Pick of the week
THURSDAY
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” 9 p.m., NBC.
How different will “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” be after its move from Fox to NBC? Well, we know the show will lose at least one cast member with Chelsea Paretti departing sometime during the upcoming season. Otherwise, expect the comedy to be largely unchanged.
“The mandate from NBC all along has been, ‘We know this show. We love this show. That’s why we picked up this show. Please keep making the same show,’” said executive producer Dan Goor at an August NBC press conference during the summer 2018 Television Critics Association press tour. “There are no substantive changes in terms of our approach to the show.”
But all TV series do tend to evolve somewhat over time. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” has leaned more heavily into issues inspired by current topics and events.
“They’re really hard to do, but we’ve been very happy with the way they’ve turned out,” Mr. Goor said. “Our challenge is always to make them still feel really true to the show, feel funny, but at the same time, give weight to the issue and to really explore it in a fair way. And we definitely intend to continue doing that.”
That will include continuing to explore Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) and her journey coming out to her parents as bisexual.
“We are really interested in trying to do a #MeToo storyline,” Mr. Goor added. “It’s something that we’re actively talking about in the writers’ room.”