Top '80s TV Show Opening Themes (Part 2) 

Check out Part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hltjkeW_Av8.html Timestamps: 00:00 Intro (Dynasty) 01:48 Automan 02:56 Blue Thunder 04:26 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 04:48 Charles in Charge 05:13 Chips 06:22 The Colbys (Dynasty II) 07:49 The Cosby Show 08:44 Dick Turpin 09:24 Diff'rent Strokes 10:15 A Different World 11:19 The Facts of Life 12:11 Family Ties 13:11 Flamingo Road 14:42 Growing Pains 15:42 Hardcastle and McCormick 17:15 Head of the Class 18:21 The Hogan Family / Valerie 19:35 Hotel 21:14 LA Law 22:44 The Love Boat 24:28 Matt Houston 25:58 Max Headroom Murder, She Wrote (deleted due to copyright issues) 26:22 Night Court 27:03 North and South 29:09 Perfect Strangers 30:39 Quantum Leap 31:51 Riptide 33:24 Santa Barbara 33:58 Silver Spoons 34:58 Sledge Hammer! 35:52 Small Wonder 36:53 St. Elsewhere 38:17 Star Trek The Next Generation 39:59 Streethawk 41:23 T.J. Hooker 42:46 Tales of the Golden Monkey 43:45 Thirtysomething 44:49 What's Happening Now!! 45:50 The Wonder Years

Man, between part 1 and part 2, I felt transported back to my childhood!!!

Growing Pains, Family Ties, Quantum Leap, Cosby Show... man were we spoiled! ❤

Stephen J. Cannell and Mike Post got me through most of my childhood

Hearing Quantum Leap and Next Generation hit me hard, cause those were two of my mom's favorite TV shows. She passed away earlier this year and today (12/10/2023) would've been her 60th birthday.

Back when tv theme songs and the intros were masterpieces❤❤❤❤

Since I only watch RU-vid now it was fun revisiting my childhood shows. Nice recognizing the actors names.

- Sadly, I had to shorten the intros to 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century' and 'Charles in Charge', otherwise the video would have been blocked in North America due to copyright infringement. - Two weeks after I uploaded the video it got blocked in North America due to copyright infringement because of the intro to 'Murder She Wrote'. So I had to cut this intro out. That's why the video now featured 39 and not 40 tv opening themes. - I ran a poll about whether I should include the Cosby show or not, in light of the Bill Cosby sexual assault cases. 73% (out of 1733 votes) said that I should include it, many people saying that the other actors who put their hearts into that work shouldn't be penalized (a lot of them cut ties with him).

The time when an intro was part of the series, and not just an unanvoidable neccessity that shortens the advertising time.

Back when tv was worth watching...

Wow , Family Ties, I’d forgotten how much I loved that show

I've already rewound the videio back four times just to hear the "LA Law" . I'm an 80s baby , will be 42 soon, and although tis show and so many orhers were on during my formative years ( i did grow up watching "Full House" and the Friday night ABC TGiF line up) . I absolutely love these compilation videos. Thank goodness for Lifetime and Nick at Nite for airing alot of these shows in syndication in the 90s and 2000s and upto the 2010s.

Watching these makes me wish I grew up in the '80s. Those were much better times than what we're dealing with now. 😓

Thanks for adding the Cosby Show...no need to rehash the legal history, but the show meant so much to me growing up. Same with A Different World-my parents were HBCU grads, but it definitely reinforced my desire to go an Hbcu.

OMG "Head of the Class" - such a great show. And one of my favorite theme songs of the 80s.

Thank you, Mike Post and Pete Carpenter for so many good TV themes!

Those of us lucky enough to have grown up in the 80s are being transported back in time right now. This is absolutely fantastic. Man I miss the 80s!!

Different Strokes, the Facts of Life, and the Love Boat are still bangers! And damn, I forgot Aretha sang the Different World song! 😱

We weren't just lucky. We were blessed.

Was looking for a part 3. Didn’t see The Equalizer or Beauty and the Beast. But 1 & 2 are great. Thank you!

Some forgotten gems here ! I also used to watch 'BJ and the Bear.' A trucker and his chimpanzee.

Riptide, what a great underrated show, it was my 80s favorite, thanks for including it in this 2nd part

This was a bittersweet journey. Thanks for reviving some memories!

Thanks for taking us back to a simpler time. "Growing Pains" or "Family Ties" definitely tie for my favourite 80's sitcom theme. 🥰♥️

I loved Automan a lot, it was one of my favorite shows..anyway I remember them all with affection

Hard castle and McCormick! The song is so great! Wow….north and south- when every single woman on earth fell in love with Oory….Patrick swayze! Good memories….thank you…I forgot about some of these….

Never noticed how Brian Keith got so jacked for his Hardcastle and McCormick role. RIP

I loved these shows, i had crushes on Sondra Huxtable from the Cosby show, Carol Seaver from Growing Pains, Whitley Gilbert from A Different World : )

Thanks for adding Hardcastle and McCormick! I love the intro so much.🏎💨💨💨 And the Love Boat. 😄

wow, bring me so many memories! so sad the culture we live in

Bill Conti's score for North and South was peerless. It was also fantastic to hear the themes of St. Elsewhere and Murder, LA Law, and Murder, She Wrote. It was fun to see if I still remember the actors who starred in these shows and my batting average was pretty impressive.

That was great! The opening scene was a great period piece. Most of the sitcoms shown were hugely popular. Also interesting to see some notable actors in early roles (ie. Patrick Swayze, Kirstie Alley, Denzel Washington). As for Murder, She Wrote, it reminds me of Sunday nights at my grandparents' house. Cabot Cove had an awfully high homicide rate!

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for including Santa Barbara! Even though it was a soap opera, not a primetime show. I loved that show so much, and the theme song is epic!

wow some great memories thanks back down memory lane

Man i was a coach potato in the 80's 98% of the shows here I watched.

“Whatchoo talkin bout Willis?” Lol, we used that line over and over.

If you do a part 3 don't forget Benson. "I heard you!" 😂

Thank you for uploading this. I feel I'm a teenager again! From Chile I wish you have a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2024 🎆🥳

Wow - the memories! Thanks for this!

Captain Kirk looked so exhausted TRYING TO BE TJ HOOKER.😂😂😂😂

CHiPs is one of my favourite all time themes but most 80s shows just had a different style and feel when it came to the intro theme

🎉 greetings from coastal Mississippi. Thanks for the memories.... I watched 31 of these shows. Excellent research. 😂

yeahh,,it is full of memorable stories,,,God,,,,if I could turn back the past time,,,,,,😢

Great memories, in this part i only have viewed 19 and those were the ones aired in the Netherlands. The Colbys i didn't know either. Some are really good and ashame we could not see them. I loved Quantum Leap, because i like science fiction and all the family series i loved too and of course Sledge Hammer and North and South because of the love scenes🫣😁

I want to go back

Quantum Leap and Star Trek TNG still sound GREAT!

Perfect Strangers-I got chills of emotion hearing this again. I could almost visualize being back in the living room of my family’s old house. Quite possibly the best theme song in an era of best theme songs. Many thanks for all you do.

Thank You for Part 2 Enjoying then all. When they knew how to score, compose great music for the whole show and write great scripts that had a good story line

I'm more into 90's TV shows cause that era was my childhood but I adored some TV shows from the 80's: Dynasty, Knight Rider, Superboy, Quantum Leap, Magnum P.I., Buck Rogers, LA Law, The A-Team, Alien Nation, MacGyver, The Dukes of Hazzard

So glad to see part 2 😁 Missed some of my favorites in the first one but here they are. Some of them 😉 Hardcastle and McCormick, TJ Hooker, Quantum Leap, Family Ties etc And some I haven't thought about in years! 😄 Looking forward to pt 3 😉😉

North and South……. So brilliant. ❤

This was a time when the rest of the world wanted to be like America and people wanted to be American. By the way the Wonder Years is without question of the greatest television shows ever made and I am not exaggerating. It was way ahead of its time.

Oh MY God! PERFECT STRANGERS! 😭

So sad the tv opening theme songs are a thing of the past. Which they would come back.

No Wiseguy??? loved that show. Ken Wahl was the Man.

Watched a lot of these shows here in Australia at one time or another. Thanks for putting this all together.

Loved loved loved this! Missed seeing these shows, missed some too but loved it

Hell yeah SRG, thank you so much for creating a 2nd part and including my request ! ❤😊💯 15:42

LA Law easily the best opening with the iconic music - just an all round great show!

Ty for the best memories. Mom and Dad were sitting with me watching these movies Ty

Good Selection! A little TNG knowledge: That is V1 of the opening titles of the show. Over the course of the show's history it had three versions. V2, used for season 2, only has the music changed. V3 starts off in a nebula & flashes to a different ringed planet. I'm a trekkie. NO SHAME.

A few of these were shows that began in the 70s. I never knew Dana Carvey was in Blue Thunder

This had to be the worst version of "The Love Boat" intro (Dionne Warwick). Jack Jones did the original 8 seasons and it was spectacular.

Loved all these shows

Always looked fo0rward to Sledge Hammer.

I loved the following theme tunes Dallas The A Team and The Golden Girls. I never missed an episode of Dynasty and Knots Landing Great memories

Some of my all-time favorite shows here and in part 1. I was thrilled to see Sledge Hammer! because I thought I was the only one who remembered that show, but sad at the lack of Stingray.

Petrocelli, Family Matters, Streets of San Francisco have also great opening theme songs, just to mention. 😊Amazing collection of both videos (part 1 and part 2 ) . I love the 80's.😍

Lesser known tv shows then such as Crazy Like A Fox,Strike Force,Last Precinct and Trapper John,MD(most of its seasons were in the 80s)also have memorable opening themes.

Both list are a great collection and I only missed 1 show: Mission Impossible. Iconic intro

Take a drink for every intro that includes: * A helicopter * The Golden Gate Bridge or Hollywood Sign * A robot or intelligent computer * Spoken narration Hard mode: * Mike Post

Some of these never showed here in Australia and lookin back at Automan def a TRON influence unless automan was Disney?

Thanks for the original version of Family Ties.

Dynasty. I never watched it but the intro was cool and there were pretty ladies on it.

Before dinner at 6, there was an hour block of TV that my dad watched. Anything that ran. I watched some 70's reruns and 80's too late to air in Mountain time zone. It fell there. Star Trek:TNG fell there. I watched with dad.

Drive! Hardcastle & McCormick had an absolutely killer theme song!

Thank you so much, transporting me to happy childhood memories.

All r Wonderful

They just don't make good tv shows anymore, like these. I miss the 80's.

Danke, lieber SRG, was für ein schönes Video 🥰🥰🥰

Need to include Wiseguy, Voyagers! and Cover Up.

Brings back a lot of good memories

Quantum leap scared the crap outta me. So did SOAP, Mr. Belvedere, Dynasty, and Silver spoons I loved St. Elsewhere theme and to see Denzel Washington that young. Awesome

Did you also know that the theme song for _Perfect Strangers_ was also used as the intro to _The Simpsons_ episode "Treehouse Of Horror XV" (2004)?

Tons of memories flying by here . Great collection of intros .Thanks for the fun.

Great Part 1 & 2. *Midnight Caller is another classic 80s TV intro*

No Taxi??? Such a crime! :). Thanks for putting these together!

Alexis was rarely sorry letting people think things that were not true were. She was hands down one of the three villainous females on prime time you hated to see get what she wanted. But seriously.. the 1980s was a decade where TV did more to try to give people an idea of how real life should be.. and we didn't take time to appreciate it.

My favorite theme here was Perfect Strangers. Here's some others with special notes: The Buck Rogers theme was great, and the musical version was better than the movie's lyric version, which was sung Wimpily. You included Charles in Charge's 1st season theme. the 2nd and on was much better. Cosby Show was cool how they changed their song every year. I never watched Hardcastle & M, but the song was Rockin! LA Law had a great smooth tune. And Murder She Wrote was a fun piano theme. Star Trek TNG was a beautiful song, and glad you played the full version from season 1.

Hope you had a great Day. 💕 Love your Videos. ❣️ Greetings from Germany. 💞 ❤🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🩷🤎🖤🩶🤍

Wow… Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks

I swear, Mike Post and Pete Carpenter wrote the soundtrack for the 1980s.

Mmmh... No matter how many clips you include, there's always someone who complains that something was missing 🙄😤... Thank you for your work and the nice memories! 😊 I enjoyed it a lot!! 👌👍👍

YESSSS. 80 baby here ❤.

Its ALL ABOUT THAT CHIPS THEME. The DISCO VERSION.

I lived for chips !! I hope that I can meet Eric Estrada some day. Love him !!

Thanks For Sharing!

As an European I recognised about 2/3 of the themes. Not bad I think

Very nice you missed a few legendary ones such as Amen, Mama's Family, The Jeffersons, Family Matters, Archie Bunkers Place, In the Heat of the Night, Fantasy Island and Empty Nest.

Lol am I not the only one who can watch theses shows with a clear mind and forget what's coming ahead. I must of been on a another level now. A test how well you can shut off the noise surrounding you in life.