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<p dir="auto"><strong>JaredShadows</strong> — <em>15 years ago(February 10, 2011 10:36 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I think it's scrubs, but unsure<br />
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<p dir="auto">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).<br />
"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)<br />
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<p dir="auto">Malcolm In the Middle (2000) and Scrubs (2001) come to mind so Malcolm In The Middle wins from the 2.<br />
Someone mentioned The Wonder Years (1988) which is even earlier although is that classified as a sitcom?<br />
How about<br />
Sledge Hammer! (1986)<br />
? That was a comedy although not sure again whether that's a sitcom.</p>
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<p dir="auto">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.<br />
"The Goldbergs" (great show) and "Mama" debuted 1949, but mixed comedy with drama, so maybe they don't count.<br />
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<p dir="auto">1950 - The Trouble with Father.</p>
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<p dir="auto">The Wonder Years<br />
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<p dir="auto">The Bible? Why would you say that?<br />
Anyways to the previous post you guys mention some good ones The Simpsons, Malcolm &amp; The Middle, and Scrubs. I forgot Malcolm &amp; 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.<br />
That is funny in the 00's shows just got rid of laugh tracks, that is what made TV shows.</p>
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<p dir="auto">The Simpsons?<br />
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<p dir="auto">"Please Don't Eat the Daisies," a wonderful family sitcom from the mid-'60s,<br />
didn't have a laugh track.<br />
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<p dir="auto">Scrubs was the first that came to my mind.<br />
But then some eps of MASH didn't have a laugh-trackbut that wasn't the whole series.</p>
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<p dir="auto">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.</p>
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<p dir="auto">There was a short lived sitcom in the mid 70s called "United States" with Beau Bridges and Helen Shaver, which had no laugh track.</p>
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<p dir="auto">indeed it was "<br />
Malcolm<br />
" the first sitcom without a laugh track, at least from the decade. And it was<br />
Scrubs<br />
that covered most part of the 00's. But I think it's safe to say they are ground-breaking, they changed american comedies forever, now people can't even stand the laugh track.<br />
Well, now I know what shows deserve the blame for ruining my idea of good TV. I love hearing the audience laughterit doesn't even feel like a sitcom without it!<br />
Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!</p>
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<p dir="auto">But I think it's safe to say they are ground-breaking, they changed american comedies forever, now people can't even stand the laugh track.<br />
I still like laugh tracks.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Gotta give it to Malcolm in the Middle there. Although I'm a huge Scrubs fan, indeed it was "Malcolm" the first sitcom without a laugh track, at least from the decade. And it was Scrubs that covered most part of the 00's. But I think it's safe to say they are ground-breaking, they changed american comedies forever, now people can't even stand the laugh track.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I think its Malcolm in the Middle</p>
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