If you look at a list of the most-watched television shows of the 1990s, you’ll find that seven of the top 10 were sitcoms. As any fan who lived through it can tell you, the decade was a golden era ...

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 Cringey, outdated jokes or overused, tired tropes is another.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

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 ...

Ah, the ’80s—what a glorious time for sitcoms! The neon colors, the big hair, and those laugh tracks that seemed to follow us around. If you grew up during that era, chances are you have fond memories ...

I’ve been on a sitcom kick lately. Right now, I’m in the middle of “How I Met Your Mother” for the first time, as well as “Gilmore Girls” and “2 Broke Girls,” but I always go back to the classics like ...

Welcome to the “Joanie Loves Chachi” of the 21st century. Like that best-left-forgotten 1980s spinoff of “Happy Days,” the new CBS sitcom “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” plucks two young characters ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In NBC’s “Happy’s Place,” Reba McEntire stars as Bobbie, left, who inherits her father’s bar along with her sister Isabella ...

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 ...

Tim Allen is no stranger to sitcoms, but the genre itself feels like one these days. Once upon a time, the broadcast sitcom was king of the hill. Shows like Friends, Seinfeld and Home Improvement ...