Why did they stop taping in front of a studio audience during the last season? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 11-27-2022, 05:01 AM

Remember Carroll O'Connor announcing during the end credits, All in the Family was played to a studio audience for live responses"?

They shot and edited it first, then showed the finished show to the studio audience of another Norman Lear show, recorded their reactions and put them on the show before it went out to air. Barney Miller did something similar.

Jean Stapleton once explained that each episode of All in the Family was performed twice, before two different audiences (on the same day) and they edited the two recordings into one show, using the best takes.

When Sally Struthers came back to guest star in the final season of All in the Family, she had a hard time adjusting to not having an audience there. She requested that the crew laugh out loud. All of Archie Bunker's Place was taped without an audience.

sm95fan · 12-11-2022, 11:40 AM

The live studio audience was dropped at the suggestion of CoC. It reduced production time from 5 to 4 days. It also resulted in a cleaner final product. It allowed them to rewrite or reshoot scenes more easily.

TMC · 02-25-2023, 06:03 AM

All in the Family got rid of ''live laughs'' and the live studio audience

The show changed for its ninth season. Apparently, people in the live audience didn't enjoy the jokes.

11-27-2022, 05:01 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,775	Why did they stop taping in front of a studio audience during the last season? Remember Carroll O'Connor announcing during the end credits, All in the Family was played to a studio audience for live responses"? They shot and edited it first, then showed the finished show to the studio audience of another Norman Lear show, recorded their reactions and put them on the show before it went out to air. Barney Miller did something similar. Jean Stapleton once explained that each episode of All in the Family was performed twice, before two different audiences (on the same day) and they edited the two recordings into one show, using the best takes. When Sally Struthers came back to guest star in the final season of All in the Family, she had a hard time adjusting to not having an audience there. She requested that the crew laugh out loud. All of Archie Bunker's Place was taped without an audience.

12-11-2022, 11:40 AM	#2
sm95fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2021 Location: Las Lunas Posts: 1,882	The live studio audience was dropped at the suggestion of CoC. It reduced production time from 5 to 4 days. It also resulted in a cleaner final product. It allowed them to rewrite or reshoot scenes more easily.

02-25-2023, 06:03 AM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,775	All in the Family got rid of ''live laughs'' and the live studio audience The show changed for its ninth season. Apparently, people in the live audience didn't enjoy the jokes.