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. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    75
    Thanks to Corddry's social misfit charisma, Ricky Blitt's affable lowbrow lunacy flashes with a sharp, dizzy wit.
  2. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    70
    It’s a hoot.
  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    70
    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.
  5. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    70
    Deeply silly, endearingly sweet, a little creepy and undeniably weird.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    100
    Not only the funniest new show this season, but the strangest one since "Get A Life."
  7. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    70
    It's surprisingly charming, not to mention funny.
  8. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    75
    Funnier and unexpectedly sweeter than the current norm.
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    83
    Even at its yuk-yuk-kiest, the show is elevated by Corddry. [9 Mar 2007, p.96]
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Awards & Rankings

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

User Reviews

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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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