One Day at a Time
The Norman Lear sitcom remade around a Cuban American family, with the 1975 theme rerecorded by Gloria Estefan.
One Day at a Time opens with a main title sequence of 63 seconds.
At 63 seconds, it opens well above the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Netflix in 2017, when Mystery Science Theater 3000, Arrested Development and Top Boy were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
63sPosted by Netflix. The tune is the original's, which is the point — the remake keeps the theme and changes everything the pictures show.
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