Bosom Buddies
The Heights
Greatest American Hero

Makin' It - granted the song by the same name was only a one-hit wonder, it seems to have had more success than the actual sitcom did.

Makin' It - granted the song by the same name was only a one-hit wonder, it seems to have had more success than the actual sitcom did.
The show lasted 7 weeks. The song stayed on the top 100 for 24.

Another theme-larger-than-show example I can think of is "Angie".

S.W.A.T. - lasted 1 1/2 seasons from February 1975 - 1976, was a top radio hit in the '70s.

The Heights was a FOX series in the early 1990's that lasted about 6 weeks before it was cancelled, however it's theme song "How To Talk To An Angel" (or something of that vein) was a chart hit, hitting the top 50 of the year.

I thought this thread looked familiar.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=204780&highlight=theme

S.W.A.T. - lasted 1 1/2 seasons from February 1975 - 1976, was a top radio hit in the '70s.

The Theme from S.W.A.T by Rhythm Heritage was one of only 4 tv themes to hit #1 on the Billboard charts. The Others were:

Welcome Back by John Sebastian
Theme from Miami Vice by Jan Hammer
How Do You Talk to an Angel - The Heights

S.W.A.T. - lasted 1 1/2 seasons from February 1975 - 1976, was a top radio hit in the '70s.
S.W.A.T. was a great show. The reason it didn't last was not because it wasn't popular but because parents objected to the violence and the fact that their kids were imitating them. I know, I was one of the kids. :lol: