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'New Girl' Profile

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New Girl features quirky single girl Jess, who moves in with three male roommates after dealing with a bad break-up. Along with her best friend Cece, Jess shakes up the lives of her roommates, while they in turn help with hers.

Premiered:

September 20, 2011

See It:

Tuesdays at 9 p.m. EST on Fox.

History:

The pilot for New Girl was shot featuring Damon Wayans Jr. as Coach, one of Jess’ roommates, but when he was obligated to his role on Happy Endings, Lamorne Morris was cast as a new character for later episodes.

Cast:

Zooey Deschanel as Jess
Jake Johnson as Nick
Max Greenfield as Schmidt
Lamorne Morris as Winston
Hannah Simone as Cece

Creators:

New Girl was created by screenwriter Liz Meriwether (No Strings Attached), who is executive producer along with Jake Kasdan, Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, Dave Finkel and Brett Baer.

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