Can you match the TV show to its '80s theme song?

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Can you match the TV show to its '80s theme song?
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We all know some theme songs so well we start to sing them as soon as we hear the opening lyrics. (And sometimes, the song turns out to be more memorable than the show.) See if you can guess which theme song and which TV series go together.
"Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name ... " is from the theme song, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" -- and what show?
"Cheers"
"Family Ties"
"Frasier"
"Night Court"
"Love, exciting and new, come aboard, we're expecting you ... " begins the theme to which series aboard the cruise ship Pacific Princess?
"Charlie's Angels"
"Fantasy Island"
"The Love Boat"
"Miami Vice"
Which is the theme song Waylon Jennings wrote and performed for "The Dukes of Hazzard"?
"All My Rowdy Friends"
"Family Tradition"
"Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"
"There's a Tear in My Beer"

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"Some walk by night, some fly by day ..." begins the opening theme song to what private investigator series, starring Cybill Shepherd and a new-to-acting Bruce Willis?
"Cagney & Lacey"
"Charlie's Angels"
"Barney Miller"
"Moonlighting"
What was the theme song to the superhero-themed TV show "Greatest American Hero," which premiered in 1981?
"The Greatest Love of All"
"Rocket Man"
"Space Oddity"
"Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)"
The theme song to this TV series about crime fighter Michael and his intelligent car, KITT, was sampled by Busta Rhymes in 1998?
"Hunter"
"Knight Rider"
"Scarecrow and Mrs. King"
"Starsky & Hutch"

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What is the name of the song musician Jan Hammer composed for the '80s show, "Miami Vice"?
"You Belong to the City"
"Smuggler's Blues"
"Miami Vice Theme"
"In the Air Tonight"
Did "The Theme From Hill Street Blues" have lyrics?
yes, don't all TV theme songs have lyrics?
yes, but only in the first season
yes, but only in the final season
no, there are no lyrics
Which '80s TV series, the movie it's based on and its theme song all have the same name?
"Fame"
"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
"Holding Out For A Hero"

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What series about a pair of brothers, Rick and A.J., who run a detective agency used a song by the Thrasher Brothers as its opening song?
"Miss Marple"
"Monk"
"Murder, She Wrote"
"Simon & Simon"
What radio station was "living on the air in Cincinnati"?
"Homefront"
"NewsRadio"
"Northern Exposure"
"WKRP in Cincinnati"
What's the opening lyric to the opening theme song to "Dynasty"?
"Come aboard, we're expecting you ... "
"Like sands through the hourglass ... "
"My dear guests! I am Mr. Roarke, your host."
it didn't have lyrics

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Award-winning composer Bill Conti, who wrote the theme song to "Rocky" and "For Your Eyes Only," also wrote the opening title music to which prime time soap opera?
"Berrenger's"
"Falcon Crest"
"Flamingo Road"
"Santa Barbara"
What song, sung by early-80s New Wave band The Waitresses, was the theme to '80s comedy "Square Pegs"?
"I Don't Like Mondays"
"Kids in America"
"Square Pegs"
"That's Good"
Which is the correct way to complete the lyric to this animated '80s staple? "Feel the magic. Hear the roar. ____ are loose!"
"The Care Bears"
"The Jetsons"
"Thundercats"
"The Transformers"

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What sitcom had the theme song, "Without Us," which ended with the line, "Sha-la-la-la"?
"Family Ties"
"Punky Brewster"
"Silver Spoons"
"The Wonder Years"
In 1989, award-winning composer John Colby wrote six notes that went, "DaDaDa DaDaDa." What sports show theme song did that become an iconic melody for?
ABC's "Wide World of Sports"
CBS' "CBS Sports Spectacular"
ESPN's "SportsCenter"
NBC's "Friday Night Lights"
The opening theme song to the TV sitcom "Growing Pains" charted in 1989. What's the song title?
"As Long as We Got Each Other"
"Brand New Life"
"Everywhere You Look"
"Thank You for Being a Friend"

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The opening animation sequence to "You Can't Do That on Television" was set to what song?
"The William Tell Overture"
"Play That Funky Music"
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"
"Flight of the Bumblebee"
Seven versions of the theme music, "Kiss Me," were used over the course of what series?
"7th Heaven"
"A Different World"
"ALF"
"The Cosby Show"
Which is the opening song to "The Golden Girls'" spinoff, "Empty Nest"?
"At This Moment"
"Life Goes On"
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
"That's What Friends Are For"

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For which show did Cyndi Lauper sing the theme song, although she didn't use her name when she did it?
"Care Bears Family"
"Pee-wee's Playhouse"
"Sesame Street
"Snorks"
What Billy Idol song was the opening theme music to the "21 Jump Street" spinoff "Booker"?
"Blue Highway"
"Hot in the City"
"Mony Mony"
"Rebel Yell"
Which chart-topping Rolling Stones' song was used as the opening theme to the Vietnam drama "Tour of Duty"?
"Paint It Black"
"Satisfaction"
"Sympathy for the Devil"
"Time Is on My Side"

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What funkadelic star wrote, "You're Thinking Right," the theme song to "The Tracey Ullman Show"?
George Clinton
Prince
Rick James
Sheila E.
What law series had two opening theme song versions, one for lighthearted episodes and one for shows with serious storylines?
"Ally McBeal"
"L.A. Law"
"Law and Order"
"Matlock"
The opening theme to what crime drama was "Theme for Laura," by Henry Mancini, for the first season, but changed to another Mancini song in succeeding seasons?
"Cagney and Lacey"
"Magnum P.I."
"Hart to Hart"
"Remington Steele"

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The opening credits to what series show Tom Selleck investigating crime on Oahu, Hawaii, to a brass-driven jazzy theme song?
"Hardcastle and McCormick"
"Jack and the Fatman"
"Magnum P.I."
"T.J. Hooker"
Danny Elfman collaborated with Tim Burton before he composed the theme song to which long-running TV show?
"Dick Tracy"
"Justice League"
"Scrooged"
"The Simpsons"
The theme song to which medical drama, the one that ended with that talked-about "snow globe" finale, shares the name with the show?
"Doogie Howser, M.D."
"Quincy, M.E"
"St. Elsewhere"
"Trapper John, M.D"

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You probably know award-winning composer John Williams best from his movie scores, but what song did he write for the 1984 Summer Olympic opening ceremonies?
"Imperial Attack"
"Olympic Fanfare and Theme"
"The Raiders March"
"Three Million Light Years from Home"
The original theme song to "Bosom Buddies," a comedy starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari, was a song by which piano man?
Jackson Browne
Bruce Hornsby
Billy Joel
Elton John
The producers of what show tried to use Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" as the opening them to the show, but the rights were too expensive?
"Barnaby Jones"
"Police Squad!"
"Sledge Hammer!"
"Spenser: For Hire"

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Ray Charles' "Georgia on My Mind" was the theme song to what sitcom that followed the fictional Atlanta design firm Sugarbaker and Associates?
"Murphy Brown"
"Knots Landing"
"Designing Women"
"Dallas"
Between 1988 and 1993, we got by with a little help from our friends on what sitcom?
"The A-Team"
"Full House"
"Growing Pains"
"The Wonder Years"