New Girl

For a TV show that premiered only three months ago, the New Girl has already accomplished quite a number of things. For starters, it was among the honorees of the First Critics’ Choice Television Awards for most exciting new series. The premiere telecast, meanwhile, was seen by more than 10 million people, with a demo rating of 18-49, considered by Fox, the producer of the show, as the highest rating pilot episode of any of its homegrown programs.

The New Girl features Zooey Deschanel who plays the lead character, Jessica ‘Jess’ Day, a bubbly and amiable woman mending a broken heart who moves in to a new apartment occupied by three guys. How this happened is something that you need to find out for yourself, but definitely, the unique set-up is not entirely original.

Back in the 70’s, a defunct TV sitcom, ‘Three’s Company’, had a more or less similar premise, although the person who moved in was a guy. In both series, however, a number of hilarious scenes were inevitable as the differences in personalities of the three main characters often resulted in clashes and disputes, but delivered in a comedic setting.

With the New Girl, confrontations are expected to be more explosive as more personalities are involved, each one of them having complex personalities. It would not be surprising if the lead character, Jess, can sometimes get overshadowed by her three room mates as they appear to have been given clearer characterizations when it comes to their roles.

The program appears to have developed quite a following, perhaps because it was initially released online in such services as iTunes, TiVo, and Hulu Plus. Fox apparently saw its potential and immediately produced a TV version but opted to make it only a one-season run. When public acceptance proved to be high, Fox jumped on the opprtunity and added 11 more episodes to the original 13. With this, you can expect to see the New Girl for more than just a single season.