Podcasts TV Hollywood Insider 89. Stop Laugh Tracks | Viewers Don't Want to Be Told When to Laugh

89. Stop Laugh Tracks | Viewers Don't Want to Be Told When to Laugh

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 2 p.m.

Laugh tracks have been attached to sitcoms since the dawn of the genre. I Love Lucy, the TV show that was so popular that it jump-started the trend of every American family owning a TV set, had a live audience at every taping. From Cheers to Friends to The Big Bang Theory, the laugh track has become as much a part of American culture as the sitcom itself. Let\u2019s be clear, I am in no way suggesting we should remove the laugh track from sitcom classics. However, I do believe that new shows should reconsider putting in a laugh track. Sitcoms without disembodied voices telling us when to laugh have started popping up in this new millennia and now, laugh tracks are going in the way of the VHS, Windows 95 and the Success Kid meme. They had their time, but now they\u2019re obsolete.

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