>>288 What you're looking for is called "Production Music". It's canned music that can be licensed for use in TV shows, commercials, movies, etc.
http://www.killertracks.com/#!/browse.aspx?selectedLabelId=36&PageNo=4 Listen to all the Network Music (The company that made Deadline) tracks for free here. Quality is only 112kbps MP3 but a lot of the Network stuff is also sold on itunes so if you hear something you like you can buy it there. For late 80s to early 90s, try NM050 to NM100.
http://pornotrond.blogspot.ca/ This blog (and some of the blogs it links to) has a bunch of old production music. Mostly 70s stuff so probably not what you want.