The Critic is an American prime time

Prime time cartoon

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 animated series revolving around the life of film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz

Jonathan "Jon" Lovitz is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He is best known as a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990.-Early life:...

. It was created by Al Jean

Al Jean

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 and Mike Reiss

Mike Reiss

Michael "Mike" Reiss is an American television comedy writer. He served as a show-runner, writer and producer for the animated series The Simpsons and co-created the animated series The Critic...

, both of whom had worked as writers on The Simpsons

The Simpsons

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. The Critic had 23 episodes produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994, finishing its original run on FOX in 1995. The show was produced by Gracie Films

Gracie Films

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 in association with Columbia Pictures Television

Columbia Pictures Television

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. It was animated by Film Roman

Film Roman

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Episodes featured movie parodies with notable examples including Howard Stern

Howard Stern

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's End (Howards End

Howards End (film)

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), Honey, I Ate the Kids (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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/The Silence of the Lambs), The Cockroach King (The Lion King

The Lion King

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), Abe Lincoln: Pet Detective (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

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), Scent of a Jackass and Scent of a Wolfman (Scent of a Woman

Scent of a Woman

This article is about the American film. For the Korean drama, see Scent of a Woman .Scent of a Woman is a 1992 drama film directed by Martin Brest that tells the story of a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irascible, blind, medically retired Army officer...

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