It isn’t exactly on the level of when they switched Durwoods (sorry, Darrins) on us during the sixth season of Bewitched, but still…

Fans of the new Fox sitcom New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel, may have been surprised Tuesday night when Damon Wayans, Jr. was suddenly gone after only one episode and replaced by Lamorne Morris.

TV insiders knew the change was coming, but in case you didn’t, here’s the inside scoop.

On the pilot for New Girl, the very funny Wayans played Coach, one of Zooey’s three male roommates she meets on Craigslist after breaking up with her cheating boyfriend. The problem was -- Wayans was also committed to ABC’s Happy Endings, which was recently picked up for a second season after he shot the pilot for New Girl.