The Sarah Silverman Program
Comedy Central | Release Date: February 1, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
4
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: 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
91
Entertainment WeeklyDaniel Fierman
Season 1 Review: 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
88
People WeeklyJennifer Wulff
Season 1 Review: This show is so wrong. And I loved every minute of it. [5 Feb 2007, p.37]
88
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: 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
80
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: 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
80
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: 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
80
The New YorkerTad Friend
Season 1 Review: The meanest sitcom in years—and one of the funniest. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: You'll love "The Sarah Silverman Program," but only if, like me, you have a healthy appetite for sick comedy. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: 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
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: "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
70
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: 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
70
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: 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
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: 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
60
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: 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
60
Washington PostLavanya Ramanathan
Season 1 Review: The show is just silly enough -- and Silverman is just appealing enough, for once -- to cultivate at least a cult audience. Read full review
50
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: 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
50
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: 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
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: Silverman reminds us how quickly the novelty can wear off while watching a pixie with a potty mouth. Read full review
30
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: "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
30
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: "The Sarah Silverman Program" has all of the charms of a joke with an audible fart as the punch line. Read full review
30
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: The Sarah Silverman Program isn't about anything but its own supposed daring and the hyperbolic smugness of its star. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The word "juvenile" doesn't begin to describe "The Sarah Silverman Show." It completely describes it. Read full review
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