re: Favorite TV intro song past or present

1950's

Car 54 Where Are You?
I Love Lucy
Rawhide

1960's: (Song/music/theme)
Twilight Zone
Perry Mason
Dick Van Dyke
My Three Sons
Bonanza
Hogan's Heroes
Lost In Space
F-Troop
Jonny Quest
Hawaii 5-0
Green Acres
Petticoat Junction (for some reason the water tower scene got me excited, though at the time I didn't know why :)
Flintstones
The Big Valley
The Tonight Show


My favorite 60's themes
Tie: Mission Impossible/The Virginian_________________________________________________


1970s:
All In The Family
Newhart (The Vermont Inn one))
SWAT
Rockford Files
Sanford and Son
Mannix
Barnaby Jones

Favorite 70's Theme: Newhart________________________________________________


1980s - present

Taxi
Hill Street Blues
Miami Vice
Cheers
Golden Girls
Law and Order
St Elsewhere
American Horror Story

Favoirte: Tie
Miami Vice and Taxi



Trivia:
Themes for "Falcon Crest", "Dynasty", "Dallas", and "Lifestyles of Rich and Famous", among others were written by LSU School of Music alumnus Bill Conti (who also wrote "Gonna Fly Now" - Rocky theme) Conti also conducted the orchestra at the Academy Award shows for years.