The Winner

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 4, 2007
Metascore
44

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 24
  3. Negative: 11 out of 24

Critic Reviews

  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    30
    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!"
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    The more you see of it, the less there is to like.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Virginia Heffernan
    30
    So far, it’s only abrasive.
  5. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    25
    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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  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    25
    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.
  7. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    20
    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.
  8. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    20
    Consider it proof of Corddry's superb resourcefulness that he somehow manages to wring the occasional drop of comedy from these dreary situations.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    10
    "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.
  10. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    0
    Insipid, poorly written and saddled with an onerous laugh track, "The Winner" is lame even by Fox's standards.
  11. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    0
    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.
  12. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    0
    Probably the most mistitled sitcom of the decade.

Awards & Rankings

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#76 Best TV Season of 2007
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#41 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
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#51 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 60 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 60
  3. Negative: 35 out of 60
  1. Blake
    Apr 9, 2007
    0
    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 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.… Full Review »
  2. elenaa
    Mar 26, 2007
    10
    Loved it, howled with laughter..
  3. EricC
    Mar 23, 2007
    0
    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 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.… Full Review »
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