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The Critic

It stinks!

  • 1994 – 1995
  • Ended
  • Animation · Comedy · Drama
  • ~22m / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 7.3/10

Jay Sherman is a TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films which he always rates as "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his personal life: working for a tyrannical media mogul boss, his lovelife and his family.

Latest: Season 2 · 1995

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  1. E1. Sherman, Woman and Child

    Mar 5, 1995 · 22m

    Jay's 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 can't.

  2. E2. Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice

    Mar 12, 1995 · 22m

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

  3. E3. Lady Hawke

    Mar 19, 1995 · 22m

    When Jeremy Hawke's 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.

  4. E4. A Song for Margo

    Mar 26, 1995 · 22m

    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 doesn't feel the relationship is right when she finds him with another girl. Meanwhile Alice tries to find a suitable preschool for Penny.

  5. E5. From Chunk to Hunk

    Apr 2, 1995 · 22m

    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 doesn't 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.

  6. E6. All the Duke's Men

    Apr 23, 1995 · 22m

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

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