<P> Premiering in 1951, I Love Lucy was the first television series to be filmed in front of an audience . This was made possible by the use of multiple cameras . This implementation allowed the show to benefit from the strengths of both stage plays (live audience) and film (camera angle options, point of view, etc .). This approach produced a marriage between cinema and theater; television and plays . Shows that subsequently adopted this concept include All in the Family, Cheers, The Jeffersons, Seinfeld and Friends . </P> <P> Although radio broadcasts for a studio audience have for the most part ended for commercial radio programs (outside of special "road show" episodes), public radio shows such as A Prairie Home Companion, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, Says You!, Tent Show Radio and Whad'Ya Know? are mainly performed in front of live audiences in theaters or art centers, if not a confined studio setting . </P>

Tv shows recorded in front of a live audience