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Sarah Silverman Program, The
SERIES: Comedy Central, Thursday 10:30p (30 minutes)


5.0

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Starring Sarah Silverman, Laura Silverman, Steve Agee, Brian Posehn, and Jay Johnston

Much like the scripted bits in her recent feature film "Jesus Is Magic," this six-episode Comedy Central sitcom finds the potty-mouthed comedienne playing a version of herself as she hangs out with friends and relatives.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Dan Harmon Rob Schrab Sarah Silverman
FIRST AIR DATE:	February 1, 2007

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

It's not very often that a TV show bursting with imagination, audacity, rude charm and a relentlessly funny worldview gets on the air, much less appears fully formed. But Sarah Silverman... has delivered an offbeat gem.

Entertainment Weekly Daniel Fierman

Where her movie overstayed its welcome, the quick-shot format of TV works beautifully. The result is haphazard, amoral, ridiculous, wildly offensive...and, you know, totally hilarious.

People Weekly Jennifer Wulff

This show is so wrong. And I loved every minute of it. [5 Feb 2007, p.37]

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

If the series doesn't peter out after its first two great episodes, Comedy Central may at last have on its hands a live-action comedy as funny as "Chappelle's Show."

The New Yorker Tad Friend

The meanest sitcom in years—and one of the funniest.

LA Weekly Robert Abele

The Sarah Silverman Program is a welcome outlet for Silverman’s brand of outlandishness, blessedly stingy with its desire to breach mores, and much more concerned with decorating its late-night comedy turf so that it can welcome any kind of unexpected laugh: shock, parody, irony, insult humor or absurdity.

Time James Poniewozik

The pilot... iis actually the least funny of the three episodes I saw; in the other two, "Sarah" and the other characters are much better developed and the stories hang together better. Still, it's an acquired tastelessness.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

You'll love "The Sarah Silverman Program," but only if, like me, you have a healthy appetite for sick comedy.

New York Post Linda Stasi

The show is definitely strange - and sometimes very funny. But it's so odd that it makes the "Seinfeld" format look conventionally linear.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

"The Sarah Silverman Program" is not for everyone. But if you've chuckled along to the rascals on "South Park" -- or if you thought "Borat" was one hilarious movie -- then chances are you'll get some perverse jollies with Sarah Silverman's latest venture.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

All series need time to discover their strengths and weaknesses, and this is no exception. However, this show starts with a foundation of solid character comedy, which bodes well for the future.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

The episodes are not as layered or intricately constructed as Mr. David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” but the humor is fueled by a similar jolt of the politically incorrect.

Variety Brian Lowry

In its energy and penchant for the absurd, [it] resembles a latter-day version of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" pitched to the college-frat set.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

In the way of so many television series inspired by comedians, "The Sarah Silverman Program" fails to directly translate the insanity of Silverman's stand-up.

Washington Post Lavanya Ramanathan

The show is just silly enough -- and Silverman is just appealing enough, for once -- to cultivate at least a cult audience.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

I like her a lot, but the shaggy-dog nature of the storytelling... made the comedy miss about as often as it hit for me.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

As someone who’s on the fence about Silverman — I get what she’s doing, but I’m not sure it’s worth the adoration it often receives — I found myself chuckling more when I went through my notes on the first two shows than when I was watching them.

TV Guide Matt Roush

Silverman reminds us how quickly the novelty can wear off while watching a pixie with a potty mouth.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

"The Sarah Silverman Program" is full of scenes that sound funny on paper... but in execution pass by without eliciting even a small chuckle.

Salon Heather Havrilesky

"The Sarah Silverman Program" has all of the charms of a joke with an audible fart as the punch line.

Slate Troy Patterson

The Sarah Silverman Program isn't about anything but its own supposed daring and the hyperbolic smugness of its star.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

The word "juvenile" doesn't begin to describe "The Sarah Silverman Show." It completely describes it.

The average user rating for this tv show is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 148 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Brian B gave it a9:
The show may have a juvenile, immature, self-centered, and all-around insulting lead character, but she is very funny. She pokes fun at everything our society deems as taboo, and does so with an almost child-like naivety. I think the show is great and insulting at the same time. And, her jokes should not be taken too seriously, which, I believe, is the whole point of the show.

Andrew S. gave it a9:
It's good, if you like the ridiculous sarcasm all through out.

Jon K gave it a2:
The 2 goes to Brian Posehn, whos brilliant, unlike the rest of the cast. I really tried to like this show, but like many of comedy central's shows newer shows I relys to heavily on "shock" comedy, sans the comedy. People who like this show tend to be guys who think Sarah Silverman is just ugly, and crazy enough to get, or single, overweight women who laugh when their friends fart.

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
The only live-action sitcom I go out of my way to watch. Some episodes have been stronger than others, but overall it's f***ing brilliant. Can't wait for the rest of Season 2 to show up.

Kannan J. gave it an8:
Awesome show. Yeah it's crude but thats part of it's charm. Also all these people giving it zero seems a bit fishy.

Cynthia H. gave it a0:
Unfunny, juvenile, uninspired show featuring the foul-mouthed Sarah Silverman doing her usual retarded little girl with the racist attitude and potty mouth schtick. Truly awful excuse for a tv comedy.

Matt B. gave it a0:
Evolution in reverse, yep, that about sums it up.

Sarah Silverman Program, The SERIES: Comedy Central, Thursday 10:30p (30 minutes)

Sarah Silverman Program, The
SERIES: Comedy Central, Thursday 10:30p (30 minutes)