The Winner is an American period sitcom created by Ricky Blitt that premiered on Fox on March 4, 2007.

It is about a successful 43½-year-old man named Glen Abbott (portrayed by Rob Corddry) looking back to the time when he was in his 30s and living with his parents in 1994 Buffalo, New York.

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] 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.

Labeled "dreadful" by the Miami Herald[5] and "abrasive" by The New York Times,[5] the show was widely criticized in the media and by audiences for its overuse of an overly-loud, "onerous" laugh track.