Zooey Deschanel's Adaptation Of New Girl

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The television program I would like to see an adaptation of is New Girl, which airs on Fox. New Girl is an America situation comedy series that first aired in September of 2011, where Zooey Deschanel starts as Jess Day. Jess is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. She is dorky and awkward; and she is comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys. Of the three male roommates, Nick is the most grounded. He had big plans for life, but somewhere along the way, he stopped caring and became a bartender. Usually the smartest guy in the room, he has an uncanny knack for reading people and uses humor to deflect everyone and everything. Schmidt is a hustling young professional who fancies himself a modern-day Casanova. Though his heart is usually in the right place, he's always-scheming ways to …show more content…
Set in his ways and with a take-it-or-leave-it attitude to dating, Coach is most comfortable when he is in the gym. Though he will never admit it, Coach's macho athletic exterior is actually a cover for his shyness around women, and he struggles to translate his personal confidence into conversation, preferring to speak in sports metaphors or not at all. Rounding out this group is Jess' childhood best friend, Cece, a somewhat cynical model who blossomed after outgrowing her promiscuous adolescent years. She has the street smarts Jess lacks and spends a lot of time doling out no-nonsense relationship advice that only a professional model could give. She and Jess balance each other well and accept each other despite their faults, making Cece the perfect complement to Jess. As their relationships progress, the five friends come to realize they need each other more than they ever thought they would and end up forming a charmingly dysfunctional

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