Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
primetide , 2.
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- adjective Broadcasting at the time when the largest number of people watch television, considered to be between 18:00 and 22:00.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I mean, the things that we think of as TV freedom, it's on cable, or it's on late night - but in primetime, we've rarely had it since.
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I mean, the things that we think of as TV freedom, it's on cable, or it's on late night - but in primetime, we've rarely had it since.
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Outside of 7th Heaven and similarly earnest shows, religion is a rarely mentioned in primetime television.
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His gold medal tour de force Wednesday night came in primetime, and if you think that was a coincidence, I've got a halfpipe course in Arizona to sell you.
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With the first round in primetime Thursday, both ESPN and the NFL Network plan red-carpet shows for celebs entering New York's Radio City Music Hall for an event whose spectators are known for booing loudly and wearing off-the-rack NFL jerseys.
ESPN, NFL Network try to add red-carpet celebrity glitz to draft 2010
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I will not EVER watch Leno in primetime – if NBC wants to be a network, it can broadcast three hours of scripted TV, six nights a week or go home.
The new fall TV season: Good news, for a change | EW.com 2009
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Take an hour in primetime to present the results, starting with that network's roll in the 2000 presidential election (remember its coverage of the Florida results?) and going right up to the present.
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We are barraged by 'experts' telling us in primetime, that the Goal of Life is, in essence, to be self-obsessed - that the Purpose of life is to be Happy.
What is Otherness? Hal Duncan 2009
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The “Russian Roulette” video, directed by Anthony Mandler, will premiere in primetime on ABC later this month.
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Needless to say, Washington's professional football team will no longer embarrass itself in primetime on national television.
Redskins-Colts, Best and Worst Dan Steinberg 2010
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