Twenty years ago, Greg Daniels learned an important lesson about making mockumentaries by way of a basketball game. He was ...

The laugh track was once considered revolutionary, shaping how audiences consumed television comedy. But over time, it became ...

You have questions. I have some answers. Q: I used to watch “The Odd Couple.” One season Jack Klugman and Tony Randall both threatened to quit over the use of laugh tracks. The network agreed to run ...

Jennie Richardson is a TV Features and Lists Writer for Collider, and a graduate student pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing. In other words, she really loves stories. There's nothing quite like ...

You have questions. I have some answers. Q: I enjoy the cast and storyline of the new show “Happy Place.” However, I will probably stop watching it because of the annoying laugh track. It is not at ...

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 Cringey, outdated jokes or overused, tired tropes is another.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 ...

You have questions. I have some answers. Q: I enjoy the cast and storyline of the new show “Happy Place.” However, I will probably stop watching it because of the annoying laugh track. It is not at ...

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Walter Matthau (Oscar) and Jack Lemmon (Felix) as two polar-opposite best friends in “The Odd Couple.” Q: I used to watch “The Odd Couple.” One season Jack Klugman and Tony Randall both threatened to ...