It was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

HORROW: Very sophisticated lead-in, pal, but look.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2008] Reference

The good news for Obama is that Oprah was his lead-in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star Power] Reference

"This is a lead-in to a bigger problem," Lerner continued.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pay Czar Criticizes 17 Bailed-Out Banks For Huge Pay Packages -- But Won't Go After Money Already Paid] Reference

The lead-in -- the young person spoke about domestic policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2006] Reference

TOURE, "ROLLING STONE" MAGAZINE: Yes, this is a perfect lead-in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2004] Reference

CAFFERTY: All right, I mentioned Robert Jaedicke in the lead-in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2002] Reference

He was our lead-in, responsible for the entire ABC success story.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Liz Smith Tells All; Jamie Rubin Goes Inside the NATO Air War; John Ritter and Henry Winkler Take on Broadway - October 7, 2000] Reference

In some markets, the show drew 88% fewer viewers than its lead-in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mike Huckabee Talk Show Gets Low Ratings] Reference

And so with that as a lead-in, I'll be glad to respond to questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2003] Reference

We mentioned that in the lead-in just before we started talking here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2003] Reference

KURTZ: Nothing like a strong lead-in to sweep viewers off their feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2006] Reference

And in your lead-in, you said was this like a bang-up, smash-up thing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2008] Reference

The lead-in doesn't exactly show I got -- that I did take second place.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2007] Reference

I think you got it absolutely right at the start of that lead-in just now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2002] Reference

Your lead-in was a young lady talking about how she's afraid about her job.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2009] Reference

We know the Super Bowl's a big deal and we know the Pro Bowl's a big lead-in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2010] Reference

Who's going to bring that large audience as a natural lead-in to their newscasts?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2009] Reference

I mentioned in my lead-in to you about our first look inside of the compound, Sean?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2008] Reference

SAVIDGE: Well, I guess we have sort of talked about this question in the lead-in here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2001] Reference

The lead-in to this program very clearly tells us the world has got a lot of problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 22, 2005] Reference

The only market where "The Huckabee Show" outperformed its lead-in was Atlanta, B&C reports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mike Huckabee Talk Show Gets Low Ratings] Reference

You know, local stations make a big difference in my life, the kind of lead-in they give to me.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 23, 2001] Reference

So, not only did they sabotage his lead-in, one, but they made his show basically redundant, two.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2010] Reference

KING: Bill Rancic, when he was doing that lead-in, did you think he was going to come back to you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 1, 2004] Reference

It's a tremendous lead-in for anybody, and "Millionaire" just, you know, gobbles up that audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 7, 2001] Reference

And you really misquoted some of those studies that you had in the lead-in to this discussion here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2005] Reference

Weak ratings also hurt the lead-in into "" Regis and Kathie Lee, '' produced by Disney, ABC's owner.    From Wordnik.com.  [How 'Gma' Went Doa] Reference

I mean, you know, and Randi would say that's a lead-in, but the neurological problem's not a lead-in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2001] Reference

They do the usual three-month lead-in and all that, and during that three months invariably it gets leaked.    From Wordnik.com.  [You May Not Know Him But You’ve Heard Him] Reference

That's a 45% drop-off from its lead-in show, and 33% lower than the show that was in the same time slot last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mike Huckabee Talk Show Gets Low Ratings] Reference

Critics are concerned that the more stringent capital requirements come too late and have too long a lead-in time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Basel Stokes Bank Stocks] Reference

For the antenna and lead-in and ground wires, Jessie purchased three hundred feet of copper wire, number fourteen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference

Fortunately, all of that was just was just the lead-in to the playful, eye-catching demos that everyone had come to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Hip To Be Square] Reference

A number of crashes occurred in the lead-in to the ramp, which was the fastest and most important section of the course.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Holloway wins 2010 U.S. professional criterium championship] Reference

Ratings aren't much better than the Nasdaq, but next month Brian Williams's show migrates from MSNBC to give it a new lead-in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Addict...] Reference

Then there came more trouble over the lead-in wire, which should have been soldered to the aerial but was only twisted tight instead.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference