Today, TV theme songs just don't have the same pop that they used to have. Back in the day, they had real style, and they almost told a whole story in the little time they had before the show started.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just when it looked like they might be out, a number of TV shows have pulled the art of opening title themes back in. “Your ...

A great TV theme song has an almost magical quality. It turns into a portal rather than merely introducing a show. Those opening notes bring back memories of late-night binge sessions when you ...

Screenshot from DuckTales Theme Song by Disney Channel Animation, via YouTube. Used under fair use for commentary. Some TV theme songs don’t just introduce a show; they announce themselves. You hear ...

The 1970s were an expansive time for American television. There was the gradually increasing diversity in casts, gritty detective tales, socially conscious Norman Lear series, the female “jiggle ...

I remember the ’80s as a mean decade. Around 1981, my parents separated. I started eating a lot, and kids teased me for being fat. I watched a lot of TV. Saturday mornings meant Pop-Tarts and “Felix ...

Ah, the ‘80s. The decade of decadence. The era of the mass media revolution and music technology evolution. On television, the hair got bigger, makeup got more glammed, pretty people populated more ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Popular TV theme songs have slowly disappeared from the landscape, leaving a world of "cold opens" -- plunging viewers straight into the action without an introductory tune -- ...

A couple of months ahead of the premiere of “Matlock” on CBS, I went back and revisited episodes of the original legal drama starring Andy Griffith. It ran from 1986 to 1995 and its case-of-the-week ...

Christine is a freelance writer for Collider with two decades of experience covering all types of TV shows and movies spanning every genre. With a particular affinity for dramas, true crime, sitcoms, ...

We're celebrating the centennial of Henry Mancini, born 100 years ago today. He composed numerous TV and movie theme songs including the themes to The Pink Panther, Peter Gunn and "Moon River" from ...