Nostalgia Critic: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Nostalgia Critic is a comedy webseries created, written, edited by, and starring Chicago native Doug Walker. The series initially launched on YouTube in 2007 before moving to independent sites That Guy with the Glasses and Blip.tv. The show follows the titular Nostalgia Critic, a bitter and sarcastic film critic, as he reviews movies and television shows from his childhood and recent past, usually with comically exaggerated rage. The show often alternates the Critic's angry rants and juvenile humor with legitimate analysis of the episode's subject.

Walker briefly retired the series at the end of 2012 to work on other projects, even writing the character out of existence in the Channel Awesome film To Boldly Flee. However, on January 22, 2013, Walker announced the show's imminent return in a narrative video called "The Review Must Go On". The more sketch-heavy sixth season began on February 5, 2013 with a review of the film The Odd Life of Timothy Green.

Series details

• Title: Nostalgia Critic
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2008-04-06
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: YouTube
• Typical episode runtime: 21 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 6449
• IMDb ID: tt1635327
• TVDB ID: 151121

Cast and credited roles

• Tamara Chambers — Various Characters
• Malcolm Ray — Various Characters
• Lindsay Ellis — Nostalgia Chick
• Brad Jones — Cinema Snob
• Noah Antwiler — Spoony
• Lewis Lovhaug — Linkara
• Rob Walker — Santa Christ
• Doug Walker — Nostalgia Critic
• Joe Vargas — Angry Joe

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-04-06; final listed air date 2008-12-30.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-01-06; final listed air date 2009-12-29.
• Season 3: premiered 2010-01-05; final listed air date 2010-12-29.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-01-04; final listed air date 2011-12-16.
• Season 5: premiered 2012-01-04; final listed air date 2012-08-14.
• Season 6: premiered 2013-01-29; final listed air date 2013-12-31.
• Season 7: premiered 2014-01-07; final listed air date 2014-12-30.
• Season 8: premiered 2015-01-15; final listed air date 2015-12-30.
• Season 9: premiered 2016-01-02; final listed air date 2016-12-28.
• Season 10: premiered 2017-01-03; final listed air date 2017-12-27.
• Season 11: premiered 2018-01-02; final listed air date 2018-12-25.
• Season 12: premiered 2019-01-02; final listed air date 2019-12-25.
• Season 13: premiered 2020-01-01; final listed air date 2020-02-26.
• Season 14: premiered 2021-01-06; final listed air date 2021-05-12.

Source and licence

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