Here come the Girls

This week, I had the chance to take a first look at two new American sitcoms with the word “girl” in the title. New Girl stars everyone’s favourite indie pixie lady, Zooey Deschenel, while 2 Broke Girls is the new thing from Sex and the City producer Michael Patrick King. Both will be coming to Channel Four early in the new year.

I came to the screening wondering if these might be particularly girly shows, not that it would be a bad thing – I might not have been given any choice about having to watch Sex and the City by my girlfriend at the time, but I got a little caught up with the antics of Carrie and friends, often bemused, sometimes a little scared, but always wanting to know what would happen next. But other times I do find that female-focused drama offers nothing for me, at best they cn often seem quite bland, at worst there’s something like the movie Sex and the City 2, a sequel far more terrifying and morally repugnant to that of The Human Centipede.

As it turned out, while I can see 2 Broke Girls being a little more popular with female viewers, there’s something for everyone there. And New Girl looks like being the best new comedy to cross the Atlantic this season.