Night time Court docket ended 2024 with a particular vacation episode, with Brooklyn 9-9’s Joe Lo Truglio and Mad TV’s Andy Daly as visitor stars. Initially, Lo Truglio’s return to community TV appeared to be as one other NYPD detective, however the first twist got here with the reveal that he was really an actor in a homicide thriller… adopted by the second twist that Detective Kratz in addition to Daly’s vacuum salesman/actor Fred Norton had been each angels. Once I spoke with the actors in regards to the episode, Lo Truglio pitched some spinoff concepts that I really like forward of the 2025 TV schedule.
The NBC sitcom isn’t precisely essentially the most supernatural or ethereal present on tv, so the angelic reveal on the finish of the Christmas episode undoubtedly was sudden. (You will discover the vacation particular streaming with a Peacock subscription now.) In fact, Night time Court docket is a multi-cam sitcom in entrance of a stay studio viewers and due to this fact fairly completely different from Joe Lo Truglio’s sitcom expertise on the single-cam Brooklyn 9-9, however I for one thought it was nice to have him again on community TV.
So, with the thought of him returning to community TV past simply as a one-off visitor star, I wanted his take: do his and Andy Daly’s Night time Court docket characters want a derivative? Lo Truglio had some concepts, and so they didn’t contain John Larroquette dressed as a southern belle once more. He mentioned:
So long as we are able to play angels, I believe that is an ideal thought. Me and Andy Daly as angels that are available and are available right down to Earth and painting both vacuum salesmen and/or detectives or different jobs, I believe is a terrific, terrific thought for a derivative. [laughs]
Contemplating that Joe Lo Truglio and Andy Daly are real-life pals who additionally labored collectively on Brooklyn 9-9, it’s enjoyable to think about the thought of them in an angelic Night time Court docket spinoff. Or no less than a sequence of internet shorts! Certainly I can’t be the one one who would watch that. The Superbad solid alum had one other thought to pitch:
Or we are the two guys on the heavenly gates. We are able to simply name it ‘Heavenly Gates,’ and we are the ones sort of in control of letting individuals in. I’d pitch that as properly and watch it.
His second pitch even got here with a working title! In fact, since I had the chance to talk with each Night time Court docket visitor stars, I needed to get Andy Daly’s pitch as properly. Once I requested if his and Joe Lo Truglio’s characters wanted a derivative, he responded:
Sure, we do. They’ve already completed Freeway to Heaven, however I believe a Freeway to Heaven reboot with me and Joe going round saving the souls of cynical, sarcastic, sitcom characters can be implausible.
Some reboots are kind of copies of the unique; this tackle Freeway to Heaven undoubtedly would stand by itself. I additionally prefer to think about the crossover potential with NBC’s different sitcoms. Jon Cryer’s Prolonged Household might have been cancelled, however the community debuted St. Denis Medical and Pleased’s Place as new additions to the primetime lineup within the fall.
Throw within the return of Lopez vs. Lopez for Season 3, and there are many choices. Why not even Brooklyn 9-9? The present might have ended, however the characters’ tales weren’t over. Plus, Melissa Fumero appeared on Night time Court docket final season. I shared Andy Daly’s pitch with Joe Lo Truglio, who instantly laughed and mentioned:
I am in! I find it irresistible. I believe that is a grand thought.
Is Joe Lo Truglio going to make a full-time return to community TV as co-lead of an angelic Night time Court docket spinoff alongside Andy Daly? Virtually definitely not, but it surely’s enjoyable to think about what the pitches of two comedy greats would appear like in primetime. Apart from, Night time Court docket received’t be again from winter break till Tuesday, January 14 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC, so followers can take all of the enjoyable they’ll get because the wait continues. Take a look at a clip from their episode of Season 3 beneath:
You possibly can compensate for and/or revisit all of Night time Court docket Season 3 up to now streaming on Peacock now, in addition to discover all eight seasons of Brooklyn 9-9 for Joe Lo Truglio’s earlier gig on NBC. A pair extra weeks are left earlier than hiatus ends, so the time is correct to stream the sequence when you’re within the temper for a sitcom repair.