New Girl is a movie.
New Girl is an American sitcom television series that premiered on Fox on September 20 , 2011 . The show 's first marketing push was on Zooey Deschanel and the promotional tagline `` Simply Adorkable '' , a portmanteau of `` adorable '' and `` dork '' . New Girl has received favorable responses from critics , who named the show one of the best new comedies of the 2011 fall season . On May 14 , 2017 , FOX renewed the series for a seventh , and final season consisting of eight episodes . Zooey Deschanel . Since 2011 , she has played Jessica Day on the Fox sitcom New Girl , for which she has received an Emmy Award nomination and three Golden Globe Award nominations .