Well, apparently this whole pandemic thing is making me want to blog. LOL.

I saw something going around Twitter this week..people were sharing their top 3 TV theme songs. And I read a bunch of them, and I thought, “I don’t know how people are doing this. “

I actually tweeted:

Now, keep in mind that my list is, y’know, mine. It’s not meant to be definitive. It’s not ranked. Your favorite thing might not be on it. It is not at all scientific.

You want the list? I know you do…7

70s: Mary Tyler Moore, WKRP in Cincinnati, Welcome Back Kotter, The Muppet Show, Laverne & Shirley, The Jeffersons

80s: The Greatest American Hero, Dukes of Hazzard, The Facts of Life, Cheers, Growing Pains, Fraggle Rock, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show

(The 70s and 80s, man…every show, no matter how mediocre, had an amazing theme song. Seriously.)

90s: Saved by the Bell, Malcolm in the Middle, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Party of Five (the rule in the tweet that started this was “no Friends.”)

2000s-forward: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Big Bang Theory (Here, we’re getting into an era with lots of shows I like that had solid instrumental themes that mostly kind of blend into each other for me. They’re fine, but most don’t really leave a mark, imho.)

Instrumentals: Doctor Who, Mission Impossible, I Dream of Jeannie, MASH, Sanford & Son, Knight Rider, Night Court, Hawaii Five-0, The West Wing (and yeah, there are like a million more amazing instrumentals, but I can’t list them all!)

Animated: Scooby Doo (Where Are You?), DuckTales, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Inspector Gadget, The Simpsons, Futurama, Steven Universe

Special mentions–For the purposes of these lists, I left out songs that were repurposed…that is, not composed specifically to be a TV theme song. Here are some of my favorites of those: Bosom Buddies, The Golden Girls, Family Ties, The Wonder Years, Charmed, Veronica Mars, Chuck, Scrubs, and of course, Fillmore. !

Aaaaand…I really have to stop before I remember any more. Feel free to share your favorites in the comments!