I quite liked the SG1/Atlantis idea of having a full credits early on and short credits when the extra time was needed. It bugs me that Universe didnt bother to make some proper credits.

I like most of your choices. I think I would say my favourites are:

Eureka – I love how chirpy it is.

West Wing – The whole sequence, especially with the dramatic music fits the show well.

Notable mentions would be: Firefly, Star Trek Enterprise (S1/2), and Friends.

And as all those seem too recent, I will pick Quantum Leap as my favourite overall.

Finally, A worthy mention is a show that did the short, snappy credits really well: Frasier.

I quite liked the SG1/Atlantis idea of having a full credits early on and short credits when the extra time was needed. It bugs me that Universe didnt bother to make some proper credits.

I like most of your choices. I think I would say my favourites are:
Eureka – I love how chirpy it is.
West Wing – The whole sequence, especially with the dramatic music fits the show well.

Notable mentions would be: Firefly, Star Trek Enterprise (S1/2), and Friends.

And as all those seem too recent, I will pick Quantum Leap as my favourite overall.

Finally, A worthy mention is a show that did the short, snappy credits really well: Frasier.

Quite a few new shows are coming out with interesting credits. The imagery in Dexter, The United States of Tara, and Hung are among the best out there I think. I am surprised they weren't mentioned, though I have no idea if people have seen these shows.

Also going into mini-series, The Masters of Horror had a really creepy vibe that knocks Hex and True Blood out, at least in my opinion. Disturbingly creepy.

The top for me at the moment though, for really getting into a mood for a show, has got to be the intro to House. The music, "teardrop" by massive attack, still makes me feel like watching the (not so) good doctor to this day, any time I hear it.

Other, more modern intros, that are definitely memorable, and unfortunately so, are shows like Smallville and the BBC show "Demons" (now cancelled). Smallville particularly make me want to jump past the intro every time I see it now, it has become grating, and annoying. They could use a bit of a mix up. I am not sure how I feel about the Merlin intro credits yet. Powerful, but I don't know in what way….

A real shame though, is the intro to the show Weeds. Every week for the first couple seasons, they had a different group do the intro music, and I think it was well done, and the imagery well put together, though now they have cut almost any real "intro" out of the show. Simply showing the title and creator doesn't do the same for me that the sing-song intro used to.

"Little boxes on the hillside. Little boxes, made of ticky tacky. Little boxes on the hillside. Little boxes all the same." All I can say is that it really got the feel of the show across when you saw it. This is the perfect example of something, once awesome and unique, now simply lost to advertising time, or potentially a lack of new ideas. I highly suggest that the people who have not seen these shows watch them, and make up their own mind. The intro is not the whole show, but setting a mood is an art that is unfortunately getting lost nowadays it seems.

Quite a few new shows are coming out with interesting credits. The imagery in Dexter, The United States of Tara, and Hung are among the best out there I think. I am surprised they weren’t mentioned, though I have no idea if people have seen these shows.

Also going into mini-series, The Masters of Horror had a really creepy vibe that knocks Hex and True Blood out, at least in my opinion. Disturbingly creepy.

The top for me at the moment though, for really getting into a mood for a show, has got to be the intro to House. The music, “teardrop” by massive attack, still makes me feel like watching the (not so) good doctor to this day, any time I hear it.

Other, more modern intros, that are definitely memorable, and unfortunately so, are shows like Smallville and the BBC show “Demons” (now cancelled). Smallville particularly make me want to jump past the intro every time I see it now, it has become grating, and annoying. They could use a bit of a mix up. I am not sure how I feel about the Merlin intro credits yet. Powerful, but I don’t know in what way….

A real shame though, is the intro to the show Weeds. Every week for the first couple seasons, they had a different group do the intro music, and I think it was well done, and the imagery well put together, though now they have cut almost any real “intro” out of the show. Simply showing the title and creator doesn’t do the same for me that the sing-song intro used to.
“Little boxes on the hillside. Little boxes, made of ticky tacky. Little boxes on the hillside. Little boxes all the same.” All I can say is that it really got the feel of the show across when you saw it. This is the perfect example of something, once awesome and unique, now simply lost to advertising time, or potentially a lack of new ideas. I highly suggest that the people who have not seen these shows watch them, and make up their own mind. The intro is not the whole show, but setting a mood is an art that is unfortunately getting lost nowadays it seems.

I also agree with Fresh Prince and what about Doogie Howser?

I also agree with Fresh Prince and what about Doogie Howser?