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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert break up their partnership as movie critics, and each of them considers Jay as a potential replacement for the other.
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A beautiful actress falls in love with Jay, but he worries that she just wants a good review for her latest film.
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Jay's romance with a projectionist goes bad after she ties him to a bed and plans to kill him.
The acclaimed actor discusses working with Keanu Reeves in John Wick and how he says the name of detective "Bosch."
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| Jon Lovitz | ... | Jay Sherman / ... 33 episodes, 1994-2001 | |
| Nick Jameson | ... | Various Characters / ... 33 episodes, 1994-2001 | |
| Maurice LaMarche | ... | Jeremy Hawke / ... 33 episodes, 1994-2001 | |
| Nancy Cartwright | ... | Various Characters / ... 23 episodes, 1994-1995 | |
| Christine Cavanaugh | ... | Marty Sherman / ... 23 episodes, 1994-1995 | |
| Gerrit Graham | ... | Franklin Sherman / ... 23 episodes, 1994-1995 | |
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Doris Grau | ... | Doris Grossman / ... 23 episodes, 1994-1995 |
| Judith Ivey | ... | Eleanor Sherman 23 episodes, 1994-1995 | |
| Charles Napier | ... | Duke Phillips / ... 23 episodes, 1994-1995 | |
| Kath Soucie | ... | Various Characters 23 episodes, 1994-1995 | |
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Jay Sherman is an overweight and somewhat snobbish New York TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films to which is he always says, "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his professional life working for his tyrannical media mogul boss and his personal life with his friends and family. In a world that seems determined to snub him both in the asinine arts he has to endure and his own difficult relationships, Jay gets along as best he can, while enjoying life's bright spots. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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26 January 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Franklin: ... I checked.
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After the show was cancelled, UPN offered to pick it up. About 9 or 10 Season 3 scripts were written. See more »Quotes
Franklin: I have a new girlfriend for you, son. Her name is Barbie and she lives in Mali-boo. She already has a boyfriend named Ken, but he's not much of a man,[whispering]
Franklin: ... I checked.
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At the beginning of each episode (just before the opening sequence) there is a scene of Jay in bed asleep. The phone rings or the alarm clock goes off and a different person is on the other end to say something that ruins Jay's morning. For example, in the first episode: "Jay this is your mother, your father and I are taking you out of our will. We feel you already have enough money. Oh yes, and happy birthday." See more »Connections
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WAtching this show in reruns,I was able to enjoy this offering from many of the creators of the Simpsons,but since the movie reviews were stuck in the period that spanned 1994-95 and before,the series will always retain a sense of being stuck in time and that never fails to make me a bit sad whenever I'd watch it.
Otherwise,this series,based around the eponymous Jay Sherman(voiced brilliantly by rumpled comic actor Jon Lovitz,whose talents endure) is a great nose-thumbing at Hollywood culture and the movies that sometimes get cranked out from it. His relationships with his boss,the megalomaniac Ted Turner clone Duke Phillips,his son JAy,his girlfriend(I forget her name) and her daughter, his rich,WASPy parents and his stepsister are the main focus of most of the shows. The send-ups,however,were the real stars to me. "Speed Reader","D.T.,the drunken terrestrial","Rabbi P.I."(starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,of course) and "Honey,I Ate the Kids" were a few of my faves.
I think I'd buy this on DVD,and since there are only two(barely)seasons and it retained cult status,I could PROBABLY buy this cheap. Probably. But no matter,it's still one of the cleverest shows to hit the boob tube of the last decade or so.