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

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 is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.