Now to expand to the realm of network TV, where in recent years had suffered due to the rise and popularization of cable and streaming television. Fox is one of the ‘big four’ is the most popular broadcast network in the last couple of years and that is where Brooklyn Nine-Nine comes in.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a single camera cop comedy show that revolves around the team of detectives and newly prompted captain in the fictional 99th precinct in Brooklyn, New York. This show is actually funny and I love the fact that there isn’t a laughing track because I’m not so dumb that I need to be told when to laugh dammit. Andy Samberg plays the appropriately annoying Detective Jacob “Jake” Peralta who is paired with the uptight Detective Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero). There is also the tragically pathetic Detective Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) and his futile attempt to court the intimidating Detective Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz). Also part of the team is Terry Crews in all his buff glory where he plays the cautious Detective Sergeant Terence “Terry” Jeffords and the insane Administrator Gina Linetti played by Chelsea Peretti. Perhaps the best and most original character on the show is the openly tough and homosexual Captain Raymond “Ray” Holt, played by Andre Braugher.

The show works on an episodic narrative format do there is no overarching stories but it doesn’t necessarily need it since its character comedy that drives the narrative. Being a comedy this is perhaps the most important question “Is it funny?” Well to that I say “yes”. This is a cleverly written show with a lot of comedic twists. The different character dynamic is a clear highlight of the show and it just feels that the actors are really having a good time on set which helps giving their performances a bit of an edge. This show is genuinely funny and which is sometimes hard since there are so many censors that a joke has to go through in network TV. Because of this I was especially pleased that the show was renewed for a second season.

This brings me to a score of a: Watch because unlike last week’s comedy this is appropriate for everyone expect the ones that don’t like to laugh, I don’t much care for them.