50 best Netflix shows to watch right now

Best Netflix shows: New Girl

Created by Liz Meriwether

Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone, Damon Wayans Jr.

Who’s that girl?

I feel like I have to try and convince people that New Girl is a good show for a few reasons. One, it’s often viewed as a show for women, which couldn’t actually be further from the truth. It’s a show for people who value comedy and like to laugh. And, two, the ratings aren’t great, which tells me people aren’t watching on live TV.

Liz Meriwether created a fantastic series, and it’s only getting better and better.

After Jess discovers her boyfriend is cheating on her, she moves into “the loft” with Nick, Schmidt, and Coach, who is replaced by Winston in the second episode. Coach then comes back later in the series. At the time of New Girl‘s pilot, Damon Wayans Jr., who plays Coach, was a regular on Happy Endings, so New Girl was forced to look elsewhere for their loft-mate. They decided on Lamorne Morris, and he happened to be a great addition.

Coach’s character remained out of the series until Season 3 when he returns as a guest star, but he added such a new dimension to the show the producers invited him to stick around.

Obviously, the whole girl-with-the-boys trope has been done a thousand times before. New Girl doesn’t feel like one of those shows, though. It feels new, current, and the jokes are fresh, unlike some “janky, freshwater, bitch fish.”

If you give New Girl a chance, I guarantee it will surprise you with how funny it actually is. Just give it a chance already; what do you have to lose?

It’s Jess.