New Girl and The Mindy Project will be airing special episodes on Thursday April 4 after American Idol, find out more information on the episodes here!

While New Girl and The Mindy Project normally air on Tuesday nights, they will be making a special appearance on Thursday April 4 after American Idol. New Girl episode “Date Night” will show Nick and Jess try their hand at going out on a date together. While The Mindy Project episode “Mindy’s Birthday” shows fans what happens when a surprise party is thrown for Mindy.

Press release:

“NEW GIRL” AND “THE MINDY PROJECT”
TO AIR ON A SPECIAL NIGHT AFTER “AMERICAN IDOL”
THURSDAY, APRIL 4 ON FOX

All-new episodes of NEW GIRL (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and THE MINDY PROJECT (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) move to Thursday, April 4 on a special night, following an all-new episode of AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

In the all-new “Date Night” episode of NEW GIRL (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT), Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson), who are caught between friendship and something more, try to break out of relationship limbo by going on a “first” date. Once Schmidt (Max Greenfield) and Winston (Lamorne Morris) realize a full-on Jess/Nick romance might be happening, they swoop in to try to sabotage the date.

In the all-new “Mindy’s Birthday” episode of THE MINDY PROJECT (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT), Morgan (Ike Barinholtz) throws Mindy (Mindy Kaling) a surprise birthday party, but when her two worlds collide – personal and professional— it’s nothing to celebrate. Meanwhile, Jeremy (Ed Weeks) and Danny (Chris Messina) fight over the same girl (guest star Kelen Coleman, “Newsroom”).

Are you excited for this special air date?