<P> New Girl is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on September 20, 2011 . Zooey Deschanel stars as Jessica "Jess" Day, a well - liked and bubbly woman who is trying to get over her surprise breakup with her boyfriend . With the help of her best friend Cece Parekh (Hannah Simone), she finds a new place to stay when she moves in with three single guys: Nick Miller (Jake Johnson), an underachieving bartender; Schmidt (Max Greenfield), who thinks of himself as a modern - day Casanova; and Coach (Damon Wayans, Jr .), who leaves the series in the next episode and is replaced by Winston Bishop (Lamorne Morris), a former professional athlete who achieved modest success abroad and is adjusting to life back in the United States . Coach reappears in the series during seasons three, four, five and seven . </P> <P> On May 14, 2017, the series was renewed for a seventh and final season, which will feature eight episodes . On January 4, 2018, it was announced that the seventh and final season would premiere on April 10, 2018, and also it would end with a one - hour series finale, which was aired on May 15, 2018 . </P> <P> During the course of the series, 146 episodes of New Girl aired over seven seasons . </P>

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