Mike Reiss
Director
The Critic (1994)
Season 2
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.
Released Jan. 26, 1994
Episode 22 min
10+
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama
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Watch Providers: Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
Production Companies: Gracie Films, Film Roman, Columbia Pictures Television
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Sherman, Woman and Child
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.
March 5, 1995, midnight
S2E2 - Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice
After Jay attends the Academy Awards, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert break up and each rope Jay to be their new partner.
March 12, 1995, midnight
S2E3 - Lady Hawke
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.
March 19, 1995, midnight
S2E4 - A Song for Margo
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.
March 26, 1995, midnight
S2E5 - From Chunk to Hunk
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.
April 2, 1995, midnight
S2E6 - All the Duke's Men
When Jay helps Marty become class president, Duke decides to have Jay help him become US President.
April 23, 1995, midnight
S2E7 - Sherman of Arabia
At Marty's slumber party, Jay is asked to tell his story in which he got caught up in the Gulf War. Jay tells how he was attending an Iraqi film festival and eventually was thrown in jail where he escaped and lead a troop of men across the desert.
April 30, 1995, midnight
S2E8 - Frankie and Ellie Get Lost
Franklin and Eleanor celebrate their 40th anniversary by going on vacation but the plane crashes and Franklin and Eleanor find themselves marooned on an island. Back in New York, Margo and Jay find out about their disappearance and discover they have willed Jay their entire fortune which Jay decides to put to use by cleaning up New York.
May 7, 1995, midnight
S2E9 - Dukerella
Alice's sister, Miranda, comes to visit them which Alice is not comfortable with. Miranda must find work in New York so she joins "Mattress in an Hour" delivering mattresses. When everybody attends a party held by Duke, Miranda falls in love with Duke but is shy because of a wrinkle. She runs out on Duke at midnight and Duke must find the woman who fits her slipper. When it turns out to be Doris, Jay must get Duke and Miranda reunited.
May 14, 1995, midnight
S2E10 - I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show
Jay is hosting his 10th anniversary show held at Carnegie Hall where he showcases a number of movie clips from old episodes such as Jurassic Park 2, Every Which Way but Lucid, and Rabbi P.I. The show is later held hostage by a number of terrorists who threaten to blow the place up with a bomb tied to Jay's waist. Fortunately, everybody is eventually rescued by Milton Berle.
May 21, 1995, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 22 min.
Season Runtime: 506 min.
Released: Jan. 26, 1994
Last Air Date: May 21, 1995, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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