The Critic was a cult adult animated comedy created by The Simpsons pair Al Jean and Mike Reiss and voiced by Jon Lovitz.
The SNL star is now lobbying for a reboot of the show and said that Jean is on board.
“Critic fans: You keep telling me you want it back. I’ve been trying for years! Well, now, creator Al Jean is on board!!! If you want it back, we need your help! Please like this post and spread the word! So we can show the studio, how many people want it!,” he wrote on social media.
In the show, Lovitz voiced Jay Sherman, a 36-year old film critic from New York, whose show Coming Attractions aired on the Philips Broadcasting cable network.
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As a critic, Sherman is cold, mean-spirited, and elitist but at home, he has a gentler nature and is filled with self-doubt. The show also featured his son Martin, voiced by Christine Cavanaugh, his ex-wife Ardeth, voiced by Brenda Vaccaro in season one and Rhea Perlman in season two, and his adoptive parents, voiced by Gerrit Graham and Judith Ivey, and their daughter Margo, voiced by Nancy Cartwright.
The show ran for 23 episodes across ABC, which ran 13 episodes before canceling it, and Fox, which picked it up for a second season.
It was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, which was essentially folded into Sony Pictures Television, in association with James L. Brooks’ Gracie Films.
The Critic was arguably best known for being part of a crossover episode with The Simpsons. In A Star Is Burns, which aired in the sixth season of The Simpsons, Sherman is invited to be a judge at the Springfield Film Festival alongside Homer and Marge.