To Catch a Predator

Name: To Catch a Predator
Genre: Documentary

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A Dateline segment that grew into its own programme, and into a decade of argument about what it was doing.

One opening sequence is catalogued for To Catch a Predator, covering season 1.

It arrived on NBC in 2004, when Mad About You, Will & Grace and Late Night with Conan O'Brien were also on the network.

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The opening titles

No usable clip kept. The one result is a parody that restages the programme as a sitcom open.

No footage of this sequence has been found yet.

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.