This is the first season to air on NBC (whose partner studio Universal Television produces the show), as the series was canceled on May 10, 2018 by Fox.

Jake and Holt discover that Kelly is using his new anonymous tip app to illegally wiretap the population, forcing them to recruit some of their old rivals to help expose his crimes.

She uses her new position to allow Terry to stay at the Nine-Nine and force Holt to make up for his missing patrol officer days.

[19][20] Following the announcement, other networks including Netflix, Hulu, and TBS expressed interest in picking up the series for a sixth season.

[26][27] An NBC executive stated about the series, "Ever since we sold this show to Fox I've regretted letting it get away, and it's high time it came back to its rightful home.

The website's consensus reads, "Following a period of uncertainty and a shift to NBC, Brooklyn Nine-Nine reemerges with its cast and tone wholly intact.