stripping n. a programming technique of broadcasting the same television show, or type of show, in the same time slot on successive nights. Editorial Note: The etymological information in the 2002 citation has not been verified. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
When a teenager went a week without talking as part of a school project, he noticed a surprising side effect: Instead of rehearsing a response to what other people were saying to him, he was focused on listening — and feeling smarter as a result...
If you take up texting and social media late in life, there’s a lot to learn! A twenty-something wants advice getting her dad up to speed on memes, Instagram, and animated images. Plus, when you’re on a long road trip, what do you call...
If this is a “US method”, as the last quote has it, why are all the cites from UK sources?
Good question. That’s why I didn’t put a country-category label on it. I didn’t have access to a couple of databases when I put this entry together, so I’ll re-run the searches this weekend to see if we can nail it down.