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Can You Name These 1940s TV Shows?

Let's go back in time to the era before TV sets in every home had color. How many of these shows can you identify?
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In the 1940s, television started, stopped, started again and then took off. In the process, the new medium turned on the lives of many people by connecting them to the rest of the world even more than newspapers or radio.

In this quiz, we feature some of the best TV shows of the 1940s. How many can you name?

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Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s Questions

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 01 lone ranger tv
  • The Lone Ranger

  • Ford Theatre

  • Texaco Star Theatre

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 02 The Ed Sullivan Show
  • Academy Theatre

  • Adventures in Jazz

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 03 Candid Camera
  • Let's Play Reporter

  • Leave It to the Girls

  • Candid Camera

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 04 Hopalong Cassidy
  • The Little Revue

  • Hopalong Cassidy

  • Look Upon a Star

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 05 Kukla, Fran and Ollie
  • Kukla, Fran and Ollie

  • The Ted Steele Show

  • Mysteries of Chinatown

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 06 Howdy Doody
  • Oboler Comedy Theater

  • Howdy Doody

  • Philip Morris Playhouse

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 07 Kraft Television Theatre
  • Pantomime Quiz

  • Kraft Television Theater

  • Program Playhouse

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 08 Captain Video and His Video Rangers
  • The Ruggles

  • Captain Video and His Video Rangers

  • The School House

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 09 The Morey Amsterdam Show
  • Tales of the Red Caboose

  • The Ted Steele Show

  • The Morey Amsterdam Show

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Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 10 Man Against Crime
  • They Stand Accused

  • The Vincent Lopez Show

  • Man Against Crime

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Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 11 Mary Kay and Johnny
  • Mary Kay and Johnny

  • Village Barn

  • Uptown Jubilee

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Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 12 The Fred Waring Show
  • Spin the Picture

  • Stand By for Crime

  • The Fred Waring Show

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Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 13 The Original Amateur Hour
  • Saturday Revue

  • Saturday Night Jamboree

  • The Original Amateur Hour

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Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 14 Truth or Consequences
  • Who Said That?

  • Truth or Consequences

  • What's It Worth

Which of the following is not a popular 1940s TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s a1
  • The Beverly Hillbillies

  • The Goldbergs

  • The Life of Riley

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Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 15 The Ed Wynn Show
  • Manhattan Spotlight

  • The Ed Wynn Show

  • The Needle Shop

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