Theme songs that you never skip? Rescue Me is a contender for the greatest ever

Succession. They usually do an opening scene before it and then it just DROPS. So dubious and machiavellian each time

The Wire. Five seasons, five variations on “Way Down in the Hole.” [Season 1](https://youtu.be/J4zZCuNAGRo) was my favorite.

True Detective season one

The song is C'mon C'mon by The Von Bondies. It's the only tv theme song that went into a normal rotation for me.

Bojack Horseman. Closing credits theme never gets skipped either.

X-Files baby

Sopranos

Greatest American Hero, obviously

Surprised I’m the first to mention True Blood!

Firefly. I refuse to skip it. You can’t take the sky from me.

Magnum PI and Miami Vice because I'm f****** old

I'm surprised no one said What We Do In The Shadows. Norma Tanega You're Dead.

Ducktales (woo hoo)

Smallville! I mean, it goes f****** hard. “SOMEBODY SAAAAAAVEEEE MEEE!!!!!”

I never skip The Good Place opening.

Were none of you born in the 80s/90s? * Wonder Years * Batman the Animated Series * X-Men the Animated Series

Game of Thrones (or House of the Dragon), House, Bluey (yeah, I said it).

This is Jim Rockford, at the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you. https://youtu.be/W1zYNrsx9Pw

Peacemaker, season one. 

malcom in the middle theme

Cheers & The O.C.

Twin Peaks

Justified 

Black Sails

China Beach

[House, M.D.](https://youtu.be/u7K72X4eo_s)

X-Men animated series

MASH.

Cowboy Bebop [Tank! by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts](https://youtu.be/EL-D9LrFJd4?si=x_0hYzr4-hFg1MV2)

[The Littlest Hobo ](https://youtu.be/Ybk0SkpRjH4?si=3XPfd_UYzS9gZkZM)

Peacemaker, Scrubs, Psych, King of the Hill.

Narcos True Blood Edited for formatting

Psych. Even the extended version is fairly short and the few times they do use it it’s a special themed version. 

[The Greatest American Hero](https://youtu.be/72MxOo5koto)

I hate how faith of the heart kind of sneaks up on you lol

Melrose Place. Love the guitar riffs!

Game of thrones

Easy. The X-Files

One Tree Hill, because ball is life.

Resident Alien

One no one's said yet: Better Call Saul. It was like 20 seconds long, and really did a hell of a job nailing the overall feel of the show. Gilligan shows always have great intro themes.

True Blood

Every season of Attack on Titan!

Shrinking, I love the song, the intro always drops in at such a nice moment, it fits the vibe of the show perfectly

Psych has an amazing theme song by The Friendly Indians.

Firefly Stargate SG1 Buffy Sopranos

Black Sails https://youtu.be/gwIRzgbe2jo?si=Kuu01uBoBpWItEIo

Dark

Evil. Goddam the intro piece is good

Cowboy Bebop’s theme Tank! by The Seatbelts

Cowboy Bebop

The one for Shrinking.

Buffy

Slow Horses show, ‘Strange Game’ by Mick Jagger

Miami Vice Wonderfalls

Night Court, WKRP, X Files, Unsolved Mysteries, Forensic Files

It's been a loooong road...

lol that’s so weird I was just about to start watching that tonight

Boondocks, Sons of Anarchy, The Drew Carey Show

The Jefferson's

Treme [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zynE9HIt5WY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zynE9HIt5WY) Just the music throughout was magnificent.

Psych MacGyver Star Trek: TNG Cheers

the japanese digimon adventure opening [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czHmCZFWooI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czHmCZFWooI) Cheers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtAgAMzaeg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtAgAMzaeg) Tail Spin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM94EFNizOY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM94EFNizOY) MASH [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIGYLBVjYZA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIGYLBVjYZA) LoZ OoT [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ohCKS\_LUM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ohCKS_LUM)

Veronica Mars

Rome, Dead Like Me, What we do in the Shadows.

The Sopranos!!

Knight Rider, not that it is ever on re-runs, but it is a true banger.

I mean… unlike most this was actually a song you could’ve heard on the radio for a couple months in 2003-4. The Von Bondies were a fun band. Their debut LP had some scorchers

Show: Shrinking Song: Frightening Fishes, by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie.

Rescue Me actually had great music overall. Leary is a big Afghan Whig’s fan (as am I) so their music is a regular throughout the show, along with many other great bands. And the Von Bondies, just chefs kiss!

*I’M GOING THROUGH CHANGEEEESSSSS… IN MY LIFE” 🌱 Never skipped the Big Mouth theme and vibed out every time 😎

Strike Back had a great one.

Outlander. Season 1 is still my favorite. Some others are not bad but OG S1 is the best for me.

Mobland intro. Just couldn't get myself to skip the intro

While I agree that *Rescue Me*'s opening song is very catchy, nothing can beat [*Black Sails*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTcA4QLHw0) for me.

The Leftovers season 2.

For All Mankind.

Duck takes

Stranger Things theme never got skipped in our house. Super well done and perfect tone setter

Big Bang Theory intro never gets old

Daredevil / Daredevil Born Again

Dexter and Malcom in the Middle are the GOATs.

Patriot

Bob's Burgers

Actually the credits song but: “Bojack the horse don’t act like youuuuu don’t knowww oooohhhhoooohhhh”

Dorohedoro S1. The first episodes of season 2 are out now and the new intro goes just as hard.

Rewatching Punisher Season 1 and the theme is unskippable.

Smallville, Firefly, Friends and of course Community.

House of Cards, Succession, Community.

Battlestar Galactica Redux

Such a great open! Loved this show

Holy bro... Last time I heard that song was apparently like 17+ years ago in an official [Machinima Music Video](https://youtu.be/qVVGN8mbyVE?list=RDqVVGN8mbyVE) 🤔

Lost

I never skip any theme songs out of principle, but I’ve gotta go with Smallville

Daredevil, Band of Brothers, etc

Breaking Bad. It's easier to let it play than try and hit skip on the screen.

It'd be easier for me to come up with a theme song I might skip because I don't really believe in skipping them (and I'm usually too lazy to bother, anyway).

Puffin Rock

Highlander Also one of my favorite queen songs.

Bosom Buddies.

I never skip the opening credits 🤷🏻

Was expecting Keep Hope Alive by Crystal Method when I saw that thumbnail! 😂 From Third Watch.

I enjoy Brooklyn 99, Friends, X-files and Scrubs. In a funny way, Superstore - because it's like 4 notes.

Raised by Wolves had a gorgeous theme song [Raised by Wolves (2020) – Title Sequence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyVQmuX2aY&list=RDKwyVQmuX2aY&start_radio=1)

I've always been partial to [the intro to Kingdom Hospital, "Worth About You" by Ivy](https://youtu.be/rJCYWlvhyLQ?si=m5pl2a6bDAJmCVR5)

Star Trek Enterprise

Game of thrones. The Crown.

Airwolf, yo!

X-men

I never skip the intro of any show. It’s part of the experience of watching a show.

Franklin & Bash

Breaking Bad. That little riff is like 5 seconds long and it still sets the whole mood every time

Breaking Bad. That little riff is like 5 seconds long and it still sets the whole mood every time

The Mindy Project. It's, like, three seconds long.

You think you've found the best TV theme of all time, but you're wrong, because it's not Monkey Magic. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=88y4ttqaW6U&pp=ygUXbW9ua2V5IG1hZ2ljIHRoZW1lIHNvbmc%3D Zen Buddhism. Ancient wisdom. Eastern spirituality. A stone monkey kicking dudes in the nuts. You need more?

Peacemaker Season 1

Animorphs. Damn that intro slaps every time, even if the shows goofy as heck.

I watched the whole series of the anime Death Parade purely because it’s opening theme is so good

The song used for true blood is awesome - probably sons of anarchy is one for me as well.

Perfect Strangers Gummi Bears

For Anime it might be the final season of My Hero Academia Heck both the opening and closing songs are great Opening : https://youtu.be/5ALFVv_tdYw?si=fMnfg-YkgYfjdobP Closing : https://youtu.be/K0v0lTbZnvM?si=nOJTgzUsCGUcX0GA

[The Fall Guy](https://youtu.be/HAJMyDdY9jc?si=kCbri1PyLtTw4VLh)

[Jack of all trades](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fqp4xT7M3w) from the 90s staring bruce campbell. It's so damn catchy.

White Lotus season 1

Rugrats

“Do you really want to taste it?”

The OC and Succession

The Office. Its like 5 seconds long and still puts me in the right mood. Also Always Sunny, that little song is just perfect for what youre about to watch

Attack on Titan OP1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. Not keen on the second s3 opening song but the rest are....f*** yeah. Pure hype.

I don't ever skip intro's, but some of my favorites are Cheers MASH Lucky Star DuckTales (Original) Dragon Ball Z (Cha-La) Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers Serial Experiment Lain Laverne and Shirley Pokemon (season 1) Peacemaker (season 1) I miss when intro's actually used SONGS, so I'm glad anime at least generally still does.

I *really* want to say Sopranos as it's, IMO, one of the best themes/openings in TV history but if I'm binging 4 episodes, it's so long that by episode 3, ya gotta skip it due to how long it is.

Tailspin and Rescue Rangers.

Star Trek Enterprise!

Futurama, The Venture Bros

Come on! Come on! Justified is one I don't skip and they use the drum beat at the beginning to segue out of some great cold opens.

It's been a long road Gettin' from there to here It's been a long time But my time is finally near.

Samurai Champloos intro theme song gets me so hyped. The amazing artwork showing the different personalities of the main characters mixed with Japanese break beat rap? It’s perfect. https://youtu.be/Eq6EYcpWB_c?si=wjPkoJkyr6zeXQ_Q

"Save Me" from Smallville. "California" from The OC. "Guren No Yumiya" from Attack on Titan. "Red Right Hand" from Peaky Blinders.

Bosch - never skip Bosch Legacy - I can’t skip it fast enough

Game of Thrones.

Gravity Falls. It’s such a banger I cannot skip it even now. DanDaDan season 1 OST is pretty fire, I still groove to it when I hear it on my music app. Primal is my joke entry - there was an option to skip the intro for Season 3, but it’s less than 10 seconds with no real music or lyrics, so it seems a bit heavy-handed to skip it.

Miami Vice

I thought it was just me

Weeds, but that's bc Malvina Reynolds, who wrote "Little Boxes", was a family friend. Not sure how she'd feel about becoming the opening theme of a TV show...