Best TV Series of the 1940s
163 series that started in the 1940s, ranked by popularity
Hands of Murder
29 131 1949–1952
Drama · Musical · Mystery
Talent Scouts
29 92 1948–1958
Comedy · Family · Music
NBC Television Opera Theatre
29 56 1949–present
Family · Music
Camel News Caravan
28 108 1948–1956
News
London 1948: Games of the XIV Olympiad
28 1948–present
Sport
We, the People
28 217 1948–1952
Talk-Show
Faraway Hill
27 50 1946–present
Drama
Leave It to the Girls
27 69 1947–1963
Family · Talk-Show
NBC Presents
27 37 1949–1949
Drama
Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge
26 46 1949–present
Comedy · Family · Game-Show
The Plainclothesman
25 241 1949–1954
Crime · Drama · Mystery
1947 World Series
25 7 1947–present
Sport
Break the Bank
24 42 1948–1957
Family · Game-Show
Fireball Fun-for-All
24 5 1949–present
Comedy
The Hank McCune Show
23 6 1949–1953
Comedy
Starring Boris Karloff
23 6 1949–1949
Drama
School House
22 1 1949–present
Comedy · Family · Music
20 Questions
22 87 1949–present
Family · Game-Show
These Are My Children
22 22 1949–present
Drama
A Woman to Remember
22 100 1949–present
Small Fry Club
21 10 1947–1951
Animation · Comedy · Family
The Adventures of Cyclone Malone
21 1949–1951
Adventure · Family · Western
Jim and Judy in Teleland
21 52 1949–1950
Adventure · Animation · Family
Americana
21 6 1947–1949
Family · Game-Show