A technique utilized in scheduling television shows to ensure consistency and one of the primary profit component in American television, which can also refer to shows which are broadcasted at prime time daily, is called the Strip Programming.
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. It can also refer to shows in prime time that run daily, such as with the short-lived The Jay Leno Show in 2009 and 2010. 
