Critical Acclaim

Which television show doesn't (or didn't) get the love it deserves? Why do you think more people should know and love it as you do?

Reply 71

The Critic! God, I loved that show and still do. It's just so 90's it hurts.

But it was too good to last because the humor was intelligent, and it had too much competition from other popular animated shows at the time-- plus it went under fire in that Simpsons cross-over "A Star Is Burns", the only episode where Matt Groening refused to put his name in the credits.

Since network execs concentrate so much on the lowest common denominator, and this was before the days of the internet becoming a means of broadcasting intelligent humor driven shows, it was obvious this gem of a show was doomed and we were lucky it lasted 2 seasons. There were a short series of webisodes that came out in the early 2000s, about 8 years after its cancellation, but because they couldn't get the rest of the original voice cast aside from Jon Lovitz to reprise their roles, it was just about Jay and his new makeup lady and fell flat.

By all means Netflix this awesome show and get overloaded with 90's nostalgia; the 90's are the new 80's. We need Jay Sherman more than ever to pan all the horrible movies out there now!

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