TV's 10 Worst Time Slots: Can Any Show Survive?

If a TV series is placed in a terrible time slot and no one is around to watch it, does it make a noise in the ratings? Of course not, which is the conundrum of network TV scheduling: Every show, no matter how good or bad, is ultimately at the mercy of its time slot, especially when it’s put in one of the spots that routinely repels audiences.

As CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler explained recently, “You get into the room with a bunch of options, and it is [like] moving pieces around on the chessboard.”

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