It is more common now that shows do not have opening credits or theme songs the way they did in the past. Some shows do work with just a title card. Even at the time it seemed fitting that Lost did not have a theme song or an opening credit sequence. These are some shows I wish had opening credits.

The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries could have gone in any direction. They could have used the instrumental score that played at the end of the credits. They could have used a moody pop song or a goth rock song. One song I think that could have worked is Help, I’m Alive by Metric. It is a moody alternative rock song that was used in the promos for the show when it was getting ready to launch. It includes the opening lyrics, “I tremble, I tremble, I tremble, They’re Gonna Eat Me Alive, Gonna Eat Me Alive.”  That alone could have been looped for a nice little opening credit sequence featuring the cast.

Pretty Little Liars

Since Pretty Little Liars has a theme song, it would have been nice if the opening credits were a full credit sequence with Secret by The Pierces. They could have gotten creative with how they do the full sequence. It does not necessarily need to show the actors in them. It could have used objects and had the names appear across the screen or it could have used clues to A’s identity. That would have cought people’s attention.

Arrow

They could have gone one of two routes. The first route could have been to extend the opening theme when the logo comes on the screen to do a full credit sequence. The other route could have been to follow Smallville’s lead and pick a song to use.

The Flash

It sort of has an opening theme now. After the Crisis of Infinite Earths event, when The Flash returned for the rest of season 6 it added a new opening. Since it does have one, that could have been used to be a proper credit sequence. The cast is not that big so it could have been done within twenty to thirty seconds. It already has the faces. It just needs the names.

Batwoman

Just like Arrow and The Flash, they could have gone one or two ways with this. They could use the music that it is used for when the logo comes on or they could pick a song. Another option could be if they use the music used in the end credits.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

Just like The Flash, this technically has a credit sequence. It just needed to be extended to be a proper credits sequence.

Supergirl

To keep in line with the rest of the Arrowverse, it probably would have been better to use either the theme when the logo comes on or the music that is used during the end credits.

Gossip Girl

This could have used a song plain and simple. Given it was used in marketing as well as being featured in a season 1 episode, Glamorous by Fergie would have been a good choice.

90210

To be honest, I never understood why they bothered using the original theme at the beginning if they weren’t going to do a proper credits sequence. Season 1 had a remix of the theme used in the original show. In season 2 it got another remix this time with a bit more of a beach vibe. That theme stayed for the rest of the run of the series. The cast was not ginormous. They could have extended it to a thirty-five to forty second sequence.

Young and Hungry

Like Pretty Little Liars, this has a theme song. There is only five people in the show. The shortest cast out of the shows on this list. I Like That by Shridhar Solanki & Sidh Solanki is the song. All that needed to be done was to play twenty-thirty seconds of it to include the cast and call it a day.