graveyard slot

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Etymology[edit]

graveyard +‎ slot, from the analogy of death to absence, see also dead air, dead silence/dead silent.

Noun[edit]

graveyard slot (plural graveyard slots)

  1. (television) A time period during which a television audience is very small compared to other times of the day.

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