Brooklyn Nine-Nine Co-Creator Mounts NBC Pilot to Reclaim TV Comedy's Crown

Brooklyn Nine-Nine fans, pencil in 2026. Dan Goor is cooking up a new comedy for NBC, and yes, it lives in the world of detectives. Different coast, different badges, same general vibe: workplace chaos with weird cases and weirder people.

What Goor is making next (and why NBC cares)

According to Deadline, NBC just gave a pilot production order to an untitled single-camera comedy from Goor, and the network is treating it like its first big scripted swing for the next two years. Translation: this is not a throwaway pilot they bury at midseason. Goor is teaming with executive producer Luke Del Tredici — they most recently ran Peacock's very underrated 'Killing It' together — and the new show is set in the world of private detectives.

They describe it as continuing the tradition of Los Angeles private eyes that started with Philip Marlowe and will hopefully end with this show.

That last bit is a pretty dry joke, but the LA PI lineage is clear. Also clear: NBC is aiming this for 2026. So, not tomorrow, but enough time to let the hype machine do its thing.

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine of it all

Goor, of course, co-created 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' with Michael Schur. That show launched in 2013, starred Andy Samberg and the late, incomparable Andre Braugher, survived a cancellation after five seasons on Fox, then came roaring back on NBC for three more seasons because fans would not let it die. It finally wrapped in 2021 after pandemic delays, with Season 8 intentionally shorter to land the plane cleanly.

As for a Season 9 or a reboot: never say never in TV, but it would be hard to imagine without Braugher, who passed away in 2023. The cast has acknowledged the idea has been floated — Melissa Fumero has said they’ve talked about it — but there’s understandable reluctance. And with Goor actively building a new series, it makes more sense for him to spend his energy there than try to keep Nine-Nine going without Captain Holt. Sometimes an ending is actually an ending.

What we know right now

• NBC has ordered a pilot production for an untitled single-camera comedy from Dan Goor.
• Luke Del Tredici is on board as executive producer; he and Goor previously partnered on Peacock's 'Killing It'.
• The show is a workplace comedy set among private detectives in Los Angeles, with a nod to classic PI lore like Philip Marlowe.
• NBC is treating it as a key scripted play for the next two years, per Deadline.
• Target timeframe: 2026.
• Goor co-created 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' (2013–2021) with Michael Schur; the series sits at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and is streaming on Prime Video.

If you were hoping for more 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', I get it. But this new LA private-eye angle could scratch a similar itch without trying to replace what Braugher brought to the 99th. Different precinct, different coast, fresh start.