Andy Samberg Only Accepted His Brooklyn Nine-Nine Role For One Simple Reason

Anyone who’s familiar with TV star and musical comedian Andy Samberg knows that, not all that long after he left “Saturday Night Live,” he ended up starring on the police-centered workplace comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” So how did this come to pass, and why did Samberg commit to another intense regular gig just one year after leaving something as famously grueling as “SNL“?

During a Television Association Critics’ panel in 2013 (via TheWrap), Samberg admitted that he wasn’t in the market for a TV gig, but something convinced him: the fact that “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” was co-created by Michael Schur, who had previously created “Parks and Recreation.