Program Line-up Includes "Three's Company,"
"Three's A Crowd," "The Ropers,"
"Too Close For Comfort"
and "Check It Out!"
Featuring Classic TV's 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, May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DLT
Entertainment, the award-winning international production and
distribution company, announces the launch 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.
DLT Entertainment, an innovator in adapting U.K. formats,
will utilize their library of classic sitcoms to launch 80's
Sitcom Flashback across FAST streaming platforms
beginning this month. The channel, which debuts on global streaming
media platform Plex, will roll out across other streaming platforms
including Free Movies Plus and Anoki in the second quarter 2024.
The announcement was made today by Donald
Taffner Jr., President of DLT Entertainment.
DLT Entertainment Launches "80's Sitcom
Flashback," First FAST Channel celebrating the zany sitcoms of the
iconic 80's.
The programming line-up will feature the critically acclaimed
"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:
https://vimeo.com/dltentertainment/80ssitcomflashback
"In these last few years, I've been blown away again and again
by how much people still love these classic shows. They just can't
seem to get enough. That's why we decided to bring them all
together in a FAST channel and call it 80's Sitcom
Flashback," said Mr. Taffner. "It's a place for audiences to go
when they want to just lean back, binge away, and laugh their heads
off. These series have a sensibility that people really get hooked
on. And with this amazing roster of brilliant stars – we can't wait
to introduce a whole new generation to their comedic genius."
Amagi (https://www.amagi.com/), a pioneer in cloud technology
and OTT industry leader, will 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.
Program highlights:
- "Three's Company": Starring John Ritter,
Suzanne Somers, Joyce DeWitt, Norman
Fell, Audra Lindley,
Richard Kline, and Don Knotts. Jack, Janet, and Chrissy are three
single roommates living together platonically in a Santa Monica
apartment. Ritter's brilliant physical comedy punctuates the
running gag that super-straight Jack has to pretend to be gay for
the benefit of their landlord Mr. Roper and his love-starved
wife.
- "The Ropers": Starring Norman Fell, Audra Lindley, Jeffrey
Tambor. In this Three's Company spin-off, landlords
Helen and Stanley Roper have sold
their building and moved to Cheviot Hills. While Helen scrambles to
climb the social ladder, cold fish Stanley undermines her dreams at
every turn. In recent years, Mrs. Roper has become an object of fan
adoration, spawning "Ropers Romp" parties across the U.S.
- "Three's A Crowd": In this spin-off of Three's
Company starring John Ritter,
Mary Cadorette, and Robert Mandan, free spirit Jack Tripper has
opened his own restaurant and actually proposes to girlfriend
Vicky. But she is in no hurry to tie the knot and instead invites
him to move in – much to the consternation of her wealthy
parents.
- "Too Close for Comfort": Starring Ted Knight,
Jim J. Bullock, Nancy Dussault, Lydia
Cornell, Deborah Van
Valkenburgh. In swinging San
Francisco, an uptight cartoonist scrambles to control his
two freewheeling daughters, who live in the apartment downstairs.
Meanwhile, he is constantly bumping heads with their flakey but
loveable friend, Monroe Ficus.
- "Check It Out!": Starring Don Adams, Dinah Christie, Jeff
Pustil, Gordon Clapp. Adams
displays his comic genius as the harried manager trying to impose
sanity on a supermarket staffed by a bumbling cast of oddballs and
misfits.
About DLT Entertainment:
DLT Entertainment Ltd is an award-winning independent television
distribution and production company with headquarters in both
London and New York. Founded in 1963 as an international
distribution company by Don Taffner
Sr., the family owned and operated company added television
production to its portfolio in 1977. Today, DLT Entertainment is
engaged in every aspect of television distribution and production
around the world with interests in stage production and talent
representation in the U.S. and the U.K. DLT's diverse
portfolio of holdings and investments includes London's Shaftesbury Theatre, Vera
Productions, Impatient Productions, MMB Creative, The Soho Agency,
Blue Book Artist Management, Bedford Square Voices, and The Galton
Agency. An innovator in adapting British format programs, DLT is
recognized for producing critically acclaimed and award-winning
series for the global market, most notably adapting the British
sitcom "Man About The House" for U.S. audiences as "Three's
Company." In addition, DLT is responsible for leading the
distribution of popular classics to international audiences,
from "The Benny Hill Show" to "Chicken Soup for the Soul."
In London, DLT is known for its long-running sitcom
productions for the BBC including award-winning "My Family"
starring Robert Lindsay and Zoë
Wanamaker; and "As Time Goes By" starring Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey
Palmer. Recently, DLT expanded its business and created an
audio production division. Additional information about DLT
Entertainment may be found at www.dltentertainment.com.
DLT Entertainment Press Contact:
Amelie
Tseng
amelie.tseng@verizon.net
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