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- FOX
- Feb 16, 2023
- FOX
- Feb 16, 2023
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
- FOX
- Feb 16, 2023
- FOX
- Feb 16, 2023
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 8 Critic Reviews
68
63% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
38% 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.
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.
While Mr. McHale provides the centerpiece of the show, the players are all first rate, most prominently Michael Rowland as Fred "Shred" Taylor. ... "Animal Control" boasts writing that takes a chance, which is another way of calling it smart—or adult, though not in any Rabelaisian fashion.
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.
To succeed in the long-term, “Animal Control” needs to get funnier fast and spend more time on its human characters and less time on animal gags.
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.
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