The Best TV Shows from 1997

Below is our top ten list of the best TV shows which first started broadcasting in 1997.

First Aired: 24 September, 1997

Dharma & Greg is a TV series starring Jenna Elfman, Thomas Gibson, and Joel Murray. A free-spirited yoga instructor finds true love in a conservative lawyer and they get married on the first date. Though they are polar opposites, he…

First Aired: 08 September, 1997

Ally McBeal is a TV series starring Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, and Jane Krakowski. Follows the personal and professional life of lawyer Ally.

First Aired: 12 January, 1997

King of the Hill is a TV series starring Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, and Pamela Adlon. A straight-laced propane salesman in Arlen, Texas tries to deal with the wacky antics of his family and friends, while also trying to keep his son…

First Aired: 13 August, 1997

South Park is a TV series starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Isaac Hayes. Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

First Aired: 07 July, 1997

Johnny Bravo is a TV series starring Jeff Bennett, Brenda Vaccaro, and Mae Whitman. The misadventures of a dumb blond egomaniac who is deluded about his own manliness.

First Aired: 01 April, 1997

Poketto monsutâ is a TV series starring Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, and Eric Stuart. Ash Ketchum, his yellow pet Pikachu, and his human friends explore a world of powerful creatures.

First Aired: 10 March, 1997

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, and Alyson Hannigan. A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with…

First Aired: 27 July, 1997

Stargate SG-1 is a TV series starring Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping. A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.

First Aired: 12 July, 1997

Oz is a TV series starring Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, and Lee Tergesen. A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.

First Aired: 07 October, 1997

Kenpû Denki Berserk is a TV series starring Nobutoshi Canna, Marc Diraison, and Carrie Keranen. Guts is a skilled swordsman who joins forces with a mercenary group named ‘The Band of the Hawk’, lead by the charismatic Griffith, and…