"Parks and Recreation", "Community" almost never fall into this trap for me. Even in episodes that don't really work, I don't find the humor all that predictable. A lot of what I find funny nowadays are things that take me by surprise ("Louie" at his high points).

Yeah, I like Parks & Rec and Louie and Archer, can't get into Community, but I guess the "standard" sitcoms, no matter how good, just aren't for me.

I realize this is a pretty stupid thing to post about, but it was surprising to me! I thought I was just out of the habit.

I watch "Frasier" in reruns. (Not so much for Frasier himself, but for the ensemble, and for Niles. I adore Niles.) But on the whole sitcoms leave me cold. So you're not alone.

I'm probably the only one who either watched, or assumed the reference was to, you know, Earth 2.

Not the only one.

Phew.

I used to love sitcoms. I watched them all -- Cosby, Cheers, Friends, Seinfeld, etc.

And then I just stopped, even though I still love reruns of Friends (it's a happy place). But Community got me back into sitcoms, and now I'm watching Big Bang and 30 Rock in reruns, and Raising Hope and New Girl in real time.

Amy, if you haven't tried Parks and Recreation, you should give it a try. It took me several eps to fall in love with it, but now it's far and away my favorite show on the air (and I'm normally not a comedy person)!

I'm ok with sitcoms as long as there isn't a laugh track. I barely made it through the pilot of 2 broke girls due to that hideous laugh track *shudder* One of the many reasons I adore 30 Rock and Community: they let me laugh when i want to.

To be precise, that's a live studio audience.

The Simpsons has never had a laugh track, either. Of course, it's not been all that good for the past 12 or so years.