Why dosen't TV-series have Intros anymore?

[Nalam the Venom]

Actually, with linear airings losing popularity in favor of day 1 online streaming, smart TVs etc., it's a pretty legitimate way of thinking.

Okay diden't think about it like that, i'm still in the mind-set that people watch the series at the TV air time

[Deleted]

I'm glad they got rid of those long ass intros, when I'm binge watching some Anime it gets on my nerves they didn't edit out the long ass intro. The time spend on the introes combined could've been another episode

[ProphetFlume]

Because it's anothetr 1,5 minutes that can be spent on something interesting.

Nailed it. Scrubs tried a full-fledged one in the second season and said they cut it down for more real episode time. House would sometimes cut it out and just flash the name for a couple seconds for the same reason.

[Spraxle]

I personally prefer the Supernatural, Gotham, Flash, Arrow, Constantine, etc way of doing intros. IE: maybe a quick recap of past stuff if it's important and then the shows logo. Sitting through a recap and then a long song filled intro is just boring. I'm actually glad Netflix usually has markers on certain stuff that skips around those long winded intros (original Pokemon is one of the worst imo).

But for why? People who watch the show don't need a goofy 'here is the cast as they turn around and face the camera slowly' kind of deal these days. We want to get into our show and enjoy it.

[Eace]

Flash dosen't have a intro atleast or greys anatomy

I don't watch much TV but the ones i've seen while switching channels dosen't have it
Like 2 and a half men, the exes and there are probably more

Grey's Anatomy did indeed have an intro, but they removed it after a few season (1-2? Can't remember) to allow for more screentime.

Long intros with credits and a song just went out of style. I'm sure they'll come back at some point.

[looorg]

Depending on the show it's a minute or two of nothing that people will skip. Show-name, cast/actor names etc. A lot of shows have really cut it down to a minimum, there are exceptions like The Simpsons which has its very long intro-sequence every week. Instead the creators fill that time "saved" with ads.

[Frozenbeef]

Supernatural has the happened previously thing, not sure if it counts an intro though :/

[Deleted]

No it's not in my book is an intro

Then the problem is in your book.

[Adoxe]

I know what you mean but I can't say I miss them, in fact I didn't even realize this until you mentioned it in this thread.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Gotta be nice to have TV that can see the future
You can't fastforward stuff airing on the TV

You never heard of a DVR?

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The main reason that a lot of TV Shows don't have intros anymore is because the networks figured out that without intros they can sell an additional minute or two of commercials.

[Nanaboostme]

Each generation's attention span is shrinking hence the limitation of beginning credits. Watch films from the 90's and earlier, majority have 2-3 minutes of just credits in the beginning of the film. Films now a days start with a cliffhanger in the very second. Some intentionally done for plot-wise and unfortunately others for marketing-wise

[Deleted]

Lots of shows still have intros. I wish they didn't, but they do. They usually just put them after the initial minute or two of the episode where things are set up.

[Thirteen]

Then the problem is in your book.

To be fair that's a really bad intro... But it might be just cause he's narrating it horribly and bad writing.

[Pull My Finger]

It's because of the short attention span of today's audiences, ridiculous viewing habits like "binge watching" and mainly to have more time to squeeze in commercials, which is what it's all about anyway.

[Kathranis]

Lots of shows still have intros (opening credits/title sequences), but others reduce the length of the intro because it increases the length of the actual episode.

One of the reasons anime tend to have 1.5 minute long OPs and EDs is that it effectively reduces the runtime of the episode to 20 minutes, dramatically cutting down on the costs of producing each episode.

Here are some of the longer, more recent opening title sequences that I really like:

[vilememory]

The time of a television show is getting progressively smaller, it use to be a show lasted 21 to 24 minutes. Leaves a few minutes for the intro and the rest for commercials. Nowadays though shows are getting into the 16 to 18 minute run time. That is all show plus intro, the rest of the time is commercials. Studios want the most bang for their buck at the cheapest cost, hence why shows are smaller and why you get more commercials. Oh and look forward to the day that videos you get a physical copy of will require an internet connection to change the unskippable commercials on them.

[Wildtree]

Grimm Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYCRJStMAdU

Sleepy Hollow Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVeif94l2fk

The Blacklist Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDQZBB9pnRw

The Tudors Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQOSkd3j_I

NCIS Intro Seasons 1 - 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QkE6gE9KXo

List could be extended almost endlessly.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Lots of shows still have intros (opening credits/title sequences), but others reduce the length of the intro because it increases the length of the actual episode.

One of the reasons anime tend to have 1.5 minute long OPs and EDs is that it effectively reduces the runtime of the episode to 20 minutes, dramatically cutting down on the costs of producing each episode.

Here are some of the longer, more recent opening title sequences that I really like:

The thing about the majority of those shows is that they are on subscription-based channels that don't have commercials (typically the only ads you will see will be for their own content...and those are usually in between programming blocks).

[Deleted]

To be fair that's a really bad intro... But it might be just cause he's narrating it horribly and bad writing.

His logic simply fails. Not many series has no intro ( I can't name one, but may have a few). Long intros are pointless and boring. Short intros still have music plus they tell what the series are about and that is what matters.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Grimm Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYCRJStMAdU

Sleepy Hollow Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVeif94l2fk

The Blacklist Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDQZBB9pnRw

The Tudors Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQOSkd3j_I

NCIS Intro Seasons 1 - 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QkE6gE9KXo

List could be extended almost endlessly.

I can only speak for the Blacklist...but that intro is rarely ever used.

As for the Tudors...that's on a subscription based channel.

For the others those are just quick 30 second intros...which are still relatively common.