Rich Man, Poor Man ran from 1976 and built the kind of audience that still talks about it — an 8/10 TMDB score is the lasting evidence. Streaming catalogues shift constantly, so use TV Butler below to find out exactly where it is available in your region right now. Every episode of its run is worth tracking down. With 32 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is no cult obscurity — it is a mainstream audience that found something genuinely good. The series format has produced a lot of memorable television, but Rich Man, Poor Man sits at the top end of it. Search TV Butler by title and it will find you the fastest route to watching in your country, regardless of which platform has it.

Rich Man, Poor Man earns its romantic beats rather than assuming them — a rarer quality than it sounds. Based on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career courses of the impoverished German American Jordache brothers. Peter Strauss and Nick Nolte lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It aired in 1976. Romance television lives or dies on chemistry, and Rich Man, Poor Man has it in the cast combination that the writers chose to put at the centre of everything. The consistency across the run is what elevates it — not every episode is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Ideal for viewers who want romance served with proper character development rather than manufactured tension. Rich Man, Poor Man earns its moments. The writing understands that what makes romantic drama compelling is not the obstacles between characters but the characters themselves — once you are invested in them as people, everything else follows. The run is perfectly sized for the story it is telling — no padding, no overstay. If The Young and the Restless already holds a high place in your rotation, Rich Man, Poor Man belongs alongside it. Worth watching alone or with someone who shares your taste — either way, you will have strong feelings about it by the finale.