Ferguson opening credits

Has Craig Ferguson stopped billboarding the guests during the opening of
the show, or has my local station (WBZ in Boston) been cutting to him a
few seconds late? They've gone from the announcer saying the names, to
just displaying them on the screen, to nothing.

mooseboyskip...

Yes, it is rather annoying. I like to see who's on the show, and
have gotten used to tuning in just at the opening. But now I never can
see who the guests are. It seems to me an odd way to save twenty
seconds. It's really frustrating...

seapig...

They've also stopped mentioning any guests in the teaser they show
toward the end of Letterman's show - now they usually just show a clip
from the monologue.

They seem to be saying, "our guest list is so weak, we know you'll flip
over to Conan as soon as we tell you who they are." It will probably
be a self-fulfilling prophecy; people aren't going to want to appear on
a show where the guests are treated as an afterthought.

Barry Margolin...

But he tends to have some of the most interesting guests on late-night
TV, although not necessarily the "big" stars. And he's probably the
best interviewer of all of the hosts. In his interview with Joe
Mantegna Thursday night it seemed clear that he actually knew who the
guy was. So many talk show hosts just go by whatever is on their cards.

David Levy...

It isn't your local station.

FYI, the announcer (Richard Malmos/Shadoe Stevens) never spoke the
guests' names. The original opening consisted of the full-length song
(sung by Craig Ferguson) and nifty shots of Los Angeles (with the
guests' names superimposed in the center of the screen), followed by
Craig's entrance. Then someone had the bright idea to ditch the
beautiful visuals in favor of having Craig immediately appear and
awkwardly stand on-stage, waiting for a recording of his own voice to
end (as the guests' names appeared at the bottom of the screen). Now
they've eliminated all but the last line of the song, and the editing
is embarrassingly sloppy.