Animal Control season 2 full guide: how to watch and everything we know about the Joel McHale comedy

Joel McHale in Animal Control
Joel McHale in Animal Control (Image credit: Bettina Strauss/FOX)

After Animal Control season 1 debuted as Fox's most-watched comedy last season, Animal Control season 2 returned for the network for another go with the promise of more Joel McHale and animal hijinks.

Fox bills Animal Control as its first wholly-owned live action comedy and has already renewed it for season 3. Fox's President of Scripted Programming Michael Thorn praised the work of creators Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling, showrunner Tad Quill and the Animal Control cast and called the early renewal a reward for their work and the opportunity to continue delighting fans next season.

But first fans got to enjoy Animal Control season 2. Read on to find out everything you need to know about the sitcom.

How to watch Animal Control season 2

With all episodes of Animal Control season 2 having aired, viewers looking to catch up on any that they missed can stream them on-demand on Hulu. You can also watch the episodes directly on Fox.com if you are a subscriber to a service that carries Fox, like a traditional pay-TV subscription or a live TV streaming service (ie, Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV or YouTube TV)

Animal Control cast

Joel McHale leads the cast of Animal Control as Frank, the cynical former police officer who gets along better with animals than he does with most humans. McHale is a comedy stalwart, most recognizable from his time on Community and hosting the E! series The Soup.

The rest of the Animal Control cast includes stand-up comedian Michael Rowland as Fred "Shred" Taylor, Vella Lovell (My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) as Emily Price, Ravi Patel (Justified: City Primeval) as Amit Patel, Grace Palmer (Good Grief) as Victoria Sands and Gerry Dee (Mr. D) as Templeton Dudge.

Fox has also shared a number of guest stars for the new season, including Ken Jeong (reuniting with his old Community co-star McHale) as expert (and unhinged) dog trainer Roman Park, Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) as Yazmin, a love interest from Frank's past, and Krystal Smith (Welcome to Flatch), who will recur as Bettany, Emily's assistant.

Animal Control season 2 plot

Fox describes the plot of Animal Control as following "a group of local Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not."

All we know about Animal Control season 2 is this one line that Fox included in one of its press releases: "Season two ushers in mating season — for both the animals and the officers who protect them."

Animal Control season 2 trailer

Check out the Animal Control season 2 trailer directly below, which includes drunk racoons, a goat with pool noodles on its horn and more.

You can also check out this extended sneak peek for the comedy right here:

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