Well... which ones have always reached out and grabbed you? Which ones made you groan?

For me, this is the worst.. Swoosie Kurtz should NEVER open her mouth and sing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zesBa37LSmw

And this is like nails on a chalkboard:

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Best? Felicity. And always overlooked too.

But having said that about Rhoda... in season 4 they finally got it right:

Combine my two passions, music and television, and I can talk about this for hours. My #1 fave is Knots Landing's S4 theme.

I like Knots season 1 the best myself... for what reason, I don't know. This has always been one of my favorites, and considering Maureen McGovern Had sung not one but TWO oscar winning movie themes, it was quite a coup to get her to do a TV theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x7EB8NkL2o

I always loved when the star of the show would sing the theme, (Except the first season of Facts Of Life where Charlotte Rae sings the theme) The two best of this batch are these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3GpxAyM6yc

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The Dallas theme is the all time best in TV history:

http://youtu.be/nG4CuOToA4k

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Oh this was the Theme from The Jackie Gleason Show, in all its incarnations. The song was composed by Jackie Gleason and it is a brilliant piece of music

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Season 9 theme of Knots Landing was the best. I know most hated it.

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Season 3 theme of Falcon Crest was the best

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The worst was The Colbys...

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other best

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The Dallas theme is the all time best in TV history:

http://youtu.be/nG4CuOToA4k

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Agreed..my favorite version of it was season 8...season 9 on dvd release

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The incredible hulk was the best with Wonder Woman too.

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I could post forever, but here is a theme within a show that wasn't the show's theme. I will always love her and her song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcsRRnQW9oE

Absolutely love the Dallas theme song, it still grabs me and has aged beautifully.

I really loved the Falcon Crest theme, but not for the music at all...but for the EPIC hair toss that Susan Sullivan did year after year. Just perfection.

I also think the Law & Order theme is a classic.

The following P&G soap openings are among my favorites:

ATWT's 1981-93 Opening:

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AW's 1981-87 Opening:

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AW's 1987-96 Opening:

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GL's 1985-90 Opening (after the show switched to a rock version of "My Guiding Light"):

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(Please note that I'm fully aware that the visuals for the above GL opening changed in the fall of 1986 from an orange background to a blue background. Also, the rock theme's tempo change two times during this period.)

GL's 1991-2002 Opening:

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SFT's Circa 1974-81 Opening:

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Note that I actually prefer the more uptempo version of the above theme, which was dropped in favor of the slower version in early 1980. Below is a fan made SFT opening that features this uptempo version:

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