New Girl season 3
season of television series
The third season of the American television sitcom New Girl premiered on Fox on September 17, 2013, and concluded on May 6, 2014. Season three consists of 23 episodes. Developed by Elizabeth Meriwether under the working title Chicks & Dicks, the series revolves around offbeat teacher Jess (Zooey Deschanel) after her moving into a Los Angeles loft with three men, Nick (Jake Johnson), Schmidt (Max Greenfield), and Winston (Lamorne Morris); Jess's best friend Cece (Hannah Simone) also appears regularly. The show combines comedy and drama elements as the characters, who are in their early thirties, deal with maturing relationships and career choices.
Production
In March 2013, Fox renewed New Girl for a third season. It premiered on September 17, 2013.
On May 13, 2013, Fox reported that an episode of this season will air after Super Bowl XLVIII, said episode aired along with Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which aired after it. Prince guest starred in the Super Bowl episode, "Prince", marking his first time guest starring in a television sitcom.
Initially scheduled to appear in at least four episodes, Damon Wayans Jr. returned to the show as Coach in the seventh episode and stayed for the remainder of the season as a "special guest star".
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