Flashback To Iconic 70s Tv Shows: Unforgettable Nostalgia! 

More entertaining than today’s shows

I don’t think anyone that wasn’t around in the 1970s can fully understand just what a huge part of American culture these shows were. Most household only had one television and only three channels to choose from, and of course there was no internet. TV, radio & press was the only media available. People waited all week in anticipation for the continuation of their `story’ and it was the topic of discussion all week long. Those were definitely simpler times.

I just happen to be binge watching the Little House on the Prairie series right now . For the 50 the time. I long for that simpler time. And I always wished Pa was my father❤

I grew up in the 70s and watched every program you listed. Some others had fantastic writing and acting. For example, "WKRP in Cincinnati" was about some misfits who worked at a low-end rock 'n roll radio station. My favorite episode was "Turkey's Away," where the station manager tried an unsuccessful promotional campaign using live turkeys. The news announcer, Les Nessman, was at the scene in a grocery store parking lot when he spotted a helicopter coming in his direction. Les sees some objects being pushed out of the helicopter, and he soon realizes it is a flock of turkeys. Pandemonium ensues when Les gives details as if he witnessed the Hindenburg blimp explosion in New Jersey. Turkeys were hitting the parking lot and parked cars like heavy sandbags. After the incident, all the staff met at the station and discussed this total fiasco. At the episode's close, the station manager thought turkeys could fly, and he could not understand why his campaign was an epic failure. That was a hilarious episode.

The Muppet Show is the first thing that came to mind

Loved seventies TV shows!! So many great shows. Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Much better programs the todays stupid reality shows. Times we're simpler. We would actually run home to catch our shows❣️😊

I watched a lot of these shows but I also watched Welcome Back Kotter, The Love Boat, and Fantasy Island. I recall a lot of variety shows being on in the 70's and I always watched The Donny and Marie Show.

Entertaining and relaxing. Either I was totally oblivious or things were a lot better back then

What a blast from the past! I grew up in the 70's and watched all those shows! I think Happy Days was probably my favorite,but they were all great!

My dad's favorite show was Sanford and son. He would stop anything he was doing when it came on and we would watch it together.

The Six Million Dollar Man was my absolute everything as a kid. While it was already off the air when I was old enough to really understand it, reruns were still a weekly thing for years.

Born in ‘70, so really grew up watching all these. My favorite was always Barney Miller. Just something about the dry humor always got me.

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale. A tale of a fateful trip..." You know the rest. Thanks Rhet

70's TV had class, morels, values. Can't find that today.

Love your channel. It's like waking up on Saturday and watching Saturday morning cartoons. Miss those days. 😁👍🏾🤙🏾

Didn't get to enjoy a lot of these shows until 20 years later when the TV Land channel would show these. Some of the best shows ever!

My favorite was the Bionic Woman! My friends and I would take turns being Jaime Sommers. I have the whole series on DVD to this day!

Good Morning Rhett 🙋🏽. We're having a winter wonderland here in Michigan.l love the Jefferson's and All in the family.💜

I remember and loved all these shows! Another one that comes to mind is One Day At A Time.

My dad was from Arkansas, so, `Hee-Haw’ was mandatory viewing at our house. I always appreciate the girls!

I think you're gonna need a Vol. 2, and possibly a Vol. 3!

Im a 70s child was born in "73" so i remember all these shows loved them they're classics in thier own right ...

I was a child of the 70's and 80's I raised my kids telling them we played outside all of the time... I did manage to watch all of these shows consistently, maybe I wasn't outside as much as I thought.

I grew up in the 70s, too. My favorites were Mary Tyler Moore, Laverne and Shirley and Mash. Good video, thank you.

We watched almost all of these. The rest I watched in syndication. Loved Tuesday nights with Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley. Was a huge Charlie’s Angels fan.

The 70s was best decade for tv.Threes Company ,Alice Soap Battle of the network stars those are some of faves

The Jeffersons,Chips and Gilligans Island were the TV shows i remember most watching..and Threes Company. Those shows were always on in my house. Great memories and bit melancholy as those days are long gone.

Now more than ever I miss these shows. Thank you for this.

Great shows. M.A.S.H. has always been a favorite of mine, watched it with my parents as a kid and I still watch it regularly as an adult, just bought the dvds.

I was born in 1961 and enjoyed every one of those shows. I would talk about them at school with my friends who also watched them. They were all my favorite shows, the 6 million dollar man and Happy Days, Brady Bunch, Lavern and Shirley....etc.

The one about the casket is still my favorite from Sanford & Son

One show that you didn't mention, and that was also one of my favorites, was "Colombo" starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Colombo.

You could have a few of these vids! There were a lot of memorable shows from thar decade, but then, I grew up in the 70s! "Welcome back Kotter" had a young John Travolta. "The Bionic Woman" was a very popular spin-off of "The Six Million Dollar Man". "Quincy M.E." was a personal favorite (always liked how Jack Klugman said "muuuhder"). Loved "Hawaii 5-O". Who could forget the opening bass line in the intro to "Barney Miller"? "Adam-12" and "Emergency!" were also favorites.

Classics! Thanks for sharing these. So much talent in these shows.

Holy Smokes. All these shows were incredible. Some I was to young to get the humor. I think my favorite sit-com was Happy Days growing up. I was too young to get Mash or All in the Family. My non sitcom favorite was The 6 million dollar man and 1 you missed, Emergency. The 70's was awesome for tv. I think you're gonna need a vol 2 on this actually.

in a world that seems to be getting worse with each passing day, i can always count on you to make a video that takes me back to better times. thanks for everything you do rhetty 👍

Thanks for sharing. I watched/liked them all.

CHiPS was one of my favorites....I watched all of these shows live and syndication. One show I was scared of was the incredible hulk with Bill Bixby and Lou F.

How beautiful is Jaclyn Smith! My goodness! She's still beautiful today! I like Three's Company! John Ritter was a brilliant physical comedian!

I miss these shows!! Thanks for this!! And most of these shows were before cable. You had maybe 5 main channels. TV shows were so much better in the 70s!!!

Thank you, Rhett!! I was a big sci-fi fan. Space 1999, Star Trek re-runs, Logan's Run, Battlestar Galactic, etc..I love Happy Days b/c I loved the movie American Graffiti. Brady Bunch, The Love Boat, What's Happening?, That Girl, Welcome Back Kotter, plus more. I loved Charlie's Angels and had my big blonde Farrah Fawcett hairstyle all through school. Teachers called me "Farrah", (which I loved, hahaha!!). I miss simple times sitting in front of the TV with Hogan's Heroes, Gilligan's Island, and all the rest. 😊

Yep, vintage TV was so good📺 Absolutely loved TAXI. It was my mom's favorite show.🚖

Always look forward to your content. Keep up the great work, Rhetty.

Thanks for the memories you brought back. I watched and enjoyed all these shows. Sad they don't make em like they used to.

Oh my goodness. This was such a fun look back. My favorite angel would be Kate Jackson. I'm not sure if I had a favorite show. It would probably be Happy Days. Thank you for a great walk down memory lane

love this one Rhetty ! and so many more shows to look back on too. recently i saw Shirley from Laverne and Shirley had died. made me think of watching that show as a kid and all the others that came on .

I'm a 90s kid but I watched many of these shows on TV land, and have The Complete Series of Little House on The Prairie on dvd as well as Sanford and Son and the first 6 seasons of Happy Days.

There was a lot going on there. I miss those shows! Thanks for the memories Rhett!

What about The Partridge Family?? The 70s had some of the best TV shows ❤️👍

The Brady Bunch was everything to me as a kid. I watched every one of these shows, so many favorites.

I grew up in the 1970's and so far the one show that I have not seen yet is Emergency! Love from Marysville, California

I was born in 1974 and grew up watching all of those #Television shows. It's too hard to pick a favorite. I own most all of those #TV shows on DVD and still watch them on-the-regular. I use old TV-Guides to line up weekly TV schedules from the past. Hail #ClassicTV!!!

Sanford and son, which If I remember correctly was based on the UK series 'Steptoe and son', as was 'All in the family' which was taken from the infamous series 'till Death do us part' which ran for years in the UK. :)

AS I was still too young to roam the streets at nights, Fridays nights we watched The Love boat, then Fantasy Island (da plane boss, da plane!)

Where's "The Waltons"? It started out as a Christmas special "The Homecoming" in 1971, and a weekly series based on that movie, "The Waltons" that aired from 1972-1981. That's a show you definitely missed!

Brings back so many memories! Loved all those shows but I have to say Three’s Company was my favorite. Wish we could go back. So much simpler times than today!

Looking forward to vol.2 and vol.3 of this. Thanks !

Growing up in the 1970's was awesome😃I miss those days when America was great😁I love all of those television shows👍🏻ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

charlies angels and little house on the prairie .. i loved most of them but these were my favorites

Great list, Loved, most of those I also loved "CHiPs", The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Emergency ,Eight Is Enough, Starsky and Hutch, The Bionic Woman, Gilligan's Island Reruns, Dukes Of Hazzard,

The Partridge Family was my favorite.

Rhett, I enjoyed this video about the 70's television shows. I enjoyed a lot of the shows that you featured some of my favorites were Sanford and Son, Charlie's Angels, Good Times, etc. I rarely watch television these days, but enjoyed these old-school shows. Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🐎

Battlestar Galactica was a show that I watched all the time as well Kolchak the Nightstalker, even though it only lasted one season. As always, thanks for the memories!

Great pics! I'd love see more listed like, Emergency, Adam 12, Kojack, Columbo, and other awesome dramas as well.

Being an architect must pay really well. I always wonder how Mike Brady could afford to live in such a nice house, raise six kids AND afford a live-in maid. Since you asked - Sabrina was my favorite from Charlie's Angels, Since you didn't ask - so was Janet from Three's Company. M.A.S.H. was and still is my favorite show for the 70's.

Excellent! This brought back many memories of my childhood in Los Angeles, California. I had the biggest crush on Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd and Cheryl Tiegs 🥰

I liked and watched most of those shows but my two favorites were All in the Family and The Brady Bunch. Funny because you couldn't get more different than those two shows.

I like good comedy and good writing as well as great ensemble acting. I guess that's why my favorite shows from the 70s are Laverne and Shirley and The Mary Tyler Moore shows. I just recently binge watched these shows again while recuperating from surgery. Laughter definitely is the best medicine. 🤣😂

We're going to need a Vol. 2, Alice, Barney Miller, Magnum PI, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Waltons.. The list is Endless!

Many of these shows I grew up with. So many good Tv shows then.

Hi, Mr. Rhetty! I grew up in the 70s too and watched nearly all the shows you talked about here at one time or another. Some others that I enjoyed were "Adam-12", "Barney Miller", "Chico and the Man" ("Looking good!"), "The Bob Newhart Show", "Welcome Back, Kotter" and "What's Happening!!" Sure was a great time to be a couch potato!

Two shows that are late 70’s into the 80’s. Dukes of Hazzard and Soap. I think you definitely need a volume 2 for this one! Too many great shows for one video. Great video!

Mary Tyler Moore's neighbor was named Rhoda. There was a successful spin off called "Rhoda".

John Forsyth was the voice of Charlie on Charlie’s Angels.

It would be nice to see a "Part 2" of this episode. So many more shows from that decade...Welcome Back Kotter, Alice, The Waltons, and One Day at a Time to name a few.

Oh my gosh. I watched every one of these shows. Such an awesome time with great tv shows to watch. Thanks for reminding me of all of them!

I watched every one of those shows, they were all good. I seldom watch tv today and during the 70's and 80's we spent over 6 years in Germany so we never saw all the episodes. I love these throwback videos and they bring back a lot of memories. I really can't pick a favorite since I enjoyed them all. Thanks Rhett!

Wonderful!….these are the shows I grew up with!….thank you for your video!

I loved watching all of these shows. My favorites were the police shows, especially Police Woman, Rookies, Cannon etc.

Wasnt born in the 70s, but I would say Happy Days is my current go-to show right now, mostly because I dont have cable anymore.

Loved Emergency ! Adam-12, and Welcome Back Kotter!

All great shows. Thank you for the nostalgic trip as always, Rhet.

Grizzly Adams was my over all favorite. I also loved Emergency! & that show sparked my interest in EMS. The Walton’s & The Grand Ol’ Opry @ Ryman Auditorium were also watched frequently.

I remember watching the Brady Bunch. Now, if I watch reruns, I think there's no way you will ever see a family like that. I can now understand why a lot of those shows would not fly today on TV. Sanford and Son was great also. I watched many of them. A lot of them were great shows. Thanks 👍.

As a child, my favourite show was The 6 Million Dollar Man. I was fascinated by it.

There were some great shows back then,and many are still coming as reruns. My favorites are Little House,Mama's Family and the Brady Bunch. Thank you Rhett for this great video 💞

I grew up in the 90s but was introduced to many of these great 70s shows through Nick at Nite.

I love your journeys into the past. Good memories. Plus, I love your soothing voice. Your videos are relaxing.

Good shows and smarter people it seems with the intro songs. Nowadays even the commercials are lacking creativity. Loved the shows and good video.

70s is before my time but it is easy to appreciate a lot of its content. Even if you were born in the late 80s to mid 90s(pre-internet) you would've have seen and/or knew about these shows and its characters.

I was a 70s kid, and I fell in love with Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman.💫🩷

Easy to remember most of them, since many are still in syndication...

Even though I was born in 82 I still watched most of these shows thanks to Nick at Nite/TVLand. Even older stuff too like Dick Van Dyke or Bewitched.

"Nanu Nanu..." may you rest in peace Robin Williams you're missed it was a dream of mine to meet you I miss you thank you for the memories and laughs

Welcome Back Kotter

HOW could you not mention The Waltons?!!❤

Thank You for this Video 😀

So many great shows. We would watch many of these as a Family on the cabinet tv. Will definitely need a Part 2. Did you know Quincy Jones wrote the opening theme to Sanford and Son?

My dad would watch reruns of some of these shows back when I was a kid in the 90s, so I have a fondness for Happy Days and All in the Family. I used to watch the Brady Bunch and Partridge Family when Nickelodeon played them on weekends and in the afternoon. And when I was really small, they reran Three's Company and I always changed the channel because I hated it (can't remember if it was the show itself or the theme song).

Two favorites. Mash and All In The Family.