‘New Girl' Creator Liz Meriwether On Jess, Sexuality, Schmidt & More

The Daily Beast :

Created by Elizabeth Meriwether (No Strings Attached), New Girl revolves around a socially awkward teacher, Jess (Zooey Deschanel), who-after discovering her boyfriend has cheated on her-moves in with three guys (Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson) and discovers that they are just as neurotic as she is.

At 30, Meriwether might be one of the youngest television show creators in Hollywood. Arriving fresh from a dental cleaning, she was sporting similar eyeglasses to the ones Zooey Deschanel’s Jess dons on the show. Meriwether’s been known to spend the night at the office and says coffee is her fuel. "Honestly, other people's brilliance and creativity gets me through the day and pushes me to keep thinking about the show," she said, sitting in her office on the Fox lot in Los Angeles. "Because there are definitely times that I want to curl up with Upstairs, Downstairs and disappear."

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[JustBeing Fe]

12:32 PM on 05/10/2012

This show is very genuine; it's quirky, odd, funny, honest and unique. All the qualities that doesn't gets appreciated in this industry. It's refreshing to watch something that is REAL AND GENUINE on television. There are a lot of shows that are superficial and are all about the 'glitz and glam' life isn't just about the 'glitz and glam'. We have high and low moments that life brings us but life is what you make. I feel like "New Girl" shows that message. I hope that "New Girl" will continue to have a successful season and I hope more television producers, writers, executives etc are able to produce quality honest work that people can identify and relate to.

[popart]

06:15 AM on 05/10/2012

The male characters are lame. and even Zooey can get a little too wierd and silly at times. this is another sit com not worth watching.....rent "500 Days of Summer".

[MissTake1989]

05:02 AM on 05/10/2012

Brain cancer is funnier than that show.

Inoperable brain cancer...