Originally Posted by PR_Tom

Well then I should have just been more clear.
I never cared for Cheers originally because it just never clicked with me.

As for big bang theory, it fails with me because it is one canned laugh track after another. And the reason it makes a difference for me is because when someone in the production thinks something is funny, they lean on the button. If I'm sitting at home getting to their punchline ahead of their fake laugh and thinking it's not even funny, then it's just a total fail.

The premise and sets on big bang theory I think is smart, but the jokes are just not funny to me. It's totally predictable and formulaic and I guess there's something to the whole "target demographic" thing and I'm not in it.