The Winner (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = "The Winner"


caption = "The Winner" title screen
genre = Sitcom
camera = Multi-camera
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runtime = Approx. 22 minutes
creator = Ricky Blitt
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executive_producer = Ricky Blitt and Seth MacFarlane
starring = Rob Corddry
Erinn Hayes
Keir Gilchrist
Linda Hart
and Lenny Clarke
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theme_music_composer = Walter Murphy
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country = USA
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language = English
network = FOX
first_aired = March 4, 2007
last_aired = March 18, 2007
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 6
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imdb_id = 494210
tv_com_id = 58396

"The Winner" was a short-lived American 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 in 1994 Buffalo, New York.

Other cast members include Erinn Hayes as Alison, Keir Gilchrist as Alison's son, Josh, Lenny Clarke as Glen's father, Ron, and Linda Hart as Glen's mother, Irene. The show 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. [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07063/766354-237.stm TV Review: 'The Winner' is just that ] ]

All episodes of "The Winner" are currently available on MySpace, iTunes, and Amazon Unbox [ [http://www.amazon.com/Pilot/dp/B000NSEQB8 Amazon.com: The Winner Season 1: Unbox Video ] ] .

On May 16, 2007, the series was officially canceled. [http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/05/2007_cancelled_shows_fox_cancels_plenty_of_series.php]

At Family Guy Live in Montreal on July 21, 2007, Seth MacFarlane said, "It is looking like there could be a future life for "The Winner"."cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id9fbcaf5600044bfbfe12b9a82711a8f |title='Family Guy' pic possible, MacFarlane says |work=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=2008-02-29 |date=2007-07-22 |first=Georg |last=Szalai] However, since then nothing has been confirmed or even hinted that the show will return.

Characters

Glen Abbot: A successful man who looks back at when he was 31 and living with his parents. He had only just lost his virginity at 31 to his former English teacher. He also was trying to date his neighbor, Alison McKeller, and made friends with her son, Josh McKeller.

Ron Abbot: The disappointed father of Glen Abbot and unhappy husband of Irene Abbot. His personality is comparable to Frank Barone of Everybody Loves Raymond or Frank Costanza of Seinfeld although to a lesser degree.

Josh McKeller: The son of Alison McKeller and friend of Glen Abbot. Glen and Josh are friends separated by several years of age leading to an unexepected friendship. Glen usually helps Josh with his relationship problems.

Irene Abbot: The loving mother of Glen. She appears to be much more supportive of Glen than her husband, Ron Abbot, and is usually willing to help with dilemmas.

Alison McKeller: The mother of Josh and friend of Glen. Glen's exploits usually involve to maintain a relationship with her sometimes with Josh's help.

U.S. television ratings

tandard ratings

Weekly rankings based on "Fast National" ratings. [http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/ Zap2It Ratings] : Rating and Share.] [http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/ratings Calendar Live Ratings] : Viewers and Rankings.] [http://www.medialifemagazine.com 18-49 Ratings] : Media Life Magazine (18-49 numbers)]

"*" Represents the average rating for Fox in the 9pm hour (which The Winner shared 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)."

Episodes

The following is a list of "The Winner" episodes.

References

External links

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* [http://www.tv.com/the-winner/show/58396/summary.html?tag=tabs;summary "The Winner" at TV.com]
* [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?id=winner "The Winner" at The Futon Critic]