The first two seasons of the Fox series Animal control available at Netflix after Fox Entertainment Global recently struck a deal with the streamer for the U.S. rights to the single-camera comedy starring Joel McHale. This surprise release on December 26th will be followed by the release of season three and eventually the upcoming fourth season, which debuts on Fox today, December 28th.
Previous seasons migrated to Netflix from Hulu, which has seasonal rights to all Fox series, receiving new episodes the day after they premiere on the broadcast network and Fox One. As of December 28th, only the “5” final episodes of Season 3 are available on the Disney platform.
Fox sells its wholly owned series across multiple platforms and countries. As for the script, Animal control follows Netflix's sale of two other wholly-owned returning animated comedy series. Krapopolis And Grimsburg.
Additionally, Sony Pictures Television recently entered into a deal with Netflix for the rights to the domestic library Fox medical drama Docproceeds from which are shared with Fox Entertainment as a co-production partner.
Animal control The story follows a group of local animal control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple and humans are not. McHale plays Frank Shaw, an overqualified and overconfident animal control officer with an almost superhuman ability to understand animals. But people… not so much. A former police officer, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, which may explain why he is so cynical and curmudgeonly. It also stars Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel and Grace Palmer.
The series, which premiered in February 2023, was created by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling. It is produced by Fox Entertainment Studios, with production services provided by Jax Media. Executive producers include McHale, Fisher, Greenberg, Sterling and Tad Quill.
