Is lack of trust in their comedy or they really think the public is that dumb they need to know when to laugh?

Or is a by product of its former format with live laughs with a crowd while filming?

  • enkille@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetening_(show_business) gives a quick rundown.

    In television, sweetening refers to the use of a laugh track in addition to a live studio audience. The laugh track is used to “enhance” the laughter for television audiences, sometimes in cases where a joke or scene intended to be funny does not draw the expected response, and sometimes to avoid awkward sound edits when a scene is shortened or more than one take is used in editing.