Man v. Food

Name: Man v. Food
Genre: Documentary

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A presenter attempting restaurant eating challenges built to be impossible, and losing more often than not.

Man v. Food kept one opening title sequence, 49 seconds long, across season 10.

At 49 seconds, it opens well above the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on Travel Channel in 2008, when Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and Ghost Adventures were also on the network.

The opening titles

49s

Fan upload of the tenth season's intro. The alternatives are the spin-off's titles and an anime parody.

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.