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  • Will Ferrell Hosts 'SNL's' 100Th Digital Short: Best Moments

    extratv.warnerbros.com 1 week, 4 days ago

    Actor Will Ferrell returned to his "Saturday Night Live" stomping grounds, to host for the third time, in the show's 100th digital short Saturday night. Ferrell reprised his famous character in the cold opening, playing former President George W. Bush. Watch!

  • SNL Finale Recap: Mick Jagger Hosts, Kristen Wiig Says Farewell

    celebrity-gossip.net 5 days, 9 hours ago

    Bringing a close to the 37th season of the long-running NBC show, Mick Jagger took over hosting duties on yesterday's (May 19) finale episode of "Saturday Night Live". After a 'Lawrence Welk Cold Open' featuring Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm in which "Dooneese found love, Italian-style" kicked things off, the Rolling Stones rocker took the Studio 8H stage while offering up a monologue in which he answered 'frequently asked questions' about himself. During the course of the show, skits included a hilarious Mick

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A cold open in a television program or movie 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. On television this is often done on the theory that involving the audience in the plot as soon as possible will reduce the likelihood of their switching away from a show during the opening commercial.
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