death slot

English

Noun

death slot (plural death slots)

  1. (television) graveyard slot
    • 1997, TV Guide, volume 45:
      First the network bounced the series around the schedule like a beach ball, preempted it often, and then settled the show into the death slot […]
    • 2015 December 16, James Poniewozik, “Streaming TV Isn’t Just a New Way to Watch. It’s a New Genre.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      So they program shows exactly when TV networks don’t. They debut series on Fridays (considered “the death slot” in network TV) and over holidays.

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