First sitcom without a laugh track?
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RabidAnchovy345 — 15 years ago(February 18, 2011 04:09 AM)
Honestly, I can't watch those conventional, shot-in-front-of-a-live-studio-audience sitcoms anymore. Not only do they feel old hat, they also still possess some of the laziest comedic writing around.
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BlueMoon89 — 14 years ago(July 24, 2011 09:29 PM)
The Simpsons?
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blaque108 — 13 years ago(August 19, 2012 06:17 PM)
The Bible? Why would you say that?
Anyways to the previous post you guys mention some good ones The Simpsons, Malcolm & The Middle, and Scrubs. I forgot Malcolm & The Middle didn't have a laugh track I thought it did. Sometimes you can hear a laugh track with scrubs unless I'm hearing things.
That is funny in the 00's shows just got rid of laugh tracks, that is what made TV shows. -
Thor-Delta — 12 years ago(July 17, 2013 02:58 AM)
Also debuted 1950 was "The Beulah Show". A single-camera, no-laugh-track sitcom starring a Black woman.admittedly she was a cliche domestic/maid, but still, ahead of its time in some ways.
"The Goldbergs" (great show) and "Mama" debuted 1949, but mixed comedy with drama, so maybe they don't count.
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izzy520i — 10 years ago(April 20, 2015 07:39 AM)
Malcolm In the Middle (2000) and Scrubs (2001) come to mind so Malcolm In The Middle wins from the 2.
Someone mentioned The Wonder Years (1988) which is even earlier although is that classified as a sitcom?
How about
Sledge Hammer! (1986)
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Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(May 11, 2015 12:37 PM)
Two series that debuted in 1950, "The Trouble with Father" and "Beulah", have already been mentioned. Both were single-camera sitcoms without laugh-tracks nor studio audience (though "Trouble with Father" began using a laugh track during its fourth season).
"The Goldbergs", a 1949-1956 series that has no relation to the current show, was a multi-camera show with neither laugh-track nor studio audience (it aired live, typical of early sitcoms, hence multi-cameras were used. The final season was filmed and shot single-camera, I think)
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