Jaime_Weinman
Supporting Actor
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- Mar 19, 2001
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Most of the other long-running comedies on Fox don't use laugh tracks (The Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, King of the Hill, Family Guy, Bernie Mac Show). I really don't think Arrested Development is hurt by its lack of a laugh track; the danger of not having a laugh track is that people won't know it's supposed to be a comedy, but Arrested Development is always determinedly wacky and leaves no doubt that it's a comedy. Whatever's keeping it from being a hit (and even in the time slot after The Simpsons, it doesn't do great), I doubt it's the laugh track thing.