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Greatest TV theme song?

Oh good, another poll!

by Anonymousreply 224April 26, 2020 6:58 AM

Dynasty

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by Anonymousreply 1August 4, 2015 2:44 AM

Andy Griffith (no words) and Beverly Hillbillies (the entire show premiss) not on the list. Twilight Zone for most unconventional.

by Anonymousreply 2August 4, 2015 2:44 AM

Green Acres and Rawhide

by Anonymousreply 3August 4, 2015 2:47 AM

Hill Street Blues

The Greatest American Hero

by Anonymousreply 4August 4, 2015 2:48 AM

Mission Impossible

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by Anonymousreply 5August 4, 2015 2:51 AM

The Avengers. No, the TV series, not the movie.

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by Anonymousreply 6August 4, 2015 2:53 AM

Can't believe Mannix is getting no love. And I stupidly forgot to add Welcome Back Kotter!

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by Anonymousreply 7August 4, 2015 2:54 AM

Perry Mason (Park Avenue Beat)

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by Anonymousreply 8August 4, 2015 2:57 AM

The Big Valley which starred Miss Barbara Stanwyck

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by Anonymousreply 9August 4, 2015 3:00 AM

Not prime time, but the theme from the Young and the Restless.

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by Anonymousreply 10August 4, 2015 3:02 AM

I second Mission Impossible!

by Anonymousreply 11August 4, 2015 3:02 AM

If you didn't vote for Mary Tyler Moore, you're not gay.

by Anonymousreply 12August 4, 2015 3:04 AM

Dynasty

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by Anonymousreply 13August 4, 2015 3:08 AM

What, no love for.......

by Anonymousreply 14August 4, 2015 3:09 AM

Liquid Television theme by Mark Mothersbaugh

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by Anonymousreply 15August 4, 2015 3:10 AM

Dynasty - Season 6 - Episode 6 - Opening Titles (Featuring The Colbys)

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by Anonymousreply 16August 4, 2015 3:10 AM

I'm torn between Green Acres and The Addams Family.

by Anonymousreply 17August 4, 2015 3:12 AM

The Doris Day Show (Season 1): Opening Credits

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by Anonymousreply 18August 4, 2015 3:20 AM

Down To Earth Opening Credits Theme Song

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by Anonymousreply 19August 4, 2015 3:22 AM

Rocky Road

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by Anonymousreply 20August 4, 2015 3:24 AM

JENNIFER SLEPT HERE opening credits NBC sitcom

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by Anonymousreply 21August 4, 2015 3:26 AM

There's a difference between theme and theme SONG.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show for song.

The Rockford Files for theme.

by Anonymousreply 22August 4, 2015 3:28 AM

Masterpiece Mystery

by Anonymousreply 23August 4, 2015 3:28 AM

TV INTROS TO 18 SHORT-LIVED SITCOMS OF THE 70s

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by Anonymousreply 24August 4, 2015 3:31 AM

Stingray - best ever opening and closing themes.

by Anonymousreply 25August 4, 2015 3:59 AM

Those Were The Days--rarely-seen pilot version:

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by Anonymousreply 26August 4, 2015 4:04 AM

It ain't a Datalounge "Greatest TV Themes" thread without this showstopper:

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by Anonymousreply 27August 4, 2015 4:08 AM

OP, how could you forget this one, you silly bitch?

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by Anonymousreply 28August 4, 2015 4:10 AM

One more:

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by Anonymousreply 29August 4, 2015 4:13 AM

R24, fantastic YouTube clip -- I love obscurities like that. That John Schuck show "Turnabout" -- my god I can't imagine watching that long expositionary cartoon opening every week without blowing my brains out.

I grew up in the 70s but the only two shows in that compilation I'd ever even heard of were "Bridget Loved Bernie" and "Bad News Bears."

I looked up one of the shows, a sitcom called "Nancy," which had one of those oddly haunting early 70s show openings. I was interested to read that it regularly killed The Odd Couple in the ratings but was canceled anyway, because it was so low-rated for an NBC show.

by Anonymousreply 30August 4, 2015 4:22 AM

I second Greatest American Hero. theme song, although it would have to come after MTM and Golden Girls.

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by Anonymousreply 31August 4, 2015 4:24 AM

The Fall Guy 1981 Theme Song

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by Anonymousreply 32August 4, 2015 4:26 AM

CHiPs

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by Anonymousreply 33August 4, 2015 4:32 AM

Henry Mancini's theme for PETER GUNN was pretty good !

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by Anonymousreply 34August 4, 2015 4:35 AM

LOST IN SPACE

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by Anonymousreply 35August 4, 2015 4:36 AM

THE PRUITTS OF SOUTHAMPTON

was simply marvy-poo

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by Anonymousreply 36August 4, 2015 4:39 AM

The intro for PHYLLIS was better than that for MARY TYLER MOORE !

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by Anonymousreply 37August 4, 2015 4:41 AM

IT'S ABOUT TIME

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by Anonymousreply 38August 4, 2015 4:42 AM

Best songs with Lyrics:

1. Beverly Hillbillies 2. Gilligan's Island 3. Green Acres 4. Flintstones 5. Brady Bunch 6 Rawhide (admit it, you have every one of them memorized)

Best Theme Music

1. Hawaii 5-0 2. Addams Family 3. Andy Griffith 4. Mission Impossible 5. Hogan's Heroes 6. MASH 7. Peter Gunn

by Anonymousreply 39August 4, 2015 4:47 AM

The NBC Mystery Movie by Henry Mancini

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by Anonymousreply 40August 4, 2015 4:50 AM

Maude

by Anonymousreply 41August 4, 2015 4:51 AM

McMillan and Wife theme by Jerry Fielding

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by Anonymousreply 42August 4, 2015 4:55 AM

Alice!

by Anonymousreply 43August 4, 2015 4:57 AM

The original "The Untouchables"

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by Anonymousreply 44August 4, 2015 4:59 AM

That Girl

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by Anonymousreply 45August 4, 2015 5:00 AM

I forgot my Alice link!

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by Anonymousreply 46August 4, 2015 5:01 AM

Ma Sorcière Bien Aimée

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by Anonymousreply 47August 4, 2015 5:06 AM

Hands down, this one has to be the absolute worst. It was an honest to God theme.

MY MOTHER THE CAR

"Timeless," said Sophia Petrillo

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by Anonymousreply 48August 4, 2015 5:13 AM

LOL R48 I remember the show. Ann Southern was the voice of Mother who was reincarnated as the Car.

by Anonymousreply 49August 4, 2015 5:18 AM

Well, all of you fraus overlooked the great "theme from MASH"!

by Anonymousreply 50August 4, 2015 5:20 AM

Theme from Brady Bunch! Theme from Gilligan's Island

by Anonymousreply 51August 4, 2015 5:25 AM

Speed of lightning, roar of thunder.

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by Anonymousreply 52August 4, 2015 5:25 AM

High Chaparral

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by Anonymousreply 53August 4, 2015 5:28 AM

The theme from Bonanza, since it was the music on Big Daddy's mystery music box.

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by Anonymousreply 54August 4, 2015 5:44 AM

Phyllis

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by Anonymousreply 55August 4, 2015 5:47 AM

I thing that once you scrape the Cheston of our collective fingers that there are many, many great theme song greats. Everyone posted is wonderful and a classic. I appreciate everyone's input but for once in a fucking while EVERYONE IS RIGHT! Loved them all!!!

by Anonymousreply 56August 4, 2015 6:03 AM

Chesterton = Cheetos

by Anonymousreply 57August 4, 2015 6:04 AM

Tie with "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley" both radio hits

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by Anonymousreply 58August 4, 2015 6:16 AM

R39, Petticoat Junction as another best song with lyrics.

by Anonymousreply 59August 4, 2015 6:17 AM

Laverne & Shirley's "Making Our Dreams" ~ Cyndi Grecco

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by Anonymousreply 60August 4, 2015 6:17 AM

Twin Peaks

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by Anonymousreply 61August 4, 2015 6:22 AM

Dallas

by Anonymousreply 62August 4, 2015 6:31 AM

BOSOM BUDDIES!!!!

by Anonymousreply 63August 4, 2015 6:31 AM

I would give honorable mention to:

The Jeffersons

Chips

Dukes of Hazzard

Greatest pull up thread:

Down to Earth

by Anonymousreply 64August 4, 2015 6:34 AM

64 replies and no one has posted this. Bitches be slipping

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by Anonymousreply 65August 4, 2015 6:38 AM

[quote] Best Theme Music 1. Hawaii 5-0 2. Addams Family 3. Andy Griffith 4. Mission Impossible 5. Hogan's Heroes 6. MASH 7. Peter Gunn

Sorry "M*A*S*H" should be disqualified. "Suicide Is Painless" is from the motion picture, not an original TV theme song.

by Anonymousreply 66August 4, 2015 6:43 AM

The Nanny

by Anonymousreply 67August 4, 2015 6:44 AM

How can you forget the theme song for (the original) Route 66?! It is considered one of the best theme songs ever written. Legendary composer and band leader nelson Riddle penned it.

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by Anonymousreply 68August 4, 2015 6:46 AM

Yabba Dabba Dooooooooooooooo!

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by Anonymousreply 69August 4, 2015 6:46 AM

Batman

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by Anonymousreply 70August 4, 2015 6:47 AM

Scooby Doo

Twilight Zone

Munsters

by Anonymousreply 71August 4, 2015 6:49 AM

The Big Bang Theory

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by Anonymousreply 72August 4, 2015 6:51 AM

Nanny And The Professor theme song

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by Anonymousreply 73August 4, 2015 6:52 AM

The Cowsills... Love American Style

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by Anonymousreply 74August 4, 2015 6:53 AM

Tossed salad and scrambled eggs - and, Golden Girls, 'Thank you for being a friend' for a theme with lyrics are two of my favorites.

by Anonymousreply 75August 4, 2015 7:13 AM

Different Strokes

Sanford & Son (by Quincy Jones?)

Friends (that song got a lot if radio airplay)

by Anonymousreply 76August 4, 2015 7:38 AM

If you're in doubt about angels being reeaaallll.....

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by Anonymousreply 77August 4, 2015 7:40 AM

All in the Family's Those Were the Days.

by Anonymousreply 78August 4, 2015 7:42 AM

Barney Miller

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by Anonymousreply 79August 4, 2015 7:47 AM

And one of my faves: Battlestar Galactica

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by Anonymousreply 80August 4, 2015 8:01 AM

Wonder Woman Hill Street Blues Hawaii 5-0 (original) MASH

by Anonymousreply 81August 4, 2015 8:09 AM

Datalounge is dead. Eighty replies and no mention of Wonder Woman?

Lol as I was about to hit post R81 came along...

by Anonymousreply 82August 4, 2015 8:13 AM

Bless you, R29. Keep the dream alive!

by Anonymousreply 83August 4, 2015 12:15 PM

Whenever we have this thread, this is my contribution. Even though Gloria lasted only one season over 30 years ago, it's theme was an ear worm I've never been able to get rid of.

I also liked the early season themes of Knots Landing and Falcon Crest more than Dynasty.

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by Anonymousreply 84August 4, 2015 12:19 PM

Tough call, it's either Good Times or Twin Peaks.

by Anonymousreply 85August 4, 2015 12:21 PM

The old theme for PBS Mystery was great. The theme music for Midsommer Murders is cool (it uses the theremin). For classic theme music, my favorites are Sanford & Son and Rockford Files. Mary Tyler Moore and the Beverly Hillbillies. It stinks that networks have cut the music down to mere snippets. This generation is truly musically deprived.

by Anonymousreply 86August 4, 2015 1:04 PM

WKRP in Cincinnati (intro and outro).

Honorable mentions include:

Too Close for Comfort

Gimme a Break (season 3 and later)

Night Court

Tracy Ullman Show

Amen

Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show

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by Anonymousreply 87August 4, 2015 1:08 PM

I just remembered another great theme song: Get Smart.

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by Anonymousreply 88August 4, 2015 1:11 PM

Taxi

Hill Street Blues

The Jetsons

by Anonymousreply 89August 4, 2015 1:35 PM

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

by Anonymousreply 90August 4, 2015 2:14 PM

Many outros are good too, although most shows put the better tune at the beginning. A notable exception was All in the Family, which has a corny opening and a beautifully nostalgic, bittersweet piano tune called "Remembering You" as an outro, written and performed by jazz pianist Roger Kellaway.

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by Anonymousreply 91August 4, 2015 2:46 PM

The closing to "Gimme A Break" always sounded like it was Lara Jill Miller rocking out on her Casio keyboard.

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by Anonymousreply 92August 4, 2015 3:09 PM

Oh my god R92, that was so saturated in the 80s I flashed on Reagan still being president and other, even worse things. Don't do that girl!

by Anonymousreply 93August 4, 2015 3:17 PM

Golden Girls, WKRP, I Dream of Jeannie all are great. But I'm going to have to put in a vote for the Price is Right. Loved Herb Alpert's "Spanish Flea" on The Dating Game as well, but I don't think it was the actual theme song.

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by Anonymousreply 94August 4, 2015 3:24 PM

MTM, but 5-0 was a close 2nd.

by Anonymousreply 95August 4, 2015 3:34 PM

The Price is Right theme should have been on the list! I hang my head in shame.

by Anonymousreply 96August 4, 2015 3:41 PM

Love Boat by Jack Jones

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by Anonymousreply 97August 4, 2015 3:50 PM

[quote]If you didn't vote for Mary Tyler Moore, you're not gay.

If you didn't vote for James Garner's ass, you're not gay.

by Anonymousreply 98August 4, 2015 3:52 PM

The theme from "S.W.A.T." was one of the last theme songs that became a huge radio hit. It fit perfectly with the disco era.

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by Anonymousreply 99August 4, 2015 4:00 PM

[italic]Star Trek: Voyager[/italic]

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by Anonymousreply 100August 4, 2015 4:03 PM

R100, I prefer the theme to TNG (although I don't care for that show -- too squeaky clean for me).

Yes, I know it's cheating as it recycles the thrilling theme music from the otherwise quite mediocre Star Trek--The Motion Picture. What a great soundtrack that is. The Klingon Battle music is even better, so savage and militaristic.

So I'll just keep cheating and link to the TMP version rather than the TNG version. Well, they're pretty similar ....

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by Anonymousreply 101August 4, 2015 4:21 PM

How about THE RIFLEMAN And how about Lucas McCain.

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by Anonymousreply 102August 4, 2015 4:22 PM

Klingon Battle from Star Trek TMP, which I mentioned above. Always loved those battlecruisers -- very aggressive looking and phallic.

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by Anonymousreply 103August 4, 2015 4:36 PM

Friends and Frasier

by Anonymousreply 104August 4, 2015 4:47 PM

The Courtship of Eddie's Father, by Nilsson

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by Anonymousreply 105August 4, 2015 4:53 PM

I've always liked this one....

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by Anonymousreply 106August 4, 2015 4:57 PM

And this one...

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by Anonymousreply 107August 4, 2015 5:01 PM

Space: 1999, because it provided suitably dramatic music for Barbara Bain's epic pivot.

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by Anonymousreply 108August 4, 2015 5:04 PM

And speaking of epic pivots... It's a Living!

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by Anonymousreply 109August 4, 2015 5:07 PM

So no votes for F Troop....??? & after all the $$$ spent on production, too. Sad.

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by Anonymousreply 110August 4, 2015 5:27 PM

What about The Friends theme. I remember my Mom and Dad watching that show when I was a little kid.

by Anonymousreply 111August 4, 2015 5:27 PM

Battle of the Planets , He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe and The Greatest American Hero

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by Anonymousreply 112August 4, 2015 5:42 PM

Thank god for r110...I was just scrolling to the end to see if anyone had posted it. A true classic!

by Anonymousreply 113August 4, 2015 6:16 PM

The Brady Bunch theme song is perfect.

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by Anonymousreply 114August 4, 2015 6:25 PM

I like this version of HBO's Big Love theme.

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by Anonymousreply 115August 4, 2015 6:31 PM

The Amazing Race

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by Anonymousreply 116August 4, 2015 6:36 PM

Fresh Off The Boat

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by Anonymousreply 117August 4, 2015 6:44 PM

Facts of Life is my all time favorite:

"When the world never seems/to be living up to your dreams/and suddenly you're finding out the facts of life are all about you"

Followed by One Day At a Time:

"This is it (this is it), this is life, the one you get, so go and have a ball...so while you're here, enjoy the view, keep on doing what you do, hold on tight we'll muddle through one day at a time"

My favorite theme to belt in the shower, however, is "Alice" (MARY!)

by Anonymousreply 118August 4, 2015 6:48 PM

"The Bugs Bunny / Roadrunner" theme

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by Anonymousreply 119August 4, 2015 6:51 PM

The Sopranos

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by Anonymousreply 120August 4, 2015 6:51 PM

Chico and the Man

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by Anonymousreply 121August 4, 2015 6:55 PM

The Munsters----season 2 onward

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by Anonymousreply 122August 4, 2015 7:00 PM

OP is hopelessly white. How could any list of great tv show theme songs forget The Jeffersons, . Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, What's Happening, Good Times, Chico and the Man, or the Cosby Show? Also, the Dukes of Hazzard, the Brady Bunch, the Munsters, Addam's Family, One Day at a Time, The Twilight Zone, Laverne and Shirley, Three's Company, The Muppet Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gilligan's Isle, the Andy Griffith Show, All in the Family, and the Flintstones.

by Anonymousreply 123August 4, 2015 7:07 PM

The full version of the Cheers theme includes a funny 1980's style shoutout to our transgender sisters.

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by Anonymousreply 124August 4, 2015 7:24 PM

Doctor Who - the classic series (until they changed it in the 1980s)

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by Anonymousreply 125August 4, 2015 7:32 PM

To piggyback r123 , I also liked the theme songs for Martin, In Living Color (both themes), and MadTv.

If we're including non-primetime/network shows, I'll also add Darkwing Duck, All That, Nickelodeon Guts, and Jeopardy.

by Anonymousreply 126August 4, 2015 7:34 PM

Orphan Black

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by Anonymousreply 127August 4, 2015 7:45 PM

So many great choices, but I have to go with Neal Hefti and Nelson Riddle's Batman theme. It just evokes the most pleasant memories, and anytime I show an episode to a friend(especially if they have kids), they just light up at the animated opening combined with the jazzy music. Love it. Here's a link to the opening of the show without any embellishment.

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by Anonymousreply 128August 4, 2015 7:45 PM

Land of the Lost

by Anonymousreply 129August 4, 2015 7:49 PM

Speed Racer

by Anonymousreply 130August 4, 2015 7:50 PM

R10 - Y&R's theme is not original to the show, though. It was originally called "Cotton's Dream" and written for the 1971 film, "Bless the Beasts & the Children," which preceded the soap opera by two years.

by Anonymousreply 131August 4, 2015 7:51 PM

The Mod Squad

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by Anonymousreply 132August 4, 2015 7:54 PM

During the soap's first 20 years, The Edge of Night had thoset very simple, but dramatic and memorable piano chords. The more updated theme in the 80s was good too ... and with all those hot gay guys in the intro it was like a porn flick about to start.

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by Anonymousreply 133August 4, 2015 8:01 PM

Room 222.

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by Anonymousreply 134August 4, 2015 8:01 PM

I love the ones where they free frame the actor when their credit comes up.

by Anonymousreply 135August 4, 2015 8:03 PM

The Simpsons

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by Anonymousreply 136August 4, 2015 8:06 PM

IT TAKES A THIEF was a good one

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by Anonymousreply 137August 4, 2015 8:20 PM

Hollyoaks from about 2010 on.

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by Anonymousreply 138August 4, 2015 8:20 PM

Adventures of Pete and Pete.

I was older than the key demo... Was probably in my late 20s/early 30s when it first aired, but friends of mine watched with their kids and thought it was funny, so I started tuning in. It made me feel like a kid again, and still does.

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by Anonymousreply 139August 4, 2015 8:26 PM

R137, I was going to post that one too, it's really cool, I watched the show just to hear it.

by Anonymousreply 140August 4, 2015 8:31 PM

I also liked the one for THE NAME OF THE GAME which was a precursor to NBC' rotating Sunday Night Mysteries which commenced about 2, 3 years later.

On THE NAME OF THE GAME, several lead actors rotated to have a case to resolve. The leads were Gene Barry, Tony Franciosa & Bob Stack.

The Sunday Night Mysteries alternated between McMILLAN & WIFE, McCLOUD, BANACEK, & COLUMBO.

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by Anonymousreply 141August 4, 2015 8:32 PM

Room 222! Can't believe I forgot that. And the show opening ended with that funny moment with Karen Valentine, making fun of show openings.

by Anonymousreply 142August 4, 2015 8:32 PM

The Green Hornet. Unfortunately it only lasted one season. But the opening credits, the Black Beauty car and the music are great. Plus, Van Williams was such a hottie.

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by Anonymousreply 143August 4, 2015 8:38 PM

The Farmer's Daughter - someone called this opening pretentious the last time I posted it but I just love the music.

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by Anonymousreply 144August 4, 2015 8:44 PM

Poor Inger Stevens. So tragic.

by Anonymousreply 145August 4, 2015 8:47 PM

Soul Train

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by Anonymousreply 146August 4, 2015 8:54 PM

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

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by Anonymousreply 147August 4, 2015 9:07 PM

R144

Like Muzak, it sounds like elevator music, very bland, very mid 60s. Almost sounds like a score by Neal Hefti doesn't it ?

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by Anonymousreply 148August 4, 2015 9:10 PM

Pee Wee's Playhouse

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by Anonymousreply 149August 4, 2015 9:14 PM

Bravo to R146 and R147. Such memories!

by Anonymousreply 150August 4, 2015 9:15 PM

I like those jazzy schmaltzy themes from those old detective & spy shows like ....

I S*P*Y

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by Anonymousreply 151August 4, 2015 9:17 PM

Stefanie Powers as THE GiRL FROM U.N.C.L.E.

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by Anonymousreply 152August 4, 2015 9:19 PM

the late great Anne Francis as HONEY WEST

with John Ericson as Sam Bolt

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by Anonymousreply 153August 4, 2015 9:20 PM

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

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by Anonymousreply 154August 4, 2015 9:21 PM

THE PATTY DUKE SHOW

"but Patty's only seen the sights a girl can see from Brooklyn Heights ...........'

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by Anonymousreply 155August 4, 2015 9:22 PM

Go to 5:15 and watch this Patty Duke Show parody on an episode of NEWHART starring Julia Duffy as twins 'Judy & Jody'

"ever since their mom drowned in a lake, their father had to teach them how to bake .............. "

it gets worse

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by Anonymousreply 156August 4, 2015 9:25 PM

Rescue Me

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by Anonymousreply 157August 4, 2015 9:30 PM

Miami Vice

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by Anonymousreply 158August 4, 2015 9:36 PM

Garry Shandling's Show – song starts at :32

by Anonymousreply 159August 4, 2015 9:38 PM

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by Anonymousreply 160August 4, 2015 9:39 PM

R148, Dave Grusin did the theme for Farmer's Daughter and I guess I love schmaltz and bland 60's muzak cos I kind of liked what you posted too.

by Anonymousreply 161August 4, 2015 9:41 PM

Rockford and Law and Order UK

by Anonymousreply 162August 4, 2015 10:07 PM

The Jeffersons

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by Anonymousreply 163August 4, 2015 10:12 PM

This intro makes me want to go-go dance:

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by Anonymousreply 164August 4, 2015 10:12 PM

Masters of Sex

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by Anonymousreply 165August 4, 2015 10:13 PM

As far as television theme songs go, you can't get much better than one written by Lennon/McCartney.

And am I the only one who tuned into Life Goes On every week solely for the opening credits, with Patti diva-ing it out at the end?

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by Anonymousreply 166August 4, 2015 10:18 PM

[quote]Go to 5:15 and watch this Patty Duke Show parody on an episode of NEWHART starring Julia Duffy as twins 'Judy & Jody'

I love "Roseanne"s parody, featuring the two actresses who played "Becky". Not to mention a cameo by William Schallert!

(go to 1:00 minute)

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by Anonymousreply 167August 4, 2015 10:24 PM

Dark Shadows

by Anonymousreply 168August 4, 2015 10:38 PM

Sorry, here's the DS theme

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by Anonymousreply 169August 4, 2015 10:40 PM

The New, Original Wonder Woman.

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by Anonymousreply 170August 4, 2015 10:45 PM

Speaking of Lennon-McCartney, I seem to remember that "Grace Under Fire" used "Lady Madonna" when it was run on ABC. But in syndication they use some other song-- must mean they couldn't get (or didn't want to pay for) the rights?

by Anonymousreply 171August 4, 2015 10:51 PM

One Life to Live!

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by Anonymousreply 172August 4, 2015 11:36 PM

Monday Night Football

by Anonymousreply 173August 4, 2015 11:52 PM

The Brady Bunch wins!!!!

by Anonymousreply 174August 5, 2015 12:01 AM

I wonder how much of our love of theme songs has to do with the music and how much of it is just anticipating a show we enjoy?

by Anonymousreply 175August 5, 2015 12:10 AM

Well, hellfire! I gotta whole durn thread named after the theme song that I done sang, honey!

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by Anonymousreply 176August 5, 2015 2:04 AM

The greatest show ever had the greatest theme.

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by Anonymousreply 177August 5, 2015 2:41 AM

If you are my age you know this one.

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by Anonymousreply 178August 5, 2015 2:46 AM

Mr. Terrific . . .

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by Anonymousreply 179August 5, 2015 2:59 AM

And another one . . .

Nearly 200 posts and no one mentioned this yet . . .

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by Anonymousreply 180August 5, 2015 3:05 AM

I had forgotten how much I used to love the theme music from Buck

by Anonymousreply 181August 5, 2015 3:11 AM

R173 if you mean the Hank Williams Jr one, yes! MNF hasn't been the same since they dumped Hank

by Anonymousreply 182August 5, 2015 3:14 AM

Diamonds

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by Anonymousreply 183August 5, 2015 3:27 AM

Another vote for Mission: Impossible

by Anonymousreply 184August 5, 2015 4:01 AM

The Equalizer

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by Anonymousreply 185August 5, 2015 4:13 AM

Wiseguy Ken Wahl was a dish at the time.

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by Anonymousreply 186August 5, 2015 4:16 AM

Our Miss Sally Field in the Flying Nun

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by Anonymousreply 187August 5, 2015 4:20 AM

They're cousins, identical cousins.

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by Anonymousreply 188August 5, 2015 4:21 AM

"Police Story"

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by Anonymousreply 189August 5, 2015 4:24 AM

The Virginian

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by Anonymousreply 190August 5, 2015 4:31 AM

I'm so fucking old

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by Anonymousreply 191August 5, 2015 4:31 AM

Going by the age of these theme songs, I think we all are R191 .

by Anonymousreply 192August 5, 2015 4:34 AM

Gawd this man was soooooooooo handsome !!!

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by Anonymousreply 193August 5, 2015 4:35 AM

Mancini's Thorn Birds

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by Anonymousreply 194August 5, 2015 4:39 AM

R192, I think it's more that TV shows of more recent generations don't have theme songs. Gen Xers and especially millenials just don't sit through them -- they change the channel.

My niece, who is 14, thinks just about everything is boring.

by Anonymousreply 195August 5, 2015 5:10 AM

[quote]I had forgotten how much I used to love the theme music from Buck

Buck would NEVER have had theme music.

by Anonymousreply 196August 5, 2015 6:02 AM

The original theme from Starsky & Hutch--much better than that porn music they used for subsequent seasons:

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by Anonymousreply 197August 5, 2015 6:19 AM

Bill Conti's Falcon Crest theme

Main Title Score and End Credits.

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by Anonymousreply 198August 5, 2015 7:01 AM

THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW THEME

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by Anonymousreply 199August 5, 2015 7:08 AM

Leave It To Beaver

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by Anonymousreply 200August 5, 2015 7:10 AM

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The best show on television ever...even the theme song was the greatest.

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by Anonymousreply 201August 5, 2015 7:13 AM

I Love Lucy!

by Anonymousreply 202August 5, 2015 7:13 AM

202 posts and no Peter Gunn?

[quote] How can you forget the theme song for (the original) Route 66?! It is considered one of the best theme songs ever written. Legendary composer and band leader nelson Riddle penned it.

There are lots of great theme songs here but in my opinion Route66 ties for the greatest with the theme from Peter Gunn.

Not only is it one of the great TV theme songs it's one of the greatest jazz numbers period.

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by Anonymousreply 203August 5, 2015 7:23 AM

"Shut it, you SLAG!"

The Sweeney opening credits. Closing credits were also great - melancholic.

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by Anonymousreply 204August 5, 2015 8:19 AM

The Tomorrow People - original series from the early '70s.

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by Anonymousreply 205August 5, 2015 8:24 AM

The Streets of San Francisco.

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by Anonymousreply 206August 5, 2015 9:21 AM

Sesame Street

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by Anonymousreply 207August 5, 2015 9:22 AM

NBC Nightly News Theme - John Williams

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by Anonymousreply 208August 5, 2015 9:24 AM

GET CHRISTIE LOVE! Your under arrest, sugar.

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by Anonymousreply 209August 5, 2015 9:30 AM

YOU are my WAY!!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 210August 5, 2015 11:02 AM

Start R210 @ 1:41. ^^^

by Anonymousreply 211August 5, 2015 11:03 AM

Aussie futurist show Beyond 2000, once a US Discovery Channel staple.

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by Anonymousreply 212August 5, 2015 11:20 AM

Hill St Blues --Mike Post, Pete Carpenter

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by Anonymousreply 213August 5, 2015 12:35 PM

This really is the epitome of tacky 70s music, but I always found it catchy. Another Mike Post special.

I was too embarrassed to post it until I saw the Car 54 theme, and though fuck it!

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by Anonymousreply 214August 5, 2015 12:41 PM

I love when British tough guys from the 70s say "shut it" -- reminds me of Peter Jackson's Uruk hai....

by Anonymousreply 215August 5, 2015 6:22 PM

Craig Ferguson performing the classic theme to 1965's Fireball XL5

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by Anonymousreply 216August 5, 2015 8:23 PM

Greatest American Hero

by Anonymousreply 217August 5, 2015 8:39 PM

The Banana Splits.

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by Anonymousreply 218August 5, 2015 9:46 PM

I love this classic Cartoon Network bumper--"Josie & the Pussycats" theme in done in six musical styles:

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by Anonymousreply 219August 5, 2015 10:23 PM

The theme song to Lotsa Luck is worthy of a better series than the one they came up with for Dom DeLuise and his truly funny cast mates. This had the makings of a great show but it was a shade too vulgar and depressing. The jaunty theme is the most memorable thing about it.

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by Anonymousreply 220August 6, 2015 6:04 AM

Mr. Ed

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by Anonymousreply 221August 6, 2015 6:59 AM

The Wild Wild West .. I see where it's even performed by symphony orchestras.

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by Anonymousreply 222August 7, 2015 6:42 AM

I think my favorite is "Night Court." Those first few bars are so 80s NYC.

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by Anonymousreply 223April 26, 2020 6:37 AM

"Phyllis"

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by Anonymousreply 224April 26, 2020 6:58 AM
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