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Comedy-Centric OTA Network, Laff, Acquires Rights to ‘How I Met Your Mother’

Laff, an over-the-air broadcast television network whose main focus is comedy, announced today that they acquired the television rights to “How I Met Your Mother.”

The network will be adding all nine seasons of the Emmy Award-winning series to their 24/7 roster of comedies, which includes “That 70’s Show,” “Home Improvement,” and “According to Jim.”

This is a good free alternative to watch the show, but you can also catch all nine seasons of the show with a 30-Day Free Trial to Hulu

To commemorate the acquisition, Laff will be broadcasting a two-day marathon of the show, beginning Sunday, Sept. 6 ending Monday, Sept. 7. The show will be on from 8 a.m. ET to midnight on both days. After the marathon, viewers can catch the show every night from 9:00 p.m. to midnight.

Laff airs on the broadcast signals of local television stations and corresponding cable carriage and features a programming mix of contemporary off-network sitcoms and popular movies geared toward an audience of adults 18-49. Laff is part of The E.W. Scripps Company.


Stephanie Sengwe is writer based in New York who covers companies in the streaming industry including AT&T, Amazon, Apple, Hulu, Roku, and Netflix . She also contributes daily news coverage on streaming services and devices for The Streamable.

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