# Best TV Theme song
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 31, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168 "2001-08-31T18:27:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/1 "2001-08-31T18:27:24Z")
I gotta say my all time favorite is the theme to “Greatest American Hero”. Close seconds:
Gary Shandling Show
Cheers
Patty Duke Show
What’s yours?
DaLovin’Dj
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/2 "2001-08-31T18:28:26Z")
_Murphy Brown_
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### Author:  [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/3 "2001-08-31T18:36:38Z")
Max Headroom
Samurai Jack (the original feature-length episode)
Batman - The Animated Series
Roar (anyone else remember the pseudo-Irish Herc/Xena ripoff? Show sucked but the music was incredible.)
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### Author:  [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/4 "2001-08-31T18:37:49Z")
The Lone Ranger
The Rifleman
Mission: Impossible
Perry Mason
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### Author:  [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/5 "2001-08-31T18:38:04Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by dalovindj \*
> **I gotta say my all time favorite is the theme to "Greatest American Hero**
“Believe it or not, George isn’t at home.
Please leave a message at the beep.
I must be out, or I’d pick up the phone.
Where could I be?
Believe it or not, I’m not home.”
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### Author:  [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/6 "2001-08-31T18:42:49Z")
Hmm. Probably “The Jeffersons.” 🙂 A theme song that is actually fun to listen to!
But some second place ones:
Tales from the Crypt
Powerpuff Girls
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/7 "2001-08-31T18:44:00Z")
Barney Miller
Good Times
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### Author:  [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/8 "2001-08-31T18:46:47Z")
I also always liked Night Court’s catchy little bass riff.
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### Author:  [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/9 "2001-08-31T18:51:09Z")
Same answer I always give when this question comes up: _The Rockford Files_.
Runner Up: _Love is All Around_, from the _Mary Tyler Moore Show_. If it’s good enough for Hüsker Dü, it’s good enough for me.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/10 "2001-08-31T18:59:39Z")
I’ll admit it. I love the theme song from That 70’s Show.
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### Author:  [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/11 "2001-08-31T18:59:59Z")
So many themes, so little space . . .
_Have Gun–Will Travel_
_Twilight Zone_
_Alfred Hitchcock Presents_
_Dr. Who_
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/12 "2001-08-31T19:05:36Z")
_Flintstones. Meet the Flintstones…_
Now get THAT outta yer hedz!
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### Author:  [@Stella\_Fantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stella_Fantasia)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/13 "2001-08-31T19:05:52Z")
The Sopranos!
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### Author:  [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/14 "2001-08-31T19:19:49Z")
Ishould have listed the A-tem too. That one is so much fun.
DaLovin’Dj
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### Author:  [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/15 "2001-08-31T19:23:14Z")
I’m with Andros.
Dr Who.
As a cranky afterthought. It would sound great on bagpipes too.
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### Author:  [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/16 "2001-08-31T19:27:58Z")
Davy, Da-a-a-a-a-a-vy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier!
Runner up: The Addams Family
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/17 "2001-08-31T19:39:04Z")
Lost in Space.
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### Author:  [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/18 "2001-08-31T19:42:57Z")
Greastest American Hero… of course.
I mean who could it be? It’s just fucking me!
With the A team as a close second and the Simpsons a close third. With Twin Peaks as numbah 4
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/19 "2001-08-31T19:46:14Z")
_Jesse_ – that mediocre sit-com that was on NBC for a few years starring _{swoon}_ Christina Applegate.
Tell the truth, I can’t really remember exactly how it goes, but I remember thinking how catchy and mainstream it sounded for a TV theme song.
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### Author:  [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song/79168/20 "2001-08-31T19:52:42Z")
18 posts! And no mention of Hawaii Five-0???
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