The introductions of TV shows feature some of the most memorable tunes ever written, in order to catch your attention and ...

Ah, the golden era of television! The 70s and 80s gifted us with theme songs that were as memorable as the shows themselves. These musical intros were more than just preludes; they set the tone, ...

There was no running theme in the television shows throughout the 2000s and 2010s. They were either funny or dramatic; lovable or gripping, but they all had theme songs to match. The new millennium ...

Despite only taking third place as the most recognisable theme tune, it’s Friends that’s been voted as people’s number one earworm, with more than a quarter (27 per cent) saying the catchy “I’ll be ...

If you are of a certain age, you remember when TV theme songs actually meant something. They were almost a character themselves on the show. Unlike many of today’s themes that air for ten seconds or ...

The 1980s did not only have great television shows, but the decade also had great theme songs to match. The TV theme songs of the 1980s reflected the outrageous musical styles of the time with ...

Three-year-old Austin loves sports and loves TV. So much so that he’s made a party trick out of identifying sports show theme tunes. Sports broadcasters go out of their way to make their shows ...

'I'll Be There for You' bucked the tide at a time when execs were arguing songs had to go, Jon Burlingame recounts in an excerpt from his new book, 'Music for Prime Time' Variety writer Jon Burlingame ...

NEW YORK - Don’t remember much about high school biology or physics. Couldn’t tell ya how to compute a calculus problem. But, for the love of Will Smith, the theme song to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ...

3-year-old sports fan Austin, from Charlotte, North Carolina, names TV sports shows and networks just by hearing their theme tunes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Variety writer Jon Burlingame’s new book, “Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring,” is ...