I like both for certain reasons



Multi camera: Depends on the laugh track, its great with there's an audience, like Seinfeld, but some shows the audeinces go way crazy like Happy Days , Im surprised Henry never had his clothes ripped off him by screaming girls! :eek:


Single camera : You can do a lot more, shoot on locations instead of just a set, and you can do plotlines that arent as simple too. Seinfeld couldve probably been the first single cam sitcom, but the laugh track works there!



Laugh track: It's great but like i said, gets out of hand, sometimesi t gets annoying when it goes on every millisceond :lol: . cI do love Big Bnag theory though


No laugh track: The viewer can decide what's funny, and not what the producers of the show put in there, or when the audience is there in the studio

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I will always prefer multi-camera, just because it's what I like better. It's traditional, it's what I'm used to watching. And for the most part, it's funnier, at least IMO. I mean, maybe I'm just not getting the humor, but after watching Community, I didn't laugh out loud once. And this was a comedy that was supposed to be laugh-out-loud funny.

Meanwhile, I watch an episode of Big Bang Theory or Old Christine and I'm constantly laughing. I guess single-cam comedies just don't do it for me.

I like Mulit-Camera Comedies Much better than sinigle camera. There is only a few single camera shows that i acually like ("Arrested Devlopment", "My Name Is Earl", "Worst Week" , Proballly "Modern Family", Probally "The Middle"), where the list for multi-Camera shows that i rely enjoy just goes on and on and on (Everybody Loves Raymond, Two And A Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, The King Of Queens, Married... With Children, Yes Dear, Seinfeild")

I will always prefer multi-camera, just because it's what I like better. It's traditional, it's what I'm used to watching. And for the most part, it's funnier, at least IMO. I mean, maybe I'm just not getting the humor, but after watching Community, I didn't laugh out loud once. And this was a comedy that was supposed to be laugh-out-loud funny.

Meanwhile, I watch an episode of Big Bang Theory or Old Christine and I'm constantly laughing. I guess single-cam comedies just don't do it for me.
That's the way that I feel Julie. Multi-Camera comedies are just funnier. I've actually fell out of my seat laughing at some of them. That never happens to me with single-camera comedies. Some of them are good and I have liked a few but they never make me laugh like that. They're more like dramedies.

Yeah, single-cams just don't get me laughing. They rely a lot on the awkwardness of the characters, whereas multi-cams rely on the jokes and the characters. I'm hoping the acception to this will be Modern Family and The Middle, since I'm looking forward to both.

I like multi-camera better.

Multi-camera
Laugh tracks/audience

However, I did like Malcolm in the Middle.

Multi-camera
Laugh tracks/audience

However, I did like Malcolm in the Middle.

Yep, Malcolm would be one exception. I guess I really don't like the mocumentary single-cam comedies, like The Office.

don't care either way - the writing and performances are more important

Yep, Malcolm would be one exception. I guess I really don't like the mocumentary single-cam comedies, like The Office.
I enjoy Parks and Recreation too. Modern Family looks good as well, but those are the only single camera comedies I enjoy.

Multi-Camera with live audience it just seems so fun.
Laugh Track-I don't mind it, it makes it seem as though there is an audience. I grew up with these and I guess I don't like change.

I honestly don't give a damn as long as it's a good show. However, I will say that laugh track/multi cam sitcoms are just cozier and I do tend to prefer them. But at the same time, if I think the show is good I think the show is good and I'm not going to determine that based on whether or not it has a laugh track/multi cam. My favorite current sitcom is 30 Rock, for instance.

I like multi-camera better.
In a sitcom, I definitely prefer multi-cameras. Single cameras I don't mind so much in a drama like House or Law & Order, but on sitcoms that approach makes me feel claustrophobic. I'd rather hear a live audience than a laugh track as long as they don't go overboard (*coughHappyDayscough*).

I prefer multi camera comedies. They tend to be shot in front of a live audience and I enjoy that immediate response that a live audience provides. I also think a live audience helps the performers stay in the moment and give a better performance. It's basically live theater with cameras and live theater is my favorite entertainment form. Multi-camera is the closest thing to that on TV and is therefore my personal preference. I'm not a huge fan of the laugh track but I do feel it serves a purpose.