Best TV Series of the 1940s
159 series that started in the 1940s, ranked by popularity
How Do You View?
14 30 1949–1953
Comedy
Amanda
14 6 1948–1949
Music
Easy Aces
14 1 1949–1950
Comedy · Family · Talk-Show
Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel
14 1 1949–1952
News
The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue
14 100 1949–1952
Music
The Benny Rubin Show
14 6 1949–present
Comedy
Welcome Aboard
13 1 1948–1949
Comedy · Music
Pinwright's Progress
13 10 1946–1947
Comedy
1948 World Series
13 6 1948–present
Sport
ABC Television Players
13 1 1949–present
Drama
Children's Theater
12 1949–present
Family
Campus Hoopla
12 1 1946–1947
Game-Show · Sport
1949 World Series
12 5 1949–1949
Sport
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts
12 41 1948–1955
Sport
I Love to Eat
12 2 1946–1947
Reality-TV
Stop the Music
12 21 1949–1956
Game-Show
Nascar Cup Series
12 175 1948–present
Sport
New Year's Day Concert from Vienna
12 1946–present
Music
Mr. and Mrs.
12 1948–present
Talk-Show
The Hoffman Hayride
11 2 1948–1957
Musical
The Gay Nineties Revue
11 1 1948–1949
Music
Missus Goes A-Shopping
11 24 1944–1949
Comedy · Game-Show
Mainly for Women
11 8 1947–present
Documentary
It Pays to Be Ignorant
10 3 1949–1951
Family · Game-Show