The 1990s were a historic period for adult animation on television. The decade was notably dominated by “The Simpsons” by Fox, which inaugurated a new field and many records for what viewers could expect from a family sitcomPresenting some of the most colorful characters ever brought to the waves at the time. The success of “The Simpsons” has helped to open the way for more lively sitcoms for a more mature audience, with series such as “Beavis and Butt-Head”, “Dr Katz, professional therapist”, “King of the Hill”, “Daria”, “South Park”, Family Guy “and” Futurama “. dedicated cults.

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Created by Mike Reiss and Al Jean, who were writers and showrunners for the third and fourth seasons of “The Simpsons”, “The Critic” focused on a 36 -year -old cinematographic critic named Jay Sherman (Jon Lovitz). Jay hosts his revision program, “Coming Attractions”, which looks like the Critics’ TV show “At the Movies” by ABC with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert – The latter can blame for the power of Rotten Tomatoes important on the film industry. The character on Jay’s screen was criticism of stereotypical cinema, with elitist opinions and a penchant for average playfulness, which contrasts strongly with his softer life outside the television studio, with a lot of doubt.

Initially broadcast on ABC, “The Critic” was canceled by this network after only half of his first season, where he broadcast 13 episodes in 1994. He moved to Fox in 1995, taking place for a season of 10 episodes. Fox tried to popularize the series through a crossover with “The Simpsons”, which crossed the episode “A Star is Burns”, which featured Jay Sherman as a judge at Springfield Film Festival, And was an episode that Matt Groening thought was a mistake. Fox established “The Critic” in a time reported just after “The Simpsons”, but despite the improvement of the ratings, it was moved to a different time place after its five initial episodes, to be canceled in May 1995. 30 years after its cancellation, it seems to have a momentum to bring Jay Sherman to the conscience of pop culture.

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Stand-up actor Jon Lovitz, who expressed Jay Sherman, took his official X account, teasing a movement concerning a renewal for “the critic”. More specifically, he recognized the interest of the co-creator of the Al Jean series, and how sufficient interest among fans can help convince studio heads to relaunch the lively follow-up, cult, cult sitcom, assignment::

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You keep telling me that you want it. I have been trying for years! Well, now the creator Al Jean is on board !!! If you wish, we need your help! Please love this post and pass the word! So we can show the studio, how many people want it!

Al Jean reaffirmed the post of Jon Lovitz, evaluating the interest of fans for a revival by assignment“Just curious … How much would like to see the critic, with @realjonlovitz [sic] back?”

So, whether or not we saw a renewal of “The Critic” is based on the interest of fans. If the series was to return, it would be a main opportunity to make hilarious comments on the modern state of cinematographic criticism and cinema today through the prospect of Jay Sherman. You can only imagine your opinion on modern franchises and direct streaming films. Who knows? Maybe it can wade in raging waters that are The speech was launched by the criticisms of Martin Scorsese on the Marvel cinematic universe.

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“The Critic” is available to broadcast on Tubi.