Jamie Lee Curtis has revealed that she \u201chated\u201d working on New Girl, despite praising the sitcom as a \u201cgreat show\u201d, because she found its single-camera production process too similar to making a film.<\/p>\n
Curtis discussed her experience at NBCUniversal\u2019s Summer Backlot Experience, where she reflected on her television career and her preference for multi-camera sitcoms. The actor played Joan Day, the mother of Zooey Deschanel\u2019s character Jess, and appeared in several episodes of New Girl between 2012 and 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did a single camera, which, I mean \u2014 great show, New Girl, very funny \u2014 it\u2019s a good show, but doing it is just like doing a movie,\u201d Curtis said at NBCUniversal\u2019s Summer Backlot Experience, which Entertainment Weekly attended. \u201cYou know, you\u2019ve got a camera crew, and nobody laughs. It\u2019s silent, and it\u2019s awful. For me, awful. Single-camera comedies, for me, not fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curtis's comments reflect a longstanding preference for the multi-camera sitcom format. She previously starred in Anything But Love, the ABC sitcom that ran from 1989 to 1992, alongside Richard Lewis. Curtis played Hannah Miller, a magazine writer whose relationship with Lewis's Marty Gold formed the centre of the series. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series \u2013 Musical or Comedy in 1990.<\/p>\n
Curtis later appeared in other television comedies, including an episode of The Drew Carey Show, before taking on recurring roles in NCIS and New Girl. She also starred as Cathy Munsch in Ryan Murphy\u2019s horror-comedy series Scream Queens from 2015 to 2016.<\/p>\n
Her television work in recent years has included The Bear, in which she played Donna Berzatto and earned an Emmy for her performance. She has now returned to the sitcom format with Newlyweds, an upcoming NBC comedy starring T\u00e9a Leoni and Tim Daly. Curtis serves as an executive producer and also has a recurring role in the series.<\/p>\n
The new series marks a return to the multi-camera format Curtis has repeatedly expressed a preference for, after her experience on New Girl. Newlyweds is scheduled to premiere on NBC on October 23, 2026.<\/p>\n
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