26 Facts About Prime time

The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 8:00pm to 11:00pm or 7:00pm to 10:00pm.

Usually, programmes during prime time are domestic dramas, talent shows and reality shows.

Prime time usually takes place from 16:00 to 0:00 in Indonesian time zones and Sinetrons dominate majority of the programming grids.

The Prime time slot is usually filled with entertainment and religious programming.

Malaysia prime time starts with the main news from 20:00 to 20:30 and ends either at 23:00 or 1:00, or possibly later.

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Usually, programmes during prime time are domestic dramas, foreign drama series, films and entertainment programmes.

Prime time originally started earlier at around 19:00, but the evening newscasts were lengthened to 90 minutes and now start at 18:30, instead of the original one-hour newscast that starts at 18:00.

In Singapore, prime time begins at 18:00 on Channel 5,18:30 on Channel 8 and 19:00 on Channel U, CNA, Suria, Vasantham.

On Channel 8, prime time ends at midnight or 0:15 on weekdays, at 0:30 on Saturday nights and at 23:30 on Sunday nights.

On Channel 5, prime time ends at 0:00 on weekdays, at 1:30 on Saturday nights and at 0:30 on Sunday nights.

On Suria, prime time ends at 22:30 on Monday to Thursday nights, 23:30 on Friday nights, 23:00 on weekends and at 00:30 or 01:00 on eve and actual days of Public Holidays.

On Vasantham, prime time ends at 23:00 on Mondays to Thursdays, midnight on Friday and Saturday nights and at 23:30 on Sunday nights.

On Channel NewsAsia, prime time ends at 23:01, immediately after the news headlines, seven days a week and on Channel U, prime time ends at 23:00 seven days a week.

Prime time dramas are popular and influential to Thai society.

In Vietnam, prime time is known as Golden Time, prime time starts at 20:00 in the evening and ends at 23:00.

Prime time generally ends between 22:00 and 23:00, followed by the late night edition of the network newscast and adult-oriented programming.

In Georgia, prime time starts between 18:45 and 20:00 and generally ends at midnight.

At weekends prime time begins at 19:00, with blockbuster movies and television shows.

In Russia television prime time is between 19:00 and 23:00 on working days and from 15:00 to 01:00 on holidays.

Public television in Slovakia consists of two channels; on the main channel prime time starts at 20:10, and on the second one prime-time programming starts at 20:00.

In Spain, prime time refers to the time period in which the most-watched shows are broadcast.

The second prime time only occurs on weekdays, though and the slot is usually filled with The Simpsons, news, soap operas and talk shows.

Prime time can be extended or truncated if coverage of sporting events run past their allotted end time.

Prime time is the dayparting with the most viewers and is generally where television networks and local stations reap much of their advertising revenues.

In Mexico, central Prime time normally starts at 7:30 pm and periodically ends at 10:30 pm The main networks such as Las Estrellas, Azteca Uno and Imagen Television broadcast telenovelas produced by themselves or productions acquired from other countries such as Turkey, Brazil, among others.

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In Chile, prime time is considered to be from 10:30pm until 1:00am ; where the most successful series and telenovelas in the country.