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by g2e 2762 days ago
Not Seinfeld.
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Partly true: Seinfeld used a laugh track, and also a real audience for stuff like scenes in Jerry's apartment.

https://www.quora.com/Did-Seinfeld-use-a-laugh-track-a-live-...

It only works for recent shows. Outside of the last decade or two, every sitcom had to have a laugh track, period.
> Outside of the last decade or two, every sitcom had to have a laugh track, period.

More correct: every live action sitcom used a laugh track and/or live studio audience.

The Simpsons didn't.
I think Simpsons managed to trick the powers that be into classifying it as a cartoon instead of a sitcom. Different rules.