Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Main / DiagonalBilling

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Creator/RobertShaw and Sarah Miles in ''Film/TheHireling'' (1973).

to:

* Creator/RobertShaw and Sarah Miles Creator/SarahMiles in ''Film/TheHireling'' (1973).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added example(s)

Added DiffLines:

* Creator/JohnInman, Creator/MollieSugden, Creator/FrankThornton, and Creator/TrevorBannister are billed this way in the opening credits of ''Film/AreYouBeingServed''. When Inman and Sugden are billed, Inman's face is in the top left corner of the screen with his name in the bottom left corner, while Sugden's name and face are on the top right and bottom left corners respectively. Then when Thornton and Bannister are billed, Thornton's face is in the bottom left, his name is on the top left, Bannister's name is in the top right, and his name is in the bottom left.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Television projects featuring Franchise/TheMuppets, starting with ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' and continuing in ''Series/TheMuppetsMayhem'', started a variation of this to give all of the Muppet performers equal billing: the first episode credits them in alphabetical order, then each episode moves the one who was first-billed in the previous episode to the end of the list, so that each puppeteer gets their turn at being top-billed.


Added DiffLines:

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', starting with its 2023 reboot, has a three-episode cycle in which Creator/BillyWest, Creator/KateySagal, and Creator/JohnDiMaggio alternate being first billed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Jane Fonda is not a man


* ''Film/{{The China Syndrome}}'' also has a three-man variant, with Creator/JackLemmon at lower left, Creator/JaneFonda at center top, and Creator/MichaelDouglas at lower right.

to:

* ''Film/{{The China Syndrome}}'' also has a three-man three-person variant, with Creator/JackLemmon at lower left, Creator/JaneFonda at center top, and Creator/MichaelDouglas at lower right.

Added: 643

Changed: 88

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Creator/LaurenCohan and Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan on ''Series/TheWalkingDeadDeadCity''.

to:

* Franchise/TheWalkingDeadTelevisionUniverse:
** Creator/ChadLColeman and Creator/EmilyKinney in the fifth season of ''{{Series/The Walking Dead|2010}}''. The final season, which adds almost a dozen of the cast to the opening credits, has the newest additions - Creator/EleanorMatsuura (Yumiko), Creator/LaurenRidloff (Connie), Creator/CaileyFleming (Judith), Creator/NadiaHilker (Magna), Creator/CassadyMcClincy (Lydia), Creator/AngelTheory (Kelly), Creator/PaolaLazaro (Princess), Creator/MichaelJamesShaw (Mercer), Creator/JoshHamilton (Lance), and Creator/LailaRobins (Pamela) - listed this way.
**
Creator/LaurenCohan and Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan on ''Series/TheWalkingDeadDeadCity''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' goes from giving Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/CecilyStrong two separate slides in the first season's opening credits, to giving both of them one slide in the second season's end credits.

to:

* ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' goes from giving Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/CecilyStrong in ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'', after the second season switches from listing them on two separate slides in at the first season's opening credits, beginning, to giving listing both of them one slide in on the second season's same end credits.title card.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Creator/PedroPascal and Creator/BellaRamsey in ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023''.
* ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' goes from giving Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/CecilyStrong two separate slides in the first season's opening credits, to giving both of them one slide in the second season's end credits.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Creator/LaurenCohan and Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan on ''Series/TheWalkingDeadDeadCity''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* The credits for ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' use a variant in order to give Creator/MichaelSheen and Creator/DavidTennant equal billing: Sheen's name fades in first, followed by "& David Tennant." Their names appear together for a moment (at the same level), and then "Michael Sheen &" fades out leaving Tennant alone for a few seconds.

to:

* The credits for the first season of ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' use a variant in order to give Creator/MichaelSheen and Creator/DavidTennant equal billing: Sheen's name fades in first, followed by "& David Tennant." Their names appear together for a moment (at the same level), and then "Michael Sheen &" fades out leaving Tennant alone for a few seconds. The second season gives them the traditional diagonal arrangement with Michael Sheen at top right and David Tennant at bottom left.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* After an argument between ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'' stars Creator/WilfridBrambell and Harry H. Corbett over who should receive top billing ahead of the first series, the BBC alternated which one was billed first every episode, and whichever was billed second in the opening credits would be billed first in the closing credits.

to:

* After an argument between ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'' stars Creator/WilfridBrambell and Harry H. Corbett Creator/HarryHCorbett over who should receive top billing ahead of the first series, the BBC alternated which one was billed first every episode, and whichever was billed second in the opening credits would be billed first in the closing credits.

Top