DTF St. Louis
A local weatherman in slow motion for a minute and a half, gold serif credits laid over him, to the back half of the Fifth Dimension's 'Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In'.
DTF St. Louis opens with a main title sequence of 92 seconds.
At 92 seconds, it opens well above the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on HBO in 2026, when A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms was also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
92sSlow-motion local news, the weatherman at work, gold serif cards drifting over him.
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