Moonbase 8
Three astronauts in an Arizona simulator, none of whom will ever go to the moon.
Moonbase 8 opens with a main title sequence of 17 seconds.
At 17 seconds, it opens well under the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Showtime in 2020, when Shameless, Homeland and Billions were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
17sFan upload from a Russian titles archive channel, with the original English audio. Seventeen seconds.
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