Another Hulu Awards Poll
Here’s another poll for the Hulu Awards. This one is for Best Show of the Seventies. That seems like a very broad term, since it can be a comedy, a drama or an action show, so it really matters what you like best. As it turns out, of the final five nominated shows, four are sitcoms.
Here are the nominees: Barney Miller, The Bob Newhart Show, Charlie’s Angels, I Dream of Jeannie and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I have to honestly say that in the 70’s I religiously watched each and every one of these shows. I didn’t have much to do as a child. If I was picking which one I liked the very best, it would probably have to be Barney Miller. We still talk about things that happened in the different eps, even all this many years later. But if I’m being completely honest, I’d have to say that the award should probably go to The Bob Newhart Show or The Mary Tyler More Show, mostly because I think they more clearly reflect the spirit of that era. I mean, really, what would the 70’s have been without Bob Newhart or Mary Tyler Moore?
Of course, this isn’t me trying to discount I Dream of Jeannie or Charlie’s Angels, which were both really great shows in their own way. Jeannie was also very 70’s, but a little too tongue in cheek, if you ask me, to be the best show. It never expected to be taken seriously. As for Charlie’s Angels, it’s definitely an iconic show, but I’m not sure it could be considered the show of the decade, since it may not have appealed to a wide audience.
So here’s the poll:
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