--- description: For anyone who was under a rock all weekend, a major event took place on Sunday night. No, not the Super Bowl. We're talking about... title: Prince Sings With Zooey Deschanel On Super Bowl Night 'New Girl' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14aa975674e51bc4/698a8d5947ca38cddb3c2fe2/new-girl-prince-zooey-deschanel.jpeg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Prince Stars in Post-Super Bowl Episode of _New Girl_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Feb 3, 2014 1:37 PM CUT  NEW GIRL: Music royalty Prince (L) makes a special guest appearance in the "Prince" episode of NEW GIRL airing Sunday, Feb. 2 (approx. 10:30-11:00 PM ET/7:30-8:00 PM PT), immediately after FOX Sports' coverage of SUPER BOWL XLVIII on FOX. Also pictured: Zooey Deschanel (L). ©2014 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: FOX NEW GIRL: Music royalty Prince (L) makes a special guest appearance in the "Prince" episode of NEW GIRL airing Sunday, Feb. 2 (approx. 10:30-11:00 PM ET/7:30-8:00 PM PT), immediately after FOX Sports' coverage of SUPER BOWL XLVIII on FOX. Also pictured: Zooey Deschanel (L). ©2014 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: FOXFox by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Feb 3, 2014 1:37 PM CUT For anyone who was under a rock all weekend, [a major event](http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/02/02/new-girl-season-3-episode-14-recap-prince-super-bowl/ "undefined") took place on Sunday night. No, not the Super Bowl. We’re talking about Prince’s appearance on Fox’s _New Girl_. In the series’ post-Super Bowl episode, the singing legend played himself and spent time counseling Zooey Deschanel’s Jess on her relationship with Nick (Jake Johnson), eating pancakes, [performing h](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2kfVAz7810 "undefined")[is new song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2kfVAz7810 "undefined") “Don’t You Wanna Fall in Love Tonight?” and just otherwise being amazing. Prince, who is a [self-proclaimed fan](http://seattletimes.com/html/television/2022793311%5Fprinceonnewgirlxml.html "undefined") of the series, apparently had input into the episode beyond his song. Before Prince’s appearance, [Johnson told _Entertainment Weekly_](http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/02/02/new-girl-season-3-episode-14-recap-prince-super-bowl/ "undefined") that the singer’s people pre-approved the set decor “so it would befit The Purple One’s aesthetic.” Also exciting for hardcore _New Girl_ fans: Nick and Jess finally said “I love you” to each other. \[[_EW_](http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/02/02/new-girl-season-3-episode-14-recap-prince-super-bowl/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7114590/prince-new-girl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7114590/prince-new-girl/"},"headline":"Prince Stars in Post-Super Bowl Episode of New Girl","datePublished":"2014-02-03T13:37:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T05:03:57.787Z","description":"For anyone who was under a rock all weekend, a major event took place on Sunday night. No, not the Super Bowl. We're talking about...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7114590/prince-new-girl/","keywords":["Fox","Prince"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14aa975674e51bc4/698a8d5947ca38cddb3c2fe2/new-girl-prince-zooey-deschanel.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14aa975674e51bc4/698a8d5947ca38cddb3c2fe2/new-girl-prince-zooey-deschanel.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"new-girl-prince-zooey-deschanel","caption":"NEW GIRL: Music royalty Prince (L) makes a special guest appearance in the \"Prince\" episode of NEW GIRL airing Sunday, Feb. 2 (approx. 10:30-11:00 PM ET/7:30-8:00 PM PT), immediately after FOX Sports' coverage of SUPER BOWL XLVIII on FOX. Als","creditText":"Fox","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7114590/prince-new-girl/","name":"Prince Stars in Post-Super Bowl Episode of New Girl"}}]}] ```