50 TV Theme Songs That Made the Billboard Charts: Listen

As the new TV fall season gets under way, we take a look back at 50 TV theme songs that not only opened shows, but became Billboard chart hits.

As the new TV fall season gets under way, we take a look back at 50 TV theme songs that not only opened shows, but became Billboard chart hits. From the late ’50s through today, with the TV theme heyday lasting roughly through the mid-’90s, TV and music have often intertwined on our tallies. From Batman to Smallville, Hawaii Five-O to Hannah Montana, and Friends to The Ellen DeGeneres Show, we rerun 50 TV themes that have also scaled the Billboard charts.