New Girl
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Elizabeth Meriwether |
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| Opening theme | "Hey Girl" by Zooey Deschanel[1] |
| Composer | Ludwig Göransson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 49 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Network | Fox |
| Release | September 20, 2011 – present |
New Girl is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on September 20, 2011.[2] It stars Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, and Hannah Simone. On September 28, 2011, after airing the first two episodes, Fox ordered 11 additional episodes to the initial 13-episode order, bringing the first season to 24 episodes.[3]
New Girl has received some favorable responses from critics since its conception, many giving particular praise for Deschanel's performance. On December 15, 2011, the show was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Deschanel was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. The series received five 2012 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series" for Deschanel, "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" for Greenfield, "Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series", "Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series" and "Outstanding Main Title Design". New Girl was longlisted at the 18th National Television Awards in the sitcom category, ultimately losing to Mrs. Brown's Boys.[4]
New Girl was officially renewed for a second season by Fox on April 9, 2012.[5] It premiered on September 25, 2012.[6] Fox ordered two new episodes of New Girl bringing the second season to 25 episodes.[7]
On March 4, 2013, the series was renewed for a third season,[8] which will premiere on September 17, 2013.
Plot
Jessica "Jess" Day (Zooey Deschanel) is an adorable, bubbly young woman who teaches at a Los Angeles middle school. Jess begins looking for a new place to live after breaking up with her boyfriend. She answers an ad for a new roommate on Craigslist, and moves in with three young men: Nick, Schmidt, and Coach. Shortly after moving in, Coach moves out and is replaced by Winston, another man who had previously lived in the apartment with Nick and Schmidt. Cece, Jessica's childhood best friend and a fashion model, also appears in various episodes in the storyline.
Cast and characters
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Main cast
- Zooey Deschanel as Jessica "Jess" Day: a bubbly, offbeat teacher in her late twenties who is originally from Portland, Oregon. When Jess discovers her live-in boyfriend, Spencer, is cheating on her she moves into her friend, Cece's, apartment. After tiring of Cece's fashion model lifestyle, Jess finds an apartment on Craigslist which is already occupied by three roommates. Jess moves in with Nick, Schmidt, and Coach. Coach is replaced by Winston in the second episode of the first season. Nick, Schmidt, and Winston help Jess move on from her break-up with Spencer. After several subsequent relationships, Jess began dating Nick at the end of the second season.[9]
- Jake Johnson as Nicholas "Nick" Miller: a perennial "slacker" and grumpy young man who is originally from Chicago. After splitting from his girlfriend, Caroline, Nick dropped out of law school and began supporting himself by working as a bartender. In attempts to move on from Caroline, Nick began dating a lawyer named Julia. However, Julia dumped him for over-analyzing the meaning of a cactus she gave to him as a gift. After this second heartbreak, Nick tried to rekindle his romance with Caroline and even considered moving in with her. Ultimately, he decided he could not say goodbye to his roommates, especially Jess.[10] He then begins to date a stripper named Angie, but after breaking up with her, he finally acts on his feelings for Jess and begins dating her at the end of Season 2.
- Max Greenfield as Schmidt: an overly-confident ladies' man who is originally from Long Island, New York. Schmidt met Nick and Winston in college. During that time, Schmidt struggled with being overweight. Since then, he has worked hard to be seen as physically attractive and cool. Schmidt is a successful Junior Lead Marketing Associate in a female-dominated office. Schmidt maintained a serious relationship, for a short time, with fashion model and best friend of Jess, Cece, but he is known for his numerous flings with women. His success with women and his career has made him exude confidence. Because of this, he often says offensive or cocky things, which requires him to put money in the "douche-bag jar" of the apartment.[11] In Season 2 he rekindles a relationship with Elizabeth who was his girlfriend in college, but is then forced to choose between her and Cece, when at the end of the season, Cece breaks off her wedding due to her feelings for him.
- Lamorne Morris as Winston Bishop: a competitive and tenacious former basketball player from Chicago who played D-Club ball in Latvia after failing to join the NBA. Losing his post as point guard for the Latvian Basketball League, he moved back in with childhood friend, Nick. After moving back to America, he struggled adjusting to his new life. He attempted to get back with Shelby, an ex he treated poorly in the past, and did not win her heart until he showed his softer side. After dabbling in a few odd jobs, he finally got his break as a research assistant to a sports radio show host.[12] He was in a serious relationship with a woman named Shelby who he broke up with in Season 2 and later on briefly dated a woman named Daisy.
- Hannah Simone as Cecilia "Cece" Parekh: a street-smart and snarky fashion model who has been Jess's best friend since childhood. Cece is very protective of Jess and was skeptical when she heard Jess was moving in with three guys she met online at Craigslist. However, after several bad relationships with bad boys, Cece became interested in Jess's roommate, Schmidt. Though their relationship was initially dubbed as a fling to be kept a secret, Cece developed deeper feelings for Schmidt and these feelings grew even after their secret relationship was revealed. Upon discovering that Schmidt didn't trust her, she decided to move on, yet still had feelings towards him.[13] In Season 2, upon discovering that she had limited time to conceive a baby, she decided to have an arranged marriage which led to her being engaged to a man called Shivrang. However, she called off the wedding after realizing that she is still in love with Schmidt and has no feelings for Shivrang.
Nick, Schmidt and Winston were the original three roommates in the apartment. When Winston left for Latvia, Coach sublet his room. Because Winston returned from Latvia in the second episode of the first season, the character of Coach, played by Damon Wayans, Jr., appeared only in the pilot. Jess, Schmidt, Nick, and Winston are the final tenants of the apartment.
Recurring cast
- Lauren Dair Owens (8 episodes) and Portia Martine Berman (2 episodes) have portrayed young Jess at different ages.
- Kali Hawk as Shelby, Winston's ex-girlfriend. (7 episodes)
- Dermot Mulroney as Russell. He is the wealthy father of one of Jess's students whom Jess dates briefly. (6 episodes)
- Satya Bhabha as Shivrang, Cece's ex-fiancé. (5 episodes)
- David Walton as Sam Sweeney, Jess' doctor ex-boyfriend. (7 episodes)
- Nelson Franklin as Robby, Cece's ex-boyfriend. (5 episodes)
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis as Caroline, Nick's on-and-off girlfriend. (5 episodes)
- Merritt Wever as Elizabeth, Schmidt's girlfriend (4 episodes)
- Lizzy Caplan as Julia Cleary, Nick's ex-girlfriend. (4 episodes)
- Rebecca Reid as Nadia, one of Cece's roommates. (4 episodes)
- Justin Long as Paul Genzlinger, a music teacher at Jess' school and Jess's ex-boyfriend. (4 episodes)
- June Diane Raphael as Dr. Sadie, a gynecologist and a friend of Jess and Cece. (4 episodes)
- Rachael Harris as Tanya Lamontagne, the Vice Principal of Jess' school. (4 episodes)
- Brenda Song as Daisy, Winston's girlfriend. (3 episodes)
- Olivia Munn as Angie, Nick's stripper ex-girlfriend. (3 episodes)
- Carla Gugino as Emma, the Vice President of Schmidt's company, with whom Schmidt has a brief sexual relationship. (3 episodes)
- Jeff Kober as Remy, the landlord of the apartment building. (3 episodes)
- Phil Hendrie as Joe Napoli, sports radio host and Winston's boss. (3 episodes)
- Gillian Vigman as Kim, Schmidt's boss. (3 episodes)
- Rob Reiner as Bob Day, Jess' father (3 episodes)[14]
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Ouli, Russell's ex-wife. (2 episodes)
- Ariela Barer as young Cece. (2 episodes)
- Dennis Farina as Walt Miller, Nick's deceased father. (2 episodes)
- Rob Riggle as Schmidt's cousin.
- Taylor Swift as Elaine, Shivrang's long time lover.
Production
The series premiered on Tuesday September 20 on Fox, and also airs on Channel 4 in the UK, Citytv in Canada and on FOUR in New Zealand.[15][16]
During production, the show was provisionally titled ''Chicks and Dicks'', which was temporarily used as the title owing to its description of the storyline at that point. As the script developed, the plot moved on from being about the sexual endeavors of the roommates and became more socially oriented, so the title was changed to ''New Girl''.
Zooey Deschanel was once asked if the character was written for her specifically, to which she replied that it was not, but "should have been".[17] When asked to join the team, Deschanel was questioned if she had any hesitation, Deschanel replied that she loves working with the team and Jess is definitely the character she would like to play forever.[18]
Damon Wayans Jr. took the role of "Coach" expecting his previous show, the ABC sitcom Happy Endings, to be canceled. When that show was renewed for a second season, Wayans left New Girl and was replaced by Morris. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Meriwether says that about 80 percent of the pilot would have needed to be re-shot in order to remove Wayans from the episode, since he was in one of the leading roles of the show. Therefore, Meriwether, 20th Century Fox and the studio decided to keep the characters and the plot of the episode as they were, with Morris joining the show in the second episode of the series.[19][20][21] On July 15, 2013, Fox confirmed that Damon Wayans, Jr. will be reprising his role as Coach for at least four episodes in the upcoming third season.[22]
Tie-ins
Books
- The Douche Journals: The Definitive Account of One Man's Genius, compiled of the many Schmidtisms from The Douchebag Jar, before Jess moved into the apartment. Released in 2012.[23]
Reception
In June 2011, New Girl was one of eight honorees in the "most exciting new series" category at the 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards, voted by journalists who had seen the pilots.[24] Review aggregate website Metacritic gave it a score of 66/100 based on "generally favorable reviews".[25] BuddyTV ranked New Girl #5 on its list of 2011's best new TV shows.[26]
The show has been nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Series and for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Zooey Deschanel, as well as two Critics Choice Awards, Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Actress for Deschanel. Zooey Deschanel won the award for Best Comedy Actress.[27]
Ratings
The pilot episode drew 10.28 million viewers and a 4.8 adults 18–49 demo rating.[28] This was the highest-rated fall debut for a Fox scripted show since The Bernie Mac Show in 2001.[29]
During the 2011-2012 television season, New Girl averaged 8.22 million viewers and a 4.2 adults 18-49 demo rating. In 18-49 demo, it ranked as the fifth highest rated show on Fox and 13th overall.[30]
| Season | Timeslot (ET) | # Ep. | Premiered | Ended | TV season | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
18–49 rating (average) | ||
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| Date | Premiere viewers (in millions) |
Date | Finale viewers (in millions) | |||||||
| 1st | 24 | 10.28[31] | 5.61[32] | 2011–2012 | #61 | 8.22[33] | 4.2/11[30] | |||
| 2nd | 25 | 5.35[34] | 4.06[35] | 2012–2013 | #77 | 5.85[36] | 3.2/9[36] | |||
| 3rd | TBA | TBA | TBA | 2013–2014 | ||||||
Awards and nominations
Release
Online
The pilot was first released on such online services as Hulu Plus,[38] TiVo, and iTunes before the September 20 premiere on Fox
International broadcasts
| Country / Region | Channel | Premiere |
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 Argentina Bolivia Chile Costa Rica Ecuador Mexico Venezuela Guatemala
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Fox | April 10, 2012 |
 Australia
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Network Ten[39] Eleven (repeats) |
January 22, 2012 |
 Austria
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ORF eins[40] | March 17, 2012, Saturdays 5:25pm |
 Germany
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ProSieben | January 5, 2012 |
 Belgium
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2BE | March 22, 2012 (Removed from screen after only 4 episodes due to not enough viewers)
September 1, 2012 |
 Brazil
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Fox | April 4, 2012[41] |
 Canada
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City[42] | September 20, 2011 |
 Colombia
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Fox | March 2012 |
 Cuba
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Multivisión | January 24, 2013 (as "Sin compromiso" [Without commitment])[43] |
 Denmark
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TV 2 Zulu | February 21, 2012 |
 Egypt
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fox me | February 11, 2013 |
 Finland
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Sub | February 13, 2012 (as "Kolme miestä ja tyttö" [Three men and a girl]) |
 France
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TF6 | November 18, 2012 |
 Greece
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FOXlife | March 2012 |
 Iceland
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Stöð 2 | February 2012 |
 India Bangladesh Pakistan Sri Lanka
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STAR World | July 4, 2012 |
 Ireland
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RTÉ Two[44] |
March 6, 2012[45] |
 Israel
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Yes Comedy | February 11, 2012 |
 Italy
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Fox MTV Italia |
January 25, 2012 December 25, 2012 |
 Japan
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Fox Japan | April 22, 2012 |
 Latvia
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Kanāls 2 | December 1, 2012[46] |
 Lithuania
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TV6 | July 19, 2013 |
 Netherlands
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RTL 5 | December 6, 2011 |
 New Zealand
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Four[47] | February 7, 2012 |
 Norway
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TV2 Bliss | December 4, 2011 |
 Peru
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Fox | March 2012 |
 Philippines
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ETC Channel 9 STAR World STAR World HD |
October 7, 2011[48] |
 Poland
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Fox | August 13, 2012 (as "Jess i chłopaki" [Jess and boys]) |
 Portugal
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Fox Life | March 6, 2012 (as "Jess e os Rapazes" [Jess and the Boys])[49] |
 Serbia
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FOXlife | September 17, 2012[50] |
 South Africa
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M-Net Series[51] | February 11, 2012 |
 South Korea
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On Style | October 8, 2011 |
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Star World | November 5, 2011 |
 Spain
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FDF/FOX | July 4, 2012[52] |
 Sweden
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TV4 | April 13, 2012[53] |
| Taiwan
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Star World | November 6, 2011 |
 Turkey
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FOXlife | March 2012 |
 United Kingdom
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Channel 4 E4[54] |
January 6, 2012 |
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