# TV Binge Watch (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004 "2019-08-21T15:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 446
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8909 "2022-05-12T03:37:46Z")
**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. ---
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**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. ---
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**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 4. Theme from Mission: Impossible - Reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (not bad for an instrumental in 5/4 time) and to this day, more than fifty years after its release, it remains an instantly recognizable riff. ---
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**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 4. Theme from Mission: Impossible - Reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (not bad for an instrumental in 5/4 time) and to this day, more than fifty years after its release, it remains an instantly recognizable riff. 5. The Beverly Hillbillies - “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” - #44 in 1963 ---
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**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 4. Theme from Mission: Impossible - Reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (not bad for an instrumental in 5/4 time) and to this day, more than fifty years after its release, it remains an instantly recognizable riff. 5. The Beverly Hillbillies - “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” - #44 in 1963 6. Hill Street Blues theme - written by legendary tv composer Mike Post. Reached #10 on the Billboard charts back in 1981 ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8914 "2022-05-12T12:20:12Z")
**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 4. Theme from Mission: Impossible - Reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (not bad for an instrumental in 5/4 time) and to this day, more than fifty years after its release, it remains an instantly recognizable riff. 5. The Beverly Hillbillies - “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” - #44 in 1963 6. Hill Street Blues theme - written by legendary tv composer Mike Post. Reached #10 on the Billboard charts back in 1981 7. The Dukes of Hazzard - _Good Ol’ Boys_ was a #1 hit for Waylon Jennings in 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8915 "2022-05-12T13:43:53Z")
**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 4. Theme from Mission: Impossible - Reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (not bad for an instrumental in 5/4 time) and to this day, more than fifty years after its release, it remains an instantly recognizable riff. 5. The Beverly Hillbillies - “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” - #44 in 1963 6. Hill Street Blues theme - written by legendary tv composer Mike Post. Reached #10 on the Billboard charts back in 1981 7. The Dukes of Hazzard - _Good Ol’ Boys_ was a #1 hit for Waylon Jennings in 1980. 8. The Greatest American Hero - _Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)_ also composed by Mike Post, lyrics by Stephen Geyer and sung by Joey Scarbury peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8916 "2022-05-12T13:56:52Z")
The Greatest American Hero is already there on the list at #3, posted by **Spoons**. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8917 "2022-05-12T15:13:38Z")
**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 4. Theme from Mission: Impossible - Reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (not bad for an instrumental in 5/4 time) and to this day, more than fifty years after its release, it remains an instantly recognizable riff. 5. The Beverly Hillbillies - “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” - #44 in 1963 6. Hill Street Blues theme - written by legendary tv composer Mike Post. Reached #10 on the Billboard charts back in 1981 7. The Dukes of Hazzard - _Good Ol’ Boys_ was a #1 hit for Waylon Jennings in 1980. 8. Theme from Star Trek by Alexander Courage Instantly recognizable and much-adapted since ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8918 "2022-05-12T15:15:06Z")
**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 4. Theme from Mission: Impossible - Reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (not bad for an instrumental in 5/4 time) and to this day, more than fifty years after its release, it remains an instantly recognizable riff. 5. The Beverly Hillbillies - “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” - #44 in 1963 6. Hill Street Blues theme - written by legendary tv composer Mike Post. Reached #10 on the Billboard charts back in 1981 7. The Dukes of Hazzard - _Good Ol’ Boys_ was a #1 hit for Waylon Jennings in 1980. 8. Theme from Star Trek by Alexander Courage 9. Batman (Neil Hefti) - Covered by The Jam in 1977, endlessly parodied before and since. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8919 "2022-05-12T15:20:44Z")
**TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts 2. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini’s [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) is better known than the series itself. 3. Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury. Spent 18 weeks on the chart, and managed to reach number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 4. Theme from Mission: Impossible - Reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 (not bad for an instrumental in 5/4 time) and to this day, more than fifty years after its release, it remains an instantly recognizable riff. 5. The Beverly Hillbillies - “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” - #44 in 1963 6. Hill Street Blues theme - written by legendary tv composer Mike Post. Reached #10 on the Billboard charts back in 1981 7. The Dukes of Hazzard - _Good Ol’ Boys_ was a #1 hit for Waylon Jennings in 1980. 8. Theme from Star Trek by Alexander Courage 9. Batman (Neil Hefti) - Covered by The Jam in 1977, endlessly parodied before and since. 10. Dragnet - Da dada dum. Da dada dum dahhh. Still a pop cultural reference in circulation more than a half century later. pass ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8920 "2022-05-12T16:01:49Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > The Greatest American Hero is already there on the list at #3, posted by **Spoons**. D’oh! Next: **More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8921 "2022-05-12T16:57:02Z")
Next: **More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. 2. Rockford Files - Another Mike Post masterpiece. Stayed on the charts for four months ---
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**More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. 2. Rockford Files - Another Mike Post masterpiece. Stayed on the charts for four months 3. The Jeopardy Theme - it might not have charted but everyone knows it! ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8923 "2022-05-12T17:03:35Z")
**More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. 2. Rockford Files - Another Mike Post masterpiece. Stayed on the charts for four months 3. The Jeopardy Theme - it might not have charted but everyone knows it! 4. Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - recently adopted, completely without irony, for a marketing campaign by Applebee’s ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8924 "2022-05-12T17:03:39Z")
**More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. 2. Rockford Files - Another Mike Post masterpiece. Stayed on the charts for four months 3. The Jeopardy Theme - it might not have charted but everyone knows it! 4. 1. Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - recently adopted, completely without irony, for a marketing campaign by Applebee’s 5. Friends “I’ll Be There For You” - topped the Billboard charts for 8 weeks ---
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**More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. 2. Rockford Files - Another Mike Post masterpiece. Stayed on the charts for four months 3. The Jeopardy Theme - it might not have charted but everyone knows it! 4. 1. Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - recently adopted, completely without irony, for a marketing campaign by Applebee’s 5. Friends “I’ll Be There For You” - topped the Billboard charts for 8 weeks 6. Baretta (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) - reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 ---
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**More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. 2. Rockford Files - Another Mike Post masterpiece. Stayed on the charts for four months 3. The Jeopardy Theme - it might not have charted but everyone knows it! 4. 1. Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - recently adopted, completely without irony, for a marketing campaign by Applebee’s 5. Friends “I’ll Be There For You” - topped the Billboard charts for 8 weeks 6. Baretta (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) - reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 7. “The Pink Panther Theme” - Henry Mancini wrote it in 1978 for the film of the same name, but it became more popular with the cartoon series. ---
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**More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. 2. Rockford Files - Another Mike Post masterpiece. Stayed on the charts for four months 3. The Jeopardy Theme - it might not have charted but everyone knows it! 4. Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - recently adopted, completely without irony, for a marketing campaign by Applebee’s 5. Friends “I’ll Be There For You” - topped the Billboard charts for 8 weeks 6. Baretta (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) - reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 7. “The Pink Panther Theme” - Henry Mancini wrote it in 1978 for the film of the same name, but it became more popular with the cartoon series. 8. The Twilight Zone - Those four repeated notes are instantly recognizable, and have become synonymous with anything weird or creepy. ---
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**More TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own** 1. The Simpsons - Composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, the theme won the National Music Award for Favorite TV theme in 2002, won the BMI TV Music Award in 96, 98, and 03, and was covered by Green Day as well as Wheezer. 2. Rockford Files - Another Mike Post masterpiece. Stayed on the charts for four months 3. The Jeopardy Theme - it might not have charted but everyone knows it! 4. Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) - recently adopted, completely without irony, for a marketing campaign by Applebee’s 5. Friends “I’ll Be There For You” - topped the Billboard charts for 8 weeks 6. Baretta (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) - reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 7. “The Pink Panther Theme” - Henry Mancini wrote it in 1978 for the film of the same name, but it became more popular with the cartoon series. 8. The Twilight Zone - Those four repeated notes are instantly recognizable, and have become synonymous with anything weird or creepy. 9. Theme from “The Young and the Restless” – after it was used as background music by ABC’s _ **’Wide World of Sports’** _ in a montage of Nadia Comaneci during the 1976 Olympics, it became known to millions of non-soap opera viewers as “Nadia’s Theme”. It was subsequently released as a single through A&M Records and peaked at #8 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100 charts. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=445) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=447)