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The 40 Best TV Theme Songs of All Time
It's fashionable to lament the state of the TV theme song. Gone are the days when a show's whole premise was summed up in musical verse before every episode. Now we have Lost and it's single chord. And though I actually like Lost's simple spooky chime and have recently highlighted the 12 Best TV Theme Songs From Current Shows, there's no denying we're past the golden age of the TV show theme song. Take a look at the following list, and let me know where I'm wrong. I've included music without words, but I skipped over shows that used already... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 12 Best TV Theme Songs from Current Shows
Next Monday we'll look at the Best TV Theme Songs of All Time. But while we lament the lack of a Cheers or M*A*S*H or Sanford & Son theme song in today's TV landscape, we've picked our 12 favorite theme songs from TV shows that are still in production. In the era of TiVo, the little ditties opening today's shows seem to be littler and dittier than their predecessors (I guess if people are going to fast forward through them anyway, why spend the effort?). But here are 12 that make us put down that remote:[note: Sesame Street would have... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the Day20 Best TV Characters of the Past 20 Years (#8-#5)
Today, we present the next four characters... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySimpsons cast signs on for four more years...maybe
Don't have a cow, man. The cast of The Simpsons and 20th Century Fox have finally worked out a new deal that will put an and to the multiple-month production delay... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsTim Delaney
Make extra room on the bookshelf for another cultural-studies... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsThe Simpsons Movie
Coming after 18 seasons, it’s impossible to view The Simpsons Movie without having some context. read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsSimpsons Movie contest winner announced
In the latest of an ongoing series of Simpsons-related publicity stunts, Springfield, Vermont has been selected as the winner of The Simpsons Movie Hometown Movie Challenge. Fourteen Springfields around the nation competed for the prize by submitting a short film exhibiting the city’s “Simpson Spirit,” which depending on how its interpreted could mean either their immense fandom or their propensity towards nuclear meltdowns and poorly constructed monorails. The winning Springfield beat out its competitors with a video recreating the film’s opening and a short skit about donuts, giving it 15,367 votes out of 109,582 total cast on USAToday.com. This won... read more
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