# TV shows with narrated intro sequences **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282 "2009-10-19T03:27:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/41 "2009-10-19T16:01:27Z")
Sorry – I missed that the OP mentions three of mine. If you do include singing, there are lots of others, but the OP already discounts those. One problem is that syndicated runs of shows tend to truncate the openings, so it’s not obvious (if you haven’t seen the initial run) that there ever _was_ a spoken narration. Did **The Time Tunnel** have an opening narration? I think so, but I don’t recall. i think **The Guns of Will Sonnett** did, too. ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/42 "2009-10-19T16:33:16Z")
How about **The Land of the Lost**? _“Marshall, Will and Holly on a routine expedition when the greatest earthquake ever known…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/43 "2009-10-19T16:41:11Z")
**The Outer Limits** [QUOTE=Deep-voiced narrator] There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We can reduce the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to… The Outer Limits. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/44 "2009-10-19T17:05:04Z")
Royal Pains has one narrated by the main character. 3 that might have one, but I don’t quite remember: Sliders In Plain Sight Now and Again (the one with Dennis Haysbert and Eric Close) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/45 "2009-10-19T17:17:55Z")
**Project UFO** , Ezekiel saw the wheel… **The Magician** , All of the magic you are about to see… ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/46 "2009-10-19T17:33:44Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Royal Pains has one narrated by the main character. > > 3 that might have one, but I don’t quite remember: > Sliders > In Plain Sight > Now and Again (the one with Dennis Haysbert and Eric Close) In Plain Sight does, explaining how many people are in Witness Protection. Leverage does as well (at least it did in the first season. Can’t remember if it still does.) ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/47 "2009-10-19T18:29:53Z")
Only some of the seasons of JAG had a lead-in about how Harmon Rabb went from navy pilot to navy lawyer ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/48 "2009-10-19T19:55:58Z")
“I’m just trying to be a better person. **My name is Earl** ” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/49 "2009-10-19T20:20:49Z")
The current Lifetime series _Drop Dead Diva_ uses a narrated intro to explain the convoluted premise (skinny model dies and comes back in the body of overweight lawyer). Hardcastle & McCormick used a narration in the first season to explain its premise (Judge hires the last guy he convicted before he retired to help him go after criminals vigilante-style). ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/50 "2009-10-20T00:01:36Z")
Each episode of Dragnet opened with a monologue by Jack Webb. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/51 "2009-10-20T00:06:19Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > 3 that might have one, but I don’t quite remember: > Sliders > In Plain Sight > Now and Again (the one with Dennis Haysbert and Eric Close) Sliders definitely did. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/52 "2009-10-20T00:08:06Z")
Didn’t _Space:1999_ have an opening narration? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282/53 "2009-10-20T00:33:14Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > It’s [Monkey Magic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series))! Woo-ooh! I’m not sure I was really looking for a factual answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-narrated-intro-sequences/514282.md?page=2)