Fox continues to attend the dogs and cats and other domestic and exotic animals.
The network has revamped its comedy series Animal control, about a group of municipal animal control officers who work better with the creatures they handle than other people. The show, starring Joel McHale, is Fox’s first full-length live-action comedy.
“We are delighted that our viewers have responded Animal control as much as we do,” said Michael Thorn, president of script programming at Fox Entertainment. silencing a menagerie of wild animal method actors – a hilarious series delivered that’s sharp, witty and warm, week after week.
Animal control has posted fairly modest on-air ratings, averaging just over 2.2 million viewers per episode over seven days as measured by Nielsen. However, it more than doubles that total than when streaming and other cross-platform viewings are included: According to Fox, the show’s cross-platform audience is 4.7 million viewers.
The series is Fox’s first live-action comedy renewal for 2023-24. The network has been canceled Call me Kat after three seasons, and not a word has been viewed yet about the light Welcome to Flatsch. (Fox also has seven animated series on its roster for next season: mainstays The Simpsons, Family Man And Bob’s burgersseason four of The Great North and newcomers Krapopolis, Grimsburg And Universal Basic Guys/Hoagie Bros.)
Along with McHale, the Animal control cast includes Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel and Grace Palmer. Fisher, Greenberg and Sterling created the series and co-produced with Quill and McHale.
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