Iron Chef America
2005–2018Food NetworkDocumentary
The Fuji format remade in a Food Network kitchen, with the man in the gold cape replaced by a chairman.
Iron Chef America opens with a main title sequence of 57 seconds.
At 57 seconds, it opens well above the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.
The opening titles
Season 1
57sFan upload of the theme, which ends on the logo card.
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