Scripted series · FOX
The Critic
It stinks!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jon Lovitz
Jay Sherman (voice)
23 eps
Christine Cavanaugh
Marty Sherman (voice)
23 eps
Park Overall
Alice Tompkins (voice)
10 eps
Russi Taylor
Penny Tompkins (voice)
10 eps
Charles Napier
Duke Phillips (voice)
23 eps
Judith Ivey
Eleanor Sherman (voice)
23 eps
Gerrit Graham
Franklin Sherman (voice)
23 eps
Nancy Cartwright
Margo Sherman (voice)
23 eps
Doris Grau
Doris Grossman (voice)
23 eps
Maurice LaMarche
Jeremy Hawke (voice)
23 eps
Nick Jameson
Vlada Veramirovich (voice)
23 eps
Rhea Perlman
Ardeth (voice)
2 eps
Morwenna Banks
Olivia Hawke (voice)
1 eps
Jennifer Lien
Valerie Fox (voice)
1 eps
Rex Reed
Rex Reed (voice)
2 eps
June Lockhart
June Lockhart (voice)
1 eps
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen (voice)
1 eps
Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera (voice)
1 eps
Tress MacNeille
7 eps
Pamela Reed
Projectionist (voice)
1 eps
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger (voice)
1 eps
Bob Costas
Bob Costas (voice)
1 eps
Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin (voice)
2 eps
Todd Louiso
Johnny Wrath (voice)
1 eps
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (voice)
2 eps
Sam McMurray
Cyrus Tompkins (voice)
1 eps
Milton Berle
Milton Berle (voice)
1 eps
Adam West
Adam West (voice)
1 eps
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert (voice)
1 eps
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah (voice)
1 eps
Steve Allen
Steve Allen (voice)
1 eps
Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel (voice)
1 eps
Phil Hartman
Adolph Hitmaker / Bernie Wasserman / Professor Blowhard (voice)
1 eps
Brenda Vaccaro
Ardeth (voice)
4 eps
Margaret Cho
(voice)
1 eps
Gene Shalit
Gene Shalit (voice)
3 eps
Dan Castellaneta
Homer Simpson (voice)
1 eps
Billy Crystal
Gary Grossman (voice)
1 eps
Michael Carrington
Spike Lee (voice)
2 eps
Ricki Lake
Ricki Lake (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Critic actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Critic reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
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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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Al Jean
Creator
Mike Reiss
Showrunner
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Steve Tompkins
Writer
Jennifer Ventimilia
Writer
Patric M. Verrone
Writer
Steven Levitan
Writer
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Tom Gammill
Writer
Tom Brady
Writer
Nell Scovell
Writer
Joshua Sternin
Writer
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Max Pross
Writer
Jon Vitti
Writer
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Ken Keeler
Writer
Judd Apatow
Writer
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Richard Doctorow
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- James L. BrooksProducer
- Al JeanProducer
- Mike ReissProducer
- Nikki VanzoProducer
Writing
- Steve TompkinsWriter
- Jennifer VentimiliaWriter
- Al JeanWriter
- Patric M. VerroneWriter
- Steven LevitanWriter
- Tom GammillWriter
Direction
- Susie DietterDirector
- Steven Dean MooreDirector
- Tom MazzoccoDirector
- David CutlerDirector
- Rich MooreDirector
- Chuck SheetzDirector
Where to watch
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