TV pilot review: The Winner
The Winner, starring Rob Corddry of The Daily Show show fame, is narrated show about a 32-year-old who still lives with his parents and has never really grown up. The main character is 43 and claims to be a millionaire in present day. The show is a look back at 1994 when he finally decided to grow up.
The pilot wasn’t bad, but not great either. It has a lot of pretty funny parts - mostly just Corddry playing a pathetic, yet likable character. Lenny Clarke was amusing as Corddry’s frustrated father who just wants him to get out of the house. His mother was probably the funniest character outside of Corddry. She was a complete enabler of his lazy ways. I had to look her up on IMDB to figure out where I knew her from and was surprised to realize that she was played by Julie Hagerty, who was Elaine on the movie Airplane.
All in all, not a bad pilot. But unless it gets better I don’t think I would commit to TiVo’ing every week. I’ll watch the first couple of episodes and see where it goes.
UPDATE: This show isn’t on FOX’s fall schedule. According to TV.com, it doesn’t premiere until March.
