Best Family TV Series of the 1940s

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

School House

★ 5.7
22 1 1949–present
Comedy · Family · Music

20 Questions

★ 4.5
22 87 1949–present
Family · Game-Show

The Adventures of Cyclone Malone

★ 7.0
21 1949–1951
Adventure · Family · Western

Americana

★ 3.1
21 6 1947–1949
Family · Game-Show

Small Fry Club

★ 5.3
20 10 1947–1951
Animation · Comedy · Family

Jim and Judy in Teleland

★ 3.9
20 52 1949–1950
Adventure · Animation · Family

Celebrity Time

★ 5.6
19 188 1948–1952
Family · Game-Show

Author Meets the Critics

★ 3.6
18 25 1947–1954
Family · Talk-Show

The Faye Emerson Show

★ 3.7
17 135 1949–present
Family · Talk-Show

Lucky Pup

★ 7.3
17 12 1948–1951
Family

The Growing Paynes

★ 6.6
16 40 1948–1949
Comedy · Family

The Quiz Kids

★ 4.4
15 25 1949–1956
Family · Game-Show

The Magic Clown

★ 5.0
15 10 1949–1959
Family

Winner Take All

★ 3.5
15 21 1948–present
Family · Game-Show

Who Said That?

★ 5.3
15 311 1948–1955
Family · Game-Show

This Is Show Business

★ 4.0
15 76 1949–1956
Family · Talk-Show

Easy Aces

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

Children's Theater

★ 6.7
12 1949–present
Family

It Pays to Be Ignorant

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

Garroway at Large

★ 3.0
10 16 1949–1951
Comedy · Family · Music

See What You Know

★ 3.6
9 1 1946–present
Family · Game-Show

Little Lulu 1943-1962

★ 5.5
8 28 1943–1962
Animation · Family