DLT Entertainment Inks Distribution Deals With The CW AND TCLTV+ And Expands Reach Of 80’S Sitcom Flashback Fast Channel

Curated Program Line-up Featuring The Iconic Zany TV Comedies of the Eighties Include “Three’s Company,” “Three’s A Crowd,” “The Ropers,” “Too Close For Comfort” and “Check It Out!”

Features Beloved Sitcom Stars John Ritter, Ted Knight, Suzanne Somers, Joyce DeWitt, Jeffrey Tambor, Norman Fell, Audra Lindley, Don Knotts, Audrey Meadows and Don Adams

New York, N.Y. – May 13, 2025 -- DLT Entertainment, the award-winning international production and distribution company, has inked distribution deals with The CW and TCLtv+, further expanding the footprint of 80’s Sitcom Flashback, the first FAST Channel exclusively curated to celebrate the zany, heartwarming and addictive situation comedies that dominated primetime TV in the iconic eighties. The announcement was made today by Donald Taffner Jr., President of DLT Entertainment.

Beginning this Spring, 80’s Sitcom Flashback will be available on The CW App and TCLtv+ streaming platforms. The popular FAST Channel is currently enjoyed on other popular streaming platforms including Plex, Free Movies Plus and Anoki, among others.

DLT Entertainment, an innovator in adapting U.K. formats, first launched 80’s Sitcom Flashback in May 2024. The FAST channel, which is anchored by classic TV’s most beloved sitcoms including Three’s Company, Three’s A Crowd, The Ropers, Too Close for Comfort and Don Adams's Check It Out!” has grown quickly in less than a year and continues to expand across multiple streaming media platforms, nearly doubling it distribution platforms since launch.

"We're really pleased to get our DLT 80's Sitcom Flashback FAST channel up on The CW App and TCLtv+. Again and again people rave to me about how funny these shows are. And it doesn't seem to make any difference if they're watching them for the first time or the fiftieth. Distribution on these great platforms will allow even more viewers of all ages to enjoy them," said Mr. Taffner.

The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, reaches 100% of US television households. The Network’s fully ad-supported CW App, with more than 100 million downloads to date, is available for free to consumers on all major platforms and is home to the latest episodes and seasons of The CW’s primetime programming and a library of entertaining film and television content for on-demand viewing. The CW is 75%-owned by Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), a leading diversified media company and largest CW affiliate group. For more information about The CW, please visit www.cwtv.com

TCLtv+ is a division of TCL Electronics, which specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of consumer electronics including TVs, mobile phones, audio devices, smart home products and appliances . TCLtv+ is TCL’s dedicated ad supported streaming service that offers consumers in North America access to a wide array of entertainment, news, sports, and lifestyle programming, providing viewers with a free and growing library of premium content from world class content studios. For additional streaming information, please visit https://tcltv.plus/.

Amagi, a pioneer in cloud technology and OTT industry leader, will continue to serve as technical service partner and manage the distribution of 80’s Sitcom Flashback across the FAST streaming platforms. 80’s Sitcom Flashback is available for platform connection through Amagi’s FAST marketplace, Amagi Connect. 47 Samurai and Amagi will provide support for all advertising sales solution needs.

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Further information:
Nikki Murray, on behalf of DLT Entertainment: nikki.murray@premiercomms.com | +44 (0) 20 7292 5094

NOTES TO EDITORS

About 80’s Sitcom Flashback:
The iconic sitcom programming line-up features Three’s Company starring John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, and Joyce DeWitt, which was adapted from the British sitcom Man About The House; two spinoffs - the cult favorite The Ropers starring Norman Fell, Audra Lindley and Jeffrey Tambor; Three’s A Crowd starring John Ritter, Mary Cadorette, and Robert Mandan; plus Too Close For Comfort starring Ted Knight, and Jim J. Bullock; and the hidden gem Check It Out! starring Don Adams, in this post-Get Smart sitcom set in a super market. Click here for a peek:

About DLT Entertainment:
Headquartered in London and New York, DLT Entertainment Ltd. is engaged in every aspect of video distribution and production around the world. Founded in 1963 as a distribution company by Don Taffner Sr., the company added television production to its portfolio in 1977. It has enjoyed terrific success in its sixty-one-year history with legendary hits on both sides of the Atlantic including the multiple award-winning and BBC Trust praised sitcom My Family, As Time Goes By, Three’s Company, Too Close for Comfort and Meet My Folks. In addition, DLT has built a reputation as a leading distribution company with classics such as The Benny Hill Show, The World at War, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Russ Abbot Show, The Olivier Awards, and Dara O’Brian’s Go 8 Bit.

Production activities expanded through an investment in Mark Watson’s Impatient Productions and the acquisition of Vera Productions whose productions include Getting On, Bremner, Bird, Fortune, and numerous Dispatches Including The King, The Prince and Their Secret Millions. In 1986 DLT expanded into stage production in the US and in the UK, where it owns and manages London’s Shaftesbury Theatre, the London home of Mrs. Doubtfire, The Musical opening in May Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical. Later, DLT added talent representation to its portfolio with ownership positions in Milburn Browning Associates, The Soho Agency, Blue Book Artist Management, The Galton Agency, Bedford Square Voices and Gag Reflex.

2020 saw the creation of an audio division with the release of Very Modern Quests starring Alice Levine's for Audible, DLT recently for BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds Time of The Week, created by award-winning comedian Lorna Rose Treen and Jonathan Oldfield and starring BAFTA award winner Sian Clifford and The Many Wrongs Of Christian Brighty featuring Jessica Knappett, Colin McFarlane and Christian Brighty.

DLT has expanded its commitment to comedy by sponsoring this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards for a third year