PreviousTea9210 t1_j6gdadr wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:11 AM

Reply to comment by WEEDandGUINNESS in What are some shows that were advertised to one demographic, but became successful outside of the target demographic? by blqckwidow

I didn't watch New Girl during its initial run because I was just like "do I really need to watch 25 mins of Zoey Deschanel being quirky?" Pandemic comes along, I'm bored, I start watching New Girl because I wanted something simple to digest.

Lo and behold I found myself watching one of the best explorations of the male experience I've ever seen. Sure, the majority of shows focus on men as lead characters, but nothing else I've seen has really captured the life experience of the everyday guy coming into adulthood in the new millenium so well.

kittentarentino t1_j6ghfgq wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:40 AM

I love that there’s definitely an episode where everybody making the show realized all the guys were really really funny, and maybe much funnier than the show they were on, and they hard pivoted. Then the show shifted from “Jess and her wacky guys!” To “which wacky guy will allow Jess to tag along in the background”.

Which in fairness, was the right move.

bqzs t1_j6i449t wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:27 PM

Yeah the original pitch for that show was pretty bad, very run of the mill gender war stereotypes type stuff, but the writing very quickly evolved.

franlcie t1_j6m086z wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:19 AM

I wouldn’t have picked this up if I was an exec