“I have always enjoyed the theme from Barney Miller, or Sanford and Son. Although, they are instrumentals. “
The Andy Griffith Show was an instrumental and that was on the list, and though there are words for MASH, that was always presented as an instrumental. Seems like there were some that were not on the list but were at least worthy of consideration such as “Hawaii Five 0” and “Bonanza”.
Actually, there are words for the Andy Griffth Show theme too.
There were lyrics for “Bonanza” as well. The original plan was to have the Cartwrights sing the theme from horseback, until the producers realized how cheezy that would be.