# Best TV Themes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731 "2004-01-05T01:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/1 "2004-01-05T01:18:59Z")
What do you people think are the best TV themes out there in TV-land. My sugestions (there’s a bit of UK bias here, admittedly): 1. Red Dwarf 2. Match of the Day (BBC1) 3. COPS ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/2 "2004-01-05T02:39:46Z")
okay bluecanary, I guess I’ll introduce some American bias here and choose: **Hawaii-Five-O** Great song and fantastic opening sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/3 "2004-01-05T02:59:19Z")
Robotech Speed Racer My Secret Identity Greatest American Hero Baby Blues (Uses The Barenaked Ladies ‘It’s All Been Done Before’) Futurama Qualified entry: Enterprise - it’s a good song, just a really odd choice for a Star Trek theme. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/4 "2004-01-05T03:13:30Z")
_Mr. Lucky Peter Gunn Mission Impossible_ ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/5 "2004-01-05T03:15:42Z")
Almost forgot: _The Avengers_ ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/6 "2004-01-05T03:17:27Z")
Hill Street Blues Twilight Zone ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/7 "2004-01-05T03:18:21Z")
Ditto Hawaii Five-O Big vote for Mission: Impossible. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/8 "2004-01-05T03:23:28Z")
Gilligan’s Island (inspiration for the LOTR filk I wrote) Simon and Simon Rockford Files Taxi 3rd Rock from the Sun Gunsmoke Maverick ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/9 "2004-01-05T03:29:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jeanster \* > \*\*Gilligan’s Island (inspiration for the LOTR filk I wrote) > \*\* [Here](http://www.teemings.com/extras/lotr/g/gilligansisland.html) is the link to that filk. ---
**Author:** ![Marks\_1st\_wife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Marks\_1st\_wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marks_1st_wife)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/10 "2004-01-05T03:30:28Z")
Mission Impossible, although my parents would never let me watch it. ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/11 "2004-01-05T03:39:33Z")
What? No votes for **Cheers**? _Sometimes you wanna go Where everybody knows your name And they’re always Glad you came…_ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/12 "2004-01-05T03:53:21Z")
Welcome Back, Kotter St. Elsewhere L.A. Law ---
**Author:** ![peterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@peterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peterW)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/13 "2004-01-05T05:27:50Z")
My favorite themes would coincide with some of my favorite shows from the 80s. In no particular order: - Remington Steele - Henry Mancini - The Fall Guy - Lee Majors - Airwolf - Magnum P.I. But my favorite, and it always gives me goosebumps when I hear it, Hank Williams Jr.'s **Monday Night Football** theme. ---
**Author:** ![Corixidae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Corixidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corixidae)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/14 "2004-01-05T05:43:56Z")
thirtysomething ER Boomtown ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/15 "2004-01-05T05:54:03Z")
Cowboy Bebop (“Tank!” by Yoko Kanno and the Seat Belts) Peter Gunn (by Henry Mancini) The Green Hornet (by Al Hirt) Mission: Impossible (by Lalo Schifrin) Hawaii Five-O (by ?) Batman (the animated series theme by Shirley Walker AND the campy '60s show theme by Nelson Riddle and Neal Hefti) The Flash (by Danny Elfman) ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/16 "2004-01-05T07:06:32Z")
I enjoy the Simpsons theme along with most of the others posted here. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/17 "2004-01-05T07:30:29Z")
Say what you will, I actually _like_ the theme from Three’s Company. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/18 "2004-01-05T07:49:34Z")
Aqua Teen Hunger Force. “Drivin in my car Livin like a star Ice on my fingers and my toes and I’m a Taurus.” Curb Your Enthusiasm has a great one too. Futurama as well. Those are the only three I never fast forward through. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/19 "2004-01-05T09:18:03Z")
Welcome Back Kotter & WKRP Yup, yup. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/20 "2004-01-05T09:19:03Z")
The Rockford Files (the version with the guitar break) Stingray - Anything can happen in the next half-hour! Dr Who The theme tune for UFO is pretty cool too but it’s probably too obscure, anyone else remember it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731.md?page=2)