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    NBC Reportedly Saving Brooklyn Nine-Nine

    Mary Anne ButlerBy No Comments


    What an eventful 48 hours for the canceled FOX series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. After what looked like an uncertain future even though the powers that be where doing everything they could to find a new home for the five-season show, it looks like we have a happy ending after all.

    NBC Reportedly Saving Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    NBC Universal has picked up the comedy for a 13-episode sixth season. NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt said in a statement:

    “Ever since we sold this show to Fox, I’ve regretted letting it get away, and it’s high time it came back to its rightful home. Mike Schur, Dan Goor and Andy Samberg grew up on NBC, and we’re all thrilled that one of the smartest, funniest, and best cast comedies in a long time will take its place in our comedy line-up. I speak for everyone at NBC, here’s to the Nine-Nine!”

    Co-creator of the series Michael Schur, who goes by Ken Tremendous on Twitter, posted that NBC had picked up the series:

    Followed quickly by additional gif-form excitement:

    Dan Goor, another co-creator on the series who served as executive producer on season 5 of the series on FOX, posted:

    The Lonely Island Twitter also posted:

    So did Melissa Fumero:

    Joe Lo Trulio, who plays Charles Boyles on the series, also took to Twitter to share the good news, thanking fans:

    Fellow Saturday Night Live alum Seth Meyers also tweeted about the save, making a parking tickets joke:

    It looks like it’ll be a 13-episode pickup, at least according to Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter:

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

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