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Line 30: Katz announced that television stations owned by [[ABC Owned Television Stations]] and 13 [[E. W. Scripps Company]] would serve as the network's charter affiliates; the former serving as a replacement for the standard definition feed of the [[Localish\|Live Well Network]], which with Laff's announcement also began to roll-back to only being carried by ABCOTS stations.<ref name="ABCSticksLWN">{{cite news\|last1=Littleton\|first1=Cynthia\|title=ABC Sticks with Live Well Digital Channel, Adds Comedy Net\|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/abc-sticks-with-live-well-digital-channel-adds-comedy-net-1201408301/\|access-date=January 28, 2015\|work=Variety\|date=January 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name=bn>{{cite news\|last1=Pergament\|first1=Alan\|title=Ch.7 to add comedy network called LAFF in mid-April on sub-channel\|url=http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2015/01/20/ch-7-add-comedy-network-called-Laff-Mid-April-sub-channel/\|access-date=January 28, 2015\|work=Talkin' TV\|publisher=Buffalo News\|date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> On March 13, 2015, Katz Broadcasting announced an affiliation deal with the [[Cox Media Group]] to carry Laff on the subchannels of seven of its stations expanding its initial reach to 47% of the country.<ref name="BC03132015">{{cite web \|last=Lafayette \|first=Jon \|date=March 13, 2015 \|title=Cox Gets Joke And Gives Viewers LAFF \|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/exclusive-cox-gets-joke-and-gives-viewers-laff/138771 \|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable}}</ref> The following week on March 20, as part of a multi-network affiliation agreement with Katz, the [[Meredith Corporation]] announced that it would carry the network on two of its stations.<ref name=TVNewsCheck03202015>{{cite news\|title=Meredith To Add Three Katz Diginets\|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/83908/Meredith-to-add-three-katz-diginets\|website=TVNewsCheck\|date=March 20, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Jon Lafayette">{{cite news\|title=Meredith To Carry Grit, Escape, LAFF Networks\|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/meredith-carry-grit-escape-laff-networks/138986\|author=Jon Lafayette\|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable\|date=March 20, 2015\|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> On February 13, 2015, Laff acquired the [[Broadcast syndication\|syndication]] rights to five sitcoms.<ref name=tnc0>{{cite news\|title=LAFF Comedy Diginet Lands Five Sitcoms\|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/82990/laff-comedy-diginet-lands-five-sitcoms\|website=TVNewsCheck\|date=February 13, 2015}}</ref> Laff followed that deal for film licensing with [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television]], [[Warner Bros.]], [[Miramax]], and [[Sony Pictures Television]] by March 17.<ref name=bc1>{{cite news\|title=LAFF Makes Rights Deals to Air 250 Movie Comedies\|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/laff-makes-rights-deals-air-250-movie-comedies/138853\|author=Jon Lafayette\|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable\|date=March 17, 2015\|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> Laff made a multi-year deal for five sitcoms with [[The Carsey-Werner Company\|Carsey-Werner Productions]] in April 2016.<ref name="bc4">{{cite news \|last1=Lafayette \|first1=Jon \|title=LAFF Grabs Top Sitcoms in Carsey-Werner Deal \|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/laff-grabs-top-sitcoms-Carsey-Werner-deal-155312 \|access-date=September 7, 2018 \|work=Broadcasting & Cable \|date=April 7, 2016 \|language=en-us}}</ref> ''[[Roseanne]]'' reruns were removed on May 29, 2018, after [[Roseanne Barr]] was fired from the show by ABC (which then continued on as ''[[The Conners]]''); both decisions were based on [[Roseanne Barr#Valerie Jarrett tweet and Roseanne cancellation\|a Roseanne Barr tweet considered racist]].<ref name="dl0">{{cite news \|last1=Petski \|first1=Denise \|title='Roseanne' Dropped From Laff Schedule; "Disgusted" By Barr's Racist Comments \|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/Roseanne-dropped-laff-schedule-Roseanne-Barr-comments-1202399508/ \|access-date=June 22, 2018 \|work=Deadline \|date=29 May 2018}}</ref> A list of 2019 [[Nielsen Media Research\|Nielsen]] ratings published by ''[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]'' indicated that Laff averaged 223,000 viewers in prime time, down 5% from the 2018 average.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Schneider \|first1=Michael \|title=Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2019's Winners and Losers \|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/network-ratings-top-channels-Fox-News-ESPN-CNN-CBS-NBC-ABC-1203440870/ \|access-date=March 6, 2020 \|work=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]] \|date=26 Dec 2019}}</ref>