My Favorite TV Theme Songs/Opening Credit Sequences

I thought it was time to take a look at something that, believe it or not, is becoming obsolete. I don't know exactly when it started, but TV theme songs and opening credits have pretty much become a thing of the past...nowadays on episodic television, we get an opening scene, the title of the show is flashed across the screen, and then the credits are done in a crawl at the bottom of the screen during the next scene, so you have to watch the first scene and read the credits at the same time...so much work! Remember the days when TV shows actually had a theme song and the opening credits were played over that music? Now some shows stuck to the same theme/credit sequence for their entire run, but some longer running shows would update their theme/credit sequence in order to accommodate cast changes and other issues. I will try to mount multiple themes from a single show if I can locate them. So get ready for my favorite TV theme songs/opening credits:

Oh, I do hope you have some really good ones on here. I even have those Television's Greatest Hits records. The whole collection. I love TV themes. It is a shame that shows rarely have them nowadays.

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Some shows have/had fantastic themes. I have some in mind right now, I'm curious to see if you'll name any of them. Also, I wouldn't mind seeing a tourney based on this. Has there been one yet? I'd be all the way in.

I don't really take part/pay attention to the Song Tournaments but i'm pretty sure one was done at some point.

Yes, there has been one. Here's the link to it if you want to check it out:

http://www.movieforums.com/community...ad.php?t=42073

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My favourite is Doctor Who, which has many very good title sequences and one of the best themes ever (David Arnold's being the best modern interpretation, although not used on TV). My particular favourite is the 'star tunnel' used for Jon Pertwee's last season, which opens with elongated stars zooming towards the camera.

Let me put you out of your misery now...I have never watched Doctor Who so it will not be appearing on this list.

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Phyllis



The theme song and opening credits were actually the best thing about this show.

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One Life to Live



On the first shot, I found my favorite opening sequence from the now defunct daytime drama...that's Peabo Bryson singing the theme.

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F Troop



This was a very funny show and the theme song introduced it perfectly.

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The Bill Cosby Show



Loved this theme song...didn't understand a word Cosby was saying, but it was a fun theme...I think Quincy Jones wrote it.

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The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Show



My Saturday mornings growing up weren't complete without this.

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Mr. Ed



Always loved this theme song, written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.

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Room 222



Jerry Goldsmith wrote the lilting theme song for one of my favorite shows from the 1970's.

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All My Children



I liked the hand opening the book but the show really needed to update their theme after several years and this was my favorite update.

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The Fall Guy



This was a severely underrated show as was the theme song...BTW, that is the star of the show, Lee Majors, singing the theme...love that the theme references Farrah.

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The Odd Couple



I just had to include this one, sorry Peyton Place.

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Chico and the Man



Jose Feliciano nailed this theme song.

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S.W.A.T.



This was a very popular show, but personally, I thought the theme song was the best thing about it...it even got top 40 radio play for awhile. It was written by Barry De Vorzon.

As Frank Castle would say, "let me put you out of my misery".