Maverick
James Garner as a gambler who would rather not draw, and the western that taught the genre irony.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Maverick, covering season 1.
It arrived on ABC in 1957, when American Bandstand, The Lawrence Welk Show and The Edge of Night were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
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