Jake Johnson to Lead NBC Private Eye Comedy Pilot From ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Team

Jake Johnson will lead the cast of NBC‘s private eye workplace comedy pilot from the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” team.

“Smart, cynical and heartbroken, but trying to pretend he’s not, Mickey is a private investigator with a knack for solving cases. Formerly an LAPD cop until his life imploded three years ago,” reads a character description provided by NBC.

The series, in contention for the 2026-27 TV season long with two other comedy pilots, comes from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” co-creator Dan Goor and executive producer Luke del Tredici and is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Akiva Schaffer is set to direct the pilot, and hopped…