“World News Tonight” Current Theme
With the start of the fall 2020 TV season, ABC’s World News Tonight went back to its roots. The top rated newscast picked up its classic...
Edd Kalehoff
Themes by Edd Kalehoff
“The View” 2014 Theme
After Barbara Walters had officially retired from The View in 2014 as co-host, changes were made. Control of the show was transferred from ABC Entertainment to...
“The View” 2007 – 2014 Theme
This theme was used for a number of years, starting when Whoopi Goldberg joined the show as the new moderator. During its usage a number of...
“Primetime” 2004 – 2008 Theme
Primetime Live in its heyday during the 90’s was a successful hard-hitting and investigative live news magazine. When the program was known as Primetime Thursday its...
“Good Morning America” 2005 – 2007 Promo
From 2001 to 2005 GMA used the popular though not commercially released song “Good Things are Happening” by Bill Deasy as their music in promos for...
“The View” 2004 – 2007 Theme
When Meredith Vieira left The View in 2006, Rosie O’Donnell took her spot as moderator. It became one of the most turbulent seasons in the show’s...
“Primetime Thursday” 2000 – 2004 Theme
In 1998 Primetime Live disappeared in name but stayed around in spirit, only to make a full comeback as Primetime Thursday in 2000. All of ABC’s...
“World News Tonight” 2000 – 2012 theme
This is the version of the World News theme by Edd Kalehoff that was used in a period during which the broadcast underwent significant changes. Longtime...
“The View” 1999 – 2004 Theme
The View premiered on ABC in 1997. The show had a unique format for daytime television, so Barbara Walters explained the premise in the open for...
“World News Tonight” 1998 – 2000 Theme
This theme was used on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings until September 29, 2000 when they received brand new graphics. The theme was actually...
“Nightline” 1997 – 2005 Theme
For most of the early years, Nightline used the World News Tonight theme to open the broadcast. That changed in 1997 when they started using a...
“48 Hours” 1996 – 1997 Theme
This theme is composed by Edd Kalehoff and used on 48 Hours for about a year. When they started to use this theme, 48 Hours dropped...
“48 Hours” 1990 – 1996 Theme
This is the second version of the classic theme composed by Edd Kalehoff for 48 Hours. This cue was used for the opening credits, which introduced...
“Saturday Night with Connie Chung” Theme
This 1989 program replaced West 57th and was anchored by Connie Chung. Like West 57th it tried to set itself apart from other news magazines by...
“CBS News Special Report” 1989 – 1997
This is the classic CBS News Special Report theme that was used from 1989 until 1997. Edd Kalehoff is the composer. Kalehoff was quite active for CBS...