Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1994)

Cast

Jon Lovitz as Jay Sherman (voice)
Jon Lovitz

as Jay Sherman (voice)

Christine Cavanaugh as Marty Sherman (voice)
Christine Cavanaugh

as Marty Sherman (voice)

Charles Napier as Duke Phillips (voice)
Charles Napier

as Duke Phillips (voice)

Judith Ivey as Eleanor Sherman (voice)
Judith Ivey

as Eleanor Sherman (voice)

Gerrit Graham as Franklin Sherman (voice)
Gerrit Graham

as Franklin Sherman (voice)

Nancy Cartwright as Margo Sherman (voice)
Nancy Cartwright

as Margo Sherman (voice)

Doris Grau as Doris Grossman (voice)
Doris Grau

as Doris Grossman (voice)

Maurice LaMarche as Jeremy Hawke (voice)
Maurice LaMarche

as Jeremy Hawke (voice)

Nick Jameson as Vlada Veramirovich (voice)
Nick Jameson

as Vlada Veramirovich (voice)

Episodes

Pilot poster

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January 26, 1994

Film critic Jay Sherman falls in love with actress Valerie Fox. Jay's family and friends worry that Valerie is using h…

Marty's First Date poster

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February 2, 1994

Marty invites his Jay to career day at his school where Marty develops a crush on a Cuban girl named Carmen. They go on…

Dial 'M' For Mother poster

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February 16, 1994

Jay is considered to be one of the most unpopular men on Earth (ranking even worse than Adolph Hitler) so Duke attempts…

Miserable poster

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February 16, 1994

Jay, noticing everyone in New York has a fiancee except him, begins to feel unloved. Things change when he goes to revi…

A Little Deb Will Do You poster

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February 23, 1994

Eleanor is determined to have her daughter, Margo, attend the annual debutantes ball as it is a tradition in her family…

Eyes on the Prize poster

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March 2, 1994

Jay celebrates his 1000th episode but the episode is less than successful. Ratings get worse so Jay seeks image consult…

Every Doris Has Her Day poster

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June 1, 1994

Jay befriends his make-up lady Doris after they attend a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and thinks …

Marathon Mensch poster

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June 8, 1994

When the studio catches fire during Jay's show, he collapses and must be rescued from the fire by Doris. When the news …

L.A. Jay poster

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June 22, 1994

Jay is offered to write the screenplay for a new movie, Ghostchasers III, so he takes a break from his show to go to L.…

Dr. Jay poster

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June 29, 1994

Jay's boss, Duke, has just made a new invention, "Phillips-o-Vision" which alters movies to make them more "like-able".…

A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera poster

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July 6, 1994

After Marty fails to win an event at his school field day, he is feeling very low so Jay tries to improve his self-conf…

Uneasy Rider poster

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July 13, 1994

After refusing to plug chewing tobacco on his show, Jay quits his job and becomes a truck driver.

A Pig-Boy and His Dog poster

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July 20, 1994

"A Pig-Boy and His Dog" is the 13th episode of The Critic. This was the final episode to air on ABC.