Author: Gary Levin / Source: USA TODAY
NBC has rescued acclaimed but low-rated comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a day after Fox canceled the series, sparking a fan outcry on social media.
The series, wrapping up its fifth season May 20, will return for 13 new episodes (down from 22 on Fox), but likely won’t resurface until early 2019.
NBC’s Universal Television owns the comedy, which stars Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher and is set in a police precinct, so extending it figures to increase profits on the show and give the network some goodwill among comedy fans of its like-minded Superstore and The Good Place, whose creator, Michael Schur, also created Brooklyn along with Dan Goor. Schur will have a third show due on NBC next season, a comedy called Abby’s. The main actors remain under contract, despite the move.The cast and producers tweeted simultaneously about the news at midnight ET Friday; NBC will announce its…
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