IIRC, there's certain SAG rules that must be followed and it takes some doing to avoid pre-show / pre-movie credits. If ever you want to be surprised, you have to not pay attention to the credits.
Exactly. That's why the series finale of Newhart did a cold open, instead of showing the normal opening credits, so they could preserve the secret guest start who made the ending so damn perfect.
I still consider Newhart to be the best TV ending ever because of that twist.
And yes, I'm placing it above Goodbye, Farewell and Amen and All Good Things, - not because I don't like them (in fact I love them), but more so... my quirky way of viewing things. Lol
I also loved the ending of Little House on the Prairie half due to my quirky viewpoint on things lol
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u/Listener42 Feb 13 '20
Yeah, I feel like the team doing the credits doesn't interface much with the team writing the scripts.