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Watching Sports Night for the first time
Posted on 12/25/15 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 12/25/15 at 10:18 pm
The laugh track is really throwing me off. It's not needed at all.
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Posted on 12/25/15 at 10:55 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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The laugh track is really throwing me off. It's not needed at all.
It is unwatchable because of the laugh track
Posted on 12/25/15 at 10:55 pm to Byron Bojangles III
I thought that show didn't have canned laughter. 
eta: Found this
eta: Found this
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Although the first season of Sports Night is a sitcom, it often is portrayed as more of a comedy-drama representative of some of Sorkin's later work on The West Wing. Sorkin intended for the series' humor to be drier and more realistic than typical sitcoms. He initially wanted the show to be recorded without a laugh track, but ABC network executives insisted on including one.[11][12] The volume of the laugh track faded as Season One continued[13] and was abandoned at the beginning of Season Two.[
This post was edited on 12/25/15 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 12/25/15 at 10:58 pm to PsychTiger
The one I'm watching on hulu has it
Posted on 12/25/15 at 11:00 pm to Byron Bojangles III
See my edit.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 11:04 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Laugh track sucks, but the show overcomes it.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 11:05 pm to Byron Bojangles III
I've always watched TV simply for entertainment, but it was the first show I ever watched where I was aware of the great writing, dialog, and character development. I haven't watched it since it aired, may be time for a rematch.
Posted on 12/25/15 at 11:26 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Own and watch it in full every other year or so. I barely notice the laugh track anymore. 
Posted on 12/26/15 at 1:04 am to Byron Bojangles III
Why are the character constantly talking? Is this a sub genre?
Posted on 12/26/15 at 9:15 am to PeteRose
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Why are the character constantly talking?
Cocaine had a writing credit.
Laugh tracks were the norm back when the show was made, so they had to slowly mix the sound to get rid of it. It's not like today, where we are used to no laugh tracks. That was the way shows were made back then, and this was one of the first shows to get rid of it.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 9:18 am to Byron Bojangles III
I watched it sometimes when it first aired. It's a good show, but it gets its balls slobbered on by Sorkin fan boys way too much.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 9:21 am to LoveThatMoney
The writing is superb
Posted on 12/26/15 at 9:27 am to Byron Bojangles III
Great show, laugh track aside. Quo Vadimas!
Posted on 12/29/15 at 7:38 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Just finished it. It deserved to live longer
Posted on 12/29/15 at 7:50 pm to Byron Bojangles III
big bang theory >>>> sports night
Posted on 12/29/15 at 7:57 pm to Fearthehat0307
I will fight you irl.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 8:08 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Posted on 12/29/15 at 8:15 pm to LoveThatMoney
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I watched it sometimes when it first aired. It's a good show, but it gets its balls slobbered on by Sorkin fan boys way too much.
Meh, I'm not a Sorkin fan all that much, but I think Sports Night is the best, and most natural, thing he's ever done.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 8:25 pm to Freauxzen
That would be the West Wing. The timing and laugh track ruin the flow perfected in West Wing. 
Posted on 12/30/15 at 10:28 am to Byron Bojangles III
Every Sorkin script should come with a laugh track. Steve Jobs would've benefited from canned laughter and a big Kramer cheer for every Seth Rogen entrance.
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