Mount Rushmore of TV theme songs

[biodawg]

No Rockford Files?

List is shlt.

Rockford Files
Dallas
Fresh Prince
Law and Order

ETA a bunch I forgot about for honorable mention that I saw in the thread :
CHiPs
Welcome Back Kotter
Cheers
Big Bang Theory
Laverne and Shirley
I’ll add:
King of the Hill
Baywatch
Walker, Texas Ranger

 

[PapaDawg]

Mission Impossiple

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I had to look up to see if it was IMPP or BurnerPhone posting this…

 

[BrunswickDawg]

Y'all are way off on the best closing theme. You can't beat this -

 

[Pink Floyd.sixpack]

How could this thread have gotten this far with no mention of THE BEAVER?

 

[Pink Floyd.sixpack]

 

[Pink Floyd.sixpack]

Or this one.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

Rockford Files
M*A*S*H
Cheers
Magnum PI
SWAT

Honorable mention

Gilligan's Island
Sanford and Son
Hogan's Heroes

 

[GloryDawg]

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Big Bang Theory is nails on a chalkboard for me

 

[GloryDawg]

 

[militarydog]

I was an 80s kid so these stuck with me

MASH
Dukes of Hazard
Knight Rider
A-Team

A sports honorable mention (and maybe we need a whole other thread for this)

The NBA on NBC theme.

Strong. Lots of great selections in this thread. However I’ll go with
Miami Vice
MASH
Hawaii Five O
Dallas

Honorable mention
Happy Days
Sanford and son
Rockford Files
Magnum PI
Chips
Cheers
Bonanza

 

[militarydog]

In no particular order:

• Sopranos
• Cheers
• Sanford & Son
• Dallas

Next 4 out:

• Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Magnum P.I.
• Succession
• Bonanza

How is the original post not blowing up with likes for starting this thread. Well done.

 

[theoriginalSALTYdog]

Theme to Welcome back Kotter....

 

[Dawgg]

The Fall Guy

Simon & Simon

Happy Days

The Wonder Years

Dammit. I have to replace something with Unknown Stuntman.

 

[maroonmania]

A few I haven't seen mentioned in the threat that are good:

Mary Tyler Moore Show
Growing Pains
Family Ties
That 70s Show

 

[theoriginalSALTYdog]

In no particular order:

• Sopranos
• Cheers
• Sanford & Son
• Dallas

Next 4 out:

• Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Magnum P.I.
• Succession
• Bonanza

Not the greatest but it has to get some love just because of the shots of Suzanne's Sommers a$$....

 

[BrunswickDawg]

You must have picked the music for the FMB half time shows in the 90s - I swear this song was in show at some point every year for a decade.

 

[GloryDawg]

You must have picked the music for the FMB half time shows in the 90s - I swear this song was in show at some point every year for a decade.

It was the same music for all the movies both the 70's and the later ones. It hit the charts pretty high. It and Friends theme both did. That's kind of rare.

 

[LocalBeachBum]

Get smart

monday night football

peter Gunn

Johnny Quest

 

[HailStout]

 

[L4Dawg]

Hawaii 5-0
MASH
Beverly Hillbillies
Band of Brothers
Ken Burns' The Civil War

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

All you guys have done is remind me just how incredibly, ssshhhiiittttyyy the last ten or twenty years of television shows have been.

And what a suck ***, pitiful job our current writers perform.

 

[mcdawg22]

Didn’t see it mentioned in here but Rescue Me’s theme has always been tops to me.

Honorable Mention
Weeds different versions
The Wire
Walking Dead

 

[mcdawg22]

All you guys have done is remind me just how incredibly, ssshhhiiittttyyy the last ten or twenty years of television shows have been.

And what a suck ***, pitiful job our current writers perform.

Ummm the last 20 years includes.
Breaking Bad
The Wire
Sopranos
Better Call Saul
True Detective
Fargo
Always Sunny
Veep
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Silicon Valley
Homocide
All the Law and Orders
Mindhunter
The Office
Parks and Rec
Etc etc

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

All you guys have done is remind me just how incredibly, ssshhhiiittttyyy the last ten or twenty years of television shows have been.

And what a suck ***, pitiful job our current writers perform.

There’s good television but there’s just very few that have actual intros.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

Ummm the last 20 years includes.
Breaking Bad
The Wire
Sopranos
Better Call Saul
True Detective
Fargo
Always Sunny
Veep
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Silicon Valley
Homocide
All the Law and Orders
Mindhunter
The Office
Parks and Rec
Etc etc

 

[Mayor of Little London]

As a kid I liked this one.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

Happy Days at least gets honorable mention.

Which one?



or

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

Few not mentioned.

F Troop



Courtship of Eddie's Father



Petticoat Junction



Green Acres



Beverly Hillbillies

 

[Crazy Cotton]

Okay, this show had some great music, including the theme song.


And there was always some version of this song. This one was my favorite

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

This is worth watching for that

 

[Dawgg]

There’s good television but there’s just very few that have actual intros.

A few years ago, Honest Trailers gave retro theme songs to modern shows:

 

[FreeDawg]

The 2 best intros that set the mood for the show are Sopranos & GOT. I might have missed it in this thread but I haven’t seen Night Rider mentioned and that’s an absolute banger for intro music.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) is very underrated.



The original song was by Ian Hunter, but the version on the show was done by Presidents of the United States who did a great cover IMO.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Night court was pretty well up there too

 

[HailStout]

 

[mcdawg22]

A friend of mine said another one I forgot.
Succession

 

[Mayor of Little London]

Green acres to the tune of purple haze. If don’t have much time skip to 45 seconds in. It’s worth your time, once..