Usage in the U.S., post-1990
Sitcoms produced using the single camera style like ABC's Modern Family have won praise for not including a laugh track
Single-camera comedy has made a comeback in the U.S. since the early 1990s, but networks have mostly abandoned the old tradition of laugh tracks for single-camera shows. A key player in this revolution was HBO, which allowed its single-camera comedies such as Dream On and The Larry Sanders Show to run without laugh tracks, and won critical praise for doing so.[24] Single-camera shows with no laugh track have become increasingly common on broadcast networks as well, with critical and popular hits such as Malcolm in the Middle and Modern Family, alongside multi-camera hits such as Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls and Mike & Molly, which employ live audiences with sweetening performed during post-production.
Other non-laugh track sitcoms in the U.S. are the following:
