New Girl, the Fox sitcom starring Zooey Deschanel, will be only available for streaming on Netflix after the company reached a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution.
According to The Los Angeles Times, the terms of the deal weren’t announced, but a source for the paper claims that Netflix paid in the high six figures per episode. Other sources told the Times that the price may come down depending on how Fox decides to use video on demand and other outlets for the show in the future.
Bloomberg reports that the entire first season is already available. Going forward, new episodes will be available after they air. The second season will be up after season three starts.
“We know our members love comedies and that they’ll enjoy watching all the current and future episodes of New Girl,” Ted Sarandos, chief content officer at Netflix, said in a statement.
The Times notes that this is an unusual move for Fox, since it still has not sold New Girl reruns to any cable channel. Typically, the networks will sell to cable stations before going to the streaming services. It is yet another example of how increasingly important they see Netflix, Hulu and other services.
New Girl stars Deschanel as Jess, the one girl living with three male roommates. Jack Johnson, Max Greenfield and Lamorne Morris play her roommates. You can check out our season two finale recap here.
Season three starts on Sept. 17.
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