Greatest television theme songs?

[JennaDeeDooDah]

We've all seen a television show where the theme song just fit perfectly with the show itself. We've seen shows where the theme song didn't fit at all. We've heard theme songs that have become favorite songs of ours. We have seen shows that have horrible theme songs that are so bad, you never want to see the show again.


What are some of your favorite theme songs? Any justification is fine. Maybe it fits with the show perfectly. Maybe you think it is just a fantastic song. But what are your favs?


For me, I love The Golden Girls theme and Mary Tyler Moore's theme. I feel that Big Love had a fantastic theme song with God Only Knows, too.

 

[KimR]

Miami Vice! I never liked the show, but DH watched it every week and I'd stop whatever I was doing to watch the intro.

 

[wvjules]

Greatest American Hero!

 

[TeresaBelle]

All in the Family
The Jeffersons

 

[DISvirgin1]

Cheers

 

[bedogged]

Hawaii 5-0 and Hill Street Blues.

 

[mill4023]

Miami Vice! I never liked the show, but DH watched it every week and I'd stop whatever I was doing to watch the intro.

Yep. Perfect.

We DVR pretty much everything we watch now, so we are often fast forwarding through intro music.
One show where we never fast forward is True Blood. It completely sets the dark, creepy, disturbing mood for the show.

 

[Scornelius]

Gilmore Girls.

 

[U2_rocks!]

X-Files music is suitably spooky.

 

[MnParrothead]

Cheers

 

[phorsenuf]

Sopranos and Monday Night Football (if that counts )

 

[BearcatsFan]

Definitely Sopranos.

 

[Funfire240]

Friends (girlfriends and I loved the song!) and Dallas (yes I watched the new one and seeing the beginning brings a smile to my face taking me back to Friday nights watching it at home with my mom)

 

[bettymae1121]

Greatest American Hero!

 

[lovemygoofy]

The Muppet Show

I love the theme song for Pysch!

 

[Disneefun]

Wonder Years
Welcome Back Kotter
Big Bang Theory

 

[Feralpeg]

Greatest American Hero!

This is my all time favorite! I also really like the theme to Stargate Atlantis. I just think it is really pretty. I tend to like the themes from the various Star Treks as well.

 

[jetskigrl]

Big Bang Theory!!

My DS has that song memorized so we are not allow to fast forward through it.

 

[izzy]

The Brady Bunch
Gilligan's Island

 

[Diznotyzed]

The Monkees!

Green Acres

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