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Regulus · 04-02-2011, 08:29 AM

A TV Show premeres, but turns out to be a Ratings Disaster. However it's Theme made it to No. 1 on Billboard's top 40. Has this ever happened?

Mr. Television · 04-02-2011, 08:49 AM

the 1979 sitcom Makin It with David Naughton. According to Wikipedia it made it up to #5. I don't know if a song ever made it to #1 off a flop but I remember Makin It was played all over the radio during that time...long after the show left the air.

Zoneboy · 04-02-2011, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Regulus

A TV Show premeres, but turns out to be a Ratings Disaster. However it's Theme made it to No. 1 on Billboard's top 40. Has this ever happened?

The Heights hit #1 with the theme from The Heights ("How Do You Talk to an Angel") while the series lasted only 1 season (13 episodes)

Only 4 tv themes have ever hit #1 on the Billboard singles charts. The others are "Welcome Back" , "The Theme from S.W.A.T." and "Theme from Miami Vice"

MariposaLKB · 04-02-2011, 09:52 AM

Not exactly on topic, because the show was a hit--but does anyone know if the theme from Chico and the Man by Jose Feliciano was on the charts at the time, and how it did?

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-10-2011, 10:39 PM

Only when Paramount added "Makin' It" to the soundtrack of their 1979 Canadian theatrical import "Meatballs" did it become a "Top Ten" hit.

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04-10-2011, 10:39 PM	#5
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Only when Paramount added "Makin' It" to the soundtrack of their 1979 Canadian theatrical import "Meatballs" did it become a "Top Ten" hit.