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'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' could very well live to see another day. Hours after the Andy Samberg-led comedy was cancelled at Fox after a five season run, multiple outlets expressed their interest in potentially picking up the show.

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00:00Oh, chills. Literal chills.

00:02It was number five. Number five killed my brother.

00:04Oh my God, I forgot about that part.

00:06Fans rejoice! Brooklyn Nine-Nine could very well live to see another day.

00:10Hours after the Andy Samberg-led comedy was canceled at Fox after a five-season run,

00:14multiple outlets expressed their interest in potentially picking up the show.

00:18Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Brooklyn Nine-Nine produces Universal Television

00:22have fielded incoming calls from other potential homes, including Hulu, Netflix, TBS and NBC.

00:28Sources note that the studio has plans to fight to revive the series at another outlet

00:32following the wave of support from critics and stars including Lin-Manuel Miranda

00:35and Mark Hamill, among countless others, although Universal Television declined comment.

00:40Hulu, where the show has a streaming deal, could be a natural home for the series

00:43and it has a history of giving new life to Fox UTV comedies after reviving

00:47The Mindy Project for a multiple-season run following its cancellation by Fox.

00:51Netflix could also make sense given that the streaming giant handed out a two-season order

00:55for the studio's unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt after NBC opted out of its initial straight-to-series

01:00order for the award-winning comedy. NBC would also be a smart fit for the popular

01:04Mike Schur and Dan Gore comedy. The network is currently home to Shores The Good Place

01:08and this week it handed out a series order to the prolific producers' comedy Abby's.

01:12Regardless of where it lands, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is likely seeing the benefits of a peak TV

01:16universe where it has become easier for a canceled series or passed-over pilot to find new life

01:20outside of the outlet for which it was developed. Last year, The CW's Insatiable found new life

01:25at Netflix and sources also say there has been discussion about Caitlin Olsen comedy

01:29The Mick finding a new home and likewise for Will Forte's The Last Man on Earth.

01:33To read more on Brooklyn Nine-Nine finding a new outlet, head to THR.com and tell us,

01:37were you sad to hear the show had been canceled and are you keeping your fingers crossed for a revival?

01:41Let us know in the comments. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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