Title: Why Did 'Brooklyn 99' Get Canceled? Was It Just a Ratings Issue?
Headings: NBC Greenlit 'Brooklyn 99' for an Eighth Season and Then Canceled It
NBC Greenlit 'Brooklyn 99' for an Eighth Season and Then Canceled It
Why did 'Brooklyn 99' originally get canceled by FOX?
So, why did NBC go and cancel 'Brooklyn 99' even if ratings were good?
When is the "final" Season 8 of 'Brooklyn 99' going to air on NBC?

Content: Just ask fans of Designated Survivor after Netflix decided to pick the show up when it was canceled. And when Brooklyn 99 was first taken off of FOX, viewers wanted to know why it got the network boot. Article continues below advertisement
Why did 'Brooklyn 99' originally get canceled by FOX? As far as TV show cancellations go, Brooklyn 99 had a success story that not many other shows can boast. It only took 31 hours for NBC to announce that they would be picking the program up after FOX had pulled the plug. But why did the Andy Samberg-led comedy get removed from the network in the first place? It all boiled down to ratings, but in this day and age, live viewership Nielsen numbers aren't exactly a good indicator of a program's popularity. Unless you've been in a coma for the past 10 years or so, then you'll know that live TV viewership has been on the decline for a very, very long time and has been overtaken by streaming. Fewer and fewer people are signing up for cable TV subscriptions and watching their favorite programs right when they debut. People have been consuming content when they want and where they want for a while, on any medium they desire.