Crime · 1960s
The 1960s account for 5 of the 337 crime shows here, and 6 opening sequences.
ABC carries the most, with two.
One rebuilt its titles mid-run: Batman, with two sequences.
5 shows6 sequences
2 sequences
Batman
Cartoon versions of the cast run at the camera and fight their way through the rogues' gallery, because the budget for that in live action did not exist and the animation is funnier anyway. Neal Hefti's twelve-bar riff has an eight-voice chorus whose entire lyric is the word Batman.
- Seasons 1–2
- Season 3
1 sequence
Hawaii Five-O
The wave, the zoom onto the hotel balcony, and one of the four or five most recognisable television themes ever recorded.
- Season 1
1 sequenceThe F.B.I.
Nine seasons made with the Bureau's cooperation and its approval of every script, from the Quinn Martin production line.
- Season 1
1 sequenceRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
A private investigator and his dead partner, who only he can see, in a white suit.
- Season 1
1 sequenceAdam-12
One patrol car, one shift, from the Dragnet producer.
- Season 1