a good TV theme song does so much more than mark the start of a new episode. The best of them expand the world of the show just a teensy bit wider, making the stories being told and the characters ...

The Cheers ode to drinking with friends only hit #83 on the Billboard Hot 100, despite TV Guide naming it the best TV theme song of all time.

Some of the best TV theme songs were already hits or great songs that were adapted as a theme song. These are songs that were written for the show, like the retro ones that still slap, but these ...