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Dancing with the Stars

2005–ABCDocumentary

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

Dancing with the Stars kept one opening title sequence, 44 seconds long, across season 10.

It arrived on ABC in 2005, when One Life to Live, All My Children and Schoolhouse Rock! were also on the network.

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The opening titles

Season 10

44s

Ballroom couples in silhouette against hot colour, each pairing named on a card as it spins through.

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