Linbeymusol
Wonderful character development!
Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
Asad Almond
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Marva-nova
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
DashTheGreat
The Winner is 10 years past its prime. The "edgy" comedy that it claims to use is no longer edgy. Not to mention that fact that the Winner was not funny at all. I'm not sure what MacFarlane was thinking producing a show like this, but it was a colossal bomb. I did give this show a chance, instead of turning it off in 5 minutes (like I'm sure everyone else did). It never seemed to get better. The pilot was unbelievably lame and unbearable. It was 22 minutes of torture, to be exact. This show would have gotten at the most a 3 from me, had it not followed the same old, tired format that sitcoms of the 90's / early 2000 followed.The laugh track is so unbelievably outdated. Shows like The Office don't use it anymore, and for a good reason. It ruins a show and is extremely annoying. Fox's laugh track seems to be extra annoying and louder. Whenever a new sitcom appears with the dreaded laugh track, it's almost a precursor to a horrible script. The laugh track is unnoticeable in shows that are actually funny, such as Seinfield. This show, on the other hand, would never come close to living up to such a caliber.1.5 / 10 - Should be cemented in its grave. Wouldn't want Season II to come out any time soon.
emtec666
OK this show is abysmal, but I actually enjoyed watching it because it sucked so much. Just the laugh track is an instant classic. And the plot: "It is a comedy about a successful man named Glen Abbott (played by Rob Corddry) looking back to the time when he was in his thirties and living with his parents." On the episode, "Hot For The Teacher", they showed the outside of the video store and all on the windows had posters of new movies. Like Cars, Clerks 2, Little Man, John Tucker Must Die. I think they could've done better by doing something to hide them so it actually makes it look like it is supposed to be in 1994. In another episode a Nintento Gamecube was visible.Brilliant, love it! I hope it gets a 2nd season, just to see if they can mess it up even more. Really bad TV can be a lot more fun than just mediocre stuff...The Winner FTW!
lioness25
This show is pretty terrible. I've watched it because it comes on between The Simpsons and Family Guy, which are two of my favorite shows, and also because I liked Corrdry's work on The Daily Show and I really wanted this to be good, for him. I gave it a serious chance- actually got through four episodes (while doing other things, of course, but I was listening). But it was like watching (or listening to) paint dry. I kept thinking to myself "Are they serious? Have any of the producers or writers or Fox or ANYONE remotely involved with making this show available to the public actually watched it? And they still thought it was fit for TV?" Needless to say, it's pretty awful. I won't say it won't get better- Seinfeld wasn't funny to me when it first started (though it was MUCH better than this horrible crap)- but I don't see the light at the end of that tunnel- I mean, even the laugh track sounded like it had trouble. I feel like Fox was slapping me in the face every time they made a "joke". "The Winner" is a total loser... (I know, horribly corny pun on words, but I had to...)
symphy-2
Geez it's not the Next Great Sitcom(tm) or anything, but it's not even close to "1 star". That's just silly. It's better than half of the sitcoms currently on TV, but only barely, so I think a "6" is better warranted. There's some real chemistry with the cast, and I actually laughed out loud a couple times, so I'm giving it a shot next week, too. The last line of the second episode tonight ("This isn't us...") was very genuine and clever, and if the show can find THAT tone more often, it'll last the year.One other thing: I was a huge, huge Arrested Development fan. But surely even the most ardent AD fan will acknowledge the quality went down season by season. That's the problem when you start so brilliantly. At least this show has room to improve. ;)
