stripping
n.— «Roger Laughton, BBC head of co-productions and former head of daytime programming, agreed that stripping produced “more bums on seats but a lower reach.”» —“Broadcast looks at the commercial stations’ use of programme stripping” Broadcast (U.K.) Feb. 10, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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