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The Critic

The Critic
★ 7.4/10•1994•22m•TV-PG•Animation•Comedy•Drama
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It stinks!

Jay Sherman is a TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films which he always rates as "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his personal life: working for a tyrannical media mogul boss, his lovelife and his family.

StatusEnded
Runtime22m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 26, 1994

Episodes

Episode 1 - PilotE122m

Pilot

Film critic Jay Sherman falls in love with actress Valerie Fox. Jay's family and friends worry that Valerie is using him to get a good movie review. Does she truly care for him?

Jan 26, 1994

Episode 2 - Marty's First DateE222m

Marty's First Date

Marty invites his Jay to career day at his school where Marty develops a crush on a Cuban girl named Carmen. They go on a date but when Carmen decides to fly back to Cuba, Marty follows her and Jay must get his son back.

Feb 2, 1994

Episode 3 - Dial 'M' For MotherE322m

Dial 'M' For Mother

Jay is considered to be one of the most unpopular men on Earth (ranking even worse than Adolph Hitler) so Duke attempts to spruce up the show to get more people interested. When this doesn't work, Jay decides to soften his image by going on the "Geraldo Show" with his mother but Jay gets an even worse reputation when his mother embarrasses him to the point where he tells her to "shut up".

Feb 9, 1994

Episode 4 - MiserableE422m

Miserable

Jay, noticing everyone in New York has a fiancee except him, begins to feel unloved. Things change when he goes to review the movie, Indecent Proposal II, and falls in love with the projectionist screening the movie. They arrange a date at her house where she is revealed to have an obsession with Jay to the point where she kidnaps him and ties him to a bed holding him hostage.

Feb 16, 1994

Episode 5 - A Little Deb Will Do YouE522m

A Little Deb Will Do You

Eleanor is determined to have her daughter, Margo, attend the annual debutantes ball as it is a tradition in her family. When Margo is reluctantly forced into it, Jay decides to accompany her. Meanwhile, Jay competes in his time slot against children's idol Humphrey the Hippo.

Feb 23, 1994

Episode 6 - Eyes on the PrizeE622m

Eyes on the Prize

Jay celebrates his 1000th episode but the episode is less than successful. Ratings get worse so Jay seeks image consultant, Adolph Hitmaker, for advice. The advice is unsuccessful and Jay is fired. Jay gets a new job on a show which teaches English for cab drivers but Jay is unhappy so he decides to win himself another Pulitzer Prize.

Mar 2, 1994

Episode 7 - Every Doris Has Her DayE722m

Every Doris Has Her Day

Jay befriends his make-up lady Doris after they attend a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and thinks that she may be the mother who gave him up for adoption years ago.

Jun 1, 1994

Episode 8 - Marathon MenschE822m

Marathon Mensch

When the studio catches fire during Jay's show, he collapses and must be rescued from the fire by Doris. When the news reports Jay's being rescued, he gets a reputation as being a wimp so he tries to prove his manliness by running in the New York marathon which tends to be more tiresome than it seems.

Jun 8, 1994

Episode 9 - L.A. JayE922m

L.A. Jay

Jay is offered to write the screenplay for a new movie, Ghostchasers III, so he takes a break from his show to go to L.A. to write the new movie and experience Hollywood life but the movie producer isn't satisfied with Jay's script.

Jun 22, 1994

Episode 10 - Dr. JayE1022m

Dr. Jay

Jay's boss, Duke, has just made a new invention, "Phillips-o-Vision" which alters movies to make them more "like-able". Jay is disgusted with Duke's invention but when Duke is discovered to have a fatal disease, Jay must find a cure for Duke's ailment.

Jun 29, 1994

Episode 11 - A Day at the Races and a Night at the OperaE1122m

A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera

After Marty fails to win an event at his school field day, he is feeling very low so Jay tries to improve his self-confidence by getting him interested in playing guitar and putting him in the school talent show. Meanwhile, Them Magazine names Jay "the wittiest man alive" so Duke offers to pay everyone who doesn't laugh at Jay's show $100 which doesn't go over very well.

Jul 6, 1994

Episode 12 - Uneasy RiderE1222m

Uneasy Rider

After refusing to plug chewing tobacco on his show, Jay quits his job and becomes a truck driver.

Jul 13, 1994

Episode 13 - A Pig Boy and His DogE1322m

A Pig Boy and His Dog

"A Pig-Boy and His Dog" is the 13th episode of The Critic. This was the final episode to air on ABC.

Jul 20, 1994

Actors

Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz

Jay Sherman (voice)

Christine Cavanaugh

Christine Cavanaugh

Marty Sherman (voice)

Park Overall

Park Overall

Alice Tompkins (voice)

Russi Taylor

Russi Taylor

Penny Tompkins (voice)

Charles Napier

Charles Napier

Duke Phillips (voice)

Judith Ivey

Judith Ivey

Eleanor Sherman (voice)

Gerrit Graham

Gerrit Graham

Franklin Sherman (voice)

Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright

Margo Sherman (voice)

Doris Grau

Doris Grossman (voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche

Jeremy Hawke (voice)

Nick Jameson

Nick Jameson

Vlada Veramirovich (voice)

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