NBC has set the series premiere of its new single-camera comedy “Sunset P.I.,” starring Jake Johnson, for Monday, Feb. 8, 2027, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Episodes will stream the following day on Peacock, and the network released the first official photos of the cast in character on Friday.
Ordered for a 10-episode first season, the show brings Johnson back to network sitcom television as the head of a Los Angeles sleuthing outfit. According to a Variety report, NBC describes the show as a “workplace comedy following Mickey Wilder (Johnson) and the other private investigators at his Hollywood detective agency.”
Joining Johnson on the case are Jane Levy as Faye Westlake, Keith David as Taggert, Langston Kerman as Justin Royal, and Mary Shalaby as Raya. For viewers waiting on a midseason comedy fix, the Feb. 8 launch locks in a Monday night half-hour pairing and next-day streaming access starting Tuesday, Feb. 9.
How the Monday comedy lineup shifts in February
“Sunset P.I.” will step directly into NBC’s Monday comedy block at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT (7:30 p.m. CT), airing immediately after new episodes of “St. Denis Medical,” which received an 18-episode third-season order. According to TVLine’s schedule breakdown, the detective comedy will take over the 8:30 p.m. time slot currently held by “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” once that series wraps its 10-episode second season.
Behind the camera, the series reunites key creative veterans from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Co-creators Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici wrote the pilot and executive produce the series, while fellow “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” collaborator Akiva Schaffer directed and executive produced the premiere episode. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces the comedy alongside Dr. Goor Productions and Tumultuous, Inc.
Goor confirmed to TVLine that “Sunset P.I.” is shot as a traditional single-camera comedy rather than a mockumentary and takes place in a separate fictional universe from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Even without a shared continuity, Goor told the outlet he hopes to bring in familiar actors from both “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and Johnson’s former Fox sitcom “New Girl” for future guest roles.
What the creators said about the L.A. noir influence
Filmed on the Universal Studios lot and on location around Los Angeles, the show blends classic private-eye tropes with ensemble office humor. Speaking at an NBCUniversal press panel on Aug. 10, Goor pointed to the 1980s detective dramedy that helped shape the premise: “We were definitely influenced by Moonlighting.”
Del Tredici explained during the same August panel how the writers balanced mystery cases with group dynamics: “It’s an ensemble workplace in the way that Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Rec are.” He added that the setting was central to the pitch from the start: “We really wanted it to be an L.A. show as a tribute to the city and an homage to all the great L.A. noirs.”
As background, NBC developed “Sunset P.I.” during its 2026 pilot cycle and officially picked it up to series on May 8, 2026. It was one of four new scripted shows the network ordered for the 2026–2027 broadcast season, alongside the multi-camera sitcom “Newlyweds,” which premiered on Oct. 23, the cop drama “Line of Fire,” and a reboot of the detective drama “The Rockford Files” starring David Boreanaz.
The Akiva Schaffer-directed pilot of “Sunset P.I.” airs Monday, Feb. 8, 2027, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and arrives on Peacock on Tuesday, Feb. 9.