Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 8 To Release After Summer Olympics 2021

NBC plans to begin airing the final season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, consisting of ten episodes, right after the Summer Olympics.

The Andy Samberg-fronted police comedy series is coming to an end after eight seasons. The ten-episode run will air after the games in Tokyo.

While talking to Deadline Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, called the Universal Television series a “beloved show”.

“It will launch in August, coming out of the Summer Olympics, which is a coveted slot. We can think of nothing more deserving than giving it to the final season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. This is a beloved show and we wanted to give it a slot where it had access to the biggest possible audience.”

Susan Rovner, NBC

Frances Berwick, Chairman, Entertainment Networks, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming said that the whole season will air after the Olympics.

“We’re still working out the details but it’s safe to assume some of the episodes will be double run.”

Frances Berwick

The Summer Olympics is set to open July 23 and close on August 8.

The proposal to debut the Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s final season after the Olympics will clearly serve as a huge ratings boost for the show.

However, she also disclosed that they will revisit that plan if the Tokyo Games do not go ahead due to Covid.

The 2020 Olympics had been delayed due to the pandemic, like the final season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which premiered its seventh season in April 2020. The eighth season of the series will comprise of ten episodes, which makes it the shortest season for the show, but production has been up and running.

The show initially ran for five seasons on Fox before it was cancelled. However, NBC picked up the show for a sixth season that aired in 2019. Season seven came out in spring 2020 and the eighth season was restored three months before season seven premiered.

The last season of the police procedural sitcom probably has a lot in store. Especially with the show promising to reflect the events of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests as well as the fact that Jake and Amy now have a son, it will be exciting to see how Brooklyn Nine-Nine concludes when the series returns for its final season.

About Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is an American police procedural comedy television series created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur.

The show stars Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta, Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz, Terry Crews as Terry Jeffords, Melissa Fumero as Amy Santiago, Joe Lo Truglio as Charles Boyle, Chelsea Peretti as Gina Linetti, Andre Braugher as Captain Holt, Dirk Blocker as Michael Hitchcock, and Joel McKinnon Miller as Norm Scully.

Braugher has been nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award and has twice won the Critics’ Choice Television Award. The show has also received a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series portrayal of LGBTQ+ people.

The series revolves around Jake Peralta, a talented but immature NYPD detective in Brooklyn’s fictional 99th Precinct, who often comes into conflict with his commanding officer, the serious and stern Captain Raymond Holt.

Source: Deadline