Pilot is on iTunes now. Will hit Hulu on Sept 13th. Early reviews are not so good.
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Zooey Deschanel's New Girl has only aired three episodes, but Fox is already giving it a breather to prop up Simon Cowell. The Futon Critic reports that Fox has pulled the next two episodes of New Girl in order to expand The X Factor from 90 minutes to a full two hours, and since the network had long planned to preempt the October 25 New Girl for X Factor, that means that Zooey & Co. will be off for three weeks and won't return until November.
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Originally Posted by Shedrock /forum/post/21066959
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Originally Posted by Jediphish /forum/post/21071363
So, there's a long history of show's dying on FOX because of the October baseball pre-emption, yet somehow it's GOOD for New Girl that it's being pre-empted instead of moved around, all because GLEE turned out to be a hit show under the same circumstances?
Also, when a show airs is meaningless today, with DVR sereies/season passes and Hulu.
Not sure this logic is working on me. New Girl is just getting started. I think FOX punted on this one to worry about it later.
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Originally Posted by skyehill /forum/post/21071855
Kinda hard to DVR a show when there's a sporting event on that night with no concrete finish time.
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Originally Posted by skyehill /forum/post/21071855
Kinda hard to DVR a show when there's a sporting event on that night with no concrete finish time.
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Originally Posted by Viventis /forum/post/21075721
Gilligan had the Skipper; Barney Fife had Andy; Jethro Bodine had Jed, Homer had Marge. Even if it's an opposite foil it works, like Alan Harper's Charlie. But it seems that everyone in the New Girl is an idiot, loveable or not. (This is the same reason why Ashton for Charlie doesn't work.)
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Originally Posted by Viventis /forum/post/21075721
I am really trying to like this show, since I like Zooey, so I am trying to put my finger on why the characters, to me at least, are more annoying than funny.
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Originally Posted by Viventis /forum/post/21075721
I am really trying to like this show, since I like Zooey, so I am trying to put my finger on why the characters, to me at least, are more annoying than funny.
The loveable buffoon is a time honored comedic vehicle. Equal parts verbal, situational and physical comedy has worked forever. But, thinking back, most, if not all of the past buffoons have had a strong character supporting him or her: Gilligan had the Skipper; Barney Fife had Andy; Jethro Bodine had Jed, Homer had Marge. Even if it's an opposite foil it works, like Alan Harper's Charlie. But it seems that everyone in the New Girl is an idiot, loveable or not. (This is the same reason why Ashton for Charlie doesn't work.)
I will not give up on the show. Maybe I just have to be in the right frame of mind when I watch.
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Originally Posted by mr. wally /forum/post/21076266
....this is exactly the formula that parks and rec used. struggle through first season then develop supporting characters with eccentricities and let it fly.
now its the funniest sitcom around
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Originally Posted by mr. wally /forum/post/21076266
me too. but give it some time. most successful sitcoms struggle through
their first season as the writers try to figure out what and who works and what and who don't. the characters develop as the writers refine their scripts and see who can pull it off.
my oiwn suggestions would be to start introducing new characters in episodes
to see if they can find someone to be a supporting character for zooey.
this is exactly the formula that parks and rec used. struggle through first season then develop supporting characters with eccentricities and let it fly.
now its the funniest sitcom around
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Why Fox's Decision to Bench New Girl Until November Is a Good Thing
By Josef Adalian, New York Magazine's 'Vulture' Blog - October 11th, 2011
Indeed, the fact that the show won't be on the air for a spell is actually the clearest evidence yet that Fox feels it's found a new long-term comedy player.
But what about the argument that simply not airing New Girl for three weeks might slow down its momentum? Well, it's worth looking at what happened two years ago, when Fox preempted the red hot and new Glee for three weeks in the fall for baseball: After averaging 7.1 million viewers on October 21, it attracted 7.5 million gleeks upon its November 11 return.
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Originally Posted by skyehill /forum/post/21156772
I enjoyed tonights episode.
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Originally Posted by rrainwater /forum/post/21158743
It wasn't quite as good as the wedding episode but the show finally has found it's groove I think.