The Critic
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The Critic is an American prime time animated series revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on The Simpsons. The Critic had 23 episodes produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994, and finishing its original run on Fox in 1995.
Episodes featured movie parodies with notable examples including a musical version of Apocalypse Now, Howard Stern’s End, Honey, I Ate the Kids, The Cockroach King, Abe Lincoln: Pet Detective, Scent of a Jackass and Scent of a Wolfman. The show often referenced popular movies such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Godfather, and routinely lampooned actor Marlon Brando and actor/director Orson Welles. They also spoofed Dudley Moore, usually as his character Arthur Bach from the 1981 film Arthur.
Despite the ratings improving, The Critic was cancelled after only two seasons. It continued to air through reruns on Comedy Central and then on Locomotion. From 2000 to 2001, ten web episodes were later produced using Adobe Shockwave, and were broadcast on AtomFilms.com and Shockwave.com. In 2004, the DVD box set was released, which includes all 23 TV episodes and the web episodes.
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The Critic is an American prime time animated series revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on The Simpsons. The Critic had 23 episodes produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994, and finishing its original run on Fox in 1995.
Episodes featured movie parodies with notable examples including a musical version of Apocalypse Now, Howard Stern's End, Honey, I Ate the Kids, The Cockroach King, Abe Lincoln: Pet Detective, Scent of a Jackass and Scent of a Wolfman. The show often referenced popular movies such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Godfather, and routinely lampooned actor Marlon Brando and actor/director Orson Welles. They also spoofed Dudley Moore, usually as his character Arthur Bach from the 1981 film Arthur.
Despite the ratings improving, The Critic was cancelled after only two seasons. It continued to air through reruns on Comedy Central and then on Locomotion. From 2000 to 2001, ten web episodes were later produced using Adobe Shockwave, and were broadcast on AtomFilms.com and Shockwave.com. In 2004, the DVD box set was released, which includes all 23 TV episodes and the web episodes.
Original Name: The Critic
Number of Seasons: 3
Number of Episodes: 33
Status: Ended
Certification / MPAA Film Rating: TV-PG
Rating: 7.6
Vote Count: 16
Type: Scripted
Network(s): Fox, ABC
First Air Date: January 26, 1994
Last Air Date: May 21, 1995
Episode Runtime: 22 mins
Primary Year: 1994
Created by: Mike Reiss, Al Jean
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama
IMDB Link: tt0108734
Production Companies: Gracie Films, Columbia TriStar Television
Spoken Language(s): English
Origin Countries: United States of America
- Season 0 — 7 Episodes — Air Date: January 1, 1970
- Season 1 — 13 Episodes — Air Date: January 26, 1994
- Season 2 — 10 Episodes — Air Date: March 5, 1995
- Season 3 — 10 Episodes — Air Date: January 1, 1970
- Gerrit Graham –
- Maurice LaMarche –
- Charles Napier –
- Nancy Cartwright –
- Judith Ivey –
- Nick Jameson –
- Jon Lovitz – Jay Sherman
- Doris Grau –
- Christine Cavanaugh –
- Park Overall –
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