The Winner
FOX | Release Date: March 4, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
11

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Not only the funniest new show this season, but the strangest one since "Get A Life." Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: Even at its yuk-yuk-kiest, the show is elevated by Corddry. [9 Mar 2007, p.96]
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: Thanks to Corddry's social misfit charisma, Ricky Blitt's affable lowbrow lunacy flashes with a sharp, dizzy wit. Read full review
75
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Funnier and unexpectedly sweeter than the current norm. Read full review
70
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: It’s a hoot. Read full review
70
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: Deeply silly, endearingly sweet, a little creepy and undeniably weird. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: It's surprisingly charming, not to mention funny. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: "The Winner" may not be able to go the distance, but it's a fun little show in the here and now. Read full review
60
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Overall, the new Fox sitcom is surprisingly winning, and the skilled Corddry is the main reason. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: "The Winner" quickly metastasizes into a routine sitcom with laugh tracks and Ye Olde Storylines. Read full review
40
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: Corddry manages to make scenes work that otherwise would have viewers reaching for the remote. Read full review
40
The Hollywood Reporter
Season 1 Review: There's something ominous about running out of fresh ideas in the second or third episode. Read full review
30
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: 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!" Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The more you see of it, the less there is to like. Read full review
30
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Season 1 Review: So far, it’s only abrasive. Read full review
25
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: 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]
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
20
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
20
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Consider it proof of Corddry's superb resourcefulness that he somehow manages to wring the occasional drop of comedy from these dreary situations. Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: "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. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Insipid, poorly written and saddled with an onerous laugh track, "The Winner" is lame even by Fox's standards. Read full review
0
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
0
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Probably the most mistitled sitcom of the decade. Read full review
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