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Cold open

A cold open in a television program is the technique of jumping directly into a story at the beginning or opening of the show, before the title sequence or opening credits are shown. The cold open can last anywhere from less than a minute up to ten minutes (or more in rare circumstances). Several well known shows that begin with a "cold open" are and .

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