# Most Creative TV Intros **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840 "2011-11-23T03:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/21 "2011-11-23T21:23:53Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > I appreciate Dexters intro. It’s just kinda gross and too long. I usually skip it. I have to agree with this. I’m usually sitting down with something to eat and the last thing I need to see is him getting a mosquito bite or cutting himself while shaving. I’m also always surprised when I hit the 30 second skip button twice on my TiVo remote and it’s _still_ going. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/22 "2011-11-23T23:58:34Z")
I **hate** Dexter’s intro. Seriously. On the other hand, I like odd intros. [Fear Itself](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4eDOwKx4i4), [Masters of Horror](http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=YVQTdnrenLI), [The Ghost Whisper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mAJwENnNVM), [American Horror Story](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfo5WQs7WR8). All four are far more interesting to me than the ones for Dexter, Big Bang Theory, or Chuck. I do like the intro for Game of Thrones, though. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/23 "2011-11-24T00:05:25Z")
I love the intro to American Horror Story. Way creepier than the actual show. On the other side, I hate hate hate the intro to Battlestar Galactica. I don’t want to see spoilers from the show I’m just about to watch. Extremely moronic idea. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/24 "2011-11-24T02:14:35Z")
[HBO’s Rome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWUFqOmAco8). It immediately let you know “this isn’t just another hammy actors in fake beards and robes” historical melodrama- it was gritty and extremely authentic considering it was for mass entertainment. _Dexter_ was mentioned in the OP’s link. My favorite was the episode where he was a new father; it was the same opening but with a twist; there was baby vomit on his shirt, he was unkempt, he was sleep deprived, and it was the same routine but everything was off. [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yECLM6ZQ2I) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/25 "2011-11-24T02:37:39Z")
Also (and I swear I meant to say this earlier and not because it was just on now) I’m surprised Modern Family hasn’t been mentioned. Not only is it creative, it’s only, what, 20 seconds long so you almost have to watch it. It’s (for me) isn’t even worth the hassle of trying to skip it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/26 "2011-11-24T03:41:49Z")
How about [_Police Squad!_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_t3g4RhpY)? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/27 "2011-11-24T03:56:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > How about [_Police Squad!_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_t3g4RhpY)? I always liked the [endings.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyRe44Wag9A) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/28 "2011-11-24T03:57:01Z")
No love for [Dead Like Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGzjEKJiSAM)? ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/29 "2011-11-24T04:48:06Z")
A lot of my favorites have been listed already - Game of Thrones, Dexter, and Dilbert. I really like The Wire’s intros - all of them are good. Season 2 had the best song (the Tom Waits original) but Season 5 had the best videos and editing. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/30 "2011-11-24T05:00:48Z")
Weeds and Twin Peaks. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/31 "2011-11-24T05:12:42Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Weeds and Twin Peaks. I can never forgive Weeds for that god-awful folk song. The song was so awful even the guest star singers couldn’t make it good. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/32 "2011-11-24T05:28:31Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I can never forgive Weeds for that god-awful folk song. The song was so awful even the guest star singers couldn’t make it good. Somehow it was even worse when week after week different people tried and failed to make it not suck. ---
**Author:** ![Spratt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Spratt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spratt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/33 "2011-11-24T08:52:31Z")
I’ll never forget Goosebumps when I was a kid…the music and dog was pretty creepy. Also, good to see that someone else mentioned Masters of Horror already. Have considered using it as a alarm ring in the past, hah…a good way to scare myself awake. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840/34 "2011-11-24T15:28:24Z")
It was in the linked article but I would second The Walking Dead. It is very evocative without being on the nose. I was always a fan of the New Twilight Zone’s [credits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF-yh4mU6ps) as well (music by The Grateful Dead). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-creative-tv-intros/603840.md?page=1)