The Critic is funny series done by the same producers who also produced our favorite family from Springfield, The Simpsons! I have never heard of this show until one of my friends introduced me to it and my first episode of The Critic that I saw for the first time was the Siskel and Ebert episode which was hilarious! The Critic is about this guy named Jay Sherman (voiced by Jon Lovitz) who is a New York movie critic for this news station who is forced to review these pathetic films and he always says "It Stinks!" for his reviews. Plus in this show when Jay Sherman is reviewing the movies you see them spoofing some other famous movie. Plus this show also deals with his personal life working his tyrannical media mogul boss, Duke Phillips (who is kind of a Ted Turner kind of character where he owns a TV company and other stuff) and his love-life and family. It can believe why this show didn't go longer! It first aired on ABC for the First Season back in 1994 and then after 13 episodes ABC canceled the show because they thought it was too dirty and then in 1995 for the Second Season, FOX picked it up and aired 10 episodes for the Second Season and then FOX canceled it because they didn't think it was dirty enough. So then the show was offered to UPN but then the offer from UPN was rejected. The writers did write a third season for this show but due to the ratings or something else it didn't get to be aired. I wonder why? Well that's with most of the good TV-shows most of the good shows get canceled while the crappy ones go longer! But it is a good thing that this show has the complete series out now on DVD! I have this series on DVD! But still I wish FOX could have kept it longer and I think this show should have gone and have the same amount of seasons and episodes as The Simpsons! I enjoy the fun and laughs of this show. My favorite characters were Jay Sherman, Jeremy Hawke, Vlada, Jay's Dad and Duke Phillips. I also enjoyed all the movie parodies too! My favorite episodes were "Pilot", "Miserable", "Marathon Mensch", "L.A. Jay", "Dr. Jay", "Uneasy Rider", "Sherman, Woman and Child", "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice", "A Song For Margo", "Lady Hawke", "All the Duke's Men", "Sherman of Arabia", "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost" and "I Can't Believe It's A Clip Show". Great Series and another one of my favorites! Wish this series would have gone longer.
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