The size of the initial sections I’ve been looking at makes them First Acts, really. Not teasers. They take you deep into the story.

I had a theory that what you called the initial section had to do with the traditions of the genre you were writing in. I thought maybe when the show was a comedy or a cop, for example, the writer would call it a teaser.

I haven’t been able to make the theory stick.

So until they hit the air, who knows where the title sequence will land.

So 5-6 act one hours seems to be the rule as opposed to the exception…and the Teaser has either been done away with or blended into Act One.

Very interesting.