differences in graphics and theme tunes in pilot episodes

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the pilot for Married With Children still uses the wonderful Frank Sanatra version of Love And Marrige

but before it gets to the line

"Try try try and you will only come to this conclusion"

it slows down like a chewed-up tape

do you know of any other differences in theme tunes opening titles or graphics in TV pilots
 
Most pilots that get produced don't contain intro sequences due to the fact casting might change after it's been picked up (or it's a waste of money if it doesn't get a pick up order at all). Sometimes they'll then add the sequence on when it goes to air in an amended format eg Shit My Dad Says, which has the recast son and 30 Rock where Rachel Dratch's character was recast.

I'm not sure about original airing, but the DVRAB for Beverly Hills, 90210 have the season 2 music for 1x01.
 
Not quite a pilot but in the first series of Boston Legal they changed the titles part way into the series.
They changed the graphics and stars/characters.

Boston Legal is a strange one though as they constantly changed the stars/characters in the titles thoughout (even mid-season), whereas most shows would stick with the same for at least the season.
 
Absolutely Fabulous is an example depending on which version of the pilot you see. In the original pilot, the famous 'wheels on fire' tune isn't used at all (in fact there is no opening titles sequence at all), and the credit fonts are completely different. I only know this because for some reason GOLD shows this version whenever they screen the first episode - the version shown on the BBC had the same credit style as all the other episodes in series 1.

The BBC copyright at the end also shows 1991 rather than 1992, so I'd imagine it was filmed some way in advance of the rest of the series. There's also an extra 2 mins of dialogue between Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders which isn't in the BBC version of the pilot.
 
Another show that has different music is House MD in the US they use "teardrop" by massive attack the rest of the world uses a generic theme tune
 
The pilot of Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire had a glitzy, tacky, showbiz theme song and title sequence. The whole tone of the show was radically changed from the pilot to the real series.
 
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