If "Re-Launch" and "Katie" are any indication, Season 2 of New Girl features a whole new Jess -- one who‘s strong, sexy, and even a little dark. Tuesday‘s double-episode season premiere shows that Jess is still quirky, sure, but she‘s shedding that "adorkable" brand from last fall, and frankly, I approve. Of course, she‘s edgier with good reason. In "Re-Launch," the elementary school teacher learns she‘s been laid off due to budget cuts. It‘s a grim slice of reality that must ring true to public school teachers. (Hello, Chicago teachers‘ strike!) Vice principal Tanya tries to lighten the mood by wearing a sombrero and offering parting gifts from the office "lost and found" (Jess chooses sunglasses and a tiny silver hat), but obviously, the news is devastating. Schmidt mutters "Obama" under his breath after Jess announces the layoff. The guys expect Jess to dissolve into tears, but surprisingly, she keeps calm, rationalizing, "It‘s just a job. I‘ll get a new one." She admonishes the guys for pitying her and demands that they "act normal" -- or normal for them, anyway. Read more »

New Girl writers really threw Nick and Jess shippers a bone with this week‘s episode, "Fluffer." The romantic tension grows between the two roomies as they discuss the nature of their friendship. Read more »

New Girl has never been shy about tapping viewers‘ sense of nostalgia, and this week‘s episode is no exception. When "Neighbors" begins, we find Jess lounging on the couch, enjoying the ‘80s TV classic Mr. Belvedere. When the guys object to her slackerdom, she suggests they join in on the TGIF marathon, then starts showing off her Urkel, Alf and Frasier impressions, much to the disgust of her roommates. Schmidt condescends to Jess and demands to know what her plan is. She responds nonchalantly, claiming she‘s cool with her new part-time job at the Casserole Shanty -- although based on the uniform and the bean-heavy meals served, that clearly can‘t be true. It doesn‘t help when Schmidt brags about his professional status and his lost respect for the laid-off teacher. That kind of "help" could only push her deeper into the throes of Millennial aimlessness, which is exactly what happens when a quartet of 23-year-old hipsters knocks on the loft door. These are the new neighbors.  Read more »

FOX has finally figured out how it will air the rest of The X Factor episode that was partially unseen Wednesday night due to a baseball rain delay, and it‘s almost as confusing as the rain delay itself.  Read more »

The comedic equivalent of Sophie‘s Choice hits TV fans Tuesday, October 23 at 9pm. With the premieres of Happy Endings and Don‘t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 on ABC, the funniest hour of TV is about to get even funnier.  Read more »

So far, this season of New Girl has found Jess pouring shots, dancing on bars, scooping casserole and partying with hipsters, so why wouldn‘t she give modeling a shot? In the wake of her layoff, Jess is trying on all kinds of hats (and even Cece‘s Bond girl dresses) on the path to self-discovery. This week, she jumps on stage for Cece after jeopardizing her modeling job. More importantly, Jess and Cece examine their friendship, while Nick and Schmidt have a heart-to-heart about the rules of male bonding.  Read more »

What Halloween activity has the most romantic potential? Ahaunted house, of course! This week, the roommates wander through a Halloweenfestival looking for screams and sweethearts. The results are spooktacularlyfunny and surprisingly insightful. From Nick‘s haunted house revelation toSchmidt‘s Magic Mike moves, "Halloween" definitely delivers.  Read more »

This week, everyone in the loft needs a meditation moment. Jess can‘t pay the bills, Winston has "sympathy PMS" and Nick is angrier than ever. Luckily, Nick meets a silent Zen master who helps the crew find peace in this very strange (and strangely appealing) episode of New Girl. Read more »

The People‘s Choice Award nominations for 2013 have been revealed, and oddly enough, the People‘s Choices have very little in common with actual ratings.  Read more »

The nominations for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday morning, and as always, it‘s a mix of old favorites and wacky new entries. Sure shows like Homeland, Downton Abbey and Modern Family got multiple nominations, but so did ABC‘s Nashville. And somehow NBC‘s Smash got nominated for Best Comedy/Musical Series.  Read more »

The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards will honor the best in film and television from the past year. Hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the ceremony will air on NBC Sunday, January 13 at 8pm ET (5pm PT).  Read more »

This year‘s Super Bowl is still fresh in our minds, but it‘s never too early to look to the future, especially for TV fans. FOX will air Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday, February 2, 2014, marking the seventh time the network has hosted the big game.  Read more »

When history looks back at the 2012-2013 TV season, it might be considered the year the sitcom died. Sure, there are massive hits like The Big Bang Theory that are getting monstrous ratings and Emmy-winning favorites like Modern Family, but those victories only underscore the many, many defeats the genre has suffered.  Read more »

With only three months left in the 2012-2013 television season, it‘s time to start thinking about what we‘re going to do with all that extra time after our favorite shows are over. (Fill it up with summer shows, most likely.) FOX has announced their spring 2013 season finale dates, as well as premiere dates for So You Think You Can Dance and other shows debuting in the summer. Read more »

It‘s March, which can only mean one thing: March Madness! Here at BuddyTV, we‘re all about pop culture instead of NCAA tournaments. But we do love brackets. So instead of pitting your favorite college basketball teams against each other, we‘re pitting your favorite TV buddies in a death match to determine the ultimate favorite TV duo!  Read more »

FOX fans have plenty of reasons to celebrate as the network has officially renewed four of its shows for the 2013-2014 TV season. Freshman drama The Following and Tuesday night comedies New Girl, Raising Hope and The Mindy Project have all been renewed.  Read more »

With our Buddy Battles bracket decided, it‘s time to start the showdown between our first pair of pals. In round one we pit funny guys Nick and Schmidt from Fox‘s sitcom New Girl against heartthrobs Dean and Castiel from the CW‘s sci-fi Supernatural. Read more »

If you were hoping your favorite FOX shows could last just a little bit longer before ending their seasons, then you‘re in luck. FOX has announced new finale dates for four of its shows: New Girl, The Mindy Project, Kitchen Nightmares and Touch. According to Deadline, the reason for this is because the network wanted more new episodes airing during May sweeps. Read more »

When New Girl airs its season 2 finale on May 14, not only will there be a wedding, but country music superstar Taylor Swift is stopping by to cause some trouble. Will it be anything like when she allegedly crashed a wedding last summer with her then-boyfriend Conor Kennedy? Read more »

It‘s March, the month that enters like a lion but exits like a lamb. As the weather improves (marginally) and we plan our green wardrobes for St. Patty‘s Day, there‘s another important March tradition: March Madness! Here at BuddyTV, we care more about TV than we do about NCAA brackets. That‘s why last week we announced we‘d be running Buddy Battles throughout the month of March.  Read more »

FOX announced its schedule for the 2013-2014 TV season, and there‘s a whole lot of experimentation. The network is splitting its fall season, meaning the schedule will be slightly different before and after it airs the baseball playoffs and World Series in October.  Read more »

The nominations for the 2013 Critics‘ Choice TV Awards were announced Wednesday morning, spanning a wide array of not only network and cable, but from Netflix as well with the popularity of House of Cards on the streaming/rental service. Read more »

It doesn‘t matter whether they‘re on television or in movies -- teenagers love vampires. Though it shouldn‘t come as a surprise, it‘s now made official. In the first set of surfboard nominations for the Teen Choice Awards, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 leads the field with seven, and The Vampire Diaries is not far behind with five. Read more »

The nominations were announced Monday for the 2013 Television Critics Association Awards, with cable shows yet again garnering most of the spots. The only categories where the networks came out on top were in outstanding comedy (by a slim margin) and reality TV. And non-TV programming is starting to get recognize more and more with Netflix‘s House of Cards. Read more »