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A short, balding, overweight, divorced film critic named Jay Sherman gets a second chance at love when a gorgeous movie star named Valerie Fox falls for him, but it may all go to pieces if Jay doesn't give Valerie a glowing review for her latest movie, the Basic Instinct-inspired erotic thriller, Kiss of Death.

Marty invites his father Jay to Career Day at his school, where Marty Falls for a Cuban girl named Carmen, who is later revealed to be the granddaughter of Fidel Castro.

When test audiences brand Jay Sherman "worse than Hitler," Duke sets up a TV special where Geraldo Rivera interviews Jay with his adoptive mother Eleanor, which falls apart when Jay yells at Eleanor.

Jay falls for a female projectionist who turns out to be an obsessed fan of his.

Eleanor forces Margo to get prepared for and attend a debutante ball, despite Margo's protests over how sexist and elitist it is. Meanwhile, Jay gets into a ratings war with children's show host Humphrey the Hippo.

Jay rethinks his career when his 1000th episode bash is a dud. He seeks advice from image consultant Adolph Hitmaker, but his advice and all other attempts at recreating his TV image prove unsuccessful.

Jay befriends his make-up lady Doris after they attend a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and thinks that she may be the mother who gave him up for adoption years ago.

Jay's masculinity is called into question after Doris rescues Jay from a studio fire, so Jay trains for the New York marathon.

Jay moves to Los Angeles when studio executive Gary Grossman offers the critic a chance to write the second sequel to the Ghostchasers franchise.

Duke is diagnosed with a rare disease, and Jay is determined to find a cure.

After Marty bombs out during his elementary school field day, Jay buys his son a guitar and encourages him to take lessons. Meanwhile, after Them Magazine christens Jay "The Wittiest Man in the World," Duke offers to pay $100 to every viewer who does not find Jay funny.

After refusing to plug chewing tobacco on his show, Jay quits his job and becomes a truck driver.

Eleanor writes a children's book called "The Fat Little Pig," featuring a character based on Jay. Meanwhile, Jay adopts a Great Dane puppy, who grows up too fast and becomes a nuisance.

Jay worries that he may be fired due to Coming Attractions' low ratings and Duke suddenly being nice to him. He then befriends a single mother from The South named Alice, and develops feelings for her. However, Alice's adulterous, country-singing husband Cyrus has returned and wants her back.

After Jay attends the Academy Awards, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert break up and each rope Jay to be their new partner.

During a taping of the sketch comedy show Yesterday Night Live, Jay meets Jeremy's twin sister Olivia. After Jay takes Olivia on a tour of the city, she falls in love with him and the two start dating. This strains Jay's relationship with Alice, who realizes that she is also in love with Jay.

Margo dates Nuns in a Blender frontman Johnny Wrath, while Alice tries to find a good preschool for her daughter, Penny.

Jay and Marty go to a weight-loss camp, where Marty dramatically loses weight and becomes one of the popular kids in school. At the same time, Jay fears for his life when pretty-boy action star, Jean-Paul LePope, threatens to kill him after trashing his latest movie.

After Jay helps Marty get elected class president, Duke decides to run for U.S. President himself (despite his lack of political experience) and hires Jay as his speechwriter.

At Marty's slumber party, Jay tells the story of how he ended up in Iraq during the Gulf War in the early 1990s.

Franklin and Eleanor are presumed dead after their plane crashes on the island, and Jay uses the money left to him in the will to make New York City a better place.

Alice's sister Miranda moves to New York to find a rich man to marry. She then ends up taking a job at a mattress delivery service called "Mattress in an Hour." She falls in love with Duke when she sees him on Coming Attractions and attends his costume ball with Jay and Alice in order to meet him.

Jay hosts a 10th anniversary special of Coming Attractions, featuring past clips of the many crummy movies he had to review, but the festivities come to a halt when a group of terrorists holds everyone hostage.