We wanted to do a Top 10 of TV Theme Songs today, and started debating the list... when we realized narrowing our favorites down to ten would be impossible. Turns out, narrowing it down to ten for each of us is still pretty tough, so we collected Editors' Picks from the whole gang. Let us know in the comments section which TV Themes we forgot, and we'll give you a shout-out on Friday when we post the Users' Choice installment of TV Week on PopEater.
Little known fact: The super-catchy theme song to 'Facts of Life' was co-written by Alan Thicke - whom you might know as Jason Seaver from 'Growing Pains.' The sitcom world is small indeed.
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The instrumental theme from 'Dragnet,' composed by composed by Walter Schumann, is one of the most recognizable pieces of music out there.
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The truth is out there - well, it's right here, actually: American composer Mark Snow created the famously enigmatic intrumental theme to the famously enigmatic sci-fi series 'The X-Files.'
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'Family Guy' guy creator Seth MacFarlane voices every character under the sun (well, a good percentage of the show's characters, anyway) and sings them engagingly in the hilarious musical opening number of the show.
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'Suicide Is Painless,' the full title of the theme song for both the movie and TV series 'M*A*S*H', was composed by Johnny Mandel.
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'Scrubs' star Zach Braff himself found the appropriate and hum-worthy theme song, 'Superman,' performed by Lazlo Bane.
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The only theme song more famous than the show it came from - 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name' from 'Cheers.'
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They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're all together ooky, 'The Addams Family.'
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Aqualung does the super-slick theme song for the prep school-and-mayhem prime time soap that is 'Gossip Girl.'
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After all these year, we still know all the words to the '90s theme son 'Saved By the Bell' - and we'll sing them any chance we get.
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Jason's Top Picks:
I was nearly brainwashed by my four-year-old son's favorites on the DVR, but was finally able to look past 'Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!' and 'LazyTown' for these ten ...
Not only do I spend a suspiciously long time making friends with my DVR each week, you'd find my mp3 playlists peppered with TV theme songs. Here are a few of them...
Back when there were like four channels, you didn't need a digital doo-hickey to get reception, and a remote control was simply the kid sitting too close to the TV set... there were these gems.
If you can name me a better, more interesting Theme Song/Intro than 'The Simpsons,' I'll give you ten dollars. Actually, I won't, but I still dare you to try.
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Wednesday 28 October
By kenneth robinson
on the tv themes you forgot the theme to steptoe and son that is my favorite show
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