Melissa Fumero’s character Amy will have a #MeToo storyline (Picture: Getty)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine bosses have confirmed that the upcoming season six will explore the #MeToo movement.

The sitcom is used to tackling topical issues in its own comical way, with Rosa Diaz’s (Stephanie Beatriz) character coming out as bisexual to her colleagues in the show’s 99th episode and Terry Crew’s Terry Jeffords experiencing racial profiling in episode Moo Moo.

Showrunner Dan Goor confirmed that the movement against sexual assault and harassment will be making its way into Melissa Fumero’s Amy Santiago storyline, telling Variety: ‘By the end of our time at Fox, we were doing a lot of interesting episodes that didn’t follow our normal pattern or structure and I think we are doing more of that this year.

‘And also, in seasons four and five we started dipping into more issues, and we’re doing more of that, too, now.

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‘It’s a way to keep it fresh for us and for the viewers, as well.’

This powerful storyline news comes nearly two years after Terry Crews revealed he was sexually assaulted by a Hollywood executive on Twitter.

In the season five finale, Amy and Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) got married in a cute wedding outside the precinct and they look smitten as hell in the latest trailer and the newlyweds will remain in martial bliss.

Talking about Jake and Amy’s relationship specifically, Goor added: ‘The stakes are higher because they’re married,’ but the show won’t ‘artificially putting their relationship in harm’s way.’

Stephanie also confirmed that the show will delve into Rosa’s bisexuality too, telling the publication: ‘‘She came out to her family and wasn’t fully accepted by them, and I think that’s really, really difficult, and she’s also taken the very vulnerable step of sharing that with her entire group of friends.

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‘She’s not used to letting anybody in, yet now, over the course of five seasons she’s grown to a place where now it’s valuable to let people in. You will see Rosa’s personal life literally and figuratively come into the office a little bit more.’

Brooklyn Nine-Nine returns January 10 at 9pm on NBC in the US.

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