As expected, ‘The Winner’ is mostly a loser

Yes, The Winner sucks. Sunday night was the premiere, and I really did try to watch with an open mind, just in case my previous assessment of the show was a tad gloomy. But no, it was pretty much what I expected: 25 minutes of stale sitcom fare, complete with the obligatory ’80s television reference (“if I want to be alone with your mother, I’ll hum the theme from Growing Pains”), because God knows we can’t go a half hour without being reminded that Seth McFarlane is in his 30s.