Really? Most modern sitcoms are filmed in front of live audiences? Like Seinfeld and Friends? They were live? I did not know that. I know some shows say at the beginning "this show is filmed in front of a live audience", but things like Seinfeld and Friends and most other modern sitcoms on TV seem like they have a lot of scenes in them (airport, city streets, resturants, stores, etc.) that would be very difficult to film in front of an audience, and their over all quality doesn't feel live. At any rate, canned or live, the laughter is irritating to me.