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Old 03-17-05 | 11:21 AM
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I believe King of Queens changed theme after the first seaon
Old 03-17-05 | 11:33 AM
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Magnum PI...... it changed in the first season.



thank god, the original music sucked.
Old 03-17-05 | 11:33 AM
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Magnum P.I. changed theme songs midway through the first season.
Old 03-17-05 | 11:35 AM
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Has anybody mentioned "Magnum PI"? They changed in the first season.
Old 03-17-05 | 11:35 AM
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Drat you draven31! You beat me by seconds. I bet you were thinking "I can't believe no one has mentioned Magnum yet."
Old 03-17-05 | 11:37 AM
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if you time it right, you can sing the actors names along with John Williams score for the theme of "The West Wing"
Old 03-17-05 | 11:40 AM
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Sorry it just came to me......not to mention I just bought the season set a few weeks back. I really hate the original opening music.
Old 03-17-05 | 11:43 AM
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Degrassi TNG altered their opening to something thats gross sounding.
Old 03-17-05 | 11:45 AM
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Starsky and Hutch

I had forgotten the old theme when I bought Season One, but sure enough, the most popular theme was there on Season Two!
Old 03-17-05 | 11:50 AM
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Hack changed theme songs between the first and second season.
Old 03-17-05 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RoyalTea
the cosby show
I could be wrong but wasn't the theme always the same song only performed in different styles and tempos?
Old 03-17-05 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrs.Nesbit
I could be wrong but wasn't the theme always the same song only performed in different styles and tempos?
yes it was, every season a different variation of the theme song.
Old 03-17-05 | 12:34 PM
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Didn't Star Trek: Voyager change it's theme after the first or second season?
Old 03-17-05 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Giles
if you time it right, you can sing the actors names along with John Williams score for the theme of "The West Wing"
Minor point, but it's Snuffy Walden that does the music for TWW
Old 03-17-05 | 01:09 PM
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I don't know if this counts, but Monday Night Football changed themes. I think the Hank Williams Jr. song cheapens the opening and doesn't have the air of importance of the original theme.
Old 03-17-05 | 01:44 PM
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Minor point, but it's Snuffy Walden that does the music for TWW

oops, you're right... (how embarassing)

Old 03-17-05 | 06:18 PM
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Didn't Star Trek: Voyager change it's theme after the first or second season?
DS9 changed their theme for the later seasons as well.

Keeping on the sci-fi circuit, Farscape changed themes after the second season. Not a radical shift, but definately a more charged theme.
Old 03-17-05 | 06:41 PM
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Unhappily Ever After - Their own theme song (Sample here) and later changed to "Hit the Road Jack"
Old 03-17-05 | 07:01 PM
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Old 03-17-05 | 08:12 PM
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The UPN Twilight Zone changed themes mid-way through it's only season. I thought the first theme fit the opening titles much better. The second theme was "harder" and more "rockish".

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Old 03-17-05 | 08:13 PM
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Unhappily Ever After - Their own theme song (Sample here) and later changed to "Hit the Road Jack"

Which will probably revert back to the original theme for it's DVD release (curse you, music rights!).


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Old 03-17-05 | 08:48 PM
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Didn't South Park change mid run as well?
Old 03-17-05 | 08:53 PM
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Get Smart changed its theme song when it entered its final season, though it was a different version of the original song.
Old 03-17-05 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Bandoman
Enterprise. The newest theme rocks. And by "rocks" I mean "sucks ass."
they modified it a bit but enterprise has always had that song

and I'm 99% sure the other treks only had minor changes but the overall theme was the same

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Old 03-17-05 | 11:38 PM
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Beverly Hills 90210 had a theme change. Only some of the first shows had the origonal, then they went to the one they used for the rest of the series.


By the rules stated: DSP, Alias have not changed their songs. It may have been played differently, but it is still the same thing.


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