Sarah Silverman Program, The

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.

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.

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."

The New YorkerTad Friend

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

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.

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.

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Washington PostLavanya Ramanathan

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

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.

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.

TV GuideMatt Roush

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

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.

SalonHeather Havrilesky

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

SlateTroy Patterson

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

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

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