Original Desmond

Just watching last week's 90210 and the opening titles were 9 mins into the episode ! what's the friggin point of bothering with them if they are that far in !

Gizmo

So people don't tune out.

calhoun07

I guess I never kept track, but I recall when I watched Ugly Betty the opening titles would sometimes come in pretty late.

Jadzia

Alias always did this - sometimes 15-20 minutes in.

Count Dooku

I haven't put a clock on it, but Dollhouse can go a while before the titles come up.

Bill Needle

I remember Heroes doing this a few times as well.

TheKing

Brothers And Sisters had a few episodes last season that took about 15 minutes to start the credits.

jjcool

First one that came to my mind as well. They often put them where the first commercial break after the credits break in a traditional show, would go.

chuckd21

Fringe did this once last year. One late episode ran the opening sequence about 20 minutes into the episode.

Alan Smithee

I don't think anyone has beat Monty Python's Flying Circus- some of those have the opening more than halfway through the show, a few have the closing credits very close to the beginning too then go on afterwards. Do any shows even air now for 15 minutes with no commercial break?

Double_Oh_7

This is a different situation since they did it as part of the humor of the show.

majorjoe23

Mad Men's first commercial break usually comes about 15 minutes in.