# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 54
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1061 "2023-02-12T12:38:35Z")
**TV Shows that changed the opening theme** 1. The Drew Carey Show 2. Happy Days 3. Monk It was twenty years ago and I’m still ticked off about it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1062 "2023-02-12T13:19:23Z")
**TV Shows that changed the opening theme** 1. The Drew Carey Show 2. Happy Days 3. Monk 4. Petticoat Junction After the death of Bea Benaderet early in season six, the lyrics were rewritten in order to replace her character name (‘Kate’) with ‘Joe’ in the line _“It is run by Kate, come and be her guest”_, and to include a reference to _“the lady MD”_ (Dr. Janet Craig, played by June Lockhart). _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**TV Shows that changed the opening theme** 1. The Drew Carey Show 2. Happy Days 3. Monk 4. Petticoat Junction 5. High Incident I liked 'em both, but the show really wasn’t on long enough to need _two_ opening themes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b1qEsjwtSSs/maxresdefault.jpg "HIGH INCIDENT - Main Titles 1996") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qEsjwtSSs) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7heov0nwMKc/hqdefault.jpg "High Incident (Intro Ver 2)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7heov0nwMKc) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1064 "2023-02-12T22:27:12Z")
**TV Shows that changed the opening theme** 1. The Drew Carey Show 2. Happy Days 3. Monk 4. Petticoat Junction 5. High Incident 6. The Wire Technically, it was the same song, but every season changed the artist and arrangement. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1065 "2023-02-12T22:30:58Z")
**TV Shows that changed the opening theme** 1. The Drew Carey Show 2. Happy Days 3. Monk 4. Petticoat Junction 5. High Incident 6. The Wire 7. L.A. Law For episodes which had a grim or dark-edged opening scene, there was a deep minor chord which was added to the start of the theme. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1066 "2023-02-13T00:03:35Z")
**TV Shows that changed the opening theme** 1. The Drew Carey Show 2. Happy Days 3. Monk 4. Petticoat Junction 5. High Incident 6. The Wire 7. L.A. Law 8. Gilligan’s Island After Gilligan (Bob Denver) pitched a fit on behalf of Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells, the penultimate line was changed so as to mention their characters by name instead of merely being lumped together as “and the rest”. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1067 "2023-02-13T11:51:15Z")
**TV Shows that changed the opening theme** 1. The Drew Carey Show 2. Happy Days 3. Monk 4. Petticoat Junction 5. High Incident 6. The Wire 7. L.A. Law 8. Gilligan’s Island 9. QI For their Christmas-themed episodes, they include jingle bells and use the “Jingle Bells” tune as a counter-melody to the main theme. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1068 "2023-02-13T11:59:28Z")
**TV Shows that changed the opening theme** 1. The Drew Carey Show 2. Happy Days 3. Monk 4. Petticoat Junction 5. High Incident 6. The Wire 7. L.A. Law 8. Gilligan’s Island 9. QI 10. Lost in Space They changed the song when they switched from black-and-white to color. Both versions, one after the other: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/712ns4jnG-k/hqdefault.jpg "The 2 Lost in space theme songs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=712ns4jnG-k) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1069 "2023-02-13T13:46:26Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1070 "2023-02-13T13:50:27Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1071 "2023-02-13T13:50:59Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! 3. The Love Boat ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1072 "2023-02-13T14:19:39Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! 3. The Love Boat 4. Everybody Loves Raymond ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1073 "2023-02-13T14:48:02Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! 3. The Love Boat 4. Everybody Loves Raymond 5. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1074 "2023-02-13T14:53:01Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! 3. The Love Boat 4. Everybody Loves Raymond 5. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 6. Love Connection ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1075 "2023-02-13T15:14:34Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! 3. The Love Boat 4. Everybody Loves Raymond 5. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 6. Love Connection 7. Bridget Loves Bernie ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1076 "2023-02-13T15:32:26Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! 3. The Love Boat 4. Everybody Loves Raymond 5. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 6. Love Connection 7. Bridget Loves Bernie 8. Love, Death & Robots ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1077 "2023-02-13T19:43:44Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! 3. The Love Boat 4. Everybody Loves Raymond 5. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 6. Love Connection 7. Bridget Loves Bernie 8. Love, Death & Robots 9. I Love Lucy ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1078 "2023-02-13T20:11:06Z")
**For Valentine’s Day - TV Shows with “love” in the title** 1. Love, American Style 2. Get Christie Love! 3. The Love Boat 4. Everybody Loves Raymond 5. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 6. Love Connection 7. Bridget Loves Bernie 8. Love, Death & Robots 9. I Love Lucy 10. Joanie Loves Chachi **Shows that have aged poorly (for whatever reason)** 1. Three’s Company (homophobia in multiple episodes) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1079 "2023-02-13T20:44:20Z")
**Shows that have aged poorly (for whatever reason)** 1. Three’s Company (homophobia in multiple episodes) 2. Home Improvement (heavily sexist) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/1080 "2023-02-13T21:02:14Z")
**Shows that have aged poorly (for whatever reason)** 1. Three’s Company (homophobia in multiple episodes) 2. Home Improvement (heavily sexist) 3. All in the Family (where do I start?) I consider it a great show, with excellent writing and actors, but the tone and language wouldn’t fly today. It’s surprising it did, back then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=55)