One Hour of Television

On Friday, November 20, I watched an hour of television from 1:48-2:48 and noted all of the music that I heard while watching. When I st/.arted watching, one of my favorite shows, Malcolm in the Middle, was on. There was background music throughout the show that was faint and not long-lasting. For the credits, the theme tune was played also. The next show that was on was The Bernie Mac Show, and I heard the introduction theme song. When I saw the first few seconds of the episode, however, I changed the channel to Nickelodeon because I had seen that episode the previous day. On Nick, Spongebob Squarepants was on. In this episode, I heard the odd, cartoonish background music, and Mr. Krabs and Spongebob sang a song together. Another episode of Spongebob was on next, and I heard the same background music.
In this hour of television, probably 90-95 percent of the commercials had some kind of background music in them. Some of the commercials I saw that had music in them were for Burlington, Alka seltzer, Movies on Demand, Dave Dennis Jeep Dodge, Walmart, Jam Band Musical Microphone for babies, Style Lab Jewelry Design, Legos, Nintendo DS, and Tony Hawk Ride for gaming systems. After this hour was completed, I was shocked at how much music I hear on TV on a daily basis and never recognize it.