The Eryn Thomas Show (1986 TV Show)/Opening montage

Seasons 1-2 (1985-1988)[edit]

1985-1987
1987-1988

With a new cast in place, a new montage was made for season 1, which remained in use for season 2. It began with cast members fleeing something not shown, and showed repertory cast members in video clips, and featured players in stills. No titles were shown with voice actor names. The music remained the same from the Unaired Pilot. For the first time, the band was introduced after the last featured player. A permanent with this season, the repertory cast is introduced first, followed by the featured voice actors, then the Episode Title

Seasons 3-5 (1988-1991)[edit]

A new show logo was used starting with this season. It was made up of the words The + Eryn + Thomas + Show styled in a circle. It was used until the end of the show's 10th season in 1995.

Season 3 has been given a new look introduced new video, with new video clips of the cast in black and white in a bar setting. The music and overall style remained the same as the previous two years, while for season 4, they added a 5th anniversary mark.

Seasons 5-8 (1990-1994)[edit]

1990-1992
1992-1995

Season 5 changed the cast videos again, though the music and overall style still remained unchanged. A notable addition was the middle cast category, with cast members introduced in the same style as repertory cast members. This middle cast category was dropped for season 8, but the montage remained otherwise the same, using the same video clips.

Season 9 (1994-1995)[edit]

September-December 1994
January-September 1995

After four years with the same theme, the montage changes again. The music has also changed slightly, but is still a rendition of the music used since 1985. This montage has a 10th Anniversary theme, and is in black and white, and it consists of the cast members' photos being projected onto various objects around New York.

Season 10-Mid Season 11 (September 18, 1995-August 31, 1997)[edit]

1995-1996
1996-1999

Along with a virtually all new cast, this season also came with an all new opener. and the theme music is a jazzier version of the 1994-1995 theme. This montage has a theme similar to that of the NBC studios where TETS is broadcast, and consists of black and white images of the voice cast at Olympia, with purple and green titling. The 1992 TETS logo introduced here is used through the 2005-2006 season.

The 1996 (season 11) montage also uses a "30 Rock" theme, and is virtually identical to the 1995 montage, but with brand new cast photos, and slight change in font.

Late Season 11-Mid Season 12 (September 1, 1997-September 6, 1998)[edit]

This opener is the only montage in TETS's history that did not feature any images of Olympia. Instead, it featured colored bars that spun and revealed each voice actor photo, along with mention of a The Best Friend Gang TV appearing on episodes.

Late Season 11-Mid Season 14 (September 1, 1997-September 3, 2000)[edit]

This montage was used for two seasons, including TETS's 15th Anniversary season. It is similar to the 1997 montage in that various colored bars were used. However, there are various striking differences between the two montages. Whereas the first one had all bars moved sideways in vertical positions, this one included bars moving from different directions in horizontal positions. Also, unlike the previous montage, shots of New York City, Olympia, University Place, Lacey, Bellingham, and Tacoma were featured within the moving bars. The bars were also different colors. Finally, as opposed to the voice actors/voice actresses/musical guest/host photos occupying the entire screen, they were represented in a small box in a beige color.

For the season 14 intro, one difference is that the TETS logo now has a small "15" superscript after it to commemorate its 15th Anniversary and Season 12 featured voice actors

Late Season 15-Mid Season 16 (September 4, 2000-September 1, 2002)[edit]

This opening montage was used for three seasons. It contains various shots from around New York City and features the voice actors and voice actresses at Capital High School It was also the first opening montage since the 1993–94 season in which the voice actors moved on-screen. The music that would accompany the opening credits for this season and the next two would garner some criticism from some TETS "purists" because of its heavy use of turntables and DJ equipment.

For season 16, there were a few cast changes, and this time without the World Trade Center in the skyline shot. Richard Johnson's clip was changed. The theme had a minor change also.

Late Season 16-Mid Season 17 (September 2, 2002-September 7, 2003)[edit]

This season's montage was basically a "film negative" version of the 2000 montage, using new effects when displaying the cast's title cards. Sarah Michelle Gellar's clip was changed. This is also the last opening montage to mention the Saturday Night Live Band in the intro, a tradition which had happened the first 17 years (1986-2003).

Late Season 17-Mid Season 18 (September 8, 2003-September 5, 2004)[edit]

A brand new opening for 2003 has a Grand Central Terminal theme (complementing the new stage), with a "first-person" camera following the voice actors and voice actresses who are found around various sections of the subway, and local eateries. This opener is the first since season 1, to not to credit the Saturday Night Live Band, which now seems permanent.

Late Season 18-Season 20 (September 6, 2004-September 17, 2006)[edit]

Another brand new montage for 2004 opens on a shot of the Brooklyn Bridge, and shows the cast engaging in conversations around Capital High School. The text for the voice actors' names are capatlized, white, and each letter of their name is spread out.

For season 19 -- the 2004-2005 season, the intro was in HD (high-definition), as s19 was the first season of the show to be in HD. The names were also displayed in a different font.

Final Two Weeks of Season 20-Early Season 24 (September 3, 2006-December 6, 2009)[edit]

The opening montage introduced on the 21st-season premiere involved the cast on a Party at Capital High School. It was a completely new production from the previous montage, featuring a completely new logo and VTR. The font was in a plain greyish colour with bold lettering, where each word is progressively larger than the last in both the title and cast credits, with footage of Olympia in the background. The epiosde's pictures are simply seen over top of the background footage instead of inserted onto a billboard like the previous season.

With the AJ Knows Best episode airing on September 18, 2006, the montage was changed slightly to include an TETS logo changed to a design and typeface identical to the 1985–1987 TETS logo. The pictures of the episodes were placed over the entire screen, instead of over the Olympia footage. This new montage was also used for the rerun for the Eryn's TV Dilemma episode, replacing the originally-aired one.

Also changing for the September 19, 2006 repeat was the logo. The logo kept the same look, but condensed to look thinner, and to fit wide screen.

For season 22, the artwork for the host and musical guest is now a black and white portrait.

Lastly, for season 23, the episode artwork is now back to being in color. The "TETS" logo and the cast credits appear smaller to fit into the 4:3 "safe area". In the second episode of the season, the video for Jane Levy's credit was changed. In the fourth episode, the show went back to being shown in letterbox in some markets.

Mid Season 24-Early Season 27 (December 7, 2009-November 2, 2012)[edit]

The opening montage introduced on the 24th-season premiere featured the cast in random places in New York City. The montage features the same logo as the previous seasons but instead of the greyish color it's now a light greenish color with bold lettering. The host and musical guest are pictures cover the entire screen when introduced. In the second episode the host and musical guest have a small picture that is circled with bright colors, the background features it going down a city street. It also had the "TETS 25" bumper, since this was the show's 24th season.

For season 27, all reference to TETS's 25 years on the air were removed, including the intro.

Lastly, for season 26, the only changes are as of the September 29, 2011 episode

Mid Season 27-Season 28 (November 4, 2012-September 21, 2014)[edit]

The opening montage introduced in the November 4, 2012 episode features still photos of each voice actor interspersed among a New York City background. The cast photos are edited to look like separate images merging to form one picture. The first time since the 1999-2000 season to solely have photos of the voice actors'.

For season 28, the opening montage is the same as last season's, only Melissa Joan Hart's photo was changed

Season 29-Season 32 (September 22, 2014-September 30, 2018)[edit]

This new montage marked Darrel Hammond's debut as the show's new announcer

A fresh new soundtrack was added, too, extending to two minutes.

The opening montage introduced in the season 29 premiere is in the same vein as the 2009–12 opening, in which we see the cast members engage in various locations of New York City, Olympia, Tacoma, Lacey, Bellingham, and University Place. In addition, there is a completely new logo as well as a revamped theme song, which is a hybrid of the 2009 and 2012 themes.

The new montage began a flickering theme for the text. This montage returned the use of live video for voice actors rather than pictures. For Season 29, "30" was put after "The Eryn Thomas Show" or "TETS"; it was removed for Season 30. Starting with season 31, still photos of the host and musical guest were replaced with short video clips.

Seasons 33-34 (October 1, 2018-September 20, 2020)[edit]

For season 33, new art deco-themed tiles were used for cast members. The The Eryn Thomas Show logo and music remained unchanged.

The intro changed this season, after having been the same for the past four seasons. It featured black and white video which showed each cast members' whereabouts through Capital High School, which changed to color and a freeze frame over which the names of each voice actor would appear in Blue text with a color background. The TETS logo that debuted in 2006 remained and the theme music is a rearrangement of the 2014 theme. Also, the host and musical guest portions are the same as in the past two seasons, in which they are live short video clips. This intro would be kept through the Eryn Gets Bullied Again episode.

However, starting with the TETS at Home episodes (beginning: April 6, 2020), due to the coronavirus pandemic, the intro was changed for the last episodes of the season, and showed the cast members at their homes.

Seasons 35-36 (September 21, 2020-September 18, 2022)[edit]

After just two seasons, a new opening intro was introduced. Like the previous one, it was in black and white and showed the cast both at Capital High School and around 30 Rockefeller Plaza, with their names appearing in variously colored cursive lettering. Some of the cast members were also shown wearing masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme music from the previous intro carried over to this one (with small arrangement changes towards the beginning) and the host and musical guest portions, in which they are short video clips, remain the same.

For season 36, the intro was relatively the same, but now in color. The hand-drawn lettering was also given an extra glowing treatment and the logo was changed from pink to a bright blue.

Season 37-present (September 19, 2022-present)[edit]

Once again, after just two seasons, a new intro was introduced. Rather than a mix of stills and video clips, this intro was entirely video, and 8 cast members left the show prior to this season, making this a revamped intro. A new logo was made and introduced, and the theme song—which mashes up elements of the 2003-2006 theme in the beginning with elements of the 2018-2022 theme towards the end—is played at a faster pace.

For season 38, the intro was left in tact