'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Final Season Premieres on NBC Aug. 12

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBC's 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'
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The eighth and final season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine begins on NBC Aug. 12, airing at 8 and 8:30 p.m. The comedy will air each Thursday in those time slots.

Andy Samberg plays Det. Jake Peralta and Andre Braugher portrays uber-serious Capt. Raymond Holt. In the new season, Jake and the squad must try to balance their personal and their professional lives over the course of a very difficult year.

Melissa Fumero, Terry Crews, Joe Lo Truglio, Stephanie Beatriz and Joel McKinnon Miller are also in the cast.  

In season seven, Brooklyn Nine-Nine reached 24 million viewers and averaged a 5.1 in viewers 18-49 and 9.5 million total viewers, according to NBC. 

Dan Goor, Mike Schur, David Miner, Luke Del Tredici and David Phillips executive produce Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Universal Television produces it along with Fremulon, Dr. Goor Productions and 3 Arts Entertainment.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.