These are some photos of cast of The New Girl at yesterday’s Fox Upfronts. I don’t understand why this show doesn’t get more love. It’s surprisingly smart and well-written, and over the course of their first year, they worked out all of the storytelling kinks and it’s one of my favorite shows at this point. It’s one of my “must-watch” shows, something I usually reserve for PBS’s Masterpiece and Mad Men. Through the show’s great writing, I’ve grown to love Zooey Deschanel, and previously she annoyed the ever loving f–k out of me. The Carven outfit that Zooey wore to the Upfronts is a good example for WHY I don’t really care for her as a person. I mean… this whole thing is a retro hipster disaster. But I still love her. Sigh.

Incidentally, did you hear about Zooey and Loretta Lynn? They sang together in Nashville (Zooey tweeted some pics) and now it looks like Zooey is going to appear on Broadway AS Loretta in the newly-announced production of Coal Miner’s Daughter. Loretta Lynn “personally introduced” Zooey in Nashville and Lynn is co-signing the casting choice too: “It’s a long way from Butcher Holler to Broadway in New York City. I never imagined I’d see Coal Miner’s Daughter on a movie screen, and now I can’t believe it’s going to be on a stage for people to see.”

Broadway musicals are a HUGE commitment and my first thought was “OMG, what will happen to The New Girl?” Producers for the Fox show say that there will be no conflict, and considering this is all in the early stages, I’m guessing that the production won’t happen until next year, maybe? As for the choice of Zooey to play Loretta Lynn… as I said before, I don’t hate it. Zooey has a nice voice – I don’t think her voice is strong enough to mimic Loretta Lynn’s voice, but Zooey is a professional singer and I’m assuming she’ll have a voice coach too.

I’m including some photos of some of the other cast members of The New Girl, Hannah Simone and Jake M. Johnson (who does not photograph well at all).

Photos courtesy of WENN & Zooey’s Twitter.