Sentence examples for desirable slot from inspiring English sources

"A lot of people at the time thought something was clearly wrong with me," Mr. Forbes, now a lobbyist, said in an interview, recounting how he gave up a desirable slot on the Appropriations Committee.

I remember my trips based on the thrift shops I've frequented, those brave little places tucked somewhere between the local auto body shop and the Dunkin' Donuts or in the least desirable slot of the strip mall.

His funeral has been shifted to the afternoon because when he died, social workers found he was carrying his life savings of £500, which were used to pay for the more desirable slot.

And the series premiere was given the world's most desirable time slot: right after the 1999 Super Bowl.

The network that develops a new program assumes it can ensure its success by placing it in a desirable time slot, when a lot of people happen to be watching TV.

Since then, of course, Letterman has left the very late shift for the more desirable 11 35 slot, and he left NBC, the network that passed him over for the "Tonight" show, in favor of the more solicitous CBS.

In comparison, however, ratings for the episode fell short of those for last year's occupant of that highly desirable time slot, CBS's reality show "Undercover Boss," which garnered 38.7 million viewers.

Last season, "Revolution" held the same desirable time slot -- Mondays at 10 pm EST -- and NBC received a lot of flack for putting it on a four-month hiatus after the New Year, which seemed to shrink viewership.

Even before that, some of them had pushed it into less desirable time slots, like 3 a.m.

One great way to do this is by advertising on other shows (especially those in desirable time slots) that broadcast from the same station as you.

Smaller advanced classes are typically relegated to less-desirable midday slots.