Best TV Series of the 1940s
159 series that started in the 1940s, ranked by popularity
Talent Scouts
29 88 1948–1958
Comedy · Family · Music
Noveltoon
29 8 1943–1967
Animation · Comedy · Family
Hands of Murder
29 131 1949–1952
Drama · Musical · Mystery
We, the People
28 217 1948–1952
Talk-Show
Camel News Caravan
28 108 1948–1956
News
Faraway Hill
27 50 1946–present
Drama
NBC Presents
27 37 1949–1949
Drama
Leave It to the Girls
27 65 1947–1963
Family · Talk-Show
Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge
26 46 1949–present
Comedy · Family · Game-Show
The Plainclothesman
25 241 1949–1954
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Break the Bank
24 42 1948–1957
Family · Game-Show
Fireball Fun-for-All
24 5 1949–present
Comedy
Starring Boris Karloff
23 6 1949–1949
Drama
The Hank McCune Show
23 6 1949–1953
Comedy
20 Questions
22 87 1949–present
Family · Game-Show
A Woman to Remember
22 100 1949–present
School House
22 1 1949–present
Comedy · Family · Music
These Are My Children
22 22 1949–present
Drama
The Adventures of Cyclone Malone
21 1949–1951
Adventure · Family · Western
The Front Page
21 18 1949–1950
Comedy · Drama
Americana
21 6 1947–1949
Family · Game-Show
Armchair Detective
20 2 1949–1949
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Blind Date
20 21 1949–1953
Game-Show
Jim and Judy in Teleland
20 52 1949–1950
Adventure · Animation · Family