- Network: FOX
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 4, 2007
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Not only the funniest new show this season, but the strangest one since "Get A Life."
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Even at its yuk-yuk-kiest, the show is elevated by Corddry. [9 Mar 2007, p.96]
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Thanks to Corddry's social misfit charisma, Ricky Blitt's affable lowbrow lunacy flashes with a sharp, dizzy wit.
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Funnier and unexpectedly sweeter than the current norm.
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It’s a hoot.
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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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Deeply silly, endearingly sweet, a little creepy and undeniably weird.
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It's surprisingly charming, not to mention funny.
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"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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Overall, the new Fox sitcom is surprisingly winning, and the skilled Corddry is the main reason.
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"The Winner" quickly metastasizes into a routine sitcom with laugh tracks and Ye Olde Storylines.
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Corddry manages to make scenes work that otherwise would have viewers reaching for the remote.
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There's something ominous about running out of fresh ideas in the second or third episode.
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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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The more you see of it, the less there is to like.
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So far, it’s only abrasive.
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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]
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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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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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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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"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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Insipid, poorly written and saddled with an onerous laugh track, "The Winner" is lame even by Fox's standards.
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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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Probably the most mistitled sitcom of the decade.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 60
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Mixed: 4 out of 60
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Negative: 35 out of 60
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BlakeApr 9, 2007
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elenaaMar 26, 2007Loved it, howled with laughter..
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EricCMar 23, 2007