Ahh…the music.
While TV shows can be a “vast wasteland”, quite often, TV themes are not.
Make some nominations, & don’t be afraid to endorse other peoples’ choices.
I’d like to offer–
The Peter Gunn theme.
The Original Battlestar Galactica Theme.
The I Spy Theme.
Dr. Who offered some nice theramin (?) music.
And, of course, Cowboy Bebop.
The theme from SWAT.
Also the theme from Hill Street Blues.
Knight Rider? Anyone?
Star Trek: The next Generation is also.
I heartily second Cowboy Bebop. I have that as my phone’s ringtone.
SWAT is also a very cool theme song.
The Rockford Files
LA Law
The X-Files
The A-Team
Speed Racer
Gilligan’s Island
Twilight Zone
Hogan’s Heroes
SWAT
Rockford Files
Mission: Impossible
Hawaii Five-O
Lost in Space (3rd season)
Magnum, P.I.
I forgot…MAS*H
I want that ringtone!
The current Battlestar Galactica Theme
Farscape
Babylon 5 Season 3
Many said already:
Peter Gunn: My favorite
Mission impossible
SWAT
Greatest American Hero
Twilight Zone: just because.
Jim
Night Court has a cool one.
Cheers.
The Dukes of Hazzard as sung by the legendary Waylon Jennings.
Beverly Hills 90210. My college friends and I would randomly breaking into this tune complete with air guitar.
Anything composed by Mike Post.
The Persuaders. Haunting dulcimer tune by John Barry.
The BBC do a nice line in slightly cheesy theme tunes for their sports shows. I’m particularly fond of Ski Sunday (Real Audio).
Nobody’s mentioned Futurama yet?
And yeah, Hawaii Five-O. Theme tunes don’t get much better than that.
Starsky and Hutch!
Sanford and Son.
The Muppet Show.
Some past similar threads:
And once again I say - Jack of All Trades.
Hawaii Five-O
Great theme song. Fantastic opening sequence. The wahine running on the beach; the hair flip as she stares right at the camera. Terrific !!!
Aloha.
I like a tune you can whistle, so:
Andy Griffith Show
Taxi