TV Guide's 100 Greatest TV Theme Songs
This list is a list of great tv theme songs based on popularity, critical acclaim, cultural impact, awards, influence, show transcendence and theme fitting the show. #=TV Guide list
TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes 1997/2009 Self-Version*=Replace
Excluding variety, game, reality, spinoff and movie-derived shows.
^1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show(1975)`Chuckles Bites the Dust.
^2. I Love Lucy(1952)`Lucy Does a TV Commercial.″
^3. ER(1995)`Love’s Labor Lost.″
4. Seinfeld(1992)`The Boyfriend.″
*5. Seinfeld(1992)`The Contest" TheOddCouple(1972)Password
6. The Honeymooners(1956)`The $99,000 Answer.″
7. Cheers(1986),`Thanksgiving Orphans.″
8. The Dick Van Dyke Show(1965)`Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth.″
^The Bob Newhart Show1975 Over the River & Through the Woods″
^10. The X-Files(1995)`Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.″
11. The Twilight Zone(1962)`To Serve Man.″
*12. The Sopranos(1999)`College" FawltyTowers(1980)TheGermans
13. All in the Family(1972)`Sammy’s Visit.″
*14. The Honeymooners(1955)`Better Living Through TV" Wiseguy(1988)Blood Dance
^15. The Dick Van Dyke Show(1963)`It May Look Like a Walnut.″
16. Columbo(1971),`Murder by the Book.″
17. The Simpsons(1990)`The Crepes of Wrath.″
18. I Love Lucy(1956)`Lucy’s Italian Movie.″
19. Taxi(1981)`Latka the Playboy.″
^20. M-A-S-H(1975)`Abyssinia, Henry.″
*21. All in the Family(1971)`Cousin Maude's Visit" Roseanne(1993) AStashfromthePast
22. Thirtysomething(1990)`The Towers of Zenith.″
^23. The Fugitive(1967)`The Judgment.″
^24. The Andy Griffith Show(1963)`Opie the Birdman.″
*25. The Twilight Zone(1959)`Time Enough at Last" TwinPeaks(1990)TwinPeaks
26. The Honeymooners(1955)`TV or Not TV.″
27. The Mary Tyler Moore Show(1973)`The Lars Affair.″
28. Gunsmoke(1966)`The Jailer.″
29. The Wonder Years(1988)`My Father’s Office.″
30. Playhouse 90(1956)`Mount.″
31. The Twilight Zone(1961)`It’s a Good Life.″
32: Homicide: Life on the Street(1996)`Prison Riot.″
33. Seinfeld(1991)`The Parking Garage.″
34. Moonlighting (1985)`The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice.″
*35. Friends(1998)`The One With the Embryos" Ellen(1997)ThePuppyEpisode
36. NYPD Blue(1993)`True Confessions.″
37. The Brady Bunch(1971)`Getting Davy Jones.″
*38. Homicide: Life on the Street(1997)`Subway" MySoCalledLife(1994)LifeofBrian
39. The Larry Sanders Show(1996)`The Truth is Out There.″
*40. Cheers(1983)`Show Down" WKRPinCincinnati(1978)TurkeysAway
41. Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1960)`Man From the South.″
42. Leave it to Beaver(1957)`Captain Jack.″
*43. NYPD Blue(1998) "Hearts & Souls" Frasier(1994)TheMatchmaker
^44. St. Elsewhere(1986)`Time Heals.″
45. Cheers(1987)`Home is the Sailor.″
*46. thirtysomething(1991)`A Second Look" BrooklynBridge(1991)WhenIrishEyesAreSmiling
*47. The Wonder Years(1988)`Pilot" AbsolutelyFabulous(1994)AbsolutelyFabulous
48. Bewitched(1966)`Divided He Falls.″
49. Hill Street Blues(1984)`Grace Under Pressure.″
50. The Bob Newhart Show(1977)`Death Be My Destiny.″
51. Perry Mason(1963)`The Case of the Deadly Verdict.″
52. Gilligan’s Island(1966)`The Producer.″
53. The Phil Silvers Show(1955)`The Eating Contest.″
*54. Moonlighting(1986)`Atomic Shakespeare" TheCosbyShow(1985)HappyAnniversary
*55. The Larry Sanders Show(1998)`Flip" ThePrisoner(1968)FallOut
56. The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show(1954)`Columbia Pictures Doing Burns & Allen Story.″
*57. Hill St Blues(1982)`Freedom's Last Stand" OntheAir(1992)TheLesterGuyShow
*58. Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1958)`Lamb to the Slaughter" TheOddCouple(1971)FatFarm
*59. Law & Order(1991)`Life Choice" GreenAcres(1968)`AStarNamedArnoldisBorn
*60. Murphy Brown(1992)`You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato" MurderOne(1995)Chapter1
*61. Dallas(1980)`A House Divided" Car54WhereAreYou(1962)HowSmartCanYouGet
62. The Beverly Hillbillies(1964)`Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood.″
^63. Taxi(1979)`Reverend Jim: Space Odyssey.″
64. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis(1959),`The Best-Dressed Man.
65. Northern Exposure(1990)`The Aurora Borealis.″
66. The Simpsons(1993)`Gabbo is Fabbo.″
67. Get Smart(1968)`The Groovy Guru.″
68. Family Ties(1987)`A’ My Name is Alex.″
*69. Will & Grace(1999)`Homo for the Holidays" BuffaloBill(1984)JerryLewisWeek
*70. Family Ties(1985)`The Real Thing" StarTrekTheNextGeneration(1990)TheBestofBothWorlds
71. The Patty Duke Show(1964)`The Cousins.″
72. The X-Files(1997)`Small Potatoes.″
*73. The Waltons(1973)`The Easter Story" MisterEd(1963)LeoDurocherMeetsMisterEd
74. Combat(1963)`Survival.″
75. 3rd Rock From the Sun(1996)`Hotel Dick.″
*76. Magnum PI(1982)`Did You See the Sunrise?" LostinSpace(1966)TheGreatVegetableRebellion
77. Barney Miller(1976)`Hash.″
*78. Ally McBeal(1998)`CroMagnon" ThePartridgeFamily(1971)SoulClub
79. Law & Order(1994)`Sanctuary.″
80. M-A-S-H(1976)`The Interview.″
81. Maverick(1958)`Shady Deal at Sunny Acres.″
*82. The Brady Bunch(1973)`The Subject Was Noses" TheLoveBoat(1985)The200thEpisode
83. Have Gun, Will Travel(1958)`Hey Boy’s Revenge.″
84. Mad About You(1995)`The Alan Brady Show.″
85. Dragnet(1967)`The LSD Story.″
*86. 24(2001)`Season 1 11PM-12AM" Batman(1966)ThePurrFectCrime&BetterLuckNextTime
87. China Beach(1989)`Tet ’68.″
*88. Buffy the Vampire Slayer(2001)`Once More, With Feeling" HappyDays(1975)RichieFightsBack
*89. Curb Your Enthusiasm(2002)`The Special Section" SpeedRacer(1967)WhoisRacerX
90. Miami Vice(1985)`Out Where the Buses Don’t Run.″
^91. L.A. Law(1991)`Good to the Last Drop.″
^92. Star Trek(1967)`City on the Edge of Forever.″
*93. The West Wing(2001)`2 Cathedrals NakedCity(1961)SweetPrinceofDelancyStreet
*94. Everybody Loves Raymond(2001)`Marie's Sculpture" Mork&Mindy(1980)Mork’sMixedEmotions
95. The Mod Squad(1970)`Mother of Sorrow.″
96. Picket Fences(1995)`Heart of Saturday Night.″
*97. Malcolm in the Middle(2001)`Bowling" LittleHouseonthePrairie(1978)I’llBeWavingasYouDriveAway
*98. The Carol Burnett Show(1976)`Went With the Wind" TheOuterLimits(1963)TheZantiMisfits
99. The Untouchables(1960)`The Rusty Heller Story.″
100. Friends(1996)`The One With the Prom Video.″
--Other Mentions
BeverlyHills90210
GreenAcres
FTroop
DanielBoone
HappyDays/Laverne&Shirley-
WKRPinCincinnati
DukesofHazzard
ThePartridgeFamily-
MarriedwithChildren
PerfectStrangers
TheWhiteShadow
GrowingPains
FamilyAffair-
FamilyMatters
InLivingColor
FullHouse
TheWildWildWest-
TheATeam
IDreamofJeannie-
TheBigBangTheory
GoodTimes-
Three'sCompany-
That70sShow-
HawaiiFiveO
Car54WhereAreYou
TheLoveBoat-
TheDrewCareyShow
LoveAmericanStyle
HowdyDoody
Amen
MisterEd
TheFreshPrinceofBelAir-
Hogan'sHeroes
HowIMetYourMother
TheFactsofLife
Baretta
NightCourt
TheMunsters
ADifferentWorld
OneDayataTime
WelcomeBackKotter-
Friends
EverybodyLovesRaymond
TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes 1997/2009 Self-Version*=Replace
Excluding variety, game, reality, spinoff and movie-derived shows.
^1. The Mary Tyler Moore Show(1975)`Chuckles Bites the Dust.
^2. I Love Lucy(1952)`Lucy Does a TV Commercial.″
^3. ER(1995)`Love’s Labor Lost.″
4. Seinfeld(1992)`The Boyfriend.″
*5. Seinfeld(1992)`The Contest" TheOddCouple(1972)Password
6. The Honeymooners(1956)`The $99,000 Answer.″
7. Cheers(1986),`Thanksgiving Orphans.″
8. The Dick Van Dyke Show(1965)`Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth.″
^The Bob Newhart Show1975 Over the River & Through the Woods″
^10. The X-Files(1995)`Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.″
11. The Twilight Zone(1962)`To Serve Man.″
*12. The Sopranos(1999)`College" FawltyTowers(1980)TheGermans
13. All in the Family(1972)`Sammy’s Visit.″
*14. The Honeymooners(1955)`Better Living Through TV" Wiseguy(1988)Blood Dance
^15. The Dick Van Dyke Show(1963)`It May Look Like a Walnut.″
16. Columbo(1971),`Murder by the Book.″
17. The Simpsons(1990)`The Crepes of Wrath.″
18. I Love Lucy(1956)`Lucy’s Italian Movie.″
19. Taxi(1981)`Latka the Playboy.″
^20. M-A-S-H(1975)`Abyssinia, Henry.″
*21. All in the Family(1971)`Cousin Maude's Visit" Roseanne(1993) AStashfromthePast
22. Thirtysomething(1990)`The Towers of Zenith.″
^23. The Fugitive(1967)`The Judgment.″
^24. The Andy Griffith Show(1963)`Opie the Birdman.″
*25. The Twilight Zone(1959)`Time Enough at Last" TwinPeaks(1990)TwinPeaks
26. The Honeymooners(1955)`TV or Not TV.″
27. The Mary Tyler Moore Show(1973)`The Lars Affair.″
28. Gunsmoke(1966)`The Jailer.″
29. The Wonder Years(1988)`My Father’s Office.″
30. Playhouse 90(1956)`Mount.″
31. The Twilight Zone(1961)`It’s a Good Life.″
32: Homicide: Life on the Street(1996)`Prison Riot.″
33. Seinfeld(1991)`The Parking Garage.″
34. Moonlighting (1985)`The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice.″
*35. Friends(1998)`The One With the Embryos" Ellen(1997)ThePuppyEpisode
36. NYPD Blue(1993)`True Confessions.″
37. The Brady Bunch(1971)`Getting Davy Jones.″
*38. Homicide: Life on the Street(1997)`Subway" MySoCalledLife(1994)LifeofBrian
39. The Larry Sanders Show(1996)`The Truth is Out There.″
*40. Cheers(1983)`Show Down" WKRPinCincinnati(1978)TurkeysAway
41. Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1960)`Man From the South.″
42. Leave it to Beaver(1957)`Captain Jack.″
*43. NYPD Blue(1998) "Hearts & Souls" Frasier(1994)TheMatchmaker
^44. St. Elsewhere(1986)`Time Heals.″
45. Cheers(1987)`Home is the Sailor.″
*46. thirtysomething(1991)`A Second Look" BrooklynBridge(1991)WhenIrishEyesAreSmiling
*47. The Wonder Years(1988)`Pilot" AbsolutelyFabulous(1994)AbsolutelyFabulous
48. Bewitched(1966)`Divided He Falls.″
49. Hill Street Blues(1984)`Grace Under Pressure.″
50. The Bob Newhart Show(1977)`Death Be My Destiny.″
51. Perry Mason(1963)`The Case of the Deadly Verdict.″
52. Gilligan’s Island(1966)`The Producer.″
53. The Phil Silvers Show(1955)`The Eating Contest.″
*54. Moonlighting(1986)`Atomic Shakespeare" TheCosbyShow(1985)HappyAnniversary
*55. The Larry Sanders Show(1998)`Flip" ThePrisoner(1968)FallOut
56. The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show(1954)`Columbia Pictures Doing Burns & Allen Story.″
*57. Hill St Blues(1982)`Freedom's Last Stand" OntheAir(1992)TheLesterGuyShow
*58. Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1958)`Lamb to the Slaughter" TheOddCouple(1971)FatFarm
*59. Law & Order(1991)`Life Choice" GreenAcres(1968)`AStarNamedArnoldisBorn
*60. Murphy Brown(1992)`You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato" MurderOne(1995)Chapter1
*61. Dallas(1980)`A House Divided" Car54WhereAreYou(1962)HowSmartCanYouGet
62. The Beverly Hillbillies(1964)`Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood.″
^63. Taxi(1979)`Reverend Jim: Space Odyssey.″
64. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis(1959),`The Best-Dressed Man.
65. Northern Exposure(1990)`The Aurora Borealis.″
66. The Simpsons(1993)`Gabbo is Fabbo.″
67. Get Smart(1968)`The Groovy Guru.″
68. Family Ties(1987)`A’ My Name is Alex.″
*69. Will & Grace(1999)`Homo for the Holidays" BuffaloBill(1984)JerryLewisWeek
*70. Family Ties(1985)`The Real Thing" StarTrekTheNextGeneration(1990)TheBestofBothWorlds
71. The Patty Duke Show(1964)`The Cousins.″
72. The X-Files(1997)`Small Potatoes.″
*73. The Waltons(1973)`The Easter Story" MisterEd(1963)LeoDurocherMeetsMisterEd
74. Combat(1963)`Survival.″
75. 3rd Rock From the Sun(1996)`Hotel Dick.″
*76. Magnum PI(1982)`Did You See the Sunrise?" LostinSpace(1966)TheGreatVegetableRebellion
77. Barney Miller(1976)`Hash.″
*78. Ally McBeal(1998)`CroMagnon" ThePartridgeFamily(1971)SoulClub
79. Law & Order(1994)`Sanctuary.″
80. M-A-S-H(1976)`The Interview.″
81. Maverick(1958)`Shady Deal at Sunny Acres.″
*82. The Brady Bunch(1973)`The Subject Was Noses" TheLoveBoat(1985)The200thEpisode
83. Have Gun, Will Travel(1958)`Hey Boy’s Revenge.″
84. Mad About You(1995)`The Alan Brady Show.″
85. Dragnet(1967)`The LSD Story.″
*86. 24(2001)`Season 1 11PM-12AM" Batman(1966)ThePurrFectCrime&BetterLuckNextTime
87. China Beach(1989)`Tet ’68.″
*88. Buffy the Vampire Slayer(2001)`Once More, With Feeling" HappyDays(1975)RichieFightsBack
*89. Curb Your Enthusiasm(2002)`The Special Section" SpeedRacer(1967)WhoisRacerX
90. Miami Vice(1985)`Out Where the Buses Don’t Run.″
^91. L.A. Law(1991)`Good to the Last Drop.″
^92. Star Trek(1967)`City on the Edge of Forever.″
*93. The West Wing(2001)`2 Cathedrals NakedCity(1961)SweetPrinceofDelancyStreet
*94. Everybody Loves Raymond(2001)`Marie's Sculpture" Mork&Mindy(1980)Mork’sMixedEmotions
95. The Mod Squad(1970)`Mother of Sorrow.″
96. Picket Fences(1995)`Heart of Saturday Night.″
*97. Malcolm in the Middle(2001)`Bowling" LittleHouseonthePrairie(1978)I’llBeWavingasYouDriveAway
*98. The Carol Burnett Show(1976)`Went With the Wind" TheOuterLimits(1963)TheZantiMisfits
99. The Untouchables(1960)`The Rusty Heller Story.″
100. Friends(1996)`The One With the Prom Video.″
--Other Mentions
BeverlyHills90210
GreenAcres
FTroop
DanielBoone
HappyDays/Laverne&Shirley-
WKRPinCincinnati
DukesofHazzard
ThePartridgeFamily-
MarriedwithChildren
PerfectStrangers
TheWhiteShadow
GrowingPains
FamilyAffair-
FamilyMatters
InLivingColor
FullHouse
TheWildWildWest-
TheATeam
IDreamofJeannie-
TheBigBangTheory
GoodTimes-
Three'sCompany-
That70sShow-
HawaiiFiveO
Car54WhereAreYou
TheLoveBoat-
TheDrewCareyShow
LoveAmericanStyle
HowdyDoody
Amen
MisterEd
TheFreshPrinceofBelAir-
Hogan'sHeroes
HowIMetYourMother
TheFactsofLife
Baretta
NightCourt
TheMunsters
ADifferentWorld
OneDayataTime
WelcomeBackKotter-
Friends
EverybodyLovesRaymond
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