Television theme songs do more than fill the space before a show starts. The best ones become part of the cultural fabric, ...

Ah, the golden era of television! The 70s and 80s gifted us with theme songs that were as memorable as the shows themselves.

I can’t tell you what I had for lunch three days ago, but I can sing you the entirety of this theme song. This iconic tune, which details the story of how one teen’s life got flipped turned upside ...

From sitcoms of the ‘50s to dramas of the early 2000s, take our trivia quiz below to see if you can match the famous theme ...

A great TV theme song has the power to instantly transport us into the world of a show, setting the tone before the first scene even begins. But what makes some of these themes even more special is ...

Ah, the ‘80s. The decade of decadence. The era of the mass media revolution and music technology evolution. On television, the hair got bigger, makeup got more glammed, pretty people populated more ...

A couple of months ahead of the premiere of “Matlock” on CBS, I went back and revisited episodes of the original legal drama starring Andy Griffith. It ran from 1986 to 1995 and its case-of-the-week ...

There is a tendency to not think of theme music as a “real” song. Though they are some of the most intrinsic and enduring pieces of music, they aren’t songs we often listen to outside of the show they ...

If television shows are a gift, then a good theme song is like the color-coordinated bow on top. Be it jingles made for the show or pre-existing pop songs the producers obtained the rights for, a good ...

From "Frasier" and "Bonanza" to "The Addams Family" and "Nurse Jackie," this list rounds up the best TV show theme songs in a variety of genres (reality! horror! sci-fi! sitcom!) along with dozens ...

The evolution of the TV theme song is something that could and likely is studied in college courses around the country because, once upon a time, they basically told audiences the whole story upfront, ...