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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|title=Cox Gets Joke And Gives Viewers LAFF|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/exclusive-cox-gets-joke-and-gives-viewers-laff/138771|author=Jon Lafayette|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=March 13, 2015}}</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|publisher=NewsCheck Media|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|publisher=NewBay Media|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|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=February 13, 2015}}</ref> Laff followed that deal for film licensing with [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television]], [[Miramax]], and [[Sony Pictures Television]] by March 17.<ref name=bc1/> 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,
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>
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