- Close friends with Scrubs and Spin City producer Bill Lawrence since they were roommates in the early 1990s. Lawrence credits his friendship with Winston as the inspiration for two friendships depicted on his television programs: J.D. Dorian (Zach Braff) and Chris Turk (Donald Faison) from Scrubs and Carter Heywood (Michael Boatman) and Stuart Bondek (Alan Ruck) on Spin City.
- The character of the mayor in "Spin City" (on which he worked as associate producer) was named after him.
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