Best TV Series of the 1940s

159 series that started in the 1940s, ranked by popularity

How Do You View?

★ 5.3
14 30 1949–1953
Comedy

Amanda

★ 5.0
14 6 1948–1949
Music

Easy Aces

★ 2.8
14 1 1949–1950
Comedy · Family · Talk-Show

Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel

★ 6.0
14 1 1949–1952
News

The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue

★ 4.4
14 100 1949–1952
Music

The Benny Rubin Show

★ 4.3
14 6 1949–present
Comedy

Welcome Aboard

★ 3.8
13 1 1948–1949
Comedy · Music

Pinwright's Progress

★ 7.0
13 10 1946–1947
Comedy

1948 World Series

★ 4.3
13 6 1948–present
Sport

ABC Television Players

★ 3.2
13 1 1949–present
Drama

Children's Theater

★ 6.7
12 1949–present
Family

Campus Hoopla

★ 3.5
12 1 1946–1947
Game-Show · Sport

1949 World Series

★ 5.2
12 5 1949–1949
Sport

Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts

★ 7.6
12 41 1948–1955
Sport

I Love to Eat

★ 3.9
12 2 1946–1947
Reality-TV

Stop the Music

★ 4.0
12 21 1949–1956
Game-Show

Nascar Cup Series

★ 7.0
12 175 1948–present
Sport

New Year's Day Concert from Vienna

★ 6.8
12 1946–present
Music

Mr. and Mrs.

★ 6.6
12 1948–present
Talk-Show

The Hoffman Hayride

★ 5.7
11 2 1948–1957
Musical

The Gay Nineties Revue

★ 5.8
11 1 1948–1949
Music

Missus Goes A-Shopping

★ 2.6
11 24 1944–1949
Comedy · Game-Show

Mainly for Women

★ 2.5
11 8 1947–present
Documentary

It Pays to Be Ignorant

★ 5.2
10 3 1949–1951
Family · Game-Show