New Girl (TV series)

New Girl
Intertitle
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Elizabeth Meriwether
Starring	Zooey Deschanel Jake Johnson Max Greenfield Lamorne Morris Hannah Simone
Theme music composer	Michael Andrews Zooey Deschanel Elizabeth Meriwether David Finkel Brett Baer
Opening theme	"Hey Girl" by Zooey Deschanel[1]
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Elizabeth Meriwether Jake Kasdan Peter Chernin Katherine Pope Dave Finkel Brett Baer
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Meriwether Productions American Nitwits Chernin Entertainment 20th Century Fox Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Original run	September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20) – present
External links
Official Website

New Girl is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on September 20, 2011.^[2]

On September 28, 2011, after two episodes aired, Fox ordered an additional 11 episodes to the initial 13-episode order, bringing the first season to 24 episodes.^[3]

Plot

Main article: List of New Girl episodes

The series stars Zooey Deschanel as Jessica "Jess" Day, a well-liked, bubbly woman in her late 20s who is trying to get over her breakup with her boyfriend after he cheats on her. She eventually finds a new place to stay when she moves in with three guys: Nick, a bartender; Schmidt, a professional and modern-day Casanova; and Winston, a former basketball player. Rounding out this unlikely bunch is Jessica's street-smart model friend Cece.^[4]

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Zooey Deschanel as Jessica "Jess" Day, the eponymous "new girl." She is a teacher in her late 20s who moves in with three guys in an apartment she found on Craigslist after a messy break-up with her boyfriend.
• Jake Johnson as Nick Miller, one of Jess's new roommates.^[5] Nick is a bartender who has also gone through a slightly-less-recent break up. He is revealed to be thirty and originally from Chicago. He dropped out three semesters shy of his law degree.
• Max Greenfield as Schmidt, one of Jess's new roommates. Schmidt is the stereotypical ladies man and so-called "douche bag" of the group.
• Lamorne Morris as Winston Bishop, one of Jess's new roommates and the original "missing" roommate that left room for Jess to move in. Winston returns from playing basketball in Latvia in the second episode.
• Hannah Simone as Cece Meyers, Jess' childhood best friend and a model.

The character of Coach, played by Damon Wayans Jr., appeared in the pilot only. He, Nick, Schmidt and Winston were the original four roommates in the apartment. In the second episode, Winston returns to the apartment and Coach leaves.

Production

The series was created, produced and written by Elizabeth Meriwether for Chermin Entertainment and Fox Television Studios.^[6]

Coach's departure in the second episode is due to Wayans' continuing role in the ABC sitcom Happy Endings after it was presumed to be canceled.^[7][8]

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.^[9] Review aggregate website Metacritic gave it a score of 66/100 based on "generally favorable reviews".^[10]

Ratings

The pilot episode drew 10.28 million viewers, a 4.8 Adults 18-49 demo rating.^[11] This was the highest-rated Fall debut for a Fox scripted show since The Bernie Mac Show in 2001.^[12]

Release

Online

The pilot was first released on such online services as Hulu Plus,^[13] TiVo, and iTunes before the September 20 premiere on Fox.

Others

It was possible to watch the pilot before its release in the in-flight TV services of Frontier Airlines and JetBlue.

International broadcast

Country / Region	Channel	Premiere
Canada	Citytv[14]	September 20 (8 pm Winnipeg, 9 pm Toronto and Vancouver, 10 pm Calgary and Edmonton)
United Kingdom	E4[15]	TBA
The Netherlands	RTL 5	TBA
Australia	Network Ten[16]	TBA
Mexico	FOX	October 7, 2011
Asia	STAR World	November 5, 2011
Greece	FOXlife	2012
Philippines	ETC (RPN 9)	2011
Germany	ProSieben	January 5, 2012
South Korea	On Style	October 8, 2011

References

1. ^ Hey Girl (Theme from "New Girl") - Single
2. ^ Seidman, Robert (June 23, 2011). "FOX Announces 2011 Fall TV Premiere Dates". TV By the Numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/23/fox-announces-2011-fall-premiere-dates/96394/. Retrieved June 23, 2011. 
3. ^ Gorman, Bill (September 28, 2011). "FOX Gives 'New Girl' a Full-Season Pickup". TV by the Numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/28/fox-gives-%E2%80%9Cnew-girl%E2%80%9D-a-full-season-pickup/105348/. Retrieved September 28, 2011. 
4. ^ Fox orders Zooey Deschanel's The New Girl, Jaime Pressly's "Teenage Daughter" to series, Entertainment Weekly, May 10, 2011
5. ^ "Nick on New Girl". Fox.com. http://www.fox.com/new-girl/bios/jake-johnson. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
6. ^ Fox Picks Up J.J. Abrams "Alcatraz"; "Bones" Spinoff "The Finder", "The New Girl" & "I Hate My Teenage Daughter" To Series, TV By the Numbers, May 10, 2011
7. ^ Michael Schneider (July 8, 2011). "New Girl Finds Its New Man — and Here's How It Happened". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/New-Girl-Morris-1035074.aspx. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 
8. ^ Lesley Goldberg (July 8, 2011). "'New Girl': Lamorne Morris Replaces Damon Wayans Jr. in Fox Comedy". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/new-girl-lamorne-morris-replaces-209270. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 
9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 9, 2011). "Critics' Choice Awards Honors 8 New Shows". Deadline.com. http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/critics-choice-awards-honors-8-new-shows/. Retrieved June 10, 2011. 
10. ^ New Girl - Season 1 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic
11. ^ Seidman, Robert (September 21, 2011). "Tuesday Finals: 'New Girl,' 'Glee,' 'NCIS,' DWTS Results Adjusted Up; 'Body of Proof' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/21/tuesday-finals-new-girl-glee-ncis-dwts-results-adjusted-up-body-of-proof-adjusted-down/104472/. Retrieved September 21, 2011. 
12. ^ de Moraes, Lisa (2011-09-21). "TV Column: ‘Glee’ and ‘Dancing’ both see an audience dip". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tv-column-glee-and-dancing-both-see-an-audience-dip/2011/09/21/gIQAph20lK_story.html. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
13. ^ Hulu Plus - "New Girl" pilot^{[dead link]}
14. ^ All: Fall TV Preview [www.falltvpreview.com]; e-mail: [e-mail]. "List of channels in category 'Citytv'". Falltvpreview.com. http://falltvpreview.com/channellist.php?dow=2&type=Citytv. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
15. ^ Monday, July 18 2011, 10:46 BST (2011-07-18). "'Napoleon Dynamite' cartoon, Zooey Deschanel comedy coming to Channel 4 - US TV News". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a330350/napoleon-dynamite-cartoon-zooey-deschanel-comedy-coming-to-channel-4.html. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
16. ^ "TEN 2012 Programming Launch". TV Tonight. 2011-08-18. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/08/ten-2012-programming-launch.html. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 

External links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook page
• Official Twitter page
• New Girl at the Internet Movie Database
• New Girl at TV.com