Big Bang Theory is shot with an actual audience, not a laugh tape.
The funniness diminishes when you do that because that is a live audience, not a laugh track. The actors have to adjust the timing of the dialog to fit around the laughs.
When you watch without the laughs, that leaves gaps that turn into weird pauses, and can destroy the timing of a joke or funny remark. Timing is often a big component to making a joke work.
Yeah if they were talking during laugh track it would be so much better... (sarcasm..)
Thats funny because it is the only comedy tv show I like.
I don't know about equally, but it is terrible. Watch a clip with the laugh track off (you can find them on YouTube) and you will realise how unfunny it is.