The iconic theme song “Everybody Knows Your Name,” written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart-Angelo, successfully captured the show’s essence in just a few lines. From the very first notes, this warm and ...

He’s disenchanted by the current state of TV theme songs, that are now roughly 10 to 15 seconds long, and longs for the narrative 60 seconds themes of decades past. “I never wrote TV themes ...

With the "Cheers" theme heading into the Final Four of our Theme Song Thunderdome bracket, we spoke to Portnoy (who also sang the theme) this week about how "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" came ...

But now, I'm taking a moment to appreciate some of the best TV theme songs of all time. From soothing instrumentals and harmonies to upbeat '90s hits (oh hey, ... Cheers. Song: “Where Everybody ...

The Miami Vice theme by Jan Hammer was the No. 1 song in the country, and won two Grammy Awards.Imagine a current TV theme song doing that. Alas, it hasn’t aged very well, as it is pretty much ...

Ah, the 1980s… a great era for leg warmers, Reaganomics, and TV theme songs. Our Theme Song Thunderdome bracket is already littered with '80s classics like "Cheers," "The Golden Girls," and ...

The 30 Best TV Theme Songs of All Time Yes, 'Cheers' made the cut. By Cameron K McEwan • 04/15/16 12:30pm. Thank you for being a friend. One of the staples of many hit shows is its theme tune.

Good TV shows are made better by good theme songs and remembered more fondly for them. Think of "Cheers" with its "Where Everybody Knows Your Name." Or "The Golden Girls" and "Thank You for Being ...

But no rundown of great TV theme songs would be complete without this saloon sing-along from “Cheers,” which, for years, made Thursday nights on NBC the perfect time to croon a toast to ...

{p}Yahoo! TV has finally ended the debate over which television theme song is the one to rule them all. In a March Madness-style bracketing system, the site seeded some of the most beloved themes ...

— -- Ted Danson is a TV rock star. Think “Cheers.” ... Danson, who played the lead character in “Cheers,” just revealed to ABC News that he doesn’t know the theme song to the sitcom.