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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Joins Laff Comedy Lineup ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Digital broadcast comedy network Laff is adding the sitcom How I Met Your Mother to its lineup. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jon.lafayette@futurenet.com (Jon Lafayette) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jon Lafayette ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                    <dc:source><![CDATA[ http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JGsRM7YbKg526Qh475nwCf.jpg ]]></dc:source>
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                                <p>Digital broadcast comedy network Laff is adding the sitcom <em>How I Met Your Mother</em> to its lineup.</p><p>Laff, part of the E.W. Scripps Co.’s Katz Broadcasting unit, plans a two-day Labor Day weekend marathon to launch the show. Episodes will run from 8 a.m. through midnight on Sept. 6 and Sept. 8. </p><p><em>How I Met Your Mother</em> will get slapped into its regular time slot on Sept. 8, with episodes airing from 9 p.m. to midnight.</p><p>The show ran for nine seasons on CBS from 2005 to 2014. It stars Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders and Neil Patrick Harris and is narrated by Bob Saget. </p><p>Laff will be showing all 208 episodes.</p><p><em>HIMYM</em> joins a Laff lineup that also includes <em>Home Improvement</em>, <em>That ‘70s Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, According to Jim </em>and <em>Night Court.</em></p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Katz Networks, NCTC Reach Affiliation Deal ]]></title>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:19:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Distribution]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jon.lafayette@futurenet.com (Jon Lafayette) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jon Lafayette ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                    <dc:source><![CDATA[ http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JGsRM7YbKg526Qh475nwCf.jpg ]]></dc:source>
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                                <p>The National Cable Television Cooperative reached a multiyear affiliation deal with Katz Networks.</p><p>The agreement makes Katz’s networks: Bounce, Court TV, Court TV Mystery, Grit, Laff and streaming service Brown Sugar available to the 750 broadband and cable operators who are part of the NCTC.</p><p>“We’re thrilled to strike this agreement with NCTC and we look forward to building strong partnerships with their members,” said Jeffrey Wolf, Chief Distribution Officer, Katz Networks.</p><p>Katz. a division of the E.W. Scripps Co., operate mulit-platform networks that target specific demographics. Many of the networks were launched by TV stations as digital broadcast services, but more recently have been available via cable and streaming.</p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Viacom Nets to Pull ‘Roseanne’ Episodes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Viacom Nets to Pull ‘Roseanne’ Episodes ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 21:48:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ R. Thomas Umstead ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                    <dc:source><![CDATA[ http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BRKRoP9suL4GoVzgWPECa7.jpg ]]></dc:source>
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                                <p>The fallout from Roseanne Barr’s racist Twitter comments continued Tuesday afternoon as several Viacom networks announced the removal of reruns from the original <em>Roseanne</em> series beginning tomorrow.</p><figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="ZfCGT6j6sp6hLraB6By3fm" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZfCGT6j6sp6hLraB6By3fm.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZfCGT6j6sp6hLraB6By3fm.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>A Viacom spokesman confirmed that the Paramount Network, CMT and TV Land will discontinue its carriage of episodes from the<em> 1990s Roseanne </em>series beginning May 30. </p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/blog/abc-cancels-roseanne-over-racially-tinged-twitter-remarks" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/blog/abc-cancels-roseanne-over-racially-tinged-twitter-remarks">RELATED: ABC Cancels 'Roseanne' over Racist Twitter Remarks</a> </p><p>The decision comes after the series’ star Roseanne Barr released a racist Twitter rant earlier in the day in which she likened former President Obama adviser Valarie Jarrett to an offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.”</p><p>Hours after the Tweet -- which Barr eventually removed and apologized  for -- <a href="https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/abc-cancels-roseanne-racist-tweet">ABC cancelled its successful <em>Roseanne</em> reboot</a>, which had already been renewed for a second season.</p><p>Comedy-themed broadcast diginet service Laff also announced that it will no longer carry <em>Roseanne</em> episodes. The network said in a statement: “While we believe viewers have always distinguished the personal behavior of the actress Roseanne Barr from the television character Roseanne Connor, we are disgusted by Barr’s comments this week. Therefore, we are removing the original <em>Roseanne</em> series from the Laff schedule for the time being, effective immediately<em>.”</em></p>
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