In the edition of TV Guide hitting newstands on Monday they will be featuring their opinion of the 50 greatest tv theme songs. I am not sure as of yet on which ones are chosen, but I do know Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, Brady Bunch, and Gilligan's Island are some that made the list.

Thanks for the 411. I'll be on the lookout for it. I'll bet the theme from Cheers makes the top 10. Even if it's not your favorite, it's so recognizable and a catchy sing-a-long. The Jefferson's theme is fun too.

Don't read below this if you want to wait to find out about the TV Guide selections (though not in rank order).








TV Guide’s 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes features the following selections:

Television Theme Song
I Love Lucy 1953
Dragnet 1954
The Honeymooners 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1956
Leave It to Beaver 1957
Peter Gunn 1958
77 Sunset Strip 1959
Maverick 1960
The Flintstones 1961
The Andy Griffith Show 1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show 1963
The Addams Family 1964
Gilligan's Island 1965
Batman 1966
The Monkees 1967
Bewitched 1968
Mission: Impossible 1969
Hawaii Five-O 1970
The Brady Bunch 1971
Sesame Street 1972
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1973
The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1974
All in the Family 1975
M*A*S*H 1976
Happy Days 1977
Welcome Back, Kotter 1978
The Jeffersons 1979
Taxi 1980
The Muppet Show 1981
Laverne & Shirley 1982
The Greatest American Hero 1983
Dallas 1984
Hill Street Blues 1985
Miami Vice 1986
The Cosby Show 1987
Moonlighting 1988
Cheers 1989
L.A. Law 1990
Thirtysomething 1991
The Simpsons 1992
NYPD Blue 1993
Mad About You 1994
Friends 1995
Law & Order 1996
Ally McBeal 1997
Sex and the City 1998
The Practice 1999
Malcolm in the Middle 2000
Alias 2001
Six Feet Under 2002

Originally posted by dlemond
TV Guide’s 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes features the following selections:
Thanks for the information. I'm surprised the themes from The Beverly Hillbillies, Barney Miller, The Adams Family, Family Ties and The Sopranos are not listed.
I don't even recall a lot of the ones listed. I guess they had to draw the line somewhere.

Originally posted by JanLady617

Thanks for the information. I'm surprised the themes from The Beverly Hillbillies, Barney Miller, The Adams Family, Family Ties and The Sopranos are not listed.
I don't even recall a lot of the ones listed. I guess they had to draw the line somewhere.

Yeah, I would have bet on Barney Miller.
The Sopranos should be on there too, I didnt even think of it.

And where is WKRP in Cincinnati?
I mean I'm not biased or anything, can't you tell?
;)

Facts Of Life not included ? :confused:

Well,
you take the good, you take the bad...

Originally posted by dlemond
Well,
you take the good, you take the bad...
:lol: :lol: :lol:

TVGuide's lists are always horrible. Want a real top theme song list? Check out Inside TV Land's Top 40 Theme Songs airing Sunday November 10th at 9 p.m.
It was voted by us fans!

Originally posted by pavanbadal
TVGuide's lists are always horrible. Want a real top theme song list? Check out Inside TV Land's Top 40 Theme Songs airing Sunday November 10th at 9 p.m.
It was voted by us fans!
Thanks pavanbadal. Sunday at 9 is my favorite TV hour of the week--The Sopranos! Can you post the results?

Originally posted by pavanbadal
TVGuide's lists are always horrible. Want a real top theme song list? Check out Inside TV Land's Top 40 Theme Songs airing Sunday November 10th at 9 p.m.
It was voted by us fans!

Can we still vote???

And where?????

Originally posted by dlemond


Can we still vote???

And where?????

No, the voting was held this summer at tvland.com and ended in August or so.

Originally posted by JanLady617

...I'm surprised the themes from The Beverly Hillbillies...I guess they had to draw the line somewhere. http://www.prewarbuick.com/b497a2c0.jpg
The Clampetts sure love them Corn Flakes, Hee-Haw! :D

They should have drawn their line after Berverly Hillbillies not before, that's just another reason to believe that TV Guide is staffed by a bunch of idiots.

Originally posted by Walter Simard
http://www.prewarbuick.com/b497a2c0.jpg
The Clampetts sure love them Corn Flakes, Hee-Haw! :D

They should have drawn their line after Berverly Hillbillies not before, that's just another reason to believe that TV Guide is staffed by a bunch of idiots.
I agree. The Beverly Hillbillie's theme song is a classic, and more recognizable than a lot of songs on that list.

What about Sanford and Son?

Star Trek?

Those are pretty recognizable and worthy inclusions.

I also liked Whats Happening and Battlestar Galactica.

....The Jetsons, The Love Boat, Three's Company, The Golden Girls...:confused:

I'm surprise that Diff'rent Strokes wasn't listed. That was my favorite theme song ever. Facts should have been on there too.

I Think Full House And Growning Pains Should Be On The List

Aaron

"The Beverly Hillbillies" along with "Gilligan's Island" were recently polled as the TV theme songs most recognizable by people. I think that would be considered as most favorite. The staff of TV Guide should base info on popular opinion and not their own opinion.

I'm surprised "Family Ties", "The Love Boat", "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life" didn't make the list. I'm glad "Laverne & Shirley" and "Welcome Back, Kotter" made the list for the best theme songs, though.

The problem, as I see it, this list and the one from "Inside TV Land's 40 Greatest TV Theme Songs" is that so many of one's favorite theme songs are left off. Though, on a percentage basis, I like "Inside TV Land's 40 Greatest TV Theme Songs" better. But here are some of my favorites that were left off both lists: "Go! Speedracer! Go!" and the themes from "The Yellow Rose," "Second Noah," "Flash Forward," "Doctor Who," and "Flipper."
I can still quote some of the lines from the latter.
"Flipper. Flipper. Faster than lightning.
No one you see. Is smarter then he."
Enjoy!

well, they should've make it as "TV Guide's top 164 all-time favorite TV Themes" and as a 3-cd set.

and it would look like this....

Disc 1
1.The Lone Ranger
2.Howdy Doody
3.I Love Lucy
4.The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
5.Lassie
6.The Jackie Gleason Show
7.Dragnet
8.The Dinah Shore Show
9.The Honeymooners
10.Alfred Hitchock Presents
11.Mighty Mouse
12.Gunsmoke
13.The Donna Reed Show
14.Leave It To Beaver
15.Have Gun Will Travel
16.Walt Disney's Wonderfull World Of Color
17.The Ruff & Reddy Show
18.The Huckleberry Hound Show
19.77 Sunset Strip
20.Davy Croccett,King Of The Wild Frontier
21.Wagon Train
22.Maverick
23.Bonanza
24.Rocky & His Friends
25.The Three Stooges
26.Captain Kangaroo
27.My Three Sons
28.The Flintstones
29.The Untouchables
30.The Andy Griffith Show
31.Peter Gunn
32.Burke's Law
33.ABC's Wild World Of Sports
34.Perry Mason
35.Mr.Ed
36.The Dick Van Dyke Show
37.The Yogi Bear Show
38.The Bullwinkle Show
39.The Jetsons
40.The Beverly Hillbillies
41.The Beany & Cecil Show
42.The Fugitive
43.Petticoat Juntcion
44.Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
45.The Addams Family
46.Gilligan's Island
47.Bewitched
48.The Avengers
49.I Spy
50.The Wild Wild West

Disc 2
1.I Dream Of Jennie
2.Get Smart
3.Hogan's Heroes
4.Secret Agent Man
5.Batman
6.Star Trek
7.The Monkees
8.That Girl
9.Lost In Space
10.Mission Inpossible
11.The Saint
12.George Of The Jungle
13.Family Affair
14.Spider-Man
15.The Carol Burnett Show
16.Rowan & Martin's Laugh In
17.Dark Shadows
18.Hawaii Five-O
19.The Brady Bunch
20.The Mod Squad
21.Sesame Street
22.Mister Roger's Neighborhood
23.The Odd Couple
24.Mannix
25.The Mary Tyler Moore Show
26.The Flying Nun
27.The Partridge Family
28.All In The Family
29.Sanford & Son
30.Scooby-Doo, Where Are You ?
31.M*A*S*H
32.The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
33.Shaft
34.The Bob Newhart Show
35.Police Story
36.The Streets Of San Fransisco
37.The NBC Mystery Movie
38.Kojak
39.The Rookies
40.American Bandstand
41.Happy Days
42.Good Times
43.Police Woman
44.The Rockford Files
45.ABC's Monday Night Football
46.Chico & The Man
47.The Little House Of The Prarrie
48.The Jeffersons
49.Barreta
50.Barney Miller

Disc 3
1.Wellcome Back,Kotter
2.Starsky & Hutch
3.NBC's Saturday Night Live
4.One Day At A Time
5.Laverne & Shirley
6.Charlie's Angels
7.The Muppet Show
8.Alice
9.The Love Boat
10.Roots
11.Three's Company
12.Eight Is Enough
13.Soap
14.CHiPS
15.Fantasy Island
16.Taxi
17.Mork & Mindy
18.Diff'rent Strokes
19.WKRP In Citcinatti
20.Dallas
21.Knots Landing
22.The Facts Of Life
23.The Dukes Of Hazzard
24.Hill Street Blues
25.Dynasty
26.The Greatest American Hero
27.Cagney & Lacey
28.Magnum P.I.
29.Simon & Simon
30.Knight Rider
31.Family Ties
32.Cheers
33.The A-Team
34.Inspector Gadget
35.The Cosby Show
36.Miami Vice
37.Hunter
38.Moonlighting
39.The Golden Girls
40.Who's The Boss ?
41.Growing Pains
42.L.A. Law
43.The Enquazier
44.HBO Feature Presentation
45.Married... With Children
46.Full House
47.The Wonder Years
48.Roseanne
49.Quauten Leap
50.The Simpsons
51.Law & Order
52.The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
53.Mad About You
54.Beverly Hills 90210
55.Ren & Stimpy
56.Friends
57.NYPD Blue
58.Rugrats
59.Ally McBeal
60.Sex & The City
61.The Practice
62.South Park
63.Malcom In The Middle
64.Six Feet Under

whew!! i Need to calm down cause my hands are getting tired now.