On January 22, 2013, Walker announced the show's return in a narrative video called 'The Review Must Go On'. Walker briefly retired the series on August 14, 2012, to work on other projects, even writing the character out of existence in the Channel Awesome film To Boldly Flee.
Many of the films reviewed-such as Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, Batman & Robin, and Foodfight!-are generally considered as the worst films ever made. The show focuses on analysis of the episode's subject, often incorporated with sketches, rants, or embedded storylines. The show follows Walker as the title character, a bitter and sarcastic critic who reviews films and television shows from his childhood and recent past, usually with comically exaggerated hysteria. The series initially launched on YouTube on July 3, 2007, before moving to Walker's own site, That Guy with the Glasses, and finally to the online production company Channel Awesome. Nostalgia Critic is an American review comedy web series created, directed by, and starring comedian Doug Walker.
