hard eight
n.— «Ad industry executives refer to these last eight weeks of the year the “Hard Eight” because toy makers and others fight so hard for the key Saturday morning time slots.» —“Cashing in on kids Retailers in search of customers for life” by Bruce Horovitz USA Today Dec. 18, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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