History Main / StudioAudience

** A close cousin to the "Boo" is the "Eew!" used when the audience is just disgusted. The RedDwarf audience reaction to Lister drinking hot sauce out of a bottle is an example.

** For a close-up of a cute baby, a basket of little puppies, a tender moment between two characters, and other {{golden moment}}s.

-> ''"Now a word to our audience: Even though we are being broadcast on Creator/{{Fox}}, there’s no need for obnoxious hooting and hollering."''
-->-- '''Larry King''' ([[DoNotDoThisCoolThing whose advice is immediately ignored]]), ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

** Jay Leno responds to booing on his show by yelling back at the audience. He even has two {{Catchphrase}}s for it, "Oh, shut up!" and a sarcastic "Yeah, I'm ''way'' out of line!", the latter being used when the audience has a DudeNotFunny reaction. Conan O'Brien sometimes does this too.

** "Nice!"- audience response to the Bruce Forsyth CatchPhrase "Nice to see you, to see you...".

----> '''Dangerfield:''' This woman was so [[AcceptableTargets fat]]--\\

** In non-fiction shows, like talk shows, applause is usually prompted by a flashing sign in front of the audience. (This is lampshaded in ''The Larry Sanders Show'', as well as parodied in the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' film.) The audience will be prompted to clap for the opening of the show, the host's introduction, all of the guests' introductions, going in or out of a commercial break, and at the show's close. Spontaneous applause may occur for good jokes, good points, and other things that the audience likes (Series/DrPhil giving somebody the smackdown, for instance).

** On Series/FamilyFeud, the audience always yells the answers revealed as not correctly guessed, demonstrating their ability to read.

** Severely discouraged on {{Game Show}}s relying on trivia knowledge. On some more subjective shows, like ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', audience advice is traditional and part of the fun. Also, ''TPIR'' is sort of a reverse of the trope, as the audience faces the cameras rather than being behind them for atmosphere. [[note]]The show does, however, force the audience to be quiet whenever "Clock Game" is played since they're shown the actual prices -- anyone who blurts out the answers is kicked out of the studio. The short-lived "Professor Price" also required a quiet audience due to the usage of trivia questions.[[/note]]

*** Don't forget [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7GTc8p-1A the mutants]].

*** A large number of Japanese comedy and variety shows are ''not'' filmed before a StudioAudience. Instead of replacing them with a canned LaughTrack, the custom is for the crew and studio staff to throw away the usual quiet-on-the-set admonitions and ''become'' the show's audience. The laughter and applause may be coming from a significantly smaller crowd (usually about two dozen people), but at least it's not prerecorded.

** The ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' Undertaker Sketch was only allowed to be aired under the stipulation that the audience had to boo the sketch. The Pythons, in typical fashion, turned it UpToEleven and had the audience boo half the lines (with quite a lot of laughter mixed in) and ended the sketch with the audience storming the stage, to have the episode's BrickJoke about the Queen watching: everyone suddenly stops instantly and stands stiffly at attention while "God Save the Queen" is playing.

*** At least, [[XPacHeat you hope it's heel heat]].

*** Also often used at the end of a GrandFinale of popular shows such as ''Series/FullHouse'' or ''Series/FullerHouse'', and one one occasion, ''Literature/TheWorstWitch''.

** In sitcoms, this is often used when a show ends and the credits start or when a character makes a particularly witty joke. It can also occur when a fan-favourite character (or perhaps just a CreatorsPet, if the audience is being coached) makes his first appearance of the episode. Applause is also used when the SpecialGuest enters the scene, sending the viewers at home the unmistakable message that "you should know who this is." In sitcoms, applause is used when the episode has a happy ending and the audience utilize that sound to acknowledge it.

** During the State of the Union, there's often more clapping than the actual State of the Union speech. There are a number of standing ovations, including at the end. It's particularly amusing when only the President's party stands up and claps, and befuddling (and amusing) when the ''opposition'' stands up and claps (like in 2007, when the Democrats once stood up on their own during UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's speech). Also to look for: the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Supreme Court Justices, who remain seated throughout the address while everyone else gets up and down 75-150 times.

** In sitcoms, this is sometimes used when a show ends and the credits start or when a character makes a particularly witty joke. It can also occur when a fan-favourite character (or perhaps just a CreatorsPet, if the audience is being coached) makes his first appearance of the episode. Applause is also used when the SpecialGuest enters the scene, sending the viewers at home the unmistakable message that "you should know who this is." In sitcoms, applause is used when the episode has a happy ending and the audience utilize that sound to acknowledge it. Also often used at the end of a GrandFinale of popular shows such as ''Series/FullHouse'' or ''Series/FullerHouse'', and one one occasion, ''Literature/TheWorstWitch''.

** In sitcoms, this is sometimes used when a show ends and the credits start or when a character makes a particularly witty joke. It can also occur when a fan-favourite character (or perhaps just a CreatorsPet, if the audience is being coached) makes his first appearance of the episode. Applause is also used when the SpecialGuest enters the scene, sending the viewers at home the unmistakable message that "you should know who this is."

** Known to occur on occasion in live comedy broadcasts. There was a moment in the 1994-1995 season of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' when Weekend Update's Norm [=MacDonald=] made repeated "bitch" jokes about Hilary Clinton. The mystery is why booing didn't occur more often, indeed constantly, during that abysmally unfunny season.
*** Similarly, during George W. Bush's first election campaign, he made a [[{{Pun}} heart-centered]] pun while on Letterman. It was not well-received by the audience, as Letterman had recently--too recently, it seems--returned from having heart surgery.
*** Jay Leno responds to booing on his show by yelling back at the audience. He even has two {{Catchphrase}}s for it, "Oh, shut up!" and a sarcastic "Yeah, I'm ''way'' out of line!", the latter being used when the audience has a DudeNotFunny reaction. Conan O'Brien sometimes does this too.

** In sketch comedy and other light entertainment, this is for jokes that go too far or are TooSoon.
*** Occasionally in topical {{Panel Show}}s such as ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'', which are prone to TooSoon moments, the panelist who inspired an "Ohhh" will turn to the audience and say "Oh, so <previous offensive joke that they laughed at> is fine, but,.."

*** Similarly, mocking the audience for having a TooSoon reaction to something like the sinking of the ''Titanic''.

*** Similarly, during George W. Bush's first election campaign, he made a [[{{Pun}} heart-centered]] pun while on Letterman. It was not well-received by the audience, as Letterman had recently--[[TooSoon too recently, it seems]]--returned from having heart surgery.

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** Panel games, where nothing is really at stake, don't care so much. On a few occasions on ''Series/{{QI}}'', some smarty in the audience has shouted out a good answer, and Stephen Fry has given them all a collective score. When this happens it's very likely the audience will ''win the game'', as the real contestants are constantly struggling not to ''lose'' points. On one occasion however, they sang along to the (incorrect) German national anthem, and got the buzzer.
*** Although the audience were actually coached in singing the incorrect version, since not enough of them knew it.

*** And on ''MatchGame'' by Gene Rayburn with the "Dumb Dora" questions. ("How dumb was she?")

** On MatchGame, a "rotten answer" given by a contestant or celebrity elicited this.