Always Be Watching
Always Be Watching

Always Be Watching

Make TV great again with opening titles and theme songs!

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Dan Barrett
Jan 14, 2025
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I remember back in 1996 seeing, what my memory tells me, was a story on Entertainment Tonight. It concerned the opening titles for then-new sitcom Spin City and how they ran just 19 seconds long. It was seen as revolutionary for network TV as it reduced the amount of time viewers were being taken away from the actual show… and (more importantly) opened …

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