Sitcoms enjoyed a serious renaissance in the 1990s, only to sputter out by the new millennium. But that didn't mean the ...

Sitcoms have long reflected the cultural norms of the time to their viewers, as they were specifically designed to appeal to ...

The shift in tone is exemplified by that laugh track — standard sitcom laughs in Seasons One through Five, a more subdued ...

(We are in the mid-1990s, though floating in endless sitcom time.) "'Frasier's' a laughing show," says Georgie, meaning the laugh track. "I like laughing shows. … 'Wonder Years,' no one's laughing.