I love TV themes. The best ones become iconic, part of our cultural fabric… like Hawaii Five-O, Peter Gunn, Star Trek, The Addams Family and The Brady Bunch to name just a few. But several famous shows completed scrapped their opening themes… some early on as they were finding their way and some later in their runs to revitalize the series. Here are 12 examples (three of them shows that I worked on):
Kojak
Bonanza
Lost in Space
Season 1
Season 3
Magnum PI
Land of the Giants
Season 1
Season 2
Simon & Simon
The Avengers
SeaQuest
Space: 1999
Walker Texas Ranger
Monk
Martial Law
Season One
Season Two