FOX-Owned Comedy’s Fourth Season Delivering Series-High Performance Across the Board

All-New Episode of Animal Control Airs Tonight, 

February 26 at 9PM ET/PT on FOX

Los Angeles, CA – February 26, 2026 – FOX Entertainment has renewed its hit workplace comedy Animal Control, starring Joel McHale, for a fifth season, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President of FOX Television Network. Airing on FOX and its streaming partner Disney+/Hulu, Animal Control is distributed worldwide by FOX Entertainment Global. In addition, the first thre…

NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERMEMORY OF A KILLER, STARRING PATRICK DEMPSEY AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI

LAUNCHES WITH A TWO-NIGHT PREMIERE EVENT FOLLOWING THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Los Angeles, CA – FOX today announced updates to its Winter 2026 premiere dates, including special advance premieres of new series Best Medicine and returning comedy Animal Control, following respective FOX NFL doubleheaders, as well as a two-night premiere event for new drama series Memory of a Killer, starring Patrick Dempsey and Michael Imperiloi, beginning immediately afte…

SERIES PREMIERES INCLUDE MEMORY OF A KILLER, A PSYCHOLOGICAL THILLER

STARRING PATRICK DEMPSEY AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI

AND THE DOCTOR IS IN WITH BEST MEDICINE

STARRING JOSH CHARLES, ABIGAIL SPENCER, JOSH SEGARRA AND ANNIE POTTS

JOHNNY KNOXVILLE HOSTS THE REIMAGINED AND MORE UNHINGED THAN EVER

FEAR FACTOR: HOUSE OF FEAR

FAN FAVORITE THE MASKED SINGER RETURNS WITH A SPECIAL TWO-HOUR PREMIERE EVENT

AND DOUBLE UNMASKING

SETH MacFARLANE’S AMERICAN DAD! REJOINS FOX’S ICONIC “ANIMATION DOMINATION” LINEUP

ACCLAIMED COMEDIES ANIMAL CON…

Animal Control Returns for Its Fourth Season and Going Dutch for Its Second

Both Series are Wholly Owned by FOX and Will Return in the 2025-2026 Season

FOX Entertainment has renewed both of its workplace comedy series - Animal Control, starring Emmy Award nominee Joel McHale, and Going Dutch, starring Emmy Award nominee Denis Leary, for a fourth and second season respectively, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President, FOX Television Network. In season-to-date multi-platform viewing, Animal Control more than doubles its Live + Same…

FOX’S NEW COMEDY BLOCK LAUNCHES WITH GOING DUTCH,

DENIS LEARY’S ALL-NEW WORKPLACE COMEDY, ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 2,

ALONGSIDE JOEL MCHALE’S HIT SERIES ANIMAL CONTROL

INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY, EMOTIONALLY CHARGED

NEW MEDICAL DRAMA, DOC, PREMIERES ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7

GORDON RAMSAY’S HIT SERIES,

KITCHEN NIGHTMARES: ROAD TO SUPER BOWL LIX, DEBUTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7

SPECIAL FORCES: WORLD’S TOUGHEST TEST RETURNS ON

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 WITH EPIC FIVE-WEEK EVENT

TELEVISION’S BIGGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR KICKS OFF “FOX’S SUPER WEEK”…

NEW AND RETURNING SCRIPTED SERIES FROM CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, INCLUDING JOHN WELLS, BARBIE KLIGMAN, HANK STEINBERG, DENIS LEARY, RYAN MURPHY,

HOWARD GORDON, JAMIE FOXX, JON HAMM AND DAN HARMON

NEW SERIES INCLUDE: ALL-NEW ACTION-DRAMA RESCUE: HI-SURF,

FROM LEGENDARY PRODUCER JOHN WELLS AND WRITER MATT KESTER

BRAND-NEW BOLD MEDICAL DRAMA DOC, BASED ON GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED HIT ITALIAN SERIES,

FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS BARBIE KLIGMAN, HANK STEINBERG AND ERWIN STOFF, AND STARRING MOLLY PARKER

ALL-NEW PSYCHOLOGICA…

The Pack is Back for Season Two of FOX’s First Wholly Owned Live-Action Comedy Premiering Wednesday, March 6

FOX Entertainment has renewed the workplace comedy Animal Control, starring Emmy Award nominee Joel McHale, for a third season, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President of Scripted Programming, FOX Entertainment. The single-camera show, FOX’s first wholly owned live-action comedy, launched last year as the network’s most-streamed debut ever, and will debut its second season on Wednesday, March 6 (9:00-9:30 ET/PT).

Create…

NEW SEASONS OF LIVE-ACTION SCRIPTED DRAMAS 

ALERT: MISSING PERSONS UNIT AND THE CLEANING LADY

AND COMEDY ANIMAL CONTROL TO PREMIERE IN MARCH

 

 THRILLING CRIME DRAMAS THE CLEANING LADY AND ALERT: MISSING PERSONS UNIT 

PREMIERE TUESDAY, MARCH 5

 

SECOND SEASON OF WORKPLACE COMEDY ANIMAL CONTROL 

AND ANIMATED HIT FAMILY GUY,

RETURN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6,

FOLLOWING THE SEASON 11 PREMIERE OF THE MASKED SINGER   

 

 ALL-NEW ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUIZ SHOW THE FLOOR,

WITH HOST AND PRODUCER ROB LOWE, 

PREMIERES TUESDAY, JANUARY 2

 FOLL…

Workplace Comedy to Debut on E4 in 2024

Deal Joins Series’ Recent English-Speaking Territory Sales in Canada to CBC, Australia’s Foxtel and New Zealand to TVNZ

OCTOBER 23, 2023 (London/Los Angeles) - The U.K.’s Channel 4 has acquired the television rights to the hit single-camera comedy Animal Control from FOX Entertainment Global (FEG) for its linear entertainment platform E4, it was announced today by Channel 4 Head of Acquisitions Nick Lee and Tony Vassiliadis, Chief Operating Officer of FEG.

Produced by FOX Entertainment Studios and…

The Only Network to Hold 100% of its Demo Ratings from Prior Season,

FOX Ranks #1 Among Adults 18-49 By +14%

ACCUSED Ranks as 2023’s #1 New Drama,

SPECIAL FORCES: WORLD’S TOUGHEST TEST Claims #1 New Unscripted Series,

ANIMAL CONTROL Posts FOX’s Most-Streamed Premiere Ever

FOX Entertainment Programming Posts +8% Year-Over-Year Gain in Total-Minutes-Watched

On the heels of ranking #1 during the traditional 2022-23 broadcast season, FOX also will win the full, 12-month season from September 19, 2022, to September 24, 2023, a…

FOX’s First Wholly Owned Live-Action Comedy Launched as the Network’s

Most-Streamed Scripted Debut Of All Time

FOX Entertainment has renewed workplace comedy Animal Control, starring Emmy Award nominee Joel McHale, for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President of Scripted Programming, FOX Entertainment. The single-camera show, FOX’s first wholly owned live-action comedy, launched as the network’s most-streamed scripted debut ever and most-watched comedy series this season to date.

“We are thrilled our viewers hav…