RuPaul's Drag Race

Name: RuPaul's Drag Race
Genre: Documentary

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Eighteen seconds that get remade every season — new logo treatment, new track, new set of queens.

RuPaul's Drag Race opens with a main title sequence of 18 seconds.

At 18 seconds, it opens well under the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on Logo in 2009, when The Real World, Clone High and Punk'd were also on the network.

The opening titles

18s

One season's version of a sequence the show rebuilds annually.

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.

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.

2004–Bravo / LifetimeDocumentary

Designers given a day and a budget, and Heidi Klum telling one of them they are out.