# What TV show has the best theme music? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2001, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848 "2001-01-13T11:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/1 "2001-01-13T11:12:09Z")
I don’t mean theme _song_, I mean music. Although I suppose we can count actual “songs” too. It’s just that my two favorites aren’t songs, just music: Doctor Who Angel (Has a cello ever been used in TV theme music before?) Andy Grifith and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have pretty cool tunes too. If I had to pick an actual song, I’d go with the one from Cheers or Highlander the series. ---
**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 13, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/2 "2001-01-13T14:56:37Z")
“Hawaii Five-O” & “Mission: Impossible” ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/3 "2001-01-13T15:29:43Z")
_Buffy_ (as stated above by **Lizard** ) _This Hour Has 22 Minutes_ (Canadian news parody) ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/4 "2001-01-13T15:30:51Z")
I also really like the theme song from _Red Dwarf_. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/5 "2001-01-13T15:31:04Z")
Angel (w/o lyrics) and Malcolm in the Middle (w/lyrics) ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/6 "2001-01-13T17:04:48Z")
Chalk up another vote for Hawaii Five-O… ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/7 "2001-01-13T17:06:33Z")
Anyone remember the music to _The Prisoner_? ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/8 "2001-01-13T17:32:09Z")
Egad!..How could you forget the theme to Twin Peaks…shame on you! ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/9 "2001-01-13T17:40:22Z")
fat albert. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/10 "2001-01-13T17:59:19Z")
_Sanford and Son_’s right up there, too. ---
**Author:** ![penael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea5d25/32.png) [@penael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penael)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/11 "2001-01-13T18:03:14Z")
Sanford and Son, and Law & Order ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/12 "2001-01-13T19:31:07Z")
MASH ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/13 "2001-01-13T19:36:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eggs à la Ted \* > \*\*MASH \*\* Crap. Wasted my eleventy-first post on that 4-letter post. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/14 "2001-01-13T22:11:57Z")
King Of The Hill ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/15 "2001-01-13T22:15:59Z")
Whatever was on last night (I wasn’t watching) – a show about forensics, tracking bad guys – and the song was Who’s classic “Who Are You?”. Appropriate, if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/16 "2001-01-13T22:54:39Z")
_Battlestar Galactica_. Best thing in the whole show. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/17 "2001-01-13T23:05:37Z")
I get to the first to say Peter Gunn! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/18 "2001-01-13T23:39:38Z")
My faves, in no particular order: Doctor Who Law And Order Hill Street Blues ER ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/19 "2001-01-13T23:53:31Z")
pfft… no contest… what so ever **The A-Team** ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_Nazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Soup\_Nazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_Nazi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848/20 "2001-01-13T23:58:56Z")
I kinda like 7th Heaven’s acoustic riffs between scenes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-has-the-best-theme-music/49848.md?page=2)