The Sarah Silverman Program
| The Sarah Silverman Program | |
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| Genre |
Sitcom Surreal humor |
| Created by |
Sarah Silverman Dan Harmon Rob Schrab |
| Starring | Sarah Silverman Laura Silverman Brian Posehn Steve Agee Jay Johnston |
| Composer(s) | Adam Berry |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 32 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sarah Silverman Rob Schrab Dan Sterling Heidi Herzon |
| Location(s) |
Valley Village, California (setting) Hollywood Center Studios, Hollywood, California (filming location) |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Eleven Eleven O' Clock Productions Oil Factory, Inc. |
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Original release | February 1, 2007 – April 15, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Sarah Silverman Program is an American television sitcom, which ran from February 1, 2007 to April 15, 2010 on Comedy Central starring comedian and actress Sarah Silverman, who created the series with Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab.
The Sarah Silverman Program faced cancellation in 2009 when Comedy Central and the producers were unable to reach an agreement for the show's per-episode budget. LGBT-interest cable channel Logo stepped in to co-produce the third season.
Episodes revolve around the adventures of Sarah and her friends in Valley Village, California, a district in the San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles, which is portrayed as an autonomous city within the show. Silverman plays a fictionalized version of herself, an unemployed woman who leads an irresponsible life. Her most notable trait is her undiluted, childlike self-absorption, which commonly leads to awkward comedic situations in which she insults friends, family, and total strangers. The show tackled issues such as abortion, racism, and same-sex marriage; it was canceled after three seasons. The show was filmed at Hollywood Center Studios, Hollywood, California.
The 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike put The Sarah Silverman Program on hiatus in November 2007. The second half of the second season began airing on October 8, 2008. The third season premiered February 4, 2010. The series' first TV-MA rated episode, "Just Breve" (episode 308), aired on April 1, 2010.
The show's premiere drew impressive ratings, 1.8 million total viewers and 1.3 with the 18–49 demographic, making it "cable's biggest audience of the night." The show had the single best debut ratings "for a Comedy Central original since the premiere of the animated series Drawn Together (2.2 million viewers) in 2004." On February 12, 2007, eleven days after the show's premiere, Comedy Central announced that it had "ordered 16 new episodes for air this fall and next spring." The network claimed the early pickup was because in its first two weeks, "[the show] was the most-watched cable show in primetime among all key demos." Comedy Central called it "its most successful primetime launch in three years."
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