FOX has invested in its popular hit series, Animal Control, to the fullest.
Animal Control’s run on the Fox network won’t be cut anytime soon.
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The workplace comedy’s second season hasn’t even premiered yet, and it has already been greenlit for season three, Deadline reported Tuesday.
Animal Control’s sophomore season is set to air on March 6.
“Animal Control is an incredibly irreverent series that expresses everything viewers expect from a Fox comedy,” Fox Entertainment’s President of Scripted Programming, Michael Thorn, said of the single-camera series.
“It has an amazing amount of momentum behind it, and we’ve been so impressed by the work Joel, Bob, Rob, Dan, Tad, Jake and the entire cast are delivering for Season Two we wanted to reward them with the opportunity to deliver even more of this special show to fans next season.”
The success of the show is undeniable.
Animal Control’s season premiere happened to be the “most-streamed scripted debut and most-streamed comedy episode ever” at Fox,” the news outlet unveiled.
Most viewers rated the show positively.
One fan wrote in an online forum: “Was surprised by how much I enjoyed S1 of this. Now bring back Fisher’s Sirens and pair them together.”
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However, there were others who viewed it unfavorably.
“I’m surprised this show is finding success. I’m a Joel McHale fan and when I watched the pilot I thought everything fell flat,” a TV-watcher slammed.
“I haven’t revisited the show since.”
GETTING THE BOOT
Fox executives running to add another season to a successful series might be to offset all of the cancellations they issued last year.
In May 2023, the network pulled the plug on one of its most popular shows.
Fox decided not to renew the drama 9-1-1, according to Deadline, even after it announced the spinoff, 9-1-1: Lone Star, will be back.
However, in a major network switch-up, Fox’s now parent company, Disney, swooped in to save 9-1-1 and add it to ABC.
“It has been an honor to be the founding network of 9-1-1 and we are grateful to Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, together with Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Ryan Guzman and the rest of the cast and crew, and 20th Television for delivering such an impactful series to Fox,” Fox said in a statement.
“We wish them well after 9-1-1’s final Fox season concludes.”
RESIDENCY OVER
9-1-1 wasn’t the only Fox show to get the ax.
The TV network recently gave the show The Resident the boot after six seasons, making it the first series Fox has canceled in 2023.
The famed medical drama was canceled because it had seen a decrease in ratings over the years.
For season six, ratings averaged about “6.9M viewers per episode after seven days of delayed viewing,” Deadline reported.
The latest season’s ratings were down 12% from season five and 35% from season one.
Fox’s former show last aired in January 2023.
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