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THE CRITIC

1994 - 1995
23 Episodes

Jon Lovitz provided the voice of Jay Sherman in The Critic, an animated series similar in style to The Simpsons. The show had its moments, but never developed an audience. It spent one short season on ABC, then another on Fox before being canceled.

Here is the complete episode list for The Critic. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions. (Please e-mail us if you find any errors!: gdtvd@mailcity.com)

The first column of this table indicates the episodes of The Critic we currently have in our archive. (All episodes were recorded in standard play on VHS tapes.) The entries for this column are defined as follows:
SYND Episode was recorded from a syndicated rerun (several minutes are typically trimmed from these by the syndicators to make room for more commercials)

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SYND
26-Jan-1994
Episode 1 Season 1
Number 1
Pilot An acerbic New York film critic leads a miserable existence.
SYND
2-Feb-1994
Episode 2 Season 1
Number 2
Marty's First Date Marty acts on Jay's advice and follows a girl he likes to Cuba.
SYND
9-Feb-1994
Episode 3 Season 1
Number 3
Dial "M" for Mother Jay and his mother appear on "Geraldo."
SYND
16-Feb-1994
Episode 4 Season 1
Number 4
Miserable Jay falls for an obsessed fan (Pamela Reed).
SYND
23-Feb-1994
Episode 5 Season 1
Number 5
A Little Deb Will Do You Jay meets a seductive debutante at Margo's ball.
SYND
2-Mar-1994
Episode 6 Season 1
Number 6
Eyes on the Prize Jay plots to win a Pulitzer Prize. Guests Jimmy Breslin, Adam West.
SYND
1-Jun-1994
Episode 7 Season 1
Number 7
Every Doris Has Her Day Jay thinks his makeup lady is his mother.
SYND
8-Jun-1994
Episode 8 Season 1
Number 8
Marathon Mensch Jay enters the New York Marathon to reclaim his manhood.
SYND
22-Jun-1994
Episode 9 Season 1
Number 9
L.A. Jay Jay is duped into writing a sequel to a bad movie.
SYND
29-Jun-1994
Episode 10 Season 1
Number 10
Dr. Jay Jay seeks a cure for his boss's incurable malady.
SYND
6-Jul-1994
Episode 11 Season 1
Number 11
A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera When Marty flops at sports, Jay tries to find a new activity for him.
SYND
13-Jul-1994
Episode 12 Season 1
Number 12
Uneasy Rider Frustrated, Jay quits his job and becomes a trucker.
SYND
20-Jul-1994
Episode 13 Season 1
Number 13
A Pig-Boy and His Dog Eleanor uses Jay as a model for her book's lead character: a pig.
SYND
5-Mar-1995
Episode 14 Season 2
Number 1
Sherman, Woman and Child Jay hires a financially troubled single mother as his assistant.
SYND
12-Mar-1995
Episode 15 Season 2
Number 2
Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert each approach Jay about being their new partner.
SYND
19-Mar-1995
Episode 16 Season 2
Number 3
Lady Hawke A friend's sister sets her sights on Jay.
SYND
26-Mar-1995
Episode 17 Season 2
Number 4
A Song for Margo Jay tries to protect his sister when she falls for a rock musician.
SYND
2-Apr-1995
Episode 18 Season 2
Number 5
From Chunk to Hunk Jay and Marty head for a weight-loss camp.
SYND
23-Apr-1995
Episode 19 Season 2
Number 6
All the Duke's Men Presidential candidate Duke asks Jay to be his speech writer.
SYND
30-Apr-1995
Episode 20 Season 2
Number 7
Sherman of Arabia Jay entertains at Marty's slumber party by telling a story about his past.
SYND
7-May-1995
Episode 21 Season 2
Number 8
Frankie and Ellie Get Lost Jay and Margo's parents are shipwrecked on a deserted island.
SYND
14-May-1995
Episode 22 Season 2
Number 9
Dukerella Alice's gold-digging sister, Randa, meets Duke at a costume ball.
SYND
21-May-1995
Episode 23 Season 2
Number 10
I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show During Jay's broadcast at Carnegie Hall, someone attaches a bomb to him.


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