Friday the 13th: The Series
1987–1990SyndicationHorror
An antiques shop recovering cursed objects, sharing nothing with the films but a title.
Friday the 13th: The Series opens with a main title sequence of 47 seconds.
It arrived on Syndication in 1987, when Romper Room, Truth or Consequences and Soul Train were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
47sThe series' own titles, over the antique shop, with a producer's name card on them. Carries a horror site's watermark in the corner. The film still takes the first two results.
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