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 450 ...

Instead of using a pre-existing song from The Rembrandts catalog, the team behind Friends worked with the band members, Phil Solem and Danny Wilde, to craft the lyrics and the tune to the hit song.

'I'll Be There for You' bucked the tide at a time when execs were arguing songs had to go, Jon Burlingame recounts in an excerpt from his new book, 'Music for Prime Time' Variety writer Jon Burlingame ...