Last Updated on 18 September 2023
The following list is the Official Definitive List of the 250 best TV theme songs of all time.
I averaged 16 different ranked lists of “Best TV theme songs of all time” to get this definitive compilation, avoiding best cartoon show themes, sci-fi themes, etc. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including all 16 lists that were averaged.
- Cheers
- MASH
- Hawaii Five-O
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Mission: Impossible
- Friends
- The Jeffersons
- The Muppet Show
- Sesame Street
- Happy Days
- The Andy Griffith Show
- The Golden Girls
- The Flintstones
- The Addams Family
- The Monkees
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Batman
- The Simpsons
- The Brady Bunch
- The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Peter Gunn
- The Greatest American Hero
- Gilligan’s Island
- All in the Family
- The Twilight Zone
- Sanford and Son
- Welcome Back Kotter
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- Laverne & Shirley
- Doctor Who
- Game of Thrones
- Monkey
- Poirot
- The Rockford Files
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Downton Abbey
- The Sopranos
- The Pink Panther Show
- Diff’rent Strokes
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- Are You Being Served?
- The A-Team
- Dragnet
- The Love Boat
- Hill Street Blues
- Dallas
- Angel
- Dr. Kildare
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Peaky Blinders
- Mad Men
- Barney Miller
- Rawhide
- It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
- Veronica Mars
- Miami Vice
- Jonathan Creek
- Soul Train
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Wire
- The X-Files
- Full House
- Bonanza
- The Facts of Life
- Knight Rider
- Magnum, P.I.
- Jeopardy!
- Mister Ed
- Macolm in the Middle
- Green Acres
- Taxi
- Growing Pains
- Drew Carey
- The West Wing
- DuckTales
- Saved By the Bell
- Dad’s Army
- The Great British Bake Off
- What’s Happening!!
- Scooby Doo, Where Are You!
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Secret Agent
- Get A Life
- The Apprentice
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Community
- I Love Lucy
- Route 66
- Frasier
- Malcolm in the Middle
- The Vicar of Dibley
- S.W.A.T.
- The Office
- Scrubs
- Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Square Pegs
- Weeds
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Law & Order
- Perry Mason
- Only Fools and Horses
- Twin Peaks
- Spider-Man
- The Munsters
- Dawson’s Creek
- Good Times
- The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
- True Blood
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- The Jetsons
- Looney Toons
- Three’s Company
- Arthur
- Fortitude
- The Leftovers (Season 2)
- I Dream of Jeannie
- 30 Rock
- The Cosby Show
- The Wonder Years
- American Horror Story
- The Odd Couple
- The Fall Guy
- Married… with Children
- Moonlighting
- The Price Is Right
- Blossom
- The OC
- Animaniacs
- Smallville
- The Deuce
- Dexter
- Orange Is the New Black
- Space: 1999
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Family Guy
- My Three Sons
- Fame
- One Foot in the Grave
- Portlandia
- The Bugs Bunny Show
- Wonder Woman
- The Olympic Games on NBC
- The Wild Wild West
- CatDog
- Teen Titans
- F Troop
- Mannix
- Pokémon
- SWAT
- Beverly Hills 90210
- Parks and Recreation
- The Partridge Family
- Family Matters
- That 70s Show
- One Day at a Time
- The Lone Ranger
- The Mickey Mouse Club
- Night Court
- Cops
- Perfect Strangers
- Ironside
- Kim Possible
- Seinfeld
- Get Smart
- Davy Crockett
- A Different World
- Westworld
- Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers
- Stranger Things
- Baywatch
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Bewitched
- Hogan’s Heroes
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Firefly
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- The Littlest Hobo
- Love, American Style
- $25,000 Pyramid
- The Patty Duke Show
- Simon and Simon
- Little House on the Prairie
- American Bandstand
- Family Ties
- Petticoat Junction
- Baretta
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Speed Racer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Inspector Gadget
- Pinky and the Brain
- Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Lost in Space
- In Living Color
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Howdy Doody
- Reading Rainbow
- Daniel Boone
- Amen
- L.A. Law
- Treme
- Alice
- The Heights
- Fraggle Rock
- Mike Hammer
- South Park
- The Drew Cary Show
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- The Nanny
- Crime Story
- Rugrats
- Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Monday Night Football
- Mr. Lucky
- George of the Jungle
- How I Met Your Mother
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- House
- The Banana Splits
- Phineas and Ferb
- That Girl
- CSI: Miami
- X-Men: The Animated Series
- CSI: New York
- The Woody Woodpecker Show
- Reba
- The Magilla Gorilla Show
- The Yogi Bear Show
- The Men
- The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
- Car 54, Where Are You?
- Futurama
- My So-Called Life
- Home Improvement
- The Avengers
- The Outer Limits
- The Carol Burnett Show
- Boy Meets World
- The Archie Show
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Zorro
- Frank’s Place
- What’s New Scooby-Doo?
- Coach
- Hee Haw
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