The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were given out over three separate ceremonies starting with one on Saturday, September 11 and two on Sunday, September 12. 10, 1981) and “Bad Boys” from “Cops” (No.Below, IndieWire will be providing live updates of this year’s Emmy winners across all four 2021 ceremonies. 10, 1962), “Secret Agent Man” from “Secret Agent” (No. 8, 1959), “Three Stars Will Shine Tonight” from “Dr.
Other TV themes that have cracked Billboard’s Top 10 over the years include “Dragnet” (No. 17 on the Hot 100, but it did top radio airplay rankings in 1994. It’s a feat no instrumental has achieved since.Īfter that, “How Do You Talk to an Angel,” the ballad that opened Fox’s short-lived drama “The Heights,” became a sales success, hitting the top in 1992 (one week after the series was canceled).ĭespite its ubiquity, the “Friends” theme - the Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There for You” - climbed only to No. 2 in 1981, but it was Jan Hammer’s wordless theme from “Miami Vice” that next claimed the No. Joey Scarbury’s sunny hit “Believe It or Not” from “The Greatest American Hero” reached No. The first songs to do that were Rhythm Heritage’s “S.W.A.T.,” from the ABC crime drama of the same name, and John Sebastian’s “Welcome Back,” from the sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter,” both in 1976. You wouldn’t know it by listening to music on the radio, but the themes for " Desperate Housewives,” “The Tudors,” “Six Feet Under” and “The West Wing” have all won Emmys for original main title song in the last decade.Īs original theme songs continue to disappear, get replaced by existing songs ( " CSI” uses the Who’s “Who Are You”) or shrink - note the zoom-by sound effect in “Lost” - it’s worth recalling that there once was a time when TV themes not only populated but also actually topped Billboard’s Hot 100 sales chart.
Take that, " Lost’s” zoom-by sound effect. Some, including “Welcome Back,” even made it to No. Once upon a time, TV theme songs were top of the pop charts.
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