Stargate SG-1
1997–2007ShowtimeSci-Fi ChannelSci-Fi
The gate opening, every week, for ten years — David Arnold's film theme rearranged for television and a sequence that never stopped being about one piece of hardware.
4 sequences24th most looked up of 409 in the 1990s
Season 1
62sThe original, built around the gate's chevrons locking and the wormhole forming.
Season 6
59sA mid-run revision, re-cut as the cast and the show's scale changed.
Season 9
62sRebuilt after the near-total cast change — Richard Dean Anderson gone, Ben Browder and Claudia Black arriving from Farscape.
Season 10
61sThe final season's version.