# TV theme song tourney **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381 "2007-12-09T15:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/1 "2007-12-09T15:05:02Z")
This is silly, but… Let’s determine the best tv theme song of all time. We’ll do the standard 16-song elimination matchup. First thing we need to do is determine the 16 finalists. So, list your top 5 tv theme songs of all time. Each one you list gets one point. The top 16 enter a single-elimation matchup… Only one vote per person, etc etc. We’ll freeze voting in one week. My top 5: Sanford and Son Hill Street Blues The Sopranos St. Elsewhere Mary Tyler Moore ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/2 "2007-12-09T16:01:18Z")
My nominations: The Rockford Files Maverick The Andy Griffith Show Buffy the Vampire Slayer Hogan’s Heroes ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/3 "2007-12-09T16:45:18Z")
The Wild Wild West Gilligan’s Island Green Acres Hawaii Five-0 Secret Agent Man ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/4 "2007-12-09T17:08:42Z")
The Peter Gunn Theme The Original Battlestar Galactica Rawhide The Theme From S.W.A.T. Dr, Who (original Series/70’s version) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/5 "2007-12-09T17:14:44Z")
The Addams Family The Andy Griffith Show Family Guy Cheers The Dukes of Hazzard ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/6 "2007-12-09T17:14:57Z")
Sanford and Son Barney Miller Good Times Maude Mission: Impossible ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/7 "2007-12-09T17:20:16Z")
Barney Miller The Brady Bunch WKRP in Cincinnati MASH All in the Family ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/8 "2007-12-09T17:28:14Z")
The Sopranos Gilligan’s Island The Jeffersons Cheers The Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/9 "2007-12-09T17:43:46Z")
The Jeffersons The Simpsons The Odd Couple Good Times Dukes of Hazard ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/10 "2007-12-09T17:47:14Z")
WKRP in Cincinnati Taxi St. Elsewhere Hill Street Blues Welcome Back, Kotter (PS: My vote for WKRP is not a homer vote - I loved the song before I moved here.) ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/11 "2007-12-09T18:06:47Z")
Route 66 Peter Gunn Green Acres Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color Rawhide ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/12 "2007-12-09T18:41:28Z")
Mission: Impossible Hawaii Five-O Original Battlestar Galactica The Greatest American Hero Friends ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/13 "2007-12-09T19:04:35Z")
Magnum PI Mission: Impossible Greatest American Hero Mike Hammer (with Stacy Keach) Dukes of Hazzard ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/14 "2007-12-09T19:05:13Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] WKRP in Cincinnati Taxi St. Elsewhere Hill Street Blues Welcome Back, Kotter (PS: My vote for WKRP is not a homer vote - I loved the song before I moved here.) [/QUOTE] No need to be defensive. That’s an excellent choice. "Baby, if you’ve ever wondered, Wondered whatever became of me, I’m living on the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, WKRP. " ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/15 "2007-12-09T19:11:13Z")
The Flintstones Good Times South Park WKRP in Cincinnati Mary Tyler Moore ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/16 "2007-12-09T19:23:25Z")
“…Gary called me up and asked me to write his theme song…” ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/17 "2007-12-09T19:24:11Z")
The Greatest American Hero Misssion: Impossible Peter Gunn Cheers Friends ---
**Author:** ![bubble\_pop\_electric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/18 "2007-12-09T19:29:35Z")
Friends The Fresh Prince of Bel Air The Addams Family Hey Arnold (Listen to this if you’ve never heard it!) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/19 "2007-12-09T19:49:33Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] The Peter Gunn Theme The Original Battlestar Galactica Rawhide The Theme From S.W.A.T. Dr, Who (original Series/70’s version) [/QUOTE] I wanna amend my list– The Peter Gunn Theme The Original Battlestar Galactica Rawhide The Theme From S.W.A.T Route 66. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/20 "2007-12-09T19:54:36Z")
Power Rangers - original series Recess Survivor Mission Impossible Fresh Prince Friends [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381.md?page=2)