Show Tunes
In the TV shows you know and love, music doesn't just play pivotal roles in introducing the episodes, they shape your memory of them. Here, Stephen Steps Lowe takes a look at the stories behind the best and most-loved TV theme tunes of all time.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 39
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 38 - The Office 05.09.25
Today we’re popping over to Scranton, Pennsylvania for one of the most instantly recognisable tunes ever: The Office (US Ed. - cough, cough).
The Office, for those who somehow haven't seen it, is a …
The Office, for those who somehow haven't seen it, is a …
Fri 05 Sep 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 37 - Columbo 15.08.25
Today we are shining the spotlight on one of the most beloved shows out there. It is the iconic “howcatchem” detective show: Columbo.
But before we get into the music, let’s take a step back and pa…
But before we get into the music, let’s take a step back and pa…
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 36 - Saved By The Bell
We're taking a trip back to the early 90s, with the tune belonging to none other than Saved by the Bell.
The theme tune was composed by Scott Gale, an american musician, who came up with the main ly…
The theme tune was composed by Scott Gale, an american musician, who came up with the main ly…
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 35 - Scooby Doo 01.08.25
Prepare yourself to be humming just the one tune for the rest of the day, "Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You?"
Now this theme, written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, is a brief but unforgettable tune.…
Now this theme, written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, is a brief but unforgettable tune.…
Fri 01 Aug 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 34 - Airwolf 18.07.25
The insistent arpeggiated bassline, soaring synth leads, and jet-engine-like whooshes don’t just suggest flight - they are flight.
Premiering in 1984 on CBS, Airwolf was the ultimate 80s TV cocktail…
Premiering in 1984 on CBS, Airwolf was the ultimate 80s TV cocktail…
00:03:59 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 33 - Doctor Who 11.07.25
We’re traveling through space, time, and sound to celebrate the Doctor Who theme - a true sci-fi classic that rewrote the rules of TV music.
The story of this theme is almost as out there as the sho…
The story of this theme is almost as out there as the sho…
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 32 - Scrubs 04.07.25
If you’re a fan of early 2000s TV, chances are you know it: “I’m No Superman” by Lazlo Bane.
Short, catchy, and packed with personality - it’s as if the song idled up to the reception and said: ‘how…
Short, catchy, and packed with personality - it’s as if the song idled up to the reception and said: ‘how…
Fri 04 Jul 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 31 - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 27.06.25
The chances are, you know most of the lines off by heart and you’ve rapped those lyrics more times than you can count
Before The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air even aired in 1990, Will Smith was already ma…
Before The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air even aired in 1990, Will Smith was already ma…
00:04:33 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 30 20.05.25 - Twin Peaks
When Twin Peaks first aired in 1990, it was like nothing else on television.
Today, we're taking a walk into the misty pines and uncanny shadows of the Pacific Northwest as we explore the hauntingly…
Today, we're taking a walk into the misty pines and uncanny shadows of the Pacific Northwest as we explore the hauntingly…
00:05:04 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 29 - Dukes Of Hazard 13.06.25
Who hasn't tried to slide across the bumper or jump in the car window?... Right? RIGHT?
First aired in 1979, The Dukes of Hazzard was a wild mix of action, comedy, and rural Americana, following Bo …
First aired in 1979, The Dukes of Hazzard was a wild mix of action, comedy, and rural Americana, following Bo …
00:05:27 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 28 - Miami Vice 05.06.25
Jan Hammer’s Miami Vice Theme, a track so influential it didn’t just define a show-it defined an era. And encouraged designer stubble. It did.
The Miami Vice theme wasn’t your standard orchestral TV…
The Miami Vice theme wasn’t your standard orchestral TV…
00:04:34 |
Fri 06 Jun 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 27 - True Blood 30.05.25
Gothic horror soap mashup theme track has one helluva bite
Jace Everett’s Bad Things is hot, sticky and sweaty. Much like the setting of the HBO TV show it soundtracks. Brilliant in its seedy, sexy …
Jace Everett’s Bad Things is hot, sticky and sweaty. Much like the setting of the HBO TV show it soundtracks. Brilliant in its seedy, sexy …
00:05:53 |
Fri 06 Jun 2025
Show Tunes Title: Episode 26 - Thundercats 16.05.25
If you arrived here and have not said ‘the words’, there’s nothing more we can do for you.
Thundercats is amazing. You knew it then. You know it now. The theme is equally as iconic. This staple from…
Thundercats is amazing. You knew it then. You know it now. The theme is equally as iconic. This staple from…
00:05:29 |
Fri 16 May 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 25 - Bewitched 09.05.25
You may need to revisit that magic hour between returning home from school, doing some homework and then arsing about on your bike or climbing some trees..
....better still ask your folks about this…
....better still ask your folks about this…
00:03:57 |
Fri 09 May 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 24 The Little House On The Prairie
We're tipping our straw hats to one of television’s most instantly recognizable - and oddly comforting - theme tunes: Little House on the Prairie.
Ahh, that opening melody - you know the one. The pr…
Ahh, that opening melody - you know the one. The pr…
00:04:36 |
Fri 02 May 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 23 - Breaking Bad by Dave Porter
Welcome to Show Tunes - the podcast where the only thing more addictive than television… is its music
“This is not meth… this is music”
Today we’re diving into a theme tune that’s equal parts deser…
“This is not meth… this is music”
Today we’re diving into a theme tune that’s equal parts deser…
00:04:31 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Show Tune: Episode 22 - The Addams Family 28.03.25
Today, we’re snapping our fingers to one of the catchiest, quirkiest, and most instantly recognizable theme songs in television history - The Addams Family
And really, what a tune it is! The Addams …
And really, what a tune it is! The Addams …
00:06:47 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Show Tunes - Episode 21: Only Fools And Horses 21.03.25
Today, we’re shining the spotlight on one of the most beloved and instantly recognizable theme tunes in British television history
If you are of a certain vintage, let’s say above the age of 27, it’…
If you are of a certain vintage, let’s say above the age of 27, it’…
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Fri 21 Mar 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 20 - Murder She Wrote
This week we're taking a petticoat-ed look back at an '80s classic. I know, I know, believe me, we feel old too.
The understated yet instantly recognizable theme song for Murder, She Wrote, composed…
The understated yet instantly recognizable theme song for Murder, She Wrote, composed…
00:04:29 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Show Tunes: Episode 19 - The A-Team (Mike Post) 21.02.25
If you have a problem, and you can afford it, we've got a great podcast episode....
Today, we’re going to talk about a tune that’s burned into the brain of anyone who grew up in the 80s or even hear…
Today, we’re going to talk about a tune that’s burned into the brain of anyone who grew up in the 80s or even hear…
00:06:47 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
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