prime time

Speech parts

1. prime time - Noun

2. prime time - Adjective

Meaning

the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

prime-time

Synonyms

acme prime Central Time time height peak heyday culmination zenith pinnacle rush hour drive time primetime highest-rated proper time
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Antonyms

suspension latency pause dormancy recess lull
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Hypernyms

time clock time

Examples

A light bar has been added to the top to simulate front lighting, and the display’s note taking capabilities already seem to be ready for prime time. Source: Internet

After a good beginning – the Feebles sign with a TV chain to appear in a prime-time television show – Bletch confesses to Heidi that he actually hates her and wants to give the main role to Samantha. Source: Internet

Afterwards it became the only Godzilla film to receive a television premiere on a major U.S network, as NBC aired it on prime time television in the summer of 1977, where it was hosted by actor John Belushi dressed in a Godzilla costume. Source: Internet

After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the network's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–90). Source: Internet

Another exception is on years when CBS airs the Super Bowl or since 2003, alternating years where the AFC Championship Game has the 6:30 p.m. Eastern start time, which is played into prime-time and followed by a special lead-out program. Source: Internet

Adverts from Waitrose, Tesco, Iceland, Asda, Aldi, M&S, Lidl and Co-op will be broadcast alongside an anti-racist message during prime-time slots on Friday. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

prime subring prime suspect prime the pump prime triplet prime-counting prime-time attraction