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Zooey Deschanel & Liz Meriwether: Fox sitcom's 'Girl' goes wild.(V PLUS: COMEDY IMPACT REPORT: TUBE TITANS)

Daily Variety

| November 18, 2011 | Chen, Sandie Angulo | COPYRIGHT 2009 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). (Hide copyright information)Copyright

More than just Fox's new hit sitcom, "The New Girl" is also an apt description of the breakout show's exec producer and creator, Liz Meriwether. The collaboration between Meriwether and star Zooey Deschanel has made "Girl" Fox's highest-rated fall sitcom in 10 years; the network has ordered a full 24-episode run for the season.

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Meriwether, who also penned the Ashton Kutcher/Natalie Portman feature "No Strings Attached," still can't believe she found a star who so perfectly embodies the adorably dorky--fans call it "adorkable"--zeitgeist of the show. "People …

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