Strip programming, a technique utilized in scheduling television shows to ensure consistency which can also refer to shows which are broadcasted at prime time daily, was one of the primary profit component in American television.
Most television dayparts outside of prime time use strip programming five days a week (with some select programs also being stripped on one day of the weekend, or both), with the same programs being broadcast every day at the same time to target specific demographics. Strip programming or stripping is a technique used for scheduling television and radio programming to ensure consistency and coherency. For much of the 1960s and into the early 1990s, stripping for syndication was one of, if not the primary profit component of the studio production model in American television. 
