Common use of Stripping Clause in Contracts

Stripping. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Company will have the right to license any series of Children’s Programming debuting on the Block to any cable or satellite programming service, provided that no episodes of any series of Children’s Programming debuting on the Block may be licensed before the earlier of (i) the transmission by The CW of twenty-six (26) episodes of such series debuting on the Block, or (ii) six (6) months after the debut of such series on the Block. Any such license of any series of Children’s Programming debuting on the Block shall provide that no episodes of such series may be transmitted between midnight Friday and noon Sunday. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitations on stripping shall not apply to any series of Children’s Programming that is broadcast on the Block during the Term but that did not debut on the Block. Company shall consult in good faith with The CW with respect to the stripping of any series of Children’s Programming on the Block on any cable or satellite programming service, which stripping is scheduled to begin prior to the end of the Broadcast Year in which the first episodes of such series debuted on the Block.