It was rare for a '90s sitcom not to have a laugh track. Which made it all the more surprising when Sports Night dropped the laughs for Season 2. Here's why.

When was the last time you spared a thought about sitcom laugh tracks? Probably years. Maybe decades? Sitcoms with background laughter have seemed almost dead, definitely and firmly dying, for a very ...

There's a lot of things that can ruin an otherwise decent sitcom. A cheesy script or underwritten characters is one. Cringey, outdated jokes or overused, tired tropes is another. But when it comes to ...

In the 75 years since it was introduced, the laugh track has conditioned viewers to know when and how much to laugh Some audiences love it, and some audiences hate it, but the laugh track—which ...

Clicking on a classic '90s sitcom in your streaming queue can feel like activating a time machine. Suddenly, you're back in a world of laugh tracks, dial-up modems, and impossibly large apartments. It ...

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, the first streaming-only Big Bang Theory spinoff, premieres July 23 at 9 PM ET on HBO Max. Chuck Lorre's sci-fi comedy stars Kevin Sussman in a single-camera ...

In the pantheon of great TV shows about sports, "Sports Night" consistently pops up on most people's lists. The Aaron Sorkin creation was clever, sharp, bitingly sarcastic and, unfortunately, canceled ...