family hour
Wholesome TV slot
Family hour refers to the early evening television time slot—traditionally 8 to 9 PM—when networks historically aired programming suitable for all ages, including children.
The concept emerged from broadcast standards limiting adult content during hours when families might watch together.
The term now applies more broadly to any designated time or context where content is kept appropriate for mixed-age audiences: Keep it clean—this is family hour.
- primetimeTelevision's highest-viewership period
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- network televisionMajor channel broadcasting
- eveningLate day period
- wholesomeConducive to well-being
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- library servicesyouth services, bookmobiles, reference desk, reference librarian, mobile libraries
- TV Daypartsprimetime, daytime, late night, Saturday morning, drive time
- broadcast regulationbroadcast license, decency standards, broadcasting standards, broadcast standards, FCC
- broadcast televisionnetworks, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox
family hourlate night
Time near midnight
after hours · graveyard slot · graveyard shift · prime time · late-night television
family hourexplicit content
Media with mature themes
R-rated · TV-MA · adults only · uncensored · uncut
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