Animal Control

Animal Control is a FOX workplace comedy starring Joel McHale that follows a group of local animal control workers who discover that dealing with animals is often much easier than dealing with people. The series mixes workplace comedy with the unpredictable situations that come with keeping both animals and their human neighbors under control.

Follow Seat42F’s Animal Control coverage for the latest news, episode photos, trailers, casting updates and more from the FOX comedy. Browse the archive below for coverage of the series from its launch and early episodes through its continuing run.

ANIMAL CONTROL Season 5 Episode 5 : L-R: Ravi Patel and Grace Palmer in the “SLED DOGS AND KITTY LITTER” episode of Animal Control airing Sunday, November 1 (8: 30-9: 00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. © 2026 Fox Media LLC. CR: Bettina Strauss/FOX.

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Animal Control Season 5 Episode 5 Photos: “Sled Dogs and Kitty Litter” Airs Tonight on FOX

November 1, 2026 at 1:44 pm

Thomas Miller

Animal Control Season 5 Episode 5 photos preview “Sled Dogs and Kitty Litter,” airing tonight, Sunday, November 1, from 8:31–9:02 ...

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Animal Control Season 5 Episode 3 Photos: Ken Jeong Returns — Airs Tonight on FOX

October 18, 2026 at 12:35 pm

Thomas Miller

Animal Control Season 5 Episode 3 photos preview “Bugs and Rabid Dogs,” airing tonight, Sunday, October 18, from 8:31–9:02 p.m. ...

Brooke Lyons and Michael Rowland in Animal Control Season 5 Episode 2 “Crows and Lizard Legs”

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Animal Control Season 5 Episode 2 Photos: “Crows and Lizard Legs”

October 4, 2026 at 4:07 pm

Thomas Miller

Animal Control Season 5 Episode 2 photos preview “Crows and Lizard Legs,” airing Sunday, October 4, from 8:31 to 9:02 ...

Animal Control Season 5 Episode 1 L: Joel McHale and Ken Jeong in the Season Five premiere episode of ANIMAL CONTROL. Frank leads the team in a work stoppage, but abandons his cause for the ultimate call - recovering the Seahawks’ missing mascot on the all-new “Seahawks and Piglets” episode of Animal Control airing Sunday, September 27 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. © 2026 Fox Media LLC. CR: Bettina Strauss/FOX.

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Animal Control Season 5 Episode 1 Photos: “Seahawks and Piglets”

September 27, 2026 at 2:51 pm

Thomas Miller

Animal Control Season 5 Episode 1 photos preview “Seahawks and Piglets,” the FOX comedy’s season premiere. Joel McHale returns as ...

Animal Control Season 5 Cast Photo: L-R: Michael Rowland as Shred, Joel McHale as Frank, Vella Lovell as Emily, Ravi Patel as Patel, and Grace Palmer as Victoria, in the all-new season of ANIMAL CONTROL. CR: Pamela Littky /FOX © 2026 FOX Media LLC.

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Animal Control Season 5 Cast Photos Preview The Comedy’s September Return

August 29, 2026 at 8:44 pm

Thomas Miller

Animal Control is getting ready to clock back in, and FOX has released new cast photos ahead of the workplace comedy’s ...

ANIMAL CONTROL Season 1 Episode 12 Photo Unicorns and Mountain Lions

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FOX Renews ANIMAL CONTROL For Season Five

February 26, 2026 at 8:13 pm

Thomas Miller

FOX Entertainment has renewed its hit workplace comedy Animal Control, starring Joel McHale, for a fifth season, it was announced today by Michael ...