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ElectricPeterTork t1_j5pshu3 wrote

Hey, it's today's "LAFF TRACK BAAAAADDDDDDD" thread.

Funny thing is, it's the sitcoms with laugh tracks or live studio audiences people still watch and remember. So I don't think it's as much an issue outside of the small internet bubble as you'd think by seeing the regular laff track bad posts here.

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Realmadridirl t1_j5pw58e wrote

I’d argue that’s because it’s pretty much all the networks MAKE. In terms of scripted comedy shows. They all seem convinced you need a laugh track or the show just can’t work.

It’s not really choosing to “still watch and remember them”. It’s a lack of choice of anything else. Sitcom type shows without that laughter are pretty rare, at least from my perspective. Literally named the only two I can think of that fit the general sitcom profile in my OP. Scrubs and IASIP. Pretty much every other show I can think of has audiences and laughing.

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Latter_Feeling2656 t1_j5pyysp wrote

Through the 2010s, NBC turned out single camera after single camera, and managed to surrender the most dominant position any network ever had on a given night.

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kamrali t1_j5q2hfn wrote

The Office, Parks and Rec, Modern Family, The Good Place, Community, Abbot Elementary, Ted Lasso, Black-ish

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25sittinon25cents t1_j5q9h53 wrote

Brooklyn Nine-nine, Veep (I think?), Kim's Convenience, Silicon Valley, Fleabag, Curb your Enthusiasm, Barry, Dave

Between your list and mine, there's a ton of quality comedies here. Hope OP looks at these and finds what he likes, I'd argue that laugh track comedies have been dying out for over a decade now

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