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Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (TV Series)

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

2022

Max Borenstein (Creator), Jim Hecht (Creator) ...

John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke, Gaby Hoffmann ...

7.6

3,485

TV Series. Comedy. Drama TV Series (2022-2023). 2 Seasons. 17 Episodes. A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.

Canceled after its second season.

	Media	Author	Review
		Brian Lowry CNN	"[2nd Season Review]: Yet the many good things about the series (...) would be so much better if the producers just dialed down the snark and salaciousness a few notches"
		Nate Richard Collider	"[2nd Season Review]: it continues to be the perfect mix of sports and melodrama"
		Hayden Mears IGN	"[2nd Season Review]: as fascinating and frustrating as the first"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"[2nd Season Review]: a convoluted mess that sidelines its star, John C. Reilly"
		Nick Allen The Playlist	"[2nd Season Review]: It’s still fun to watch (...) but 'Winning Time' can’t quite repeat the fresh success in its second season"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[2nd Season Review]: gives 110% in Season 2 of Lakers antics (...) Entertaining HBO series gets even better (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Joel Keller Decider	"[2nd Season Review]:The stylistic flourishes of 'Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty' can be distracting at times, but the story is still solid and the performances are still across-the-board excellent"
		Akos Peterbencze Paste Magazine	"[2nd Season Review]: Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht succeed in bringing us another dose of the supreme, intense, and somewhat fictitious drama of high quality"
		Robert Daniels rogerebert.com	"[2nd Season Review]: While Season Two of 'Winning Time' is much improved, it pulls up just short of making a run"
		Aramide Tinubu Variety	"[2nd Season Review]: Hilarious, exasperating, and even heartbreaking, the magic has indeed returned"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"There’s not enough depth there to transform the series into more than a rich snapshot of Los Angeles and the sporting world at a particular moment."
		Josh Sorokach Decider	"You don’t have to be a basketball fan to enjoy the sharp writing and dazzling performances found within the series"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"'Winning Time' is often content to just watch the Lakers chase titles we already know they’ll win. But once it starts considering all 'the happy' that’s sacrificed along the way, those stakes make for a game worth watching"
		Josh Spiegel SlashFilm	"That the performances on both sides of the NBA court work so well (...) is a testament to the talent. The scripts (...) struggle to achieve depth"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"'Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty' stumbles on the road to greatness, undermining can't-miss subject matter for basketball fans with an uneven, at times farcical tone"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"[It] relives the eighties lakers in All Their Egotastic, Game-Changing Glory (...) Isaiah and Hughes have passing resemblances to Magic and Kareem, and more importantly capture their essential public-facing qualities (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nick Allen The Playlist	"'Winning Time' feel like a missed opportunity, especially considering the numerous elements that it gets right overall"
		Alexis Gunderson Paste Magazine	"While Winning Time hasn’t invented the sports docudrama, I can’t see a future in which it doesn’t set a visual standard by which all sports docudramas will be compared."
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"'Winning Time' Is all Flash, no substance (...) a series defined by the increasingly wearying style of Adam McKay"
		Tom Long Detroit News	"'Winning Time: The Rise of Lakers Dynasty' is Big: Big noise, Big names, Big twists, Big moves and most importantly, Big Fun."
		Robert Daniels The Playlist	"The series relies on too many surface-level observations on sexism, racism, regret, and Magic’s promiscuity, and wastes these boundless performances."

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