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- Cagney & Lacey - Bill Conti (later arrangement of Conti's theme done by Mark Snow)
- Captain Nice - Vic Mizzy
- The Carol Burnett Show ("I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together") - Joe Hamilton
- The Champions - Tony Hatch
- Charles in Charge - David Kurtz, Michael Jacobs, & Al Burton; performed by Shandi Sinnamon
- Charlie's Angels - Jack Elliott
- Charmed ("How Soon Is Now?") - Love Spit Love
- Cheers ("Where Everybody Knows Your Name") - Gary Portnoy
- Chico and the Man - José Feliciano
- CHiPs - John Parker (season one; season two & onward theme arranged by Alan Silvestri; rejected, un-used theme by Mike Post)
- Chuck - ("Short Skirt, Long Jacket") - Cake
- Cimarron Strip - Maurice Jarre
- The Clothes Show ("In The Night") - Pet Shop Boys
- Clueless - ("Ordinary Girl") - China Forbes
- Code Lyoko - ("A World Without Danger") Franck Keller and Ygal Amar
- Code Monkeys ("Code Monkey") - Jonathan Coulton
- Corner Gas ("Not A Lot Goin On") - Northey Valenzuela
- Cops ("Bad Boys") - Inner Circle
- Cory in the House - Kyle Massey
- The Cosby Show - Grover Washington, Jr.
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father ("Best Friend") - Harry Nilsson
- Cowboy Bebop ("Tank!" / "The Real Folk Blues") - Yoko Kanno, performed by The Seatbelts
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Who Are You") - The Who
- CSI: Miami ("Won't Get Fooled Again") - The Who
- CSI: NY ("Baba O'Riley") - The Who
- Dad's Army ("Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?") - Bud Flanagan
- Dallas - Jerrold Immel
- Damages ("When I Am Through With You") - The VLA
- Danger Man - Series 1 "The Danger Man Theme" Edwin Astley,series 2–4 "High Wire" Edwin Astley, series 2–4 in the US as Secret Agent, "Secret Agent Man" theme composed by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, and recorded by Johnny Rivers.
- Daniel Boone - Vera Matson and Lionel Newman
- Dark Shadows - Bob Cobert
- Dave's World ("You May Be Right") - Billy Joel, performed by Southside Johnny
- Dawson's Creek ("I Don't Want To Wait") - Paula Cole
- Definition ("Soul Bossa Nova") - Quincy Jones
- Department S - Edwin Astley
- Desperate Housewives - Danny Elfman
- A Different World - Aretha Franklin
- Dennis the Menace - William Loose and John Seely
- Dick Turpin - Denis King
- The Dick Van Dyke Show ("Keep Your Fingers Crossed") - Earle Hagen; unused lyrics by Morey Amsterdam
- Diff'rent Strokes - Alan Thicke, Al Burton, and Gloria Loring
- Dirty Little Secret ("Dirty Little Secret") - The All-American Rejects
- Doctor Who - Ron Grainer, originally arranged by Delia Derbyshire
- Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest ("Our House") - composed by Madness Performed by cast
- Dog the Bounty Hunter - Ozzy Osbourne
- Doogie Howser, M.D. - Mike Post
- Dragnet - Main Theme ("Danger Ahead") by Miklós Rózsa; "Dragnet March" by Walter Schumann
- Drake & Josh ("I Found a Way") - Drake Bell
- The Drew Carey Show ("Cleveland Rocks") - The Presidents of the United States of America
- The Dukes of Hazzard ("Good Ol' Boys") - Waylon Jennings
- Dynasty - Bill Conti
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