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- 2023
- TV-PG
- FOX
- 2023
- TV-PG
- FOX
Summary Cynical Animal Control officer Frank Shaw (Joel McHale) has a new rookie partner, the optimistic Fred "Shred" Taylor (Michael Rowland) in this workplace comedy from Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling.
Created By: Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg, Dan Sterling
- 2023
- TV-PG
- FOX
- 2023
- TV-PG
- FOX
Animal Control
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 16, 2023
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6.4
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Summary Cynical Animal Control officer Frank Shaw (Joel McHale) has a new rookie partner, the optimistic Fred "Shred" Taylor (Michael Rowland) in this workplace comedy from Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling.
Created By: Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg, Dan Sterling
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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27% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
68
73% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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The series premiere offers audiences a good peek into what is expected and makes its heart apparent from the get-go, starting off strong with a solid dose of humor that is engaging and continues very well into its subsequent episodes.
Opening the second season with a wildly hilarious bang, Animal Control combines heart and wit to strike comedy gold, further cementing its status as a primetime sitcom worth tuning in for.
Animal Control‘s first couple of episodes elicited some big laughs and has already established an ensemble with some good chemistry. There’s nowhere to go here but up.
“Animal Control” doesn’t break the mold (network TV sitcoms rarely do these day), but it understands that the quality of a hit sitcom is often determined by the depth of its ensemble. ... After three episodes, I found myself engaged with the characters on “Animal Control” enough to want to know what they’ll get up to next.
Animal Control is a perfectly enjoyable sitcom, one that is destined to improve the farther it gets into its run. One does wish to see the show off the leash, and maybe in season two it will be more willing to indulge its animal instincts.
While the jokes are indeed silly, there’s an edge to Frank’s insistence that feels unpleasant. As Fred, Rowland is an appealing presence, and I also liked Vella Lovell as the pair’s boss. Much of what the animal control does is, in this show’s telling, low-stakes and charmingly offbeat, making room for workplace-comedy bits that could as easily be at an elementary school or a paper supplier. Which is why it feels urgent that the show recalibrate the Frank character.
It’s just not that interesting, or at least this critic didn’t find it to be so. Animal Control is competent but not spirited. ... Its humor is pitched right down the middle, with few attempts to push the boundaries toward outrageousness or nastiness or pure goofiness. There’s no single personality big enough to pop off the screen, and no zingers sharp enough to get quoted or memed into the cultural consciousness.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.4
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.4
60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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Production Company:
- Roughhouse
- Middletown News
- What a Fox
- Fox Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Feb 16, 2023
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards
Astra Television Awards
• 2 Nominations
Women's Image Network Awards
• 1 Nomination
