Originally Posted By: hybrid8
It was curious to see that the article mentioned that the hours of 6 to 8pm were considered part of UK prime time. "Prime Time" in the US and Canada doesn't start until 8pm. 6pm is normally local or national news. 7pm you may find some game shows on (traditionally) and now also quite a number of entertainment industry / tabloid shows, such as Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, etc.

In the US, primetime shows start for pacific and eastern (-5 and -8 GMT) timezones at 8pm, and one hour earlier for mountain and central (-7 and -6 GMT). Alaska and Hawaii (-9 and -10 GMT) also have their primetime starts at 7pm.

Makes me wonder how they handle the time zone difference in Russia, since they have 11 to deal with, compared to the 6 the US has.