Rumors have continued to swirl about the possibility of a New Girl revival series, but the creators should consider a few things before rushing ahead with the project. The wonderful cast of New Girl and its non-stop humor make it a comfort show for many people. It resonates with people who are in similar stages of their life to the characters, when they are trying to figure out the intricacies of adulthood. The show can be proudly immature, but it also tells an emotional story about friendship, growing up, and finding love in unexpected places. New Girl began in 2011, and its final season aired in 2018.
Due to the show’s enduring popularity, there would be a lot of interest in a potential season 8 of New Girl, but show revivals are a difficult art. There is no shortage of things that can go wrong when trying to bring a show back after years of being off the air, and this is especially true of shows with such tidy endings, like New Girl. A revival would have to be different in some ways, because the characters and the actors are no longer in the same place that they were. It’s one challenge to revitalize the show’s charm, but it could be even harder to create a new story with the same magic.
10 Should: New Girl Has Become Even More Popular Since It Ended
Streaming has boosted New Girl’s fan base
Fans were devastated when New Girl was pulled from Netflix, since it had gained a second life on the streaming platform. The show can now be found on Hulu and Peacock. New Girl is now even more popular than ever, so a revival would be a great way to capitalize on the show’s streaming success. New Girl is a great show to rewatch, but many fans would still be extremely eager to see some new episodes. Streaming could be the best solution for a New Girl revival, as most people watch the show on Hulu or Peacock anyway, and there would be no shortage of interest.
9 Shouldn’t: It Could Be Hard To Recapture The Magic
Most TV show reboots fail to live up to the original
And Just Like That…, Arrested Development, 90210. The list of disappointing TV show revivals goes on and on. It can be very difficult to bring a show back after such a long time away. The first hurdle is getting the original team back together, and this includes the key creative talents on the show, not just the cast. Even if the reboot passes this first challenge, it may not be able to replicate the intangibles that first made the show such a hit. New Girl started over a decade ago, and it will be impossible to bring about the same conditions that the show was made in.
8 Should: Some Of The Cast Have Shown Interest
A revival won’t work without the whole cast
The actor who plays Winston, Lamorne Morris, welcomed the possibility of a New Girl revival in a recent interview with ScreenRant. When asked about the show’s growing popularity, he said “If we can do another season, that would be awesome.” Morris isn’t the only cast member who has commented on the potential of bringing the show back. Zooey Deschanel would be “happy to revisit” New Girl, although she isn’t rushing into a reboot just yet. The cast have spoken about how much they enjoyed working together, and a revival would definitely benefit from a cast that is passionate and involved.
7 Shouldn’t: The Cast Have Other Projects
New Girl could be too much of a commitment
Since the finale of New Girl in 2018, the actors have gone on to star in a variety of movie and TV projects. Max Greenfield and Hannah Simone have both gotten regular roles in other sitcoms, Jake Johnson stars in the wildly successful Spider-Verse movies, and Lamorne Morris is in the latest season of the prestige crime drama Fargo. It could be difficult for a New Girl revival to get the whole cast together when they have such busy schedules. The other issue is that if a New Girl revival doesn’t live up to fans’ expectations, then it would be a waste of the talents of the cast.
6 Should: The Cast Have Great Chemistry
They could be all the show needs to succeed
The thing that helps New Girl stand out from other sitcoms more than anything else is its brilliant cast, and the way they bring the best out of each other. A New Girl revival would at least benefit from this great chemistry, even if there were other problems with the show. The format of New Girl would have to be different for future episodes, but seeing the actors back together in the same roles would still be a joy. New Girl is packed with hilarious quotes and memorable story lines, but each of these elements are made even better by the way the cast work together.
5 Shouldn’t: New Girl Outgrew Its Premise
The characters aren’t growing up anymore
New Girl is about the strange intermediate period in young people’s lives when they leave their parents behind, but they are still yet to start their own families. In this time, a person’s friends become like their family. New Girl features a group of immature friends living together and struggling with adulthood. Since the finale of New Girl shows the gang ready to go in their own different directions, a revival would have a completely different focus. The friends would no longer be living in the loft together, and they wouldn’t have the same opportunities to have fun with each other, or get on each other’s nerves.
4 Should: The Show Could Go In A Bold New Direction
Growing up doesn’t have to be a bad thing
Although it’s true that a New Girl revival would see the characters in a different stage of their lives, this doesn’t have to be a bad thing. There are plenty of sitcoms with very similar premises to New Girl, such as Friends and How I Met Your Mother, but there aren’t many sitcoms about people in their 40s trying to maintain their relationships. New Girl is about millennial lives, and the show could blaze a new trail by growing up with its audience and showing the funny side of parenthood, marriage, and middle-aged friendships. It would be controversial, but it has the potential to be revolutionary.
3 Shouldn’t: The Story Lines Are All Wrapped Up
A revival would have to generate new plot lines
New Girl was never just about the jokes. For most of the show’s run, the story was driven by the will-they-won’t-they relationship between Nick and Jess, and Cece and Schmidt had a similar plot. By the time the show ended, these stories had been resolved. Winston also got a happy ending with his partner Aly, and the gang were flourishing in their professional lives too. If New Girl were to return for more episodes, the writers would either have to undo the happy ending of season 7, or they would have to concoct entirely new plot lines, and these might not be as interesting.
2 Should: Season 7 Was Too Short
New Girl deserves a proper send-off
Although the series finale of New Girl ensured that the show went out on a high, the last season was still a strange way to say goodbye. Season 7 only had eight episodes, while every other season before it had at least 22. New Girl‘s truncated final season still had some great moments, like Winston seeing color for the first time and Nick struggling with Pepperwood, but it was a tight squeeze to condense every plot point in every character’s journey into such a short span of time. New Girl deserves the chance to finish its story without having to neglect any of the show’s potential for comedy.
1 Shouldn’t: Fans Have Their Own Ideas Of Where The Characters Are Now
It’s impossible to please everyone
A New Girl revival would have to follow the characters in a new chapter of their lives, and it won’t be able to appease the expectations of the entire fan base. Since the show ended, fans have been free to imagine what the future holds for the gang, and providing a definitive answer is certain to disappoint a lot of people. The finale resolved the story nicely, but there wasn’t much indication of the future, other than a scene where Jess imagines everyone playing True American with their kids. To generate some dramatic tension for a new season, the writers might be forced to make some unpopular decisions.
