The "Friday night death slot" or "Friday evening death slot" is a perceived graveyard slot in American television. It implies that a television program...

A graveyard slot (or death slot) is a time period in which a television audience is very small compared to other times of the day, and therefore broadcast...

for the fourth season, ABC moved the sitcom from midweek to a Friday night death slot, leading to a steep drop in ratings. After the show moved back...

on Fox from September 19 to October 17, 2003. Scheduled in the Friday night death slot, the series received low ratings and was canceled after four episodes...

was nominated for many major awards. Despite its move to the "Friday night death slot" and low ratings, the series developed a cult following. It also...

primetime audience and had fluctuating ratings, due in part to its Friday night death slot. In its first season on the air, it placed 63rd in prime-time Nielsen...

critical support, had incredibly low ratings due to its place in the Friday night death slot, although the show did significantly better once moved to Monday...

returned with new episodes in September 2003, but in the so-called Friday night death slot at 8:00 pm. It was canceled on November 7, along with the new Fox...

season, but moved it to the Friday night death slot. Like the Original Series, Enterprise's ratings dropped during this time slot, and UPN canceled Enterprise...

E4 and Channel 4 in the UK. The season had been shifted to the Friday night death slot and ratings for the first 8 episodes were extremely low (especially...

September 11 attacks and the Friday night death slot to blame. The producers later admitted that airing the program on Fridays was "a big mistake". The show...

have been due to its inability to compete in the Friday 8 pm ET timeslot (the "Friday night death slot"). It was based on the real-life story of Samantha...

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the show for Fridays at 9:30pm, sandwiched between the poorly-rated Star Trek and filler documentaries, known as the Friday night death slot, leading to...

America, Friday nights are often considered to be the "Friday night death slot", due to the concept that many shows scheduled on or moved to Friday nights...

preceded Ally McBeal on Monday nights. However, Fox moved it to the Friday night death slot for its fourth season. Viewership declined as a result and it was...

decided to move the series from Monday to Wednesday, then to the Friday night death slot. The moves led to a drop in ratings. At the end of the fourth season...

of 1977, was moved to the Friday night death slot, with the last episodes burned off in a late-evening Monday nighttime slot not typically used for comedy...

show was moved from Monday and aired on Friday nights, in what some consider to be a Friday night death slot. The premiere was later pushed a week later...

time slot since the Block Party was canceled, a programming strategy that has been a relative success in the so-called "Friday night death slot." Lowry...

the Friday night death slot, Everybody Loves Raymond, after its move to Monday night in March 1997, rose up to tying with Friends and Monday Night Football...

well-known names in its cast, in part because it aired during the Friday night death slot for much of its run. It was cancelled at the end of the second...

ABC moved Norm to Friday nights (also known as the Friday night death slot), in an effort to create a new "Working Comedy" Friday night comedy lineup after...

season three, Ugly Betty was moved from its Thursday night slot to the "Friday night death slot", resulting in further ratings decreases and protests...

through its six-season run on NBC. Despite airing in the so-called Friday night death slot, it managed to peak at No. 2 in the ratings (behind All in the...

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until all remaining episodes are broadcast. The Friday night death slot is a perceived graveyard slot in American television, referring to the idea that...

classic TV series Firefly following decisions to place it in the “Friday night death slot” and air the episodes out of order. Berman served as executive...

ratings for what is perceived as the Friday night death slot and ranking higher than most of its competition in the same slot, the show was still cancelled after...

to low ratings after initially choosing to broadcast it in the Friday night death slot. During the show's run, episodes were aired out of order, causing...