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TV Shows & Series: Best "great depression" TV Shows/Series


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The Waltons(1972-1981)

TV-G
| 50min per episode | Drama
3.5/5 (with 41 votes)

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

Carnivàle(2003-2005)

TV-MA
| 54min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
4.0/5 (with 183 votes)

Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.

Palmerstown, U.S.A.(1980-1981)

1h per episode | Drama
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Palmerstown, U.S.A. is a drama series. It centers on the lives of two 9-year-old best friends, one black and one white, growing up in a small Southern town during the 1930s.

The Last Tycoon(2017)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

From F. Scott Fitzgerald's last work, The Last Tycoon follows Monroe Stahr, Hollywood's Golden Boy as he battles father figure and boss Pat Brady for the soul of their studio. In a world darkened by the Depression and the growing influence of Hitler's Germany, The Last Tycoon illuminates the passions, violence and towering ambition of 1930s Hollywood.

The Manhunter(1974-1975)

1h per episode | Drama, Crime
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Manhunter is an American crime drama that was part of CBS' lineup for the 1974–1975 television season. The series was produced by Quinn Martin and starred Ken Howard as Dave Barret, a 1930s-era private investigator from Idaho. The series was executive produced by Quinn Martin.

The Family Holvak(1975)

1h per episode | Drama

The Family Holvak is an American drama series that aired on CBS from September, 1975 to June 28, 1977. The series centers on Rev. Tom Holvak, played by Glenn Ford, and his family living in the South during the Great Depression.

Directed by Ralph Senensky - With Glenn Ford

The Dust Bowl(2012)

1h 58min per episode | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 13 votes)

Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.