History SpecialEditionTitle / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/{{ER}}'' dropped the usage of its iconic opening credits and theme after the 12th season (replacing it with a title card). However, for the show's final episode, they brought back the opening theme and credited all of the regulars appearing in the episode, including cast members who never had the chance to be credited before (Angela Bassett, John Stamos, David Lyons) and former regulars who had come back for guest appearances in the finale (Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Sherry Stringfield, Alex Kingston, and Eriq La Salle). Additionally, back when the full theme was used, there would usually be a "softer" opening to the credits sequence if the ColdOpen was a sad or somber one.

* The [[https://youtu.be/fKSGrsAehaU?si=62GSxsiQ3YSVrA02 typical opening]] to the SoapOpera series ''Loving'' was replaced with a [[https://youtu.be/mzE7SfwZzBU?si=Ujfb1xSmVTlOrJWT different, haunting theme]] during its final major storyline, "The Loving Murders", asking viewers to piece together the clues and figure out who the murderer was.

* For it's 30th anniversary, the SoapOpera ''Series/GeneralHospital'' debuted its so-called "[[https://youtu.be/7yiW5G8Rvuw?si=-83LL5sPuCqXfQ9k Faces Of The Heart]]" credits sequence. While the overall tempo was jazzy and upbeat, a much slower and sadder version was used for episodes that had such a ColdOpen, such as a character death.

* ''Series/{{ER}}'' dropped the usage of its iconic opening credits and theme after the 12th season (replacing it with a title card). However, for the show's final episode, they brought back the opening theme and credited all of the regulars appearing in the episode, including cast members who never had the chance to be credited before (Angela Bassett, John Stamos, David Lyons) and former regulars who had come back for guest appearances in the finale (Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Sherry Stringfield, Alex Kingston, and Eriq La Salle). Additionally, back when the full theme was used, there would often a "softer" opening to the credits sequence if the ColdOpen was a sad or somber one.

* ''Series/{{ER}}'' dropped the usage of its iconic opening credits and theme after the 12th season (replacing it with a title card). However, for the show's final episode, they brought back the opening theme and credited all of the regulars appearing in the episode, including cast members who never had the chance to be credited before (Angela Bassett, John Stamos, David Lyons) and former regulars who had come back for guest appearances in the finale (Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Sherry Stringfield, Alex Kingston, and Eriq La Salle).

** In the season 3 episode ' "Smile Like You Mean It", after [[spoiler: Jerome blows up the Gotham power plant, plunging the city into darkness, the ending title card feature the usual Gotham skyline, except the buildings are completely dark. The following episode's opening title card, when Jerome's followers are spreading chaos, adds a couple of fires.]]

* The opening to the SoapOpera series ''Loving'' had a different, haunting opening during its final major storyline, "The Loving Murders", asking viewers to piece together the clues and figure out who the murderer was.

** The MusicalEpisode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling Once More with Feeling]]" has a mellowed version of the theme song playing over a shot of the night sky, with each actor's face appearing on the moon as he or she was listed in standard credits order.

* The unlucky-13th episode of Discovery's ''Monster House'' replaced its opening credits' usual lighthearted animation with a stark, grim ArtShift variant, and a variant theme song in which the homeowners all ''vanish'' after the renovations rather than love them.

* The MusicalEpisode "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS2E09SubspaceRhapsody Subspace Rhapsody]]" has the opening theme being vocalised, and replaces the closing theme with an instrumental medley of the songs from the episode.

* The ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS2E07ThoseOldScientists Those Old Scientists]]", a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', has an animated version of the titles, complete with the same weird energy parasite from the ''Lower Decks'' titles feeding on the warp nacelle, and a glimpse of the cosmic koala.

{{Special Edition Title}}s in LiveActionTV

* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'':
** ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

** ''Series/TheFlash2014''

** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': The episodes "House of L" and "Red Dawn", which feature a Soviet version of Supergirl, open with a Kaznian hammer-and-sickle version of the S-shield and the title replaced with Cryllic script reading "Krasnaya Doch" (Russian for "Red Daughter").

*** All three parts of the "Invasion!" crossover arc (excluding ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'') had special title cards. ''The Flash'' and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' combined all four series' logos, while ''Arrow'' celebrated its [[MilestoneCelebration 100th episode]] by having each season's title card blend into the next.

*** All five parts of ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' had a ''Crisis'' logo, similar to ''Crisis on Earth X''. (The side story in ''Series/BlackLightning'' had the regular title.)

* The ''Series/BabylonFive'' VillainEpisode "The Corps Is Mother, The Corps Is Father", centering on Bester, used a credit sequence with Psi Corps insignia in place of the usual Babylon 5 shield.
* During the "occupation" storyline, ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' replaced images of the fleet with those of New Caprica under Cylon occupation, and used a different title crawl.
* The closing credits of the last episode of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' were completely silent except for gunshots.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'',
** Jonathan, a minor recurring character, took over the credit sequence of the "Superstar" episode in which a wish he made turned him into a BlackHoleSue.
** The musical episode "Once More With Feeling" had a mellowed version of the theme song playing over a shot of the night sky, with each actor's face appearing on the moon as he or she was listed in standard credits order.
** "Seing Red" has the only opening with Creator/AmberBenson credited for Tara [[spoiler:because she gets killed]].
** Similarly, a few episodes changed the VanityPlate at the end: "Becoming, Part II" featured the little monster lamenting, "I need a hug..." in place of his normal "Grr, argh!", in "Amends" he wore a Santa hat, "Graduation Day part 2" had him in a mortarboard, and in "Hush" he was silent (not on DVD; perhaps as originally aired?). The above-mentioned OMWF had him ''sing'' his grr-argh. Likewise, in the Season 7 documentary-style episode, he sing-songs ''"We are as GOODDDDSSSS"'', a RunningGag in the preceding episode. In the series finale episode, he looks directly at the viewer.

** HalloweenEpisode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]" featured redrawn, Halloween-themed images for each of the cast and closed with a howling wolf. It's revisited in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E05HorrorFictionInSevenSpookySteps Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps]]", with an additional image for [[PromotionToOpeningTitles Jim Rash]], and again in "[[CommunityS4E02ParanormalParentage Paranormal Parentage]]" with a remixed theme song.

* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' ParodyEpisode "200" abandons the concept of a minute-long TitleMontage used for most of the series' run. When discussing TheMovie of the ShowWithinAShow ''Wormhole X-Treme!'', Cameron Mitchell insists on a "strong opening title sequence", while Martin Lloyd says, "No one does that anymore. You just throw up the title and get on with it." This is immediately followed by a TitleOnlyOpening for ''Stargate SG-1''.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' replaced its usual titles, showing a history of exploration, with a version showing a history of conquest for the MirrorUniverse episode "In A Mirror, Darkly". It even went far enough to change the music from a hopeful pop song to an ominous, militaristic theme.

** 3.08, 'A Very Supernatural Christmas' Instead of the normal opening (which featured an exploding Devil's Trap), this christmas special had an exploding ornament and a Santa hat over the A.
** 4.05 'Monster Movie' was a parody of classic black and white monster movies, with a black and white opening
** 4.18 'The Monster At The End of This Book' showed cover art from the series of ''Supernatural'' [[ShowWithinAShow books within a show]] written by Chuck Shurley as Carver Edlund.
** 5.08 'Changing Channels' also contained parodies of several stock television shows, and replaced the opening titles with a sitcom-style montage, complete with appropriately-styled theme song and credits (in the ''Series/FullHouse'' font, no less).
** 6.09 'Clap Your Hands if You Believe' paid homage to ''Series/TheXFiles'' and redid the opening to play the X-Files theme and show footage of the brothers in the same sort of poses as the original X-Files opening did.
** 6.18 'Frontierland' copied the burning map credits from ''Series/{{Bonanza}}''
** 7.08 'Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!' had an exploding wedding cake with Music/RichardWagner's Bridal Chorus for music.
** 7.14 'Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie' added an explosion of rainbow sparkles.
** 9.18 'Meta Fiction' start normally, before abruptly switching the show's name to that of the BigBad which [[VillainEpisode the episode focuses on]].
** 13.16 'Scoobynatural' has a unique opening that begins with a version of the opening moments of the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' credit sequence (bats flying past a spooky-looking house) followed by a unique series logo replacing the show's title with ''Scoobynatural''. (In fact, the title ''Supernatural'' is never actually shown on screen in this episode.)

** The "X-Cops" episode used a modified version of the title sequence from ''Series/{{Cops}}''.
** Used during the end credits of [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E05ThePostModernPrometheus "The Post-Modern Prometheus"]] when the traditional [[FadeToBlack fade to black]] is passed over in favor of the final shot of Mulder and Scully captured like a comic book frame, followed by a deformed hand closing the "comic book" to reveal Chris Carter's producer credit on the back cover.
* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' did this two weeks on the trot with Nasty - done in the style of a Hammer-Horror film - and Time - the first five minutes, including the titles sequence, parodies ''Dallas''.