You might remember that, a couple of weeks ago, I posted a Friday Five of TV theme songs, and since there weren’t ten of them I decided that, rather than say it was Part 5, I decided it would be Part 4.5. So here I come with another list of ten themes… what do I call it? Part 5, or Part 5.5? Anyway…
I started putting today’s list together, and realized I had chosen a lot of theme songs by Mike Post. Sometimes he collaborated with someone, usually Pete Carpenter, but most of them he wrote on his own. So, this list is all about theme songs by him. I thought you might be interested in the people who developed the series (because often he worked with the same people) and when the series aired, so I included a table with all that information.
| # | Show | Developed By | Sns. | Series Begin | Series End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rockford Files 1 | Roy Huggins
Stephen J. Cannell |
6 | 1974 | 1980 |
| 2 | Magnum, P. I. 1 | Donald P. Bellisario
Glen A. Larson |
8 | 1980 | 1988 |
| 3 | The A-Team 1 | Stephen J. Cannell
Frank Lupo |
5 | 1983 | 1987 |
| 4 | The Greatest American Hero 2 | Stephen J. Cannell | 3 | 1981 1986 |
1983 1986 |
| 5 | Quantum Leap | Donald P. Bellisario | 5 | 1989 | 1993 |
| 6 | Law & Order | Dick Wolf | 20 | 1990 | 2010 |
| 7 | L. A. Law | Steven Bochco
Terry Louise Fisher |
8 | 1986 | 1994 |
| 8 | Doogie Howser, M. D. | Steven Bochco
David E. Kelley |
4 | 1989 | 1993 |
| 9 | Wiseguy | Steven Bochco
Frank Lupo |
4 | 1987 | 1990 |
| 10 | Hunter 1 | Frank Lupo | 7 | 1984 | 1991 |
1: written with Pete Carpenter
2: written with Stephen Geyer
Post wrote many more theme songs; his IMDb page has all the details.
That’s your Thursday Ten for November 12, 2015.
The Sound of One Hand Typing 
I enjoyed The Rockford Files, and now the theme is playing in my head (your posts always do this to me!). I never watched the other shows, though.
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At least I didn’t post “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.” Glad you liked them.
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I’ve always liked the upbeat sound of Greatest American Hero.
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It’s a good song. Never watched the show, myself.
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Never watched many of these shows except Quantum Leap, one of my favorite shows of all time. It had a great theme song as well.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
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I’ve caught a few episodes in reruns. It was an OK show, but the theme is great.
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As soon as I saw “Mike Post”, the theme from “Hill Street Blues” came into my mind (and hasn’t left yet). But they’re all catchy, aren’t they?
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The only reason I didn’t do that one this time was I had already done it. There’s another playlist that has that one and the other 44 I had done before today.
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