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Release Date:
26 January 1994 (USA) more
Plot:
Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living. full summary
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Jay Leno bashing before Jay Leno bashing became a professional sport
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Worthy of the Simpsons more (61 total)

Cast

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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)
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Runtime:
30 min (23 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
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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)

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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. more
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'! more
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9 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Worthy of the Simpsons, 17 June 1999
Author: Op_Prime from Ardmore, PA

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.

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