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The Best Shows of the 1970s

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television leads at 92, ahead of The World at War (89) and Fawlty Towers (87). 60 titles made the cut, ordered from highest Balasaur Score to lowest. The typical pick here scores 79, well above the catalog median of 66. The newest addition is Salem's Lot, released in November 1979. The score blends IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB ratings into one 0 to 100 number.

Scores run 92 down to 70.

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