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Revision as of 17:30, 12 March 2007
| The Winner | |
|---|---|
 The Winner title screen | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Ricky Blitt |
| Starring | Rob Corddry Erinn Hayes Keir Gilchrist Linda Hart Lenny Clarke |
| Theme music composer | Walter Murphy |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ricky Blitt Seth McFarlane |
| Running time | Approx. 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | FOX |
| Release | March 4, 2007 – present |
The Winner is a new television series that premiered on FOX on March 4, 2007. 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.
Other cast members include Erinn Hayes as Alison, Keir Gilchrist as Allison's son Josh, Lenny Clarke as Glen's father Rob and Linda Hart as Glen's mother Irene.
All episodes of The Winner are currently available on MySpace, iTunes, and Amazon Unbox[1], even before they air.
The Winner is produced by Ricky Blitt and Seth MacFarlane who are also producers of Family Guy.
The working title of this series was Becoming Glen. A pilot was made for FOX in 2002 starring Johnny Galecki as Glen. It also starred Samantha Mathis, Gerald McRaney and Sally Struthers. The pilot was not picked up. However, the resurgence of Family Guy and the success of The 40-Year-Old Virgin in 2005 helped Blitt get a chance at making another pilot. [2]
Reception
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Episodes
U.S. television ratings
Standard ratings
Weekly rankings based on Fast National ratings.[3][4][5]
| # | Episode | Air Date | Timeslot (EST) | Season | Rating | Share | 18–49 | Viewers | Rank |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | March 4, 2007 | Sunday 8:30PM | 2006–2007 | 4.3 | 7 | 3.5 | TBA | TBA |
| 2 | "The Single Dates" | March 4, 2007 | Sunday 9:30PM | 2006–2007 | 4.8 * | 7 | 3.1 | TBA | TBA |
| 3 | "Broken Home" | March 12, 2007 | Sunday 9:30PM | 2006–2007 | 3.6 | 6 | 3.4 | TBA | TBA |
* Represents the average rating for Fox in the 9pm hour (which The Winner shares with Family Guy
Key: Rating is the estimated percentage of all TVs tuned to the show, share is the percentage of all TVs in use that are tuned in. Viewers is the estimated number of actual people watching, in millions, while ranking is the approximate ranking of the show against all prime-time TV shows for the week (Monday through the following Sunday).
Trivia
- During the pilot episode, there is a scene which takes place at a local video rental store. Even though the series (and consequently, the scene) takes place in 1994, there is a Nintendo GameCube box near the front of the store. The GameCube did not come out until late 2001.
- This is one of only a handful of shows in network television history that have their setting in Buffalo, New York. The last was the short-lived Jesse, which was canceled in 2000.
- In the video store, a tape of Die Hard with a Vengeance is clearly visible which did not come out until 1995.
- The pilot takes place on June 17, 1994, as the characters are watching news footage of the infamous O.J. Simpson chase.
- Even though the episode takes place in June 1994, the characters mention Party of Five and Chicago Hope, neither of which premiered until September of that year.
- The main character, Glenn, is a fan of the television series Wings. Coincidently on Family Guy, character Glenn Quagmire is a fan of the show.
References
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/unbox
- ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07063/766354-237.stm
- ^ Zap2It Ratings: Rating and Share.
- ^ Calendar Live Ratings: Viewers and Rankings.
- ^ 18-49 Ratings: Media Life Magazine (18-49 numbers)