Laugh Track


Why are so many people turned off by the fact that this show has a laugh track?? So many other beloved and successful series have used laugh tracks in the past. That 70's Show, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Seinfeld, Two and a Half Men, ect. It's really not a big deal. I for one, will still be watching. Really looking forward to seeing Kutcher and Masterson together again!

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I find it incredibly distracting. To me it makes the show harder to watch.

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I was pleasantly surprised by this show but it would be so much better if it had no laugh track.

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two and a half men? hahahahaha.
It was that show that simply killed it.

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There are good laugh tracks and bad laugh tracks. There are good ways to use a laugh track and bad ways. This laugh track says "No, really, you should be laughing here. No, really, it's amazingly funny." When the viewer knows he's being lied to about what's funny ... then it's a laugh rack problem.

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OP.. I was gonna start the same exact thread. The show is not only , NOT funny, but the laugh track is just an insult and not necessary. I turned off the show after 4 or 5 minutes. It is a shame too, because I like the cast. Most cable and streaming companies like NETFLIX do not have laugh tracks and it is refreshing.

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If a show is funny then the viewers will know where the jokes are rather than "this is the joke, now laugh, dumbass". A lot of the jokes in this series come off as rather dull, boring, uninspired, repetitive and not really comical.

It wasn't funny referring Tom Brady the first time so the second isn't either.

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I went in knowing nothing about this and , frankly, I thought this was a show about actors in a goofy sitcom w a laugh track....but it never stopped. lol I got thru 3/4 of the show and turned it off.

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Because the laugh track is annoying. Let me count the ways:
1. Too loud
2. Too often
3. Too fake
4. Too loud

It takes away from the show. Granted there were many shows that have used laugh tracks successfully. This isn't one of them. It appears to be trying way too hard.

I like the show - it is still new and the characters are still getting into a rhythm (I've watched up to episode 5). But the laugh track is overused, too loud and annoying. Tone it down if you're going to use it.

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I completely agree. This laugh track is way too loud and way to often. The show isn't even funny. It just ruins the show

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Agree on all 4 points, but would add the timing of the laughs were off as well.

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