The Critic

Season 21994

The Critic is an American prime time animated series created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on The Simpsons. The show follows the life of a 36-year-old film critic from New York named Jay Sherman, voiced by Jon Lovitz. 23 episodes were produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994 and finishing its original run on Fox in 1995.

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13 Episodes

E01 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?

January 26, 1994

E02 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.

February 2, 1994

E03 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".

February 9, 1994

E04 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.

February 16, 1994

E05 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.

February 23, 1994

E06 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.

March 2, 1994

E07 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.

June 1, 1994

E08 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.

June 8, 1994

E09 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.

June 22, 1994

E10 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.

June 29, 1994

E11 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.

July 6, 1994

E12 Uneasy Rider

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

July 13, 1994

E13 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.

July 20, 1994

The Critic

E01 Pilot

E02 Marty's First Date

E03 Dial 'M' For Mother

E04 Miserable

E05 A Little Deb Will Do You

E06 Eyes on the Prize

E07 Every Doris Has Her Day

E08 Marathon Mensch

E09 L.A. Jay

E10 Dr. Jay

E11 A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera

E12 Uneasy Rider

E13 A Pig-Boy and His Dog

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

The Julekalender

The Secret Life of Machines

Shazzan

Derek

Sonic the Hedgehog

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

Blackadder

Celebrity Deathmatch

Lore

Dragons: Race to the Edge

Inside Job

X-Men

Ecomoda

Pokémon

Prison Break

INVINCIBLE

Chernobyl

WandaVision

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

E01 Pilot

E02 Marty's First Date

E03 Dial 'M' For Mother

E04 Miserable

E05 A Little Deb Will Do You

E06 Eyes on the Prize

E07 Every Doris Has Her Day

E08 Marathon Mensch

E09 L.A. Jay

E10 Dr. Jay

E11 A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera

E12 Uneasy Rider

E13 A Pig-Boy and His Dog