Help Us Choose the Best TV Theme of All Time
It’s March Madness time, and in that spirit we’ve decided to determine the best TV theme song ever. Or at least the best of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. We listened to millions (or so it seemed) of terrible theme songs to select these 64 good ones and then we seeded them based on our own secret formula. (If a show aired in more than one decade, we’ve placed it in the decade during which it aired for more seasons. For example, Full House aired from 87-95, meaning it’s in the 90s bracket.)
Round One – 60s
Batman (1) vs Have Gun Will Travel (16)
The Addams Family (3) vs Rawhide (14)
The Beverly Hillbillies (5) vs Petticoat Junction (12)
The Twilight Zone (7) vs I Dream of Jeannie (10)
Gilligan’s Island (8) vs Mission: Impossible (9)
Mr Ed (6) vs Perry Mason (11)
Green Acres (4) vs The Munsters (13)
The Monkees (2) vs Peter Gunn (15)
Round One – 70s
The Brady Bunch (1) vs S.W.A.T. (16)
Welcome Back, Kotter (3) vs Good Times (14)
Happy Days (5) vs The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (12)
Laverne and Shirley (7) vs M*A*S*H (10)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (8) vs The Odd Couple (9)
All in the Family (6) vs Wonder Woman (11)
Sanford and Son (4) vs Hawaii Five-O (13)
The Partridge Family (2) vs Charlie’s Angels (15)
Round One – 80s
The Golden Girls (1) vs Family Ties (16)
The Dukes of Hazzard (3) vs Night Court (14)
The Facts of Life (5) vs Growing Pains (12)
Perfect Strangers (7) vs Cheers (10)
WKRP in Cincinnati (8) vs Diff’rent Strokes (9)
Three’s Company (6) vs The Fall Guy (11)
The Greatest American Hero (4) vs CHiPs (13)
The Jeffersons (2) vs Punky Brewster (15)
Round One – 90s
Friends (1) vs Sister, Sister (16)
Cops (3) vs Hangin’ with Mr Cooper (14)
The Nanny (5) vs Beverly Hills, 90210 (12)
The X-Files (7) vs Living Single (10)
Family Matters (8) vs Frasier (9)
Mad About You (6) vs Step By Step (11)
Full House (4) vs Murder, She Wrote (13)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (2) vs Buffy the Vampire Slayer (15)
Round Two – 60s
Batman (1) vs The Addams Family (3)
The Beverly Hillbillies (5) vs The Twilight Zone (7)
Gilligan’s Island (8) vs Mr Ed (6)
The Munsters (13) vs The Monkees (2)
Round Two – 70s
The Brady Bunch (1) vs Welcome Back, Kotter (3)
Happy Days (5) vs M*A*S*H (10)
The Odd Couple (9) vs All in the Family (6)
Sanford and Son (4) vs The Partridge Family (2)
Round Two – 80s
The Golden Girls (1) vs Night Court (14)
The Facts of Life (5) vs Cheers (10)
WKRP in Cincinnati (8) vs Three’s Company (6)
CHiPs (13) vs The Jeffersons (2)
Round Two – 90s
Friends (1) vs Cops (3)
The Nanny (5) vs The X-Files (7)
Frasier (9) vs Step By Step (11)
Full House (4) vs Buffy the Vampire Slayer (15)
Sweet Sixteen – 60s
The Addams Family (3) vs The Beverly Hillbillies (5)
Gilligan’s Island (8) vs The Munsters (13)
Sweet Sixteen – 70s
The Brady Bunch (1) vs Happy Days (5)
All In the Family (6) vs Sanford and Son (2)
Sweet Sixteen – 80s
The Golden Girls (1) vs Cheers (10)
WKRP in Cincinnati (8) vs The Jeffersons (2)
Sweet Sixteen – 90s
Cops (3) vs The X-Files (7)
Frasier (9) vs Full House (4)
Elite Eight
60s: The Addams Family (3) vs The Munsters (13)
70s: The Brady Bunch (1) vs Sanford and Son (4)
80s: The Golden Girls (1) vs WKRP in Cincinnati (8)
90s: Cops (3) vs Frasier (9)
Final Four
The Munsters (13) vs The Golden Girls (1)
The Brady Bunch (1) vs Cops (3)
Championship
The Golden Girls (1) vs The Brady Bunch (1)
And the Greatest TV Theme Song is The Golden Girls!