# Favorite TV opening Title Credits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329 "2010-04-16T11:26:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/1 "2010-04-16T11:26:19Z")
Many TV series had very cool opening theme music or clever title sequences, what are some of your favorites. Mine are as follows: **UFO** [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RfzkhqBLY) **Hawaii Five-O** [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AepyGm9Me6w/hqdefault.jpg "Hawaii Five 0 Intro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepyGm9Me6w) **Wonder Woman** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M_blOQEu9ws/hqdefault.jpg "Wonder Woman Opening Theme Season 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_blOQEu9ws) **Myserty Movie Theme** (Columbo et al) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OleZDTgEglQ) **Johnny Quest** [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT0rzDGJ6vc) ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/2 "2010-04-16T11:43:24Z")
Those are good. But isn’t [**this one**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyuHaY_VA9o) the never-to-be-bested greatest of all time! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/3 "2010-04-16T11:46:51Z")
[Deadwood](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B909njPoX7k) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/4 "2010-04-16T11:48:29Z")
I’m liking Space:1999. No linkie, so sorry, at work. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/5 "2010-04-16T12:35:49Z")
**Farscape** always had great intros, especially as they went along. This link should show all of them. [Farscape](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CtM6Mhkb08) I also love **Caprica’s** opening sequence, but I can’t find it online. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/6 "2010-04-16T12:38:15Z")
[Dead Like Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuVc_EynwyA) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/7 "2010-04-16T14:31:19Z")
Following **UFO** mentioned in the OP see also: [**Stingray**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs) Anything can happen in the next half hour! And follow links on the youtube page for: **Thunderbirds** 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Thunderbirds are Go! **Captain Scarlet** This is the voice of the Mysterons OO We know that you can hear us Earthmen… Personal favourite is: **The Rockford Files** Can anyone find a good link for this, I’m only seeing the theme tune over stills… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/8 "2010-04-16T14:35:39Z")
[Dexter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8-Rqo-VT4) [Carnivale](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqLks7qnew) [Rome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzd1szJLFoI) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/9 "2010-04-16T14:42:53Z")
> [@Small\_Clanger](#): > > [**Stingray**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs) Anything can happen in the next half hour! And don’t forget it’s famous [closing credits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD96RQ1-wnY). Aaaaaah. . . Marina. . . . ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/10 "2010-04-16T14:55:15Z")
I definitely second Dexter, it’s awesome. I’m also partial to [Firefly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrAS20mNZUE). I also love the opening to [Chips](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKdayl7BHM)! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/11 "2010-04-16T15:13:19Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > [Dexter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8-Rqo-VT4) > > [Carnivale](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqLks7qnew) > > [Rome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzd1szJLFoI) We think too much alike! I would add _The Sopranos_, but you got the best ones. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/12 "2010-04-16T15:14:07Z")
I just watched the _Wonder Woman_ open. I remember so much of the theme song’s words! (Of course, I worshiped Wonder Woman, along with the Bionic Woman.) _Wonder Woman! In your satin tights, Fighting for your life, And the old Red, White and Blue!_ ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/13 "2010-04-16T15:14:08Z")
I fondly remember all mentiond. However, there is a special place in my hert for the opening of… **I Spy** ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/14 "2010-04-16T15:16:18Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > We think too much alike! I would add _The Sopranos_, but you got the best ones. Came in here to sing: “Woke up this morning, got yourself a gun”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/15 "2010-04-16T15:27:04Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Deadwood](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B909njPoX7k) Yes! HBO and Showtime have a way with opening credits. I must tip my hat to _Sex and the City_ for that feature as well. Most of the older shows I remember better for the music than the graphics. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/16 "2010-04-16T15:28:58Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > Fighting for your life, I believe the line is, fighting for your **rights** … Women’s LIB in the 70s you know.😉 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/17 "2010-04-16T15:31:51Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > We think too much alike! I would add _The Sopranos_, but you got the best ones. Yep! 🙂 I was going to include _True Blood_, but the maggot scene grosses me out, and I’m not sure how I feel about all the stereotypes in those credits. They fit with the southern backwoods feel of the show, but I still don’t like 'em. The song is excellent though. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/18 "2010-04-16T15:32:45Z")
**Twin Peaks** ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/19 "2010-04-16T15:36:25Z")
First thing that came to mind was (of course) Star Trek. That was amazingly different for the time. And UFO was a blast from the past. I need to see if Hulu has any of those episodes available. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/20 "2010-04-16T15:42:38Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Most of the older shows I remember better for the music than the graphics. I did find a clip of one of my old favorites: [Then Came Bronson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPIOH8bCfk) and if you really want a trip down memory lane with theme music and such, start with [this better version of the music](http://www.televisiontunes.com/Then_Came_Bronson.html) and scout around for others. One I really liked back then was [Adventures in Paradise.](http://www.televisiontunes.com/Adventures_in_Paradise.html) However, for theme music nobody will ever outdo Henry Mancini: [Mr. Lucky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OsLatnCFY) [Peter Gunn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcflCzZlLcQ) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329.md?page=2)