Fox Wins Tuesday With Zooey Charm Offensive

Deschanel comedy 'New Girl' opens to big numbers

The juggernaut of adorableness that is Zooey Deschanel steamrolled over its competition and attracted 10.3 million Americans Tuesday night, thanks to the premiere of the actress’ Fox comedy, New Girl.

Despite leading out of a slackening Glee, New Girl put up huge demo numbers at 9 p.m., winning the night with a 4.8 rating and a 12 share among the 18-49 demo. (For the sake of comparison, the greybeard fave NCIS drew 20 million total viewers on CBS at 8 p.m.,

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