A cold open (also called a teaser sequence) is a narrative technique used in television and films. It is the practice of jumping directly into a story...

studio audience, or presenting a musical number or a pre-taped sketch. The cold open was followed by the opening credits and a commercial break. Following...

episode received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its cold open (namely, Jake and five suspects performing a slightly altered version...

impression of Elizabeth Warren during Weekend Update and Jeff Sessions in the cold open. McKinnon is known for her character work and celebrity impressions of...

"Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (cold open)". Saturday Night Live. Season 41. December 19, 2015. NBC. Archived from...

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist...

spoofing a Fox News interview in the cold open sketch, and later portrayed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a cold open sketch about Donald Trump's recent Cabinet...

Sarah Sherman, for its forty-seventh season. During the season premiere cold open, he portrayed President Joe Biden and later portrayed President Trump...

in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. For the conclusion of the cold open, instead of delivering the typical "Live from New York, it's Saturday...

to users with insufficient data "Cold Start" (Pole to Pole with Michael Palin), a 1992 television episode Cold open, a narrative technique used in television...

exception of season 7 and several other rare cases, the show begins with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming "Live from New...

with season 44. On the December 19, 2020 episode, Moffat appeared in the cold open playing President-elect Joe Biden, taking over the role from Jim Carrey...

fifth season until the May 14 season finale, "Company Picnic". In the cold open, Kevin Malone arrives early and brings in a huge pot of chili for the...

cast member Alex Moffat succeeded Carrey to portray as Biden during the cold open of the episode hosted by Kristen Wiig. Cecily Strong was absent from the...

as one of the video rentals offered at the store. The film opens with the short "Cold Open", after which Mike (one of the people featured in the short)...

for the first time, Bush appeared in pre-recorded videos, in both the cold open and the opening monologue, critiquing Carvey's impersonation of him. Presidents...

popularity in English-speaking countries from its use in the recurring cold open blackout sketch for the 1969–1970 season of The Red Skelton Show first...

2016. "'SNL': Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Bond over Drinks in Cold Open". The Hollywood Reporter. May 21, 2016. Auseillo, Michael (August 8, 2016)...

film was digitally restored by the ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project. The cold open features several attempts by Onota (Boboy Garovillo), a member of the...

(the recap sequence was shown before a cold open and the opening credits for the first seven seasons. The cold open was later removed and the recap was shown...

development at a premium cable network. Each show began with either a cold open or a preview clip, followed by a narration over visuals of an oscilloscope...

The time period of around 1985–1991 marked the final period of the Cold War. It was characterized by systemic reform within the Soviet Union, the easing...

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a 2020 first-person shooter game co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the...

The terms Second Cold War, Cold War II, and New Cold War have been used to describe heightened geopolitical tensions in the 21st century, usually between...

Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz, and Tracy Morgan during the December 18, 2018 cold open of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which also featured Ariana...

In the final clip, Dwight inquires about buying a robot. During the cold open, the cast performs a lip dub to "Nobody but Me", performed by The Human...

The common cold, or the cold, is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract that primarily affects the respiratory mucosa of the nose,...

images and graphics. In some films, the title sequence is preceded by a cold open. Since the invention of the cinematograph, simple title cards were used...

explained in an oral history of the show that he made the decision to do a cold open on the Thursday night before the premiere episode. Using the phrase to...

premiere (hosted by Reese Witherspoon) went on as scheduled, with a special cold open featuring Rudy Giuliani, the Mayor of New York City at the time, along...