Remember when shows actually had theme songs you didn't skip?

I was rewatching an old episode of The Fresh Prince with my nephew last weekend and he asked why the intro was so long. It got me thinking about how streaming killed the theme song. Back in the 90s, you had those 90-second opening credits that were like a mini music video. Now everything is a 3 second logo or a cold open straight into the action. I get it, people want to binge faster, but something got lost along the way. Does anyone else feel like we traded away a bit of the show's personality for convenience?

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derekp704d ago

3 seconds is plenty for me, I skip everything anyway.

sullivan.elliot4d ago

@derekp70 So you just skip everything entirely? What's even the point of watching then? I don't get how you can judge a show or movie by a 3 second clip. That's like reading one page of a book and saying you know the whole story. Maybe you just watch things for background noise and dont actually care about the plot. But if that's the case why bother with the skip at all? I gotta ask, do you ever actually finish anything you start watching or do you just hop around forever?