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E.W. Scripps-owned Laff network is the latest to dump Roseanne. The network just issued a statement that it is removing the original Roseanne series from its schedule, at least for now. “While we believe viewers have always distinguished the personal behavior of the actress Roseanne Barr from the television character…

TV station owner E.W. Scripps made a $292 million bet on over-the-air programming today in a deal to buy four networks from Katz Broadcasting: Bounce, Grit, Escape and Laff. The networks generate revenues from general-market and direct-response advertising. "In today's fragmented television ecosystem, a growing number…

New comedy network LAFF is beefing up its programming assets ahead of its April 15 launch, setting film licensing deals with Sony Pictures TV, The Walt Disney Studios and Miramax, Titles from Sony Pictures TV include Jerry Maguire, Sleepless In Seattle, Punchline, Nothing In Common, Stir Crazy and Steel Magnolias…

It’ll be Tax Day, but Katz Broadcasting is hoping Americans in 21 markets will find something to laugh about with the launch April 15 of LAFF, what Katz calls the nation’s first comedy-driven broadcast network, The network will premiere on ABC-owned TV stations in eight markets – including Los Angeles, Chicago and New…

After opening the 2011 Cannes Film Festival winning raves (and an eventual Oscar for Original Screenplay) for Midnight In Paris, Woody Allen and Sony Pictures Classics dialed it down a bit for the North American premiere of his latest, To Rome With Love. But in a coup for the Los Angeles Film Festival Woody and…