Best Music TV Series of the 1940s

24 Music series that started in the 1940s, ranked by popularity

The Ed Sullivan Show

★ 7.9
2K 1075 1948–1971
Music · Talk-Show

The Perry Como Show

★ 7.6
134 1021 1948–1967
Music

Cavalcade of Stars

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

The Ed Wynn Show

★ 6.6
72 39 1949–1950
Comedy · Music

Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour

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

The Morey Amsterdam Show

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

Arthur Godfrey and His Friends

★ 6.2
46 163 1949–1959
Music

Music and the Spoken Word

★ 7.8
35 662 1949–present
Music

Come Dancing

★ 5.4
34 21 1949–1998
Music

The Voice of Firestone

★ 6.4
33 302 1949–1963
Music

The Admiral Broadway Revue

★ 5.9
33 18 1949–present
Comedy · Music

The Fred Waring Show

★ 6.2
32 114 1949–1954
Music

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

School House

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

The Borden Show

★ 3.2
15 6 1947–present
Comedy · Music

Amanda

★ 5.0
14 6 1948–1949
Music

The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue

★ 4.4
14 100 1949–1952
Music

Welcome Aboard

★ 3.8
13 1 1948–1949
Comedy · Music

New Year's Day Concert from Vienna

★ 6.8
12 1946–present
Music

The Gay Nineties Revue

★ 5.8
11 1 1948–1949
Music

Garroway at Large

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

Around the Town

★ 4.7
10 5 1948–1949
Music