Can we finally admit that the era of the laugh track is dead and move on? Because, I gotta be honest with you, it's really freakin' annoying.

There was a point in time when I didn't notice laugh tracks. That was mostly because I was laughing at the proper moment and the canned laughter mixed with my own to render it unnoticeable.

However, there have been several so-called situation comedies in recent years that are so bad (How bad are they, Kevin?) that they have needed a laugh track to remind us viewers of when we're supposed to laugh because, well, the networks and show producers clearly just don't trust us to figure it out on our own.

The problem here isn't us, it's you for broadcasting shows that are so bad we need to be told when to laugh.

This has led to laugh tracks becoming utterly noticeable. Invasively noticeable.

Networks, I am smart enough to know when to laugh. So, when shows like The Big Bang Theory, Odd Couple, Two and a Half Men, and One Big Happy need to tell me via use of laugh track, maybe it's actually time to kill the shows. I'm already on the fence about Odd Couple and One Big Happy, Two and a Half Men has run its course and The Big Bang Theory just hasn't been the same for a while.

Please. Kill the laugh tracks. You'll know if we're not laughing because we will stop watching. Not the response you want, I'm sure. But it is certainly the logical one.