Salem's Lot
Tobe Hooper's King adaptation, and the vampire at the bedroom window that people who saw it in 1979 still bring up.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Salem's Lot, covering season 1.
It arrived on CBS in 1979, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and As the World Turns were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No usable clip kept. What is posted as the intro is the opening scene in Guatemala rather than the credits, the alternative is the theatrical cut, and the copy labelled as the network opening is CBS's Special Movie presentation ident followed by a promotional montage.
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