Niecy Nash, David Walton Join New Girl
Scoot over, Zooey, you’ve got company. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox’s New Girl will feature Reno 911!’s Niecy Nash as a purse snatching prostitute (presumably without a heart of gold). Nash joins actor David Walton as one of the show’s newcomers, but Entertainment Weekly reports that Walton will have a more substantial role.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe 10 Best TV Shows of 2012 (So Far)
Fall may be the peak of great television, but the first half of the year has had its share of quality TV, and it's time that we paused to take stock: Which TV shows are worth going back and watching? What are the best TV shows of 2012 so far? read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayNew Girl Review: "See Ya" (Episode 1.24)
It’s been a mere eight months since Jess moved in with three guys, awkwardly transitioning their lives and being generally “adorkable”. Since then, series creator Elizabeth Meriwether has turned the cast from caricatures into characters. New Girl started with five fun characters without much depth and by “See Ya”, we have five characters who have grown immensely through each other and in outside relationships to have deep complex ideas and feelings. This depth, especially in this last half of episodes, has made New Girl a fine comedy, and one of the best new shows of the season. After all of this growth, “See Ya” feels like a fitting end to New Girl’s first season. read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsNew Girl Review: "Backslide" (Episode 1.23)
The cast of New Girl feels like it has grown a great amount since the show premiered in September. Nick’s ex Caroline seems like forever ago and with the exception of a perfectly placed Happy Endings reference this episode, we’ve all but forgotten the old roommate Coach. While last week’s “Tomatoes” felt false with the main characters falling into old habits that didn’t seem true to their growth, this week’s “Backslide” has mistakes that feel more natural to who these characters are now. read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsNew Girl Review: "Tomatoes" (Episode 1.22)
For the latter half of this season, New Girl has been trying to get its characters to get out of the characterizations that were initially put upon them. Jess has become less obnoxiously quirky, Schmidt has shown less of a womanizer, Schmidt is prouder to show his soft side. “Tomatoes” harkens back to these earlier ideas of these characters, in an episode that sets us up for the final pair of episodes left. read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsTV's Girls: A Venn Diagram
A look at the intersection between Girls, New Girl and Two Broke Girls. read more
Found in: Comedy, ColumnsNew Girl Review: "Kids" (Episode 1.21)
A common theme from this recent stretch of episodes from New Girl has been maturity. The characters are in a middle ground of their lives, they are no longer kids, yet not prepared to have kids. They haven’t even figured themselves out, so when children get involved in their lives, the dynamic is more of a teaching one than a parental one. In fact, all of the kids so far on New Girl have been better than the supposed “grown ups” in some way. They know how to bully better, or what is better for the main characters’ future and even how to party better, even though True American does seem like a great way to spend an evening. In “Kids”, we see the cast dealing with kids, the potential of kids and even dating kids. read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsNew Girl Review: "Normal" (Episode 1.20)
For the second half of this season of New Girl, the show has refined its ability to give all of its characters worthwhile, fleshed out storylines. But sometimes, it is fun just to watch the cast screaming the names of presidents during a drinking game, while being careful not to touch the ground since of course, it is lava. Such is the spirit of “Normal”, an episode that doesn’t only give us individual storylines, but also great group moments that show just how far the writers of this freshman series have come. read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsNew Girl Review: "Secrets" (Episode 1.19)
On New Girl, the only truly sustained “relationship” has been between Schmidt and Cece, a barely-friends-with-benefits that has been hidden from everyone. But since last week’s episode involved Winston finding out about this pair up, we knew it wouldn’t take long for the entire apartment to find out and quickly be surprised and disgusted by the duo. In fact everyone in the group finds out about the unholy alliance before the first commercial, thanks to Nick’s fear of secrets. In the appropriately titled “Secrets”, the group starts to learn the secrets within each other that they kind of with would have remained secret. read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsNew Girl Review: "Fancyman (Pt. II)" (Episode 1.18)
In the first part of the “Fancyman” series of episodes, we saw Nick and Jess taking the high road, to become decidedly more adult in their futures. Jess decided to go out with the successful and older Russell, played by Dermot Mulroney, while Nick wanted to embark in the world of leather chairs, fancy sweaters and a deeper understanding of hunting. With the second part, we see the polar opposite of the two, while watching as Cece, Schmidt and Winston become a bit wiser in their approaches. read more
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