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Today, The National released the official video for “Laugh Track,” the title track of their surprise LP, which was released on Sept. 18. The song features euphonious singing by Phoebe Bridgers–her ...

The laugh track, that decades-old sitcom convention, has been drifting out of style in recent years. Most acclaimed comedies -- "30 Rock, "The Office," "Modern Family" -- don't use one, and cable ...

That's what Rod Serling had in mind when he wrote the Season 3 episode entitled "Cavender Is Coming" (catch it during SYFY's annual New Year's marathon this weekend), the only episode of the classic ...

Most television comedies in the early 1960s used laugh tracks to get viewers to laugh along. The Andy Griffith Show also used one, but it wasn’t an idea the star himself was on board with. Andy ...

So, laugh tracks are actually part of a process called ‘sweetening’ and have actually been used in television since as early as the 1940s. These tracks aren’t just laughter, they’re offering hollering ...