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Young Sheldon

2017–2024CBSComedy

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The Big Bang Theory prequel, narrated by the adult Sheldon it never shows. Its titles are one family portrait in the West Texas hills, reshot every couple of seasons as the children outgrow the last version of it.

Young Sheldon rebuilt its titles: four distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–7, running between 16 and 18 seconds.

At 18 seconds at its longest, it opens well under the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on CBS in 2017, when Murphy Brown, Blue Bloods and NCIS: Los Angeles were also on the network.

Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Young Sheldon did so three times.

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All 4 opening title sequences

Seasons 1–2

18s

Fan upload from a titles-only channel. Sheldon stands in the landscape alone; the family only arrives in the third season's version.

Seasons 3–4

16s

Fan upload of the reshot titles, which put the whole family in the frame for the first time.

Seasons 5–6

16s

Fan upload of the third version, opening on a longhorn. A soft re-encode, but the only copy that is not either subtitled or filmed off a television.

Season 7

18s

The last version, with Georgie's daughter added to the line. Carries the watermark of the outlet that first posted it.

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