Brooklyn Nine-Nine gets the formula right immediately. It's broad, but funny because it's broad -- you get the tone immediately and go with it.
- Hollywood Reporter
It has a nice swing and surprises you often enough, usually with some throwaway line, to feel invigorating in the end.
- Los Angeles Times
Fox appears to have a lot invested psychically and spiritually (along with promotionally) in launching Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The antics - stripped to their underwear and outfitted in a thin layer of snark - should, for better and worse, fit right in.
- Variety
Mild, affable and familiar, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a show the whole family can snicker at.
- New York Times
An irreverent comedy about the limits of irreverence? Now, there's an arresting premise for a next-generation hot fuzz.
- Entertainment Weekly
Just the facts, Ma'am: Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the funniest and most satisfying new broadcast sitcom of the season.
- New York Daily News
Brooklyn Nine-Nine earns its badge of distinction with smart irreverence and sharply defined characters in an admirably diverse ensemble.
- TV Guide
t's funny enough, it's appealing, and the show knows itself, which is much more important in the long run.
- TIME Magazine
What Brooklyn Nine-Nine has, unlike many of the other new fall comedies, is intelligent design.
- Slate
