Jake Johnson Reveals he Helped Push for "New Girl's" Final Season

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Jake Johnson Helped Push for "New Girl's" Final Season
by Nick Romano
Nov. 25, 2017


"New Girl" is coming back from the dead for a seventh and final season, thanks, in part, to Jake Johnson. The actor revealed how he joined some other cast members in pleading their case to Fox to green light more episodes after the initial planned finale.

“I was one of the cast members that wrote them and asked for more,” Johnson told TVLine of his efforts towards Dana Walden and Gary Newman, co-chairmen of the network. “I said, ‘I don’t think you gave us enough time to finish the show the right way. And I would really appreciate — and I think the fans would appreciate — a final goodbye to these characters.'”

“I’ve done a lot of projects — and some of the projects have fans and some don’t,” Johnson said “And to be on a television show that actually has a group of people who care is special.”





The final season will launch sometime in 2018 and will consist of eight episodes and pick up four years in the future.

We will see Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Nick (Johnson) reigniting their relationship, Schmidt (Max Greenfield) and Cece (Hannah Simone) expecting, and Winston (Lamorne Morris) calling his father.

“I think it’s cool to do a time jump,” Johnson added. “I think we we were running in circles a little bit, so I think jumping forward is smart. Everyone is a little further along with their lives.”

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