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3.8 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 24 critic reviews
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Based on 60 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Created By: Ricky Blitt

First Air Date: March 4, 2007

Summary

Starring Rob Corddry, Keir Gilchrist, Erinn Hayes, Linda Hart, and Lenny Clarke

Set during the 1990s, "The Winner" stars The Daily Show's Rob Corddry as an immature 32-year-old loser who lives with his parents and whose best friend is a 13-year-old boy. He'll later go on to become the richest man in Buffalo.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

New York PostLinda Stasi

Not only the funniest new show this season, but the strangest one since "Get A Life."

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83

Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn

Even at its yuk-yuk-kiest, the show is elevated by Corddry. [9 Mar 2007, p.96]

75

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

Thanks to Corddry's social misfit charisma, Ricky Blitt's affable lowbrow lunacy flashes with a sharp, dizzy wit.

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75

USA TodayRobert Bianco

Funnier and unexpectedly sweeter than the current norm.

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70

Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart

It’s a hoot.

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70

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

It's surprisingly charming, not to mention funny.

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70

NewsdayDiane Werts

The emotional reality is so true here that not only do they get away with an assortment of gags about condoms, massage parlors and other juvenile fixations, but they make them resonate endearingly.

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70

TV GuideMatt Roush

Deeply silly, endearingly sweet, a little creepy and undeniably weird.

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60

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

Overall, the new Fox sitcom is surprisingly winning, and the skilled Corddry is the main reason.

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60

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

"The Winner" may not be able to go the distance, but it's a fun little show in the here and now.

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50

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

"The Winner" quickly metastasizes into a routine sitcom with laugh tracks and Ye Olde Storylines.

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40

Hollywood Reporter

There's something ominous about running out of fresh ideas in the second or third episode.

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40

San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum

Corddry manages to make scenes work that otherwise would have viewers reaching for the remote.

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30

SalonHeather Havrilesky

The overall feeling is, "How did Rob Corddry wander onto the set of a shitty sitcom? Quick, someone get him back to 'The Daily Show' before they replace him!"

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30

VarietyBrian Lowry

The more you see of it, the less there is to like.

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30

The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan

So far, it’s only abrasive.

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25

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

It would be obvious and unfunny to dismiss Rob Corddry's new Fox sitcom, "The Winner," by saying it's a loser. But since the alleged humor in this new series is even more lazy and less amusing than that, it seems only fair.

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25

People WeeklyTom Gliatto

It's like watching a marionette with one set of strings operated by John Lithgow and the other by Pee-wee Herman. [12 Mar 2007, p.39]

20

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

You can only hope that Blitt, a first-time executive producer, will tire of middle-school humor and move to something a little more satisfying for grown-ups.

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20

SlateTroy Patterson

Consider it proof of Corddry's superb resourcefulness that he somehow manages to wring the occasional drop of comedy from these dreary situations.

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10

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

"The Winner" isn't, by any stretch of the imagination, and it's sad to see Corddry pour his likable comic style -- a form of ironic cluelessness -- into such a feeble and misguided project.

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0

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

Smutty at its best, downright creepy at its worst, this dreadful attempt to mock the coming-of-age genre could well be the first TV show to get an entire day of the week canceled.

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0

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

Insipid, poorly written and saddled with an onerous laugh track, "The Winner" is lame even by Fox's standards.

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0

Washington PostTom Shales

Probably the most mistitled sitcom of the decade.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 3.8 (out of 10) based on 60 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Blake gave it a0:
Literally the worst sit com in years. It was not clever. It was not funny. It was not imaginitive. I'd guess they thought they could take another great Daily Show person and have automatic sucess. But the writing was just terrible. I'm guessing some demographic found this funny. But not me. I really expected better out of Cordry than this junk.

elena a gave it a10:
Loved it, howled with laughter..

Eric C gave it a0:
Another Daily Show anchor goes on to star in a show. Cordry now joins the likes of Colbert and Carell. The only difference is that The Office and Colbert Report are easily the most hilarious shows you'll find. The Winner is all out crap. The most unfunny sitcom I have seen since The War At Home. And that is very unfunny. I can't wait to see this show fail, and oh, it will fail. The only thing I enjoyed was seeing Cordry, my least favorite Daily Show correspondent, end up in a pile of vile smelling burning trash like this. Atleast with a laugh track, guys like Jeff H and Dave M won't feel so alone in their laughter, even though they desperately and hopelessly are. I avoid watching Fox now because I might see a comercial for this offensively bad show, a comercial which would only promise another 30 minutes in television hell.

Jeff H gave it a10:
so funny I was in tears. Corddry is hilarious.

Greg H gave it a2:
A total waste of a talented Cordry. Horrible. Cheesy.Awkward dated laugh track. Not a laugh anywhere. Make it go away. And Rob, go back to the Daily Show!

john s gave it an8:
I really enjoy acting and writing but the laugh track is so offensive it makes the show hard to watch...dump the fake lughs and let the show quietly entertain ...and succeed! That guy is good!

Dave M gave it a10:
What makes the ironic satire of this show simmer even more is the fact that many detractors cite the use of a "lame laugh track," or "stale ideas," completely oblivious to the sarcastic purpose of these devices in the show. Like Andy Kauffman taunting wrestling fans, the Winner manages to cause critics to become self-caricatures by reaction.

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