Hold On, There's a Chance "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" Could Be Revived If We Complain Enough

A glimmer of hope...

A terrible week for fans of comedy was capped today by the surprise cancellation of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a sweet show that didn’t do nuthin’ to nobody, mister.

The Fox network’s decision to wrap up the adventures of Jake Peralta and pals with the impending fifth-season finale broke the hearts of (checks Twitter) every single person on the internet, including famed-cheerful people Lin-Manuel Miranda and Guillermo del Toro.

However, it took less than a day for Fox’s rivals to recognise the global outpouring of support for B99, with the Hollywood Reporter claiming four other networks/services are potentially interested in resurrecting it.

That means the complaining and crying you're doing on social media is working, so keep it up.

But first, a bucket of cold water to remind you of the reality: Nothing is official. As of this writing, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is officially donezo. You may never see Rosa again.

Now, we can continue.

Though Brooklyn Nine-Nine airs on SBS in Australia, it has spent the past five years on American channel Fox. However, just to make things more confusing for everyone, it was produced by Universal Television.

You need to know that last bit because streaming service Hulu has reportedly called Universal to enquire about potentially picking up the show, which is exactly what happened when Fox canned fellow Universal mate The Mindy Project. Mindy Kaling’s program went on for three more seasons at Hulu.

So, that sounds like the best and most promising scenario.

And yet, there’s more.

NBC—a more traditional TV network—is also reportedly interested, having aired B99’s sister show Parks and Recreation for seven years. Both of those shows were created by Mike Schur, and given how the next TV season will see NBC airing Schur’s The Good Place and newcomer Abby’s, they may want to combine his three babies into one super-block of good comedy content.

Then there’s TBS, whose current president—Kevin Reilly—actually developed the series back when he was president at Fox.

And finally (as there always is when there’s talk of resurrecting dead programs) Netflix is apparently keen too. Their own, recently-cancelled show, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, is a Universal Television production, originally developed at NBC. Gosh, these people cannot keep their product to themselves.

THR says Universal Television is mad keen to "revive the series at another outlet", but we won’t start shouting a celebratory "NINE-NINE" until we get official word.

And even then, we’re gonna need to know that we’re really, truly gonna get those new episodes in Australia… because we’ve been burnt before.

Additional Kanye Update: In better TV news, Kanye West, who has a lot going on right now, at least found time today to Tweet his excitement that his "favourite show" Rick & Morty got a 70-episode renewal. He’s even gonna meet with the show’s creator Justin Roiland. We just felt you should know.

100% I love the way you think. I’ll reach out pic.twitter.com/MVqBKd0vaM

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 11, 2018

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