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A little quick plugging for three of my favorite Thursday-night stories, all of which are new because of this “sweeps” thing everybody keeps talking about.
1) “The Office” continues the saga of Phyllis’ nuptials. Note that “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator Joss Whedon are supposed to have directed February episodes, and there are only three Thursdays left in February. 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
2) “The OC” is down to its last three episodes ever. If I’m not mistaken, tonight brings a big earthquake, next Thursday brings the earthquake’s aftermath, and the Thursday after that – set six months later - brings maybe the lawful joining of comic-book geek Seth Cohen and comely girlfriend Summer Roberts? 9 p.m. Thursday. Fox.
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Comedy Central's new “The Sarah Silverman Program” is easily the funniest live-action sitcom on television.
When this fast-moving comedy connects with a gag – which is shockingly often – it connects deftly and with might. It may have been years since I laughed aloud as much at two half-hours of television.
“Program” is agreeably odd, similar in premise to “Seinfeld,” perhaps, but far closer in its profane anarchistic sensibility to “South Park.”
Sarah Silverman plays “Sarah Silverman,” an absurdly selfish and cheerfully jobless narcissist who lives with her waitress sister (“Comeback” co-star Laura Silverman) next door to a pair of mountainous homosexuals (mammothly entertaining heterosexuals Brian Posehn and Steve Agee).
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