Worst theme song for a TV series?

[red dog 1]

Denis Leary starred in the comedy-drama series Rescue Me (2004-2011), about firefighters, that ran on the FX network.
The action scenes were great, as were the comedy scenes when they weren't fighting fires.

The theme song, however, was a truly awful heavy metal song with some guy screaming unintelligible lyrics.

[mucifer]

1. The theme to "psych" oy vey did I just admit I like that show?

guilty pleasures what can I say.

[Coventina]

11. LOL!!!

[WinkyDink]

16. Love "Psych" AND its theme song!

[Initech]

17. I'll have to admit I love Psych.

Theme song? Not so much but I did like how they changed it to suit each episode.

[lame54]

32. Psych was a GREAT show...

I consider the cheesy theme song a guilty pleasure

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. I think the theme for (Star Trek) Enterprise won the all-time award for that.

Pretty song. Horrifically wrong.

[3catwoman3]

4. All the other TREK themes were envigorating.

That one was soooooooooooooooooo disappointing.

And I agree - the song itself was a good melody, but it surely did not fit the show.

[Generic Brad]

22. That was the one that immediately came to my mimd!

It was so anachronistic. It made me not want to watch (and should have been my first clue).

[GaYellowDawg]

24. Here's how it should have been!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

25. That's more like it. Is there any story to this? Some sort of fan production?

[GaYellowDawg]

39. It's a fan production.

The theme is from Star Trek: Generations. I think it's a real shape it didn't get adapted to Enterprise; I think it's a wonderful theme.

[KT2000]

3. later episode of Criminal Intent

they changed the music to something harsh sounding. It was awful.

[WheelWalker]

5. Mr. Ed

[red dog 1]

6. When Mr. Ed talked, he sounded a lot like Nixon

"Wilbur, will you kneel down & pray with me?"

[Mister Ed]

7. Hey! I resent that!

Besides, the theme from "Three's Company" was way worse. No comparison.

[red dog 1]

10. Come & knock on our door, We've been waiting for you,

Where the kisses are hers, and hers, and his, Three's company too.

That was a bad TV show theme song...(but I liked John Ritter & Don Knotts)

[lame54]

33. The worst...

But one of my all time favorite shows

[Mister Ed]

34. But, y'know, my screen name and all...

I just think we need to stop all this horse-shaming here on DU.

[jberryhill]

8. I never quite understood these lyrics

Love is a painful dead fish.

[sarge43]

9. My Mother, the Car certainly merits an (dis)honorable mention

[csziggy]

18. That was the one I was going to suggest!

That show lasted what, six episodes?

[sarge43]

19. Afraid not.

According to Wiki, 30 episodes were aired.

[csziggy]

20. Oh my - that is sad. Even as a kid I knew it was terrible. nt

[Coventina]

12. My vote: The crappy cover of "How Soon is Now?" for "Charmed."

[Doug the Dem]

13. Identical Cousins

Sugary nausea.

[Chasstev365]

27. See my post!

[Maxheader]

14. Green acres

Edie albert...Eva gabor

[trueblue2007]

15. song for HBO's True Blood. I hate it.

[Codeine]

21. The theme for The West Wing irritates the shit out of me.

I'm just starting to watch it on Netflix and it's definitely one of those shows where I fast-forward through the theme.

[ornotna]

23. The Brady Bunch

Without a doubt.

[Chasstev365]

26. PATTY DUKE SHOW:

"Patty likes to rock and roll; the hot dog makes her lose control!"

Either someone wasn't thinking or they got one past the censor.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

42. Sometimes a hotdog is just a hotdog.

[Leith]

28. Family Ties

I just. Don't. Like. It.

[Chasstev365]

29. Execellent choice!

[FM123]

30. Brady Bunch

Even as a kid, I knew it was bad.

Now on the other hand, I LOVED the theme song from Maude! I still sing it to myself sometimes...

[red dog 1]

31. I think Maude was a spin-off of All in the Family

I LOVED the theme song from All in the Family ("Those Were the Days&quot

[Brother Buzz]

35. It's About Time

[catbyte]

44. Wow, I'd forgotten all about that show, lol. Another Sherwood Schwartz Trainwreck.

[Brother Buzz]

45. Another Sherwood Schwartz train wreck, indeed

In my perfect world, they should have dumped the two astronauts stars and focused on Imogene Coca and Joe E. Ross and morphed it into caveman Honeymooners sitcom, not unlike the Flintstones.

[jmowreader]

36. This is pretty bad

[Submariner]

41. Helps me better understand the rights insistence on Abstinence

[Archae]

37. I really detest the theme songs and tunes from TV shows.

And if I like a TV show, I'll hear that same tune over and over and over...

There are a few I do like.

Star Trek from NG to Voyager.
(No, I don't like the music from TOS and TAS, or Enterprise, except the 2-part "Mirror Universe" episode.)

The old HBO "stargate" music.

Hill street Blues.

Magnum PI.

Batman Beyond.

A few more.

[Blue_Tires]

38. Sweet! Haven't seen that since I was a kid...

[True Dough]

40. I know this came up somewhere before

and I posted the video below. I haven't changed my mind...

[catbyte]

43. "Small Wonder", a truly heinous 1980's sitcom tragically resurrected by Antenna TV

[sakabatou]

46. Second season of Death Note