Yeah, Streets of San Francisco (which I have never seen nor heard of 'till now) does seem to have been the major touchstone for the 70's title sequence.
Of the handful of US shows I have seen from this period, I don't recall any others doing the thing where the principle casts' names are called out for their freeze frame.
Granted, most of the 60's and 70's shows I've seen were genre shows, not dramas and cop shows (I doubt many of them were ever shown over here in the first place, let alone put on repeats) so most of my personal points of recollection are more of the early-to-mid 80's (A-Team, Knight Rider, etc.) Even so, the difference doesn't seem to be all that great. Even the original 60's MI intro is about as sophisticated as anything from the next decade and a half.
Either some of these shows were way ahead of their time, or TV stagnated for a good decade.
Given the state of the movie industry and animation in that period, I'm guessing the latter.
...or have his LMD switch places with him before Loki kills him...
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That is definitely also one of the all-time great themes.
