Brooklyn Nine-Nine is set to wrap up after eighth season … set to air later this year on NBC
The show Brooklyn Nine-Nine is set to wrap up after its eighth season set to air later this year.
NBC has ordered 10 episodes of the police comedy, starring Andy Samberg, set to hit screens for the 2021-2022 season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series will not air as part of the Peacock Network’s midseason programming, nor will it appear later in the summer.
The latest: Brooklyn Nine-Nine is set to wrap up after its eighth season set to air later this year; Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero and Andy Samberg are pictured in a shot from the show
The delay in broadcasting is so the show can properly put together its final slate, as well as potential promotional opportunities with the Olympics on the horizon.
Creative challenges have loomed as to how the series will be written after a year marked by unrest related to racial inequality and police brutality following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
Star and executive producer Samberg, speaking with People last year, said that the show’s writer’s were ‘all rethinking how we’re going to move forward’ and ‘make a comedy show about police right now’ amid the time of social change.
‘And if we can find a way of doing that that we all feel morally OK about?’ Samberg said. ‘I know that we’ll figure it out, but it’s definitely a challenge.’
NBC has ordered 10 episodes of the police comedy, starring Andy Samberg, set to hit screens for the 2021-2022 season
Andre Braugher and Terry Crews are seen in a clip from the police comedy
Last June, the show’s Terry Crews told Access Daily that four scripts for the upcoming season were discarded amid the social sea change.
‘We’ve had a lot of somber talks about it and deep conversations, and we hope through this, we’re going to make something that will be truly groundbreaking this year,’ Crews said. ‘We have an opportunity, and we plan to use it in the best way possible.’
NBC picked up the show for its past three seasons after it was canceled by Fox in 2018.
The series co-creator Dan Goor told THR, ‘I’m so thankful to NBC and Universal Television for allowing us to give these characters and our fans the ending they deserve … I feel lucky that we have had the best fans in the world. Fans who literally saved us from cancellation.
‘Fans who fill us with joy. Ending the show was a difficult decision, but ultimately, we felt it was the best way to honor the characters, the story and our viewers.’