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SNL fans: A new book is on the way! Mary Ellen Matthews is the photographer behind Saturday Night Live's iconic "bumper" ...
The cover of "Music for Prime Time" by Jon Burlingame. (Courtesy of Oxford University Press) Here & Now's Jane Clayson looks at some classic TV themes with Jon Burlingame, who teaches film scoring ...
Variety writer Jon Burlingame’s new book, “Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring,” is published today. The product of 35 years of research and more than ...
How the ‘Friends’ Theme Song Helped Save TV’s Main-Title Tunes From Going Extinct 'I'll Be There for You' bucked the tide at a time when execs were arguing songs had to go, Jon Burlingame ...