Ted Lasso
Twenty-two seconds of Richmond's own stadium seats, photographed close and covered in fan graffiti, over a brass hook — brisk, warm, and gone before it can outstay itself.
Ted Lasso kept one opening title sequence, 22 seconds long, across season 2.
At 22 seconds, it opens well under the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Apple TV+ in 2020, when Mythic Quest, Servant and Truth Be Told were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 2
22sRichmond's stadium seats, shot close: red and blue plastic covered in marker graffiti — BELIEVE, RELEGATE REBECCA, a drawing of Beard — before the camera pulls back far enough for the red seats to read as a shape among the blue. Photographed, not drawn, which the entry used to say it was. The cast card for Sarah Niles is what places this after season 1.
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The Arconia drawn as a cutaway illustration with the residents inside it, redrawn each season as the building's secrets change.
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The Chair Company
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- Season 1
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Betty
A group of women skateboarding in New York, expanded from the film Skate Kitchen.
- Season 1