Fox--Where Shows Get Renewed Sooner

[Mark Jeffries]

"Animal Control," the Joel McHale workplace comedy that is one of only three scripted live-action series on the current Fox schedule, won't begin its second season until next month (with a lead-in in the weakening "Masked Singer"), but Fox has already given it a renewal for a third season--remember, live-action series don't have the long lead time animated series have, so this could bite Fox in the--donkey:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joel-mchale-animal-control-renewed-season-3-1235817719/#recipient_hashed=04cc8432e89af1614e2b95d666f830a827568c45d7e9abbbd46ed84bf99ddfc7&recipient_salt=f8f1afe78c2d990c75c3121d1fa116315cbb1eda09b65c89df333468970da653

For the record, the other live-action scripted series are "The Cleaning Lady" and "9-1-1 Lone Star" (the parent in the "9-1-1" franchise was moved to ABC by Disney, its owner). Both shows begin their seasons next month. Meanwhile, five unscripted series are produced in Ireland and two more, even though they're produced in Atlanta, have the same Irish production company do post-production work in Ireland, since everything now is computer files instead of tape reels.