family hour

American  

noun

Television Informal.

1. any broadcast period from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. when programs of general interest to the family are broadcast.

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Etymology

Origin of family hour

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

A family hour will be held at 10 a.m.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2019

Thus, about 22.1 million of us settled in during Sunday night’s family hour to watch “60 Minutes” and hear what Stephanie Clifford, a.k.a.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2018

The old 8 p.m. "family hour" has slowly given way to programming for hip young adults, whom advertisers pay big bucks to reach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2016

Give the family hour what it wants, give the late-night gossipers what they want, and keep it all firmly separate with plausible deniability.

From Salon • May 24, 2012

Eleven o'clock was the family hour for going to bed at Baregrove Square.

From Hide and Seek by Collins, Wilkie