Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In people who only stayed on for that season: Teresa Graves, Jeremy Lloyd, Pamela Rodgers, and Byron Gilliam. Lily Tomlin joined in the middle of the season. Jo Anne Worley, Goldie Hawn, and Judy Carne left after the season. The 1970–71 season brought new additions to the cast include tall, lanky, sad-eyed Dennis Allen, who alternately played quietly zany characters and straight man for anybody's jokes; comic actress Ann Elder, who also contributed to scripts, tap dancer Barbara Sharma, and Johnny Brown. Arte Johnson, who created many memorable characters, insisted on star billing, apart from the rest of the cast. The
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In through Lorimar Productions to local stations in 1983 and later on Nick at Nite in 1987 through August 1990. The cable network Trio started airing the show in its original one-hour form in the early 2000s; the same abbreviated 70 episode package was run. In September 2016, digital sub-network Decades started airing the show twice a day in its original one-hour format, complete with the NBC Peacock opening and 'snake' closing. The entire 6 season run was supplied by Proven Entertainment. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (often simply referred to as Laugh-In) is an American sketch comedy