A special season 4 premiere of popular Vancouver-filmed comedy Animal Control, starring Joel McHale, airs tonight after Sunday NFL football on Fox.
The new season resumes with episode two on January 15th in its regular Thursday night slot.
Animal Control follows a group of Seattle Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not.
Season 4 Premiere: Bear Cubs and Broncos
Tensions rise when budget cuts force the two Animal Control precincts to merge; Frank (Joel McHale) and Templeton (Gerry Dee) wrestle for control during a bear rescue; Emily (Vella Lovell) and Shred (Michael Rowland) try to hide their romance.
Past animal rescues.
Animal Control Northwest Seattle Division set at Marine Drive & Manitoba in Vancouver.
Fox Entertainment Global has sold the comedy to Canada’s CBC, Australia’s Foxtel, New Zealand’s TVNZ and the UK’s Channel 4 and many more.
Animal Control Season 4:
Episodes: 10.
Vancouver filming dates: August 25 2025 – November 7, 2025.
Writer/producers: Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg, Dan Sterling.
Cast: Joel McHale, Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel, Grace Palmer, Alvina August, Kelli Ogmundson, Gerry Dee, Sarah Chalke.
Cast in Vancouver:
At a Vancouver Canucks game in season one.
