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

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 22 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 157 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Created By:
Dan Harmon
Rob Schrab
Sarah Silverman
First Air Date: February 1, 2007
Summary
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.
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic The Aristocrats
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
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...
San Francisco ChronicleTim 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.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyDaniel 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.
Read Full Review >People WeeklyJennifer Wulff
This show is so wrong. And I loved every minute of it. [5 Feb 2007, p.37]
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug 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."
Read Full Review >LA WeeklyRobert 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.
Read Full Review >TimeJames 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.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
You'll love "The Sarah Silverman Program," but only if, like me, you have a healthy appetite for sick comedy.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
The show is definitely strange - and sometimes very funny. But it's so odd that it makes the "Seinfeld" format look conventionally linear.
Read Full Review >Detroit Free PressMike 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.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterBarry 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.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesAlessandra 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.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian 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.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie 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.
Read Full Review >Washington PostLavanya Ramanathan
The show is just silly enough -- and Silverman is just appealing enough, for once -- to cultivate at least a cult audience.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan 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.
Read Full Review >Kansas City StarAaron 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.
Read Full Review >TV GuideMatt Roush
Silverman reminds us how quickly the novelty can wear off while watching a pixie with a potty mouth.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen 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.
Read Full Review >SalonHeather Havrilesky
"The Sarah Silverman Program" has all of the charms of a joke with an audible fart as the punch line.
Read Full Review >SlateTroy Patterson
The Sarah Silverman Program isn't about anything but its own supposed daring and the hyperbolic smugness of its star.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
The word "juvenile" doesn't begin to describe "The Sarah Silverman Show." It completely describes it.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 4.9 (out of 10) based on 157 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Mark T gave it a1:
This thing is a joke. And by that I mean a very bad one. Shes not a funny person, its poorly written and time wasting. And I cant help but ask myself how much Tim Goodman was paid to write his review of the show.
Chris S gave it a1:
One point for being a girl. Not funny. She must be the girl on speed-dial for good head to have her own show; but she probably is no good at that either. She looks like my neighbors Whippet named "Charge."
Karl M gave it a0:
Just plane and simple, on of the worst shows iv ever seen on tv.
Neil M gave it a2:
Puerile, dull and tasteless.
tony n gave it a0:
Show sucks, seems she has connections to get this show on.
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.
