In the show's first press tour, which was conducted before the show's premiere on Fox, Samberg spoke about how he wasn't looking for a new TV series to dive into after leaving SNL, per TV Guide. However, the involvement of executive producers Dan Goor and Mike Schur was a big selling point for Samberg, as he was a fan of the duo's previous work with the NBC series Parks and Recreation. He had taken particular note of their work on the show with another SNL alum. According to Samberg himself, "I was a huge fan of Parks and I saw what these guys had done with Amy [Poehler], who is basically my hero." The opportunity to work with the duo to possibly recreate the success they'd had with Poehler was too good to pass up.
Samberg also mentioned that he didn't have anything specific he was aiming for in his career, speaking about how that had turned out badly for him in the past. "I don't generally try to think about trajectory," Samberg told the assembled critics, "because every time I have tried that it has backfired miserably for me, so I just try to do whatever feels right." Samberg's willingness to go with the flow when it came to potential projects was certainly an asset, as it meant that he wouldn't have dismissed Brooklyn Nine-Nine out of hand when they came knocking simply because it didn't fit into what he wanted to do at that stage of his career.
Samberg's decision to join Brooklyn Nine-Nine certainly paid off for fans of the show, as he has delivered a number of the show's most memorable moments. He will have a few more opportunities to do so when the show returns for its eighth and final season.
