The Righteous Gemstones
Eleven seconds of gold-plated megachurch branding, delivered with exactly the sincerity the family would want.
The Righteous Gemstones opens with a main title sequence of 11 seconds.
At 11 seconds, it opens well under the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on HBO in 2019, when Curb Your Enthusiasm, In Treatment and The Jinx were also on the network.
The opening titles
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11sThe first season's card.
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