Roll credits!

I dig the new trend of not showing people during the opening credits of a television show. Of course, it may not be new, but it's new to the shows that I watch. I first experienced this on Alias, but only for the first season or so (and since I saw that first season in the span of about two days and generally skipped them anyways, I didn't pay too much attention). After season 1, the credits changed to a montage of different alias, which was pretty danged cool, don't get me wrong, but I liked the black screen with the letters flashing.

My two favorite current credit roles are probably The 4400 and Weeds. Both show the names of actors, but don't show their faces, or shots of them from the show, like most other television shows do. The 4400 shows a series of scenes that would have happened when people disappeared mysteriously over the years (along with a perfect theme song), and Weeds shows the monotony of suburbia (also with a perfect theme song). These credits set the tone for their songs much better than the other option, in my opinion.

Another one that does this is Saving Grace, but it's not a good. This could be because I've only seen two episodes (it's a new TNT show), but the images that the credits show aren't as appropriate, in my opinion. I still like it, but it's not quite as well done as the other two shows.

I'm sure there are some other shows out there that use this particular method of opening credits, but I don't watch them (I really don't watch all that much television).