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pilotguy · 04-25-2003, 10:05 AM

In an earlier message here on the forum, somebody mentioned that in watching the Nick-At-Night reruns of "Wings", they were surprised to see a show opening, with a theme song playing while the opening credits were being shown. This person said that they never saw this opening when "Wings" was being rerun on USA Network.

Did USA superimpose the opening credits over the short "teaser gag" opening?
Or could it be that this "Wings" fan was watching some later "Wings" episodes on USA? I remember that for a while during the 1990's there was a move by all the major networks to get rid of ALL standard openings on all shows.
Just about every show went to superimposing the opening credits over the first scene of the show, but this practice was eventually abandoned and many series went back to using a standardized program opening with a theme song.

Could someone please fill me in on this "opening credit" situation on "Wings" when it ran on USA?
(And just for the record, I LOVE the "Wings" theme song!)

HaskellGirl · 04-25-2003, 10:26 AM

I think what they did was edit the credits so ALL the episodes had the opening credits over the teaser, like how you mentioned it aired for the later eps on NBC.

Chocoholic · 04-25-2003, 02:59 PM

According to www.TVTome.com, NBC stopped using the origional theme and started using a "cold" opening halfway through the third season. (It was also the same episode that first credited Antonio as a series regular instead of special guest star.) USA showed the opening theme for the early episodes that had it, but I think it was edited a bit.

Adamantium · 04-25-2003, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by Snoopy
According to www.TVTome.com, NBC stopped using the origional theme and started using a "cold" opening halfway through the third season. (It was also the same episode that first credited Antonio as a series regular instead of special guest star.) USA showed the opening theme for the early episodes that had it, but I think it was edited a bit.

"Love, Italian Style" was the first episode to have the little intro. I believe that episode's tonight. And yeah, Nick at Nite's opening credits are longer than USA's.

04-25-2003, 10:05 AM	#1
pilotguy Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 1,305	The Opening Credits In an earlier message here on the forum, somebody mentioned that in watching the Nick-At-Night reruns of "Wings", they were surprised to see a show opening, with a theme song playing while the opening credits were being shown. This person said that they never saw this opening when "Wings" was being rerun on USA Network. Did USA superimpose the opening credits over the short "teaser gag" opening? Or could it be that this "Wings" fan was watching some later "Wings" episodes on USA? I remember that for a while during the 1990's there was a move by all the major networks to get rid of ALL standard openings on all shows. Just about every show went to superimposing the opening credits over the first scene of the show, but this practice was eventually abandoned and many series went back to using a standardized program opening with a theme song. Could someone please fill me in on this "opening credit" situation on "Wings" when it ran on USA? (And just for the record, I LOVE the "Wings" theme song!)

04-25-2003, 10:26 AM	#2
HaskellGirl Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Posts: 590	I think what they did was edit the credits so ALL the episodes had the opening credits over the teaser, like how you mentioned it aired for the later eps on NBC.

04-25-2003, 02:59 PM	#3
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	According to www.TVTome.com, NBC stopped using the origional theme and started using a "cold" opening halfway through the third season. (It was also the same episode that first credited Antonio as a series regular instead of special guest star.) USA showed the opening theme for the early episodes that had it, but I think it was edited a bit.