There are articles out there that claim they still add plenty of laugh tracks to bolster the audience reaction. Even Youtube videos making fun of them such as contained in this article I found while searching "is big bang theory filmed before a live audience?".

http://thefw.com/big-bang-theory-laugh-track/

And there is this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3200234.html


I'm glad they're making use of a live audience though and didn't know that. Since it's on about 3 out of my 6 channels at some point, maybe I'll give it another chance.

That's a great clip.

I go past their studio fairly often. Getting tickets appears to be fairly impossible but I'm going to try now and then.

That is an older gentleman complaining that things aren't done the way it was in his day. All it says is that some scenes aren't taped live which is fairly standard on American sitcoms now.

I love how so many people are complaining about how it's devolved into relationship BS. Because I hate when that happens, and it ruins so many good sitcoms.

Not sure if anyone ever watched scrubs - but when the show was small and not popular - first two seasons it was just fucking hilarious. By season 5 and 6 it was all about who was dating who, which ones were having kids, and who was getting back together with who. So fucking ridiculous. It's the situations that are funny, who gives a flying fuck about person A finally getting with person B - that is such weak television.

it's called the "Cheers" effect btw - because the ratings for Cheers dropped the moment Sam and Diane finally got together.

but i think especially for Scrubs the last 2 seasons (Med School) were extremely horrible

for some it is, sure. the majority of revolting nerds that creep the shit outta girls usually don't evolve that fast.

nevertheless, my point was i liked that humor. by evolving into a *that's life* show, we don't get that humor any more.