secret place, chaos, distopia, post apocalypse, hiding place ...
Time: future, 23rd century
Place: usa
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All That Glitters (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: All That Glitters is an American situation comedy television series by producer Norman Lear. It consisted of 65 episodes and aired between April 18 and July 15, 1977 in broadcast syndication. The show, a spoof of the soap opera format, depicted the ...
Style: soap opera, sitcom
Plot: feminist, matriarchy, female chauvinism, satire, female sexism, female chauvinist, workplace, male objectification, big business, sexism, sexual harassment
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 8.1
 515
James at 15 (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: James at 15 is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1977-1978 season. The series was preceded by the 1977 made-for-TV movie James at 15, which aired on Monday September 5, 1977 and was intended as a pilot for the series. Both were ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teenage boy, education, high school, 16 year old, coming of age, brother sister relationship, photographer, father son relationship, friendship, family relations, 15 year old
Time: 70s
Place: boston, massachusetts
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Man from Atlantis (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Man from Atlantis is a short-lived American science fiction television series that ran for 13 episodes on the NBC network during the 1977–1978 season, following four successful television films that had aired earlier in 1977. NBC commissioned ...
Audience: kids
Plot: underwater, superhero, atlantis, superhuman, lost civilization, dolphins, merman, superhuman powers, submarine, government agency, amnesia, spy ...
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Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 750 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a power-hungry U.S. President, and the men he surrounds himself with in order to keep his hold on power. Based on John Ehrlichman's book about the Nixon administration.
Plot: politics, president, american politics, commander, government, oval office, political corruption, political intrigue, u.s. president, political leader, white house, government corruption ...
Place: washington d.c.
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Citizen Smith (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom. The show was written by John Sullivan, who later wrote Only Fools and Horses. The pilot was transmitted on 12 April 1977 in the Comedy Special series of one-off plays, and the series proper ran from 3 ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, witty, humorous, realistic
Plot: marxism, unemployed, political humor, friendship, failed attempt, rebelliousness, friends, urban, unemployment, rebellion, radical, society ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
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The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days. The show was ...
Style: sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, exciting, biting ...
Plot: sketch, variety show, urban, black, satire, disorder, artists and showbiz, performer's life, media, lifestyle, society, interracial relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
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The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.
Style: saga, anime, vintage
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, villain, comic book, insect, heroes, spider man, urban setting, warrior, alter ego, courage, crime fighter, one man army ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york
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Children of the Stones (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 173 min.
TV show
Story: Astrophysicist Adam Brake (Gareth Thomas) and his teen son Matthew (Peter Demin) investigate the roots of a mysterious stone circle in the quiet British village of Milbury, where they encounter the sinister Rafael Hendrick (Iain Cuthbertson) and ...
Style: ambiguous ending, psychological thriller, surprise ending, sinister, weird
Audience: kids, horror for children
Plot: folk horror, psychic, psychic power, telekinesis, pagan, folklore, countryside, coming of age, halloween, occult, free will, analysis ...
Place: britain
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The New Adventures of Batman (1977)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The New Adventures of Batman is an animated series produced by Filmation in 1977 featuring the DC Comics superheroes Batman and Robin, and Batgirl. In The New Adventures of Batman, the "Dynamic Duo" fights crime in Gotham City, ...
Style: anime
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, batman, superpower, tarzan, super villain, gotham city
Time: 70s
Place: new jersey
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The Fantastic Journey (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977.
Style: spooky
Audience: kids
Plot: bermuda triangle, parallel universe, paradox, survival, island, military dictatorship, portal, shipwreck, apocalypse, magic, elderly, accident ...
Time: future
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 7.0
 767
Quark (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. ...
Style: spoof, sitcom, parody
Plot: space, satire, robot, spaceship, woman with a gun, space adventure, spacecraft, identical twins, clone, garbage collector, outer space, live action
Time: 20th century, future
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 7.6
 159
1990 (1977)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward ...
Style: futuristic
Plot: dystopia, post apocalypse, oppression, journalist, rebel, tyranny, live action
Time: 90s
Place: britain
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