Champions
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Champions (2018) is a comedy and family series from NBC. It has built a run of 10 episodes at roughly 30 minutes each. It premiered on March 8, 2018. Viewers rate it 4.4 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 1 season.
What Champions Is About
Champions centers on Vince, a charismatic gym owner with no ambition, who lives with his younger brother Matthew, a gorgeous idiot. Their simple life of women and working out is put on hold when the teenage son of Vince is dropped off on their doorstep by Priya, one of his old high school flings.
What to Expect When You Watch
Episodes run about 30 minutes, which keeps the pace tight, the full run covers 10 episodes, spread across 1 season and it leans into its comedy/family roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Anders Holm, Andy Favreau and Josie Totah to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Anders Holm, Andy Favreau, Josie Totah, Fortune Feimster and Mouzam Makkar lead the cast.
Key roles include Anders Holm as Vince Cook; Andy Favreau as Matthew Cook; Josie Totah as Michael Patel; Fortune Feimster as Ruby McClure; Mouzam Makkar as Britney Sundaram.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of comedy and family have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside NBC’s other originals, a 4.4/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2018 and carried by NBC with the series still ended, it lands hardest with comedy and family viewers.
How Champions Compares
If Champions lands for you, the next stops are Nathan for You, Taskmaster and Seinfeld, which share its comedy/family lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Champions comes from NBC. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Champions is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Anders Holm and Andy Favreau doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its comedy/family roots, It has held up since 2018 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Champions is a safe bet for anyone already inside the comedy and family lane, at 10 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 4.4/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 4.4/10. Watch it if you want comedy/family you can settle into.
