Best Family TV Series of the 1940s

46 Family series that started in the 1940s, ranked by popularity

Batman and Robin

★ 5.9
2K 15 1949–present
Action · Adventure · Family

The Howdy Doody Show

★ 7.5
302 301 1947–1960
Family

Mama

★ 8.3
199 336 1949–1957
Comedy · Drama · Family

The Milton Berle Show

★ 7.5
187 263 1948–1956
Comedy · Family

Candid Camera

★ 6.9
166 14 1948–1952
Comedy · Family · Reality-TV

Kukla, Fran and Ollie

★ 7.8
161 104 1947–1957
Comedy · Family

Captain Video and His Video Rangers

★ 6.5
155 172 1949–1955
Action · Adventure · Family

Time for Beany

★ 7.8
83 40 1949–1954
Family

Cavalcade of Stars

★ 7.7
77 163 1949–1952
Comedy · Family · Music

Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour

★ 7.3
63 110 1948–1970
Comedy · Family · Music

Little Audrey

★ 7.2
57 4 1947–1958
Animation · Family

The Ruggles

★ 7.3
53 137 1949–1952
Comedy · Family

The Aldrich Family

★ 6.9
50 21 1949–1953
Comedy · Family

The Morey Amsterdam Show

★ 7.5
47 84 1948–1950
Comedy · Family · Music

Super Circus

★ 6.4
45 33 1949–1956
Family

Muffin the Mule

★ 6.5
44 1946–1955
Family

Mr. I. Magination

★ 6.7
35 21 1949–1952
Family · Western

Okay, Mother

★ 5.1
30 87 1948–1951
Comedy · Family · Music

Talent Scouts

★ 6.0
29 88 1948–1958
Comedy · Family · Music

NBC Television Opera Theatre

★ 4.9
29 56 1949–present
Family · Music

Noveltoon

★ 7.4
28 8 1943–1967
Animation · Comedy · Family

Leave It to the Girls

★ 3.5
27 65 1947–1963
Family · Talk-Show

Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge

★ 4.8
26 46 1949–present
Comedy · Family · Game-Show

Break the Bank

★ 5.6
24 42 1948–1957
Family · Game-Show