Women that make me laugh that I don't know: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Aubrey Plaza, Kristen Wiig, Sarah Silverman, Mindy Kaling, I'm sure there's more. The problem is not women who make TV, it's shifty people who make TV. If your sitcom needs a laugh track, then it's probably not that funny to begin with. The guy who created The Office, his name escapes me, he gets it.
I once watched a documentary on Monty Python coming to America, and one of the commentators said it quite well, I paraphrase, "In American comedy, we explain the joke, tell the joke, then explain why it's funny." Also, I don't give a shit about drama unless they're is a sci-fi element.