Last Updated on 18 September 2023

The following list is the Official Definitive List of the 250 best TV theme songs of all time.
I averaged 16 different ranked lists of “Best TV theme songs of all time” to get this definitive compilation, avoiding best cartoon show themes, sci-fi themes, etc.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including all 16 lists that were averaged.

1. Cheers
2. MASH
3. Hawaii Five-O
4. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
5. Mission: Impossible
6. Friends
7. The Jeffersons
8. The Muppet Show
9. Sesame Street
10. Happy Days
11. The Andy Griffith Show
12. The Golden Girls
13. The Flintstones
14. The Addams Family
15. The Monkees
16. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
17. Batman
18. The Simpsons
19. The Brady Bunch
20. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
21. The Beverly Hillbillies
22. Peter Gunn
23. The Greatest American Hero
24. Gilligan’s Island
25. All in the Family
26. The Twilight Zone
27. Sanford and Son
28. Welcome Back Kotter
29. The Dukes of Hazzard
30. Laverne & Shirley
31. Doctor Who
32. Game of Thrones
33. Monkey
34. Poirot
35. The Rockford Files
36. WKRP in Cincinnati
37. Downton Abbey
38. The Sopranos
39. The Pink Panther Show
40. Diff’rent Strokes
41. Star Trek: The Original Series
42. Are You Being Served?
43. The A-Team
44. Dragnet
45. The Love Boat
46. Hill Street Blues
47. Dallas
48. Angel
49. Dr. Kildare
50. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
51. Peaky Blinders
52. Mad Men
53. Barney Miller
54. Rawhide
55. It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
56. Veronica Mars
57. Miami Vice
58. Jonathan Creek
59. Soul Train
60. The Big Bang Theory
61. The Wire
62. The X-Files
63. Full House
64. Bonanza
65. The Facts of Life
66. Knight Rider
67. Magnum, P.I.
68. Jeopardy!
69. Mister Ed
70. Macolm in the Middle
71. Green Acres
72. Taxi
73. Growing Pains
74. Drew Carey
75. The West Wing
76. DuckTales
77. Saved By the Bell
78. Dad’s Army
79. The Great British Bake Off
80. What’s Happening!!
81. Scooby Doo, Where Are You!
82. Star Trek: The Next Generation
83. Secret Agent
84. Get A Life
85. The Apprentice
86. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
87. Community
88. I Love Lucy
89. Route 66
90. Frasier
91. Malcolm in the Middle
92. The Vicar of Dibley
93. S.W.A.T.
94. The Office
95. Scrubs
96. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
97. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
98. Square Pegs
99. Weeds
100. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
101. Law & Order
102. Perry Mason
103. Only Fools and Horses
104. Twin Peaks
105. Spider-Man
106. The Munsters
107. Dawson’s Creek
108. Good Times
109. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
110. True Blood
111. Curb Your Enthusiasm
112. The Jetsons
113. Looney Toons
114. Three’s Company
115. Arthur
116. Fortitude
117. The Leftovers (Season 2)
118. I Dream of Jeannie
119. 30 Rock
120. The Cosby Show
121. The Wonder Years
122. American Horror Story
123. The Odd Couple
124. The Fall Guy
125. Married… with Children
126. Moonlighting
127. The Price Is Right
128. Blossom
129. The OC
130. Animaniacs
131. Smallville
132. The Deuce
133. Dexter
134. Orange Is the New Black
135. Space: 1999
136. SpongeBob SquarePants
137. Family Guy
138. My Three Sons
139. Fame
140. One Foot in the Grave
141. Portlandia
142. The Bugs Bunny Show
143. Wonder Woman
144. The Olympic Games on NBC
145. The Wild Wild West
146. CatDog
147. Teen Titans
148. F Troop
149. Mannix
150. Pokémon
151. SWAT
152. Beverly Hills 90210
153. Parks and Recreation
154. The Partridge Family
155. Family Matters
156. That 70s Show
157. One Day at a Time
158. The Lone Ranger
159. The Mickey Mouse Club
160. Night Court
161. Cops
162. Perfect Strangers
163. Ironside
164. Kim Possible
165. Seinfeld
166. Get Smart
167. Davy Crockett
168. A Different World
169. Westworld
170. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers
171. Stranger Things
172. Baywatch
173. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
174. The Bob Newhart Show
175. Unsolved Mysteries
176. Bewitched
177. Hogan’s Heroes
178. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
179. Firefly
180. The Dick Van Dyke Show
181. The Littlest Hobo
182. Love, American Style
183. $25,000 Pyramid
184. The Patty Duke Show
185. Simon and Simon
186. Little House on the Prairie
187. American Bandstand
188. Family Ties
189. Petticoat Junction
190. Baretta
191. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
192. Speed Racer
193. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
194. Inspector Gadget
195. Pinky and the Brain
196. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
197. Lost in Space
198. In Living Color
199. 77 Sunset Strip
200. Howdy Doody
201. Reading Rainbow
202. Daniel Boone
203. Amen
204. L.A. Law
205. Treme
206. Alice
207. The Heights
208. Fraggle Rock
209. Mike Hammer
210. South Park
211. The Drew Cary Show
212. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
213. Tiny Toon Adventures
214. The Nanny
215. Crime Story
216. Rugrats
217. Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers
218. Monday Night Football
219. Mr. Lucky
220. George of the Jungle
221. How I Met Your Mother
222. Alvin and the Chipmunks
223. House
224. The Banana Splits
225. Phineas and Ferb
226. That Girl
227. CSI: Miami
228. X-Men: The Animated Series
229. CSI: New York
230. The Woody Woodpecker Show
231. Reba
232. The Magilla Gorilla Show
233. The Yogi Bear Show
234. The Men
235. The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
236. Car 54, Where Are You?
237. Futurama
238. My So-Called Life
239. Home Improvement
240. The Avengers
241. The Outer Limits
242. The Carol Burnett Show
243. Boy Meets World
244. The Archie Show
245. Hong Kong Phooey
246. Zorro
247. Frank’s Place
248. What’s New Scooby-Doo?
249. Coach
250. Hee Haw