Elsbeth
The Good Wife's oddest lawyer given a Columbo format of her own, and nine seconds to introduce it.
Elsbeth opens with a main title sequence of 9 seconds.
At 9 seconds, it opens well under the 47-second median for crime sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on CBS in 2024, when Blue Bloods, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and S.W.A.T. (2017) were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
9sFan upload of the title card.
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