
FOX Doubles Down on the Laughs Renewing Comedies Animal Control, Starring Joel McHale, and Going Dutch, Starring Denis Leary 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 Day delivery and Going Dutch is FOX's most streamed new comedy this season. The single-camera shows, both wholly owned by FOX, will return in the 2025-2026 season.
Animal Control and Going Dutch are proven winners thanks to signature FOX characters brought to life by Joel and Denis two of the funniest comedic voices on TV today, giving us an ideal foundation for building our new comedy block, said Thorn. With a focus on creating irreverent, fun workplace humor that's both outrageous and unpredictable, Joel, Denis, their castmates and production teams deliver reliably laugh-out-loud moments week-after-week that will keep fans coming back season-after-season.
Animal Control follows a group of local Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. McHale stars as Frank Shaw, an over-qualified, over-opinionated Animal Control officer who has an almost superhuman ability to understand animals. But humans not so much. In addition to McHale, Animal Control stars Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel and Grace Palmer. Created by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling, Animal Control is produced by FOX Entertainment Studios, with production services provided by JAX Media. Fisher, Greenberg, Sterling, Tad Quill and Joel McHale are executive producers, with Quill serving as showrunner. The series is distributed by FOX Entertainment Global. Animal Control has been sold in over 70 territories, including the U.K. to Channel 4, as well as Foxtel's FOX8 and Binge in Australia, CBC and CBC Gem in Canada and TVNZ in New Zealand.
Going Dutch centers on the arrogant, loudmouth U.S. Army Colonel Patrick Quinn (Denis Leary), who after an epically unfiltered rant is reassigned to the Netherlands, where he is punished with a command position at the least strategic army base in the world, notable for its Michelin Star-commissary, top-notch bowling alley, lavender-infused laundry and the best (and only) fromagerie in the U.S. Armed Forces. Surrounded by a diverse group of military misfits, the colonel tries to reinstate discipline and professionalism with the help of the base's previous interim leader, who just happens to be his estranged daughter, Captain Maggie Quinn (Taylor Misiak). In addition to Leary and Misiak, the series stars Danny Pudi, Laci Mosley and Hal Cumpston. The single-camera comedy is wholly owned by FOX Entertainment and is an outgrowth of Leary's broadcast direct deal with the company. Going Dutch is produced by FOX Entertainment Studios and is distributed by FOX Entertainment Global. The series was created by executive producer Joel Church-Cooper (Brockmire). Denis Leary and Jack Leary are executive producers through their production company Amoeba.
About FOX Entertainment
With a legacy spanning nearly 40 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world's most recognizable media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and both owned and third-party platforms worldwide. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking storytelling, the company includes three key business units: FOX Television Network, FOX Entertainment Studios and worldwide content sales and licensing unit FOX Entertainment Global.
While maintaining its leadership in linear television with an exceptional slate of original series - including Doc, Extracted, The Masked Singer, The Floor, The Simpsons, Animal Control, Going Dutch, Murder in a Small Town, The Cleaning Lady, Hell's Kitchen and LEGO Masters - FOX Entertainment is growing its portfolio of studio engines, business operations and library of owned original content.
To date, the FOX Entertainment Studios division includes the in-house unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment with hits The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice and Name That Tune, and its scripted content studio featuring comedies Animal Control and Going Dutch and signature drama series The Way Home and The Chicken Sisters. The unit also oversees the award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment with animated comedies including Krapopolis, Grimsburg, Hazbin Hotel and Universal Basic Guys; entertainment platform TMZ with its tentpole primetime series TMZ Investigates; its new independent film label Tideline Entertainment with inaugural releases including First Time Female Director, Ponyboi and Slanted; and the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global in partnership with iconic chef Gordon Ramsay, featuring food-themed original series on FOX such as Next Level Chef, Kitchen Nightmaresand Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars, as well as the new next-gen global food brand and entertainment platform Bite, Being Gordon Ramsay on Netflix and No Taste Like Home on Disney+.
As a global content creator and production partner, FOX Entertainment Studios collaborates with studios and platforms worldwide, including Disney/Hulu, Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony Pictures Television, Prime Video, Netflix, Apple+, Hallmark, TelevisaUnivision, UK's Channel 4, France's TF1, German's ProSieben, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia's Foxtel and FOX
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