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Theme Effort

The Foo Fighters tune wasn't theirs to keep

By Lynette Rice | Dec 05, 2001

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VARIATIONS ON A THEME ''Ed''s protagonist is singing a new tune this season

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If NBC's Ed (Tom Cavanagh) doesn't appear to be whistling a happy tune these days, here's a possible reason why: His theme song has changed. Last season, ''Ed'' creators Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman chose the upbeat Foo Fighters song ''Next Year'' to introduce audiences to the you-can-go-home-again drama, despite warnings from production company Viacom that they couldn't keep the song. ''They must own [the rights to] the theme song, and [Viacom] made it clear to us that we'd someday have to change it,'' says Burnett.

That day came Oct. 10, when season 2 of ''Ed'' launched to the strains of a far more somber tune: ''Moment in the Sun'' by Clem Snide. ''It was a difficult task to replace something so beloved,'' admits Burnett. ''We wanted to stay away from a knockoff of Foo Fighters, but perhaps we went too far in another direction. But it's growing on people.''

Originally posted Dec 04, 2001

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