Deadliest Catch

Name: Deadliest Catch
Genre: Documentary

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Bering Sea crab boats, opening on the sea doing the thing that makes the programme's title literal.

Deadliest Catch opens with a main title sequence of 63 seconds.

At 63 seconds, it opens well above the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on Discovery Channel in 2005, when Wheeler Dealers, Deadly Women and MythBusters were also on the network.

The opening titles

63s

Fan upload of the first season's open.

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.