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The new open is fine, and I'd even call it good. It's not great, although like most of those commenting here, I don't know if it's possible to come up with an open that pleases viewers to the point of "greatness."

I've now seen it multiple times on two U.S. episodes, and it looks better every time. Every actor looks great, hair and wardrobe. The font is getting heavy criticism, but I like it; a size smaller might be better. I think they went for a red font to match the lipstick color on the Y&R.

The deep, dark background is a big contrast from the last open, so I think that was intentional. The skyline is being called "cheap," but I don't get that criticism at all. They're obviously going for some noir look with that and the font. If you don't like it, fine, but throwing out "It's cheap" doesn't work for me.

Regardless of how poorly the business stories are today, Newman and Jabot are still at the center of Y&R. I don't know what else viewers would want as a background, other than generics.

Importantly, they kept the actors' names on the screen. I love that. I also love it that they did not mess with the theme. I did like the jazz/porn theme, but not as a replacement for the classic. I'd use it today, but as the end credits music.

One more thing I like that's continuing: that the music cue leads into the open theme and becomes a part of it. I'd say that works almost all of the time, and it's an example of extra work being done.

 

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Yes, it is what it is ...but...

The noir look skyscrapers don't say Y&R to me.

How about a some earlier(flattering) clips of each castmember in B&W fading from one to the next as the color pose is superimposed over the top?

eg Victor in his original cowboy look and then a couple of other clips throughout the years.

A young Nikki on stage, a shot from the first wedding etc

Highlighting the history and legacy of those characters. For newer cast members eg Brytni/Sean just find some clips where they look a bit different eg different hairstyles/haircuts

In my mind it looks great !!

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For some people here the opening could have been 30 seconds of Josh Griffith setting fire to a lifesize cardboard cutout of Bill and Lee Bell and they'd comment "They're trying their best!".

We have different standards I suppose.

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AMC had a picture of Rosemary Prinz in the photo album for her 6 month stint 'with guest star' billing.

There's an ep of Road of Life from the mid 50's where the actors posed in picture frames for the intro (live!). Maybe Never Too Young showed the actors in the opening with kids romping around (or were they just random teens?)

So unless I've missed something Y&R with the character sketches was the first long running show to use images.

Ryan's Hope followed their lead and then The Doctors and Love of Life when they revamped openings in the late 70's.

Then Texas, Guiding Light and One Life to Live.

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