'New Girl' in the Neighborhood

FOX. You know, that network that somehow magically stumbles upon great opportunities and stomps all over them? They've hit the jackpot once more, but judging by the fact that they have picked up Zooey Deschanel's venture into the land of TV, New Girl, for a FULL season...maybe the winds of change are blowing through the network.

Let's recap really quickly. FOX has cancelled many, many shows over the yea

rs. Yes, there are pilots that should never have made it into the following episode, but then there are gems that get slashed off the lineup just because this corporation lacks the ability to properly promote and situate the series to succeed. For example:

You know Family Guy? Once upon a time, FOX was stupid enough to cancel the wildly inappropriate, adult-themed, animated series. While parenting groups everywhere would have cheered, the rest of us were heartbroken during it's stint of cancellation. However, I feel that the stupidity of FOX can be summed up in two words : Arrested Development. I recall

when I first started watching it, I'd literally have Ron Howard narrating my surroundings. Needless to say, I'm a fan, and an angry bitter one at that. Then again, can we really blame FOX for this one? A huge percentage of the audience didn't appreciate the show because they lacked the intelligence to truly understand it.

Now that I've gotten far, far away from the topic at hand..New Girl!

We all love Zooey Deschanel, even as a straight girl she is a "girl crush", you can't help but love her. I gave Glee a second chance this year after the disappointment the second season was, and boy am I glad I did. Sure, the show has returned to it's original roots and that makes me happy, but if I hadn't been seated after the season premiere I probably wouldn't have tuned into New Girl until a good friend harassed me into doing so. Why did I fall for this show? Well because as a twenty-something who has more dude friends than female ones and is terri

ble with all things love, I related. Here's why :

1. Black-rimmed dork glasses : I own these, but rarely wear them with confidence. I feel that Jess has given me the confidence to do so.

2. "It's Jess" : Who hasn't created a song about how awesome they are? In secret, of course, but now we can sing our theme songs loud and proud, we don't care who hears them.

3. The Male-Female Dynamic : Proof that women and men can just be friends. It's quite apparent that Nick and Jess will bump uglies at some point, bu

t the living situation at the moment is one hundred percent precious.

4. The Dork Factor : LOTR references, belting out "Time of My Life", t-shirts with slogans, and the inability to pick up a guy? Yes, I have been there and I'm still there. But I'm working on it.

If you have not watched this show, please do so..before FOX makes another mistake.