ThorntonWriter
2 years ago
So I was watching television and a Progressive ad cobranded with the new Addams Family movie appeared. It did a riff on the Addams Family television series theme song which got me to thinking. You don't see many television series with theme songs any more. They were all over the place during the 60s. In addition to The Addams Family,
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ThorntonWriter
2 years ago
Gilligan's Island, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies all mentioned either the series name or lead character in the theme song lyrics. The last television series that I can recall that did this was The Love Boat (1977-1987). Cam anyone think of a television theme song after 1987 that did this? The Friends and Cheers theme songs were
ThorntonWriter
2 years ago
connected to their series, but the series and characters are never mentioned in the lyrics.
Olmstead6061
2 years ago
The Nanny, with Fran Drescher
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Olmstead6061
2 years ago
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Olmstead6061
2 years ago
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Hype
2 years ago
The theme song to Frasier did - the last line was "frasier has left the building"
Hilda
2 years ago
The only one I can think of is South Park.
ThorntonWriter
2 years ago
I think we have at least one winner. South Park is still on the air.
ThorntonWriter
2 years ago
All of these answers just go to show why television is one of my worst trivia categories ;-)
Lette
2 years ago
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend may not still be getting new episodes, but the theme song is way newer than South Park's, as is Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's:
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Opening Theme by Jeff Ri...
Lette
2 years ago
And New Girl's:
New Girl - Opening
Lette
2 years ago
The Orange Is the New Black theme sounds more like a radio song adapted for the show's titles, but it was actually written specifically for the show (and then expanded to have a radio version as well):
Orange is the New Black | Opening Credits | Netflix
Lette
2 years ago
As far as I can tell, the same is true of the theme song to Community. In my five minutes of googling, I didn't find if it was released prior to the show if it was written for it.
NBC's Community Opening Theme Song
Lette
2 years ago
Grey's Anatomy now uses an instrumental version of its theme song, but for the first couple of seasons, it had lyrics.
Lette
2 years ago
We're getting a little older now, but Firefly:
Firefly Opening Theme
Lette
2 years ago
Lette
2 years ago
So theme songs with lyrics are definitely not as common as they used to be, and usually they're written as catchy pop songs rather than as "here's what the show is about," though there are a few exceptions (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, New Girl, Kimmy Schmidt).
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