The Critic

Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesnt like for a living.

1994 HD 22min TV-PG United States English

Mike Reiss Jon Lovitz Christine Cavanaugh Park Overall Charles Napier Russi Taylor Judith Ivey Gerrit Graham Nancy Cartwright Maurice LaMarche

Animation Comedy

adult animation

S1E1 - Pilot 1994-01-26

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

S1E2 - Marty's First Date 1994-02-02

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.

S1E3 - Dial 'M' For Mother 1994-02-16

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 doesnt 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".

S1E4 - Miserable 1994-02-16

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.

S1E5 - A Little Deb Will Do You 1994-02-23

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 childrens idol Humphrey the Hippo.

S1E6 - Eyes on the Prize 1994-03-02

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.

S1E7 - Every Doris Has Her Day 1994-06-01

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.

S1E8 - Marathon Mensch 1994-06-08

When the studio catches fire during Jays show, he collapses and must be rescued from the fire by Doris. When the news reports Jays 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.

S1E9 - L.A. Jay 1994-06-22

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 isnt satisfied with Jays script.

S1E10 - Dr. Jay 1994-06-29

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

S1E11 - A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera 1994-07-06

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 doesnt laugh at Jays show $100 which doesnt go over very well.

S1E12 - Uneasy Rider 1994-07-13

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

S1E13 - A Pig-Boy and His Dog 1994-07-20

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

S2E1 - Sherman, Woman and Child 1995-03-05

Jays ratings are not doing very well and Duke is about to fire him so Jay is feeling depressed. His feelings become better when he meets a new girlfriend named Alice and her daughter Penny. Alice gives Jay tips on how to improve his show and her advice works. Jay wants to get to know Alice better but discovers she has a boyfriend whom she wants to reject but cant.

S2E2 - Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice 1995-03-12

After Jay attends the Academy Awards, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert break up and each rope Jay to be their new partner.

S2E3 - Lady Hawke 1995-03-19

When Jeremy Hawkes sister, Olivia Newton Hawke, visits New York, Jay meets her and is smitten with her which puts his relationship with Alice on the line when she begins to feel left out. So Jay then must decide who he really loves.

S2E4 - A Song for Margo 1995-03-26

Margo gets a new neighbor, Johnny Wrath, who is the lead singer in the rock group, "Nuns in a Blender". Margo falls in love with him but doesnt feel the relationship is right when she finds him with another girl. Meanwhile Alice tries to find a suitable preschool for Penny.

S2E5 - From Chunk to Hunk 1995-04-02

Jay and Marty begin to feel a little big so they enroll in a weight loss camp. Marty loses a remarkable amount of weight which makes him feel more self- confident but when he is placed as the star in a school play, he doesnt feel his skinny self is right for him. Meanwhile, Jay receives a death threat from Belgian actor Jean Paul Le Pope whose movie he panned.

S2E6 - All the Duke's Men 1995-04-23

When Jay helps Marty become class president, Duke decides to have Jay help him become US President.

S2E7 - Sherman of Arabia 1995-04-30

At Martys slumber party, Jay is asked to tell his story in which he got caught up in the Gulf War. Jay tells how he was attending an Iraqi film festival and eventually was thrown in jail where he escaped and lead a troop of men across the desert.

S2E8 - Frankie and Ellie Get Lost 1995-05-07

Franklin and Eleanor celebrate their 40th anniversary by going on vacation but the plane crashes and Franklin and Eleanor find themselves marooned on an island. Back in New York, Margo and Jay find out about their disappearance and discover they have willed Jay their entire fortune which Jay decides to put to use by cleaning up New York.

S2E9 - Dukerella 1995-05-14

Alices sister, Miranda, comes to visit them which Alice is not comfortable with. Miranda must find work in New York so she joins "Mattress in an Hour" delivering mattresses. When everybody attends a party held by Duke, Miranda falls in love with Duke but is shy because of a wrinkle. She runs out on Duke at midnight and Duke must find the woman who fits her slipper. When it turns out to be Doris, Jay must get Duke and Miranda reunited.

S2E10 - I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show 1995-05-21

Jay is hosting his 10th anniversary show held at Carnegie Hall where he showcases a number of movie clips from old episodes such as Jurassic Park 2, Every Which Way but Lucid, and Rabbi P.I. The show is later held hostage by a number of terrorists who threaten to blow the place up with a bomb tied to Jays waist. Fortunately, everybody is eventually rescued by Milton Berle.

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