The Critic
“It stinks!”
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.
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Cast
Seasons
1.Pilot
26-01-199422mFilm 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?
2.Marty's First Date
02-02-199422mMarty 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 fo...
3.Dial 'M' For Mother
09-02-199422mJay 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 th...
4.Miserable
16-02-199422mJay, 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 th...
5.A Little Deb Will Do You
23-02-199422mEleanor 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 ac...
6.Eyes on the Prize
02-03-199422mJay 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...
7.Every Doris Has Her Day
01-06-199422mJay 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...
8.Marathon Mensch
08-06-199422mWhen 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...
9.L.A. Jay
22-06-199422mJay 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 t...
10.Dr. Jay
29-06-199422mJay'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 disc...
11.A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera
06-07-199422mAfter 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 puttin...
12.Uneasy Rider
13-07-199422mAfter refusing to plug chewing tobacco on his show, Jay quits his job and becomes a truck driver.
13.A Pig Boy and His Dog
20-07-199422m"A Pig-Boy and His Dog" is the 13th episode of The Critic. This was the final episode to air on ABC.
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