History CouchGag / LiveActionTv

* ''Series/FlashForward2009'' has split-second shots of images from later in the episode on each title card.

** The show's opening title is shown in a different color each season, and the accompanying animation of the Seattle skyline ends with a number of different variants. Some of the various animations:

** At the beginning host Clive Anderson started out introducing the players ''and'' their showbiz origins, then got bored with that and switched to more original, thematic introductions, with a theme and usually a [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers sting for the fourth one.]]

* ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' has the titular host [[TrashTheSet going berserk and destroying everything in the area]] during every intro, with various bits of insanity in the middle of the rampage, and finally sitting down exhausted only for the set to be instantly rebuilt in a matter of seconds, and Hannibal walking in like nothing happened. Enough variations on the theme have happened to get their own page [[CouchGag/TheEricAndreShow here]].

* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'': The intro sequence is a brief animation of the apartment building where the series takes place, and every episode's intro has some EasterEgg relating to that episode's plot. Some of these are obvious: in the episode where there's a blackout throughout the city, the building is obviously blacked out. Others, less so: in the episode where Music/{{Sting}} is a guest star, there's a bee flying around. In one example that spans the entire season, in the season one intros there's an old lady walking her dog outside the building, but in season two, when the main characters inherit a pet parrot, the lady is walking a parrot instead...except for one episode where a restaurant's chicken logo is a plot point, so she's walking a ''chicken''. A full list of the series' Easter eggs can be found [[https://popculturereferences.com/all-ten-of-the-only-murders-in-the-building-season-2-opening-title-easter-eggs here.]]

* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding: The intro sequence is a brief animation of the apartment building where the series takes place, and every episode's intro has some EasterEgg relating to that episode's plot. Some of these are obvious: in the episode where there's a blackout throughout the city, the building is obviously blacked out. Others, less so: in the episode where Music/{{Sting}} is a guest star, there's a bee flying around. In one example that spans the entire season, in the season one intros there's an old lady walking her dog outside the building, but in season two, when the main characters inherit a pet parrot, the lady is walking a parrot instead...except for one episode where a restaurant's chicken logo is a plot point, so she's walking a ''chicken''. A full list of the series' Easter eggs can be found [[https://popculturereferences.com/all-ten-of-the-only-murders-in-the-building-season-2-opening-title-easter-eggs here.]]

* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding: The intro sequence is a brief animation of the apartment building where the series takes place, and every episode's intro has some EasterEgg relating to that episode's plot. Some of these are obvious: in the episode where there's a blackout throughout the city, the building is obviously blacked out. Others, less so: in the episode where Music/{{Sting}} is a guest star, there's a bee flying around outside. In one example that spans the entire season, in the season one intros there's an old lady walking her dog outside the building, but in season 2, when the main characters inherit a pet parrot, the lady is walking a parrot instead and does so for the rest of the season...except one episode where a restaurant's chicken logo is a plot point, so she's walking a ''chicken''.

* The title of ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' appears as a mass of moving weapons, usually of a sort wielded by the killer doll during the episode.

* The first five seasons of ''Series/RadioEnfer'' had a small sketch before the opening started, in which at least one member of the radio club (and sometimes the faculty) would make a different humorous report before signing off with "You're listening to ''Radio Enfer''!"[[note]]Vous écoutez ''Radio Enfer''![[/note]].

** Also, the opening credits end with a hand placing some object on a table. Each time, the object pertains to that episode's title.

** In the opening titles, the "special guest star" would be introduced ... ''and then killed off during the title sequence.'' It was supposed to be different for each guest and episode but one of the guests happened to be Creator/JohnBelushi...''[[FunnyAneurysmMoment who ended up dying for real]]'', forcing a last-minute rewrite.

* The production company VanityPlate at the end of shows produced by Chuck Lorre (''Series/DharmaAndGreg'', ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'') contains text written by him. The text can usually only be read by freeze-framing on it (using a VCR or DVR). The card is different for most episodes and is numbered, starting with #1 for the first episode of ''Dharma & Greg'' and continuing through the other shows.

* The opening credits for every episode of ''Series/UchuuSentaiKyuranger'' always feature little snippets of action scenes from that particular episode mixed in with the standard footage that appears in every episode's opening.