Broadcasting & Cable reports that the premiere of The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central last Thursday was highest ranking premiere in the last three years, drawing a 1.2 rating among viewers 18-49. Among men between the ages of 18 and 24, the program got a 3.3 rating. I'm shocked. Young men like watching an attractive woman make poo jokes, rag on cops, and get high on cough syrup.
I'll be curious to see whether the ratings hold up this week. The first episode was pretty funny, but the show had pretty two dimensional characters, a pretty weak plot, and I'm not sure if the cast was acting or just performing stand-up routines in front of one another. Then again, I think that was pretty much the point, and I definitely plan to watch again tonight. It's a nice change of pace from the typical sit-com formula wherein you're supposed to actually care about the characters and whether they'll eventually wind up sleeping together. Sometimes all I want is 22 minutes of escapist humor.
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2-08-2007 @ 9:17PM
Will Teullive said...
"Young men like watching an attractive woman make poo jokes, rag on cops, and get high on cough syrup".
That may be true, but where's the attractive woman whose making the jokes?
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2-09-2007 @ 6:07AM
James said...
Must be an American thing.. im a Brit and watched some of her stuff on YouTube after hearing about her here on TVSquad.. didnt find it funny whatsoever.
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2-09-2007 @ 7:44AM
Curt said...
Uh, Sarah Silverman would be that attractive woman. Nice attempt at wit.
As for the show, it was just the pilot, and I though ti was pretty funny. Loved the cough syrup animation. And they may flesh the characters out more, but I wouldn't expect deep 3-d characters like you see in The Office or such. Wrong type of show for that.
And I didn't realize this counted as a "sitcom." Comedy show with a (loose) plot seems more fitting.
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2-09-2007 @ 7:44AM
Whitecat said...
Sarah is super hot and really funny!
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2-09-2007 @ 7:45AM
LordPaul said...
Sometimes there's no point in being overly critical.
Sarah Silverman has such a large appeal because she seems to 'get away with it' due to her prettiness & naiivety & the people who hate her do so for exactly the same reason.
She's very shrewd.
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2-09-2007 @ 12:06PM
TD said...
i find it funny that Zach Galifianakis had to actually tighten up his beard to play a homeless guy.
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2-12-2007 @ 5:03PM
bob-o said...
i read somewhere that this wasn't the pilot. can anyone confirm this?
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3-14-2007 @ 8:55PM
Bob said...
Sarah is kind of Jewy, but totally hot. Not out of your league hot, just cute.
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4-19-2007 @ 10:51PM
tiger said...
so where did it go?? the Sarah Silverman Program used to be on Comedy Central at 10:30 thursday night, and now it's gone, and i can't find any reference to cancellation anywhere.
oh, and by the way, "Bob," "kinda Jewy" *is* hot.
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4-19-2007 @ 10:53PM
Brad Linder said...
The first season was only 6 episodes. I'm not sure if it's been picked up for more yet.
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