1972-1977 This is really old. Sanford and Son was an American sitcom that starred the late Redd Foxx as a 65-year-old junk dealer, and his son, played by Demond Wilson. In 2007, Time magazine included the show in their “100 Best TV Shows of All Time” list. The theme song is entitled “The Streetbeater” and [...]
2000-2004 Julie Bowen is hot. I remember this show very vaguely. Ed is the one with Tom Cavanagh as Ed Stevens, the lawyer who got fired and found out his wife is sleeping with a mailman. The theme song is one by the Foo Fighters, ergo, it rocks. “Next Year” was used in seasons one, [...]
1990-1996 A very different Will Smith. The theme song of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air basically explains the whole context of the show. Will Smith is a street-smart teen, born and raised in West Philadelphia, who was forced to move to Bel-Air to avoid getting himself further into trouble in his hometown. The song was [...]
1982-1988 One of the pioneers of medical drama (and the start of Denzel Washington’s career). The theme from St. Elsewhere is referred to as that, and, was composed by legendary American composer Dave Grusin. It has a very familiar melody, and is one of the most recognizable instrumental theme songs of all time. Watch & [...]
1955-1962 This is one of the most iconic theme songs in history, that, even after 50 years, people like me who weren’t even born when the show aired, know of its theme song. That is partly because the song is a timeless classical piece, by a timeless classical composer—Frenchman Charles Gounod, who lived in the [...]
1982-1986 This is for the original 1980s Knight Rider, not the crappy 2008 remake. (I loved this show.) The television series had a very strong and unique theme song. It was composed by legendary composer, Stu Phillips, who also composed the theme for the original Battlestar Galactica. The song is simply referred to as “Theme [...]
1983-1987 Trailers from the last movie I saw reminded me of this post, and, I think The A-Team 2010 will rock. Tan-taran-tan tan-tan-tan! This theme song was composed by two great television music composers—Mike Post and the late Pete Carpenter of Bewitched and Magnun, P.I. fame. Back then, Emmy Awards for title themes did not [...]
1989-2001; this series lasted a lifetime Researching for this one, I learned that the show had a lot of theme song variations. I don’t know about you, but for me, and, greatly depending on where you are in the world and what channel you watched it in, the theme song is the one with “I’ll [...]
Here’s a real classic; 1965-1970 I Dream of Jeannie was a 1960s fantasy sitcom. It starred Barbara Eden as a 2000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, and eventually her husband. Where these people are today, I don’t know. Its theme song is entitled “Jeannie.” It was composed by a [...]
Conan will be back on TBS in November. Thank God. This post will also serve as the entry for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, as they carried on with the same theme song for his brief stint in the “tonight show” spot. Here is some interesting piece of information: It is said that the [...]