BattleBots

Name: BattleBots
Genre: Documentary

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Home-built robots destroying each other inside a perspex box, and the reason a good many engineers exist.

BattleBots opens with a main title sequence of 19 seconds.

At 19 seconds, it opens well under the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on Comedy Central in 2000, when Mystery Science Theater 3000, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and The Man Show were also on the network.

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The opening titles

19s

Fan upload of the intro. The alternatives are the Japanese broadcast version and the later ABC revival's.

2005–ABCDocumentary

The American Strictly, which runs two seasons a year and rebuilds its titles for most of them.

2000–CBSDocumentary

The competition format that rebuilt American primetime, and rebuilds its titles for every location.

2005–FoxDocumentary

Flames, a skull made of a chef's hat, and Gordon Ramsay shouting — the titles tell you exactly what the hour is.

2009–Logo / VH1 / MTVDocumentary

Eighteen seconds that get remade every season — new logo treatment, new track, new set of queens.

2002–Fox / ABCDocumentary

The talent format that ran American primetime for a decade, opening on a spotlight and a logo that spins.

2002–BBC TwoDocumentary

Twenty-one seconds of engine noise and a rock riff — a motoring programme that opens like a trailer for itself.