The Hills

Name: The Hills
Genre: Documentary

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The Laguna Beach spin-off that moved to Los Angeles, and the show that made the word scripted an argument.

The Hills opens with a main title sequence of 50 seconds.

At 50 seconds, it opens well above the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on MTV in 2006, when The Real World, Clone High and Punk'd were also on the network.

The opening titles

50s

Posted by MTV's Australian account.

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.

2009–Logo / VH1 / MTVDocumentary

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

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.