"The Critic" (1994) TV series 1994-1995

Creators:

Al Jean
Mike Reiss

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

26 January 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.

Plot Keywords:

Critic | Jay Sherman | Spoof | Insult | Film Critic

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 12 of 22)

Jon Lovitz	...	Jay Sherman (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Margo Sherman / ... (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Marty Sherman / ... (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Gerrit Graham	...	Franklin Sherman (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Doris Grau	...	Doris Grossman (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Judith Ivey	...	Eleanor Sherman (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Nick Jameson	...	Vlada / ... (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Jeremy Hawke / ... (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Charles Napier	...	Duke Phillips (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Kath Soucie	...	Various Characters (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Park Overall	...	Alice Tompkins (10 episodes, 1995)
Russi Taylor	...	Penny Tompkins (10 episodes, 1995)

Runtime:

30 min (23 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:G (Québec) (DVD release) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (DVD release)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

This is the only TV show ever reviewed on Siskel and Ebert. Due to the fact that it was a television show and not a movie, they decided to fore-go the thumb vote. Both critics generally liked the show but gave the advice that it needed to focus more on the movie parodies and less on sitcom staples.

Quotes:

Franklin Sherman: [after Jay sees his lost son on TV] Just reach in there and pull him out! That's how I met 'the Fonz'!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Ziff Who Came to Dinner (#15.14)" (2004)

Worthy of the Simpsons

The only way I can describe The Critic is hilarious. The movie spoofs were funny, Jay Sherman and the other characters were hysterical, and the stories were great. Truly worthy of it's predecessor, The Simpsons.