Is Brooklyn Nine-Nine in danger of getting the axe? 

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is something a little bit special. Fox\'s cop shop comedy been consistently funny for five seasons, no mean feat, and that\'s before you consider how it\'s embraced change in a way that would kill lesser sitcoms.

Resolving a \'Will They / Won\'t They?\' set-up by pairing up two characters, while having them stay every bit as funny and engaging as they ever were? The show\'s pretty much pulled off a TV first with Jake (Andy Samberg) and Amy (Melissa Fumero).

Tackling social issues like Black Lives Matter, without coming off as heavy-handed or clumsy? Go watch season 4\'s \'Moo Moo\' – you\'ll cry more than just tears of laughter. (Terry Crews

as a "long shot" for renewal, with fans fearing that cancellation is imminent. And this tweet, from Boyle actor Joe Lo Truglio, didn\'t help ease their fears any.

S’up? Waiting for you this Sunday Mar 18th. 8:30p. We got stories to finish. 🚨🚨9️⃣9️⃣🚔@Brooklyn99FOX pic.twitter.com/BBtq6eRGKc

Stories "to finish"? Could one of the best, smartest, most charming comedies on television actually be axed?

in trouble? Creatively, the show – co-created by Mike Schur, of the similarly warm and witty

We\'re 12 episodes into the latest season (the show returned from a 3-month hiatus with last week\'s episode \'Safe House\') and, as it stands, the show\'s fifth year holds a 100% critics\' ratings on

Critics have been applauding the latest episodes for taking chances and daring to tweak the status quo, without sacrificing any of what made the show and its characters so endearing in the first place.

evolve from its first season is that it\'s a show that has allowed its characters to grow, change, and evolve," said

. "The plotlines still dart between the silly, the emotional, and the serious, but they do so in the service of making the show feel richer and more lived-in.

"...After five years, the show has figured out just how to make sure all of those elements work together – just like the oddball cops of the 99th precinct, who started off as co-workers and now feel like a family."

The fifth season also had to deal with the absence of a major character, with Chelsea Peretti sitting out several episodes as Gina Linetti, post-pregnancy. But where other shows might\'ve been unbalanced,

"The temporary absence of Gina has allowed the show to consistently streamline its storytelling so far this year," noted

The show has also won plaudits this year for having the character of Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) explicitly identify as bisexual, with

identifying her coming out as a "watershed moment" in US TV\'s history of bisexual representation, "a traditionally shaky area".

Here\'s where things get a little sticky. (Title of your sex tape.)

returned with its highest ratings of the season last week. The bad news is that, overall, its numbers are not good. At all.

Though it launched with an audience of 6.2 million back in 2013, with its first season going on to average around the 3 million mark, these days

pulls in substantially less than 2 million viewers.

So far this season, it\'s averaging 1.7 million. Episode 5.5 – \'Bad Beat\' – managed just 1.5 million, the show\'s second lowest audience total ever, with only 4.20 – \'The Slaughterhouse\' – dipping lower, to 1.38 million.

\'s numbers to something roughly equatable like Fox\'s

, which, in its sixth season, was still pulling in between 2 and 3 million viewers each week.

, starring the Pontiac Bandit himself, Craig Robinson: its first 9 episodes pulled in an average viewership of almost 3 million. But that wasn\'t enough to prevent Fox from pulling it from the schedules, with a return date for its remaining 7 episodes still TBC.

– it\'s then faced with finding something to replace it with.

Herein lies our our best (and last?) hope for saving the Nine-Nine: a lack of strong competition. It\'s what kept

on the air for years. Both shows were beloved by fans and critics, but never pulled in the big numbers. They survived simply because NBC couldn\'t find suitable replacements.

Right now, Fox has five live-action comedy pilots in developments, any one of which could end up swooping in like the Vulture and nabbing

\'s Charlie Day and follows a trio of elderly male friends who have their retirement community turned upside down by a new arrival... a woman!

is about a 30-something woman who struggles to maintain a good relationship with her playboy father when he falls in love with her best friend. It\'s written by and stars Erin Foster, alongside Don Johnson and

\'s Thomas Lennon and explores what happens to a local TV weatherman when he\'s fired from his cushy job.

actress Beth Behrs and is a culture-clash comedy about an engaged couple from very different backgrounds: her from the Midwest of America, him from Africa.

s about a single dad trying to rebuild his life after a tough divorce – he\'s "on a quest for love, respect and a new barber in the South Side of Chicago".

and whether it\'ll be replaced by one of the shows listed above – in May, as part of the US TV upfronts, an annual event where the networks confirm their schedules for the coming year.

At this stage, all we can do is cross our fingers and hope we at least get a farewell season in 2018-19. Come on Fox, make the

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