In today’s “List,” Mike Toomey shares how laugh tracks can make shows so much better. Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every ...

On today’s Courtesy Desk, Mike Toomey tells us about ‘Laugh Tracks with Mike Toomey,’ a half-hour showcasing his talents as a member of WGN Morning News and as a stand-up comedian. The show will ...

For decades, sitcoms ruled mainstream television. Situational comedies appealed to the masses, and using laugh tracks to signal when a punchline was delivered was the norm. In the last 25 years, ...

There's a lot of things that can ruin an otherwise decent sitcom. A cheesy script or underwritten characters is one. Cringey, outdated jokes or overused, tired tropes is another. But when it comes to ...

Hacks will try to fend off foes old and new in Best Comedy Series Emmy race. It's perhaps fitting that Catherine O'Hara presented Best Comedy Series at last year's Emmys. After doing a bit, the Emmy ...

Comedian Dave Dugan in a promotional photograph for his current tour, “Victim of Circumstances.” Dugan is taking a break from the tour to perform with Dave “The King” Wilson during the Dueling Daves ...

In a sketch that opened the 2025 Emmy Awards, host Nate Bargatze pokes fun at the nominated series The Bear, calling it a “laugh-out-loud” comedy that is also a “heartbreaking look at the emotional ...