The Winner (TV series)
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Creator(s) | Ricky Blitt |
| Starring | Rob Corddry, Erinn Hayes, Keir Gilchrist, Linda Hart, and Lenny Clarke |
| Theme music composer | Walter Murphy |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Ricky Blitt and Seth McFarlane |
| Running time | Approx. 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | FOX |
| Original run | March 4, 2007 – On Hiatus as of March 18, 2007 |
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The Winner was an American television series that premiered on FOX on March 4, 2007. It was 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 included Erinn Hayes as Alison, Keir Gilchrist as Alison'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 was 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]
The show has completed airing its first season, and it is not expected be renewed for a second. [3]
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[edit] U.S. television ratings
[edit] Standard ratings
Weekly rankings based on Fast National ratings.[4][5][6]
| # | Episode | Air Date | Timeslot (EST) | Season | Rating | Share | 18–49 | Viewers | Rank |
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| 1 | "Becoming Glenn" | March 4, 2007 | Sunday 8:30PM | 2006–2007 | 4.3 | 7 | 3.5 | 6.39 | # 51 |
| 2 | "The Single Dates" | March 4, 2007 | Sunday 9:30PM | 2006–2007 | 4.8 * | 7 | 3.1 | 5.56 | # 71 |
| 3 | "Broken Home" | March 11, 2007 | Sunday 8:30PM | 2006–2007 | 4.1 | 6 | 3.4 | TBA | TBA |
| 3 | "What Happens in Albany, Stays in Albany" | March 11, 2007 | Sunday 9:30PM | 2006–2007 | 3.6 | 6 | 2.9 | TBA | TBA |
| 5 | "Glen's New Friend" | March 18, 2007 | Sunday 8:30PM | 2006–2007 | 3.6 | 6 | 2.7 | 5.55 | # 72 |
| 6 | "Hot for Teacher" | March 18, 2007 | Sunday 9:30PM | 2006–2007 | 3.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5.14 | # 79 |
* 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).
[edit] Episodes
The following is a list of The Winner episodes.
[edit] Season 1: 2007
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"Becoming Glen" | March 4, 2007 | 1AMA79 | 1 |
| In the magical summer of 94, Snoop Dog was climbing the charts, Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the knee and 32-year-old Glen Abbott was still living with his parents when the only girl he ever kissed, Alison McKellar, returned to town with her 14-year-old son Josh. The recently divorced Alison inspires Glen to become a grown-up to win her heart. Glen and Josh become fast friends and end up on a double date with Alison and Josh's dream girl. | ||||
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"The Single Dates" | March 4, 2007 | 1AMA01 | 2 |
| When Alison invites Glen over for dinner, Glen is elated until a co-worker convinces him that divorcees have urges and he will be expected to "put out." Embarrassed by his lack of a sexual past and fearful it will drive the love of his life away, Glen decides to visit a "massage parlor" to get a quick tutorial before his date with Alison. | ||||
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"Broken Home" | March 11, 2007 | 1AMA02 | 3 |
| With Glen spending more and more time away from home, his parents' marriage starts to unravel. Glen finds comfort in his new surrogate family his dream girl Alison, her son, and her boyfriend. When it becomes obvious he's overstayed his welcome at Alisons, Glen decides to call his first-ever "family meeting" and get his parents to fall in love with each other all over again. | ||||
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"What Happens in Albany, Stays in Albany" | March 11, 2007 | 1AMA03 | 4 |
| When Alison is unable to accompany Josh on a weekend trip to the State Spelling Bee in Albany, she asks Glen to chaperone. Since no one knows them this far from home, Glen and Josh decide to reinvent themselves. Glen wears a toupee and becomes Lance Manley, a studly airline pilot, while Josh pretends to be a cocky multiple- spelling-bee champion. | ||||
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"Glen's New Friend" | March 18, 2007 | 1AMA04 | 5 |
| When Josh befriends a cool kid at school, Glen feels abandoned and replaced after he's left out of the fun. Meanwhile, Glen runs into trouble when he goes on a trip with a customer from the video store who mistakenly thinks he's gay. | ||||
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"Hot for Teacher" | March 18, 2007 | 1AMA05 | 6 |
| When Glen poses as Josh's "dad" for a parent-teacher conference, he comes face-to-face with his old homeroom teacher, Miss Burko, who ends up giving him a private, albeit very belated, lesson in love. | ||||
[edit] Trivia
- 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.
- The main character, Glen, is a fan of the television series Wings. Coincidentally, on Family Guy, character Glenn Quagmire is a fan of the show. Also, in the episode "What Happens in Albany, Stays in Albany," Glen pretends to be an airplane pilot, which happens to be Glenn Quagmire's job.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Pilot/dp/B000NSEQB8
- ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07063/766354-237.stm
- ^ "New TV Shows Suffer Malaise", Variety, 2007-04-05. Retrieved on April 8, 2007.
- ^ Zap2It Ratings: Rating and Share.
- ^ Calendar Live Ratings: Viewers and Rankings.
- ^ 18-49 Ratings: Media Life Magazine (18-49 numbers)
