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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
  • Ford Theatre

  • Texaco Star Theatre

  • The Lone Ranger

Can you name this TV show?

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

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Adventures in Jazz

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 03 Candid Camera
  • Candid Camera

  • Leave It to the Girls

  • Let's Play Reporter

Can you name this TV show?

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

  • Look Upon a Star

  • The Little Revue

Can you name this TV show?

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

  • Kukla, Fran and Ollie

  • Mysteries of Chinatown

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 06 Howdy Doody
  • Philip Morris Playhouse

  • Oboler Comedy Theater

  • Howdy Doody

Can you name this TV show?

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

  • Pantomime Quiz

  • Kraft Television Theater

Can you name this TV show?

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

  • The School House

  • Captain Video and His Video Rangers

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 09 The Morey Amsterdam Show
  • The Morey Amsterdam Show

  • The Ted Steele Show

  • Tales of the Red Caboose

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 10 Man Against Crime
  • The Vincent Lopez Show

  • Man Against Crime

  • They Stand Accused

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

  • Mary Kay and Johnny

  • Village Barn

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 12 The Fred Waring Show
  • Stand By for Crime

  • Spin the Picture

  • The Fred Waring Show

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

  • Saturday Revue

  • The Original Amateur Hour

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Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 14 Truth or Consequences
  • What's It Worth

  • Truth or Consequences

  • Who Said That?

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 Life of Riley

  • The Goldbergs

Can you name this TV show?

Classic TV Quiz! Best TV Series Of The 40s 15 The Ed Wynn Show
  • The Needle Shop

  • Manhattan Spotlight

  • The Ed Wynn Show

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