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ANIMAL CONTROL
Air Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026
Time Slot: 9:02 PM-9:32 PM EST on FOX
Episode Title: (ANC-402) "Bagged Birds and Alley Dogs"
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Audio descriptions for Animal Control, Going Dutch and Hell's Kitchen are available on the SAP Audio Channel]

- Animal Control - (9:02-9:32 PM ET/PT) CC - HDTV 720p - Dolby Digital 5.1

THE PRECINCT PREPARES FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THEIR ANNEX KENNEL ON AN ALL-NEW ANIMAL CONTROL THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, ON FOX

Frank spends the day with influencer and park benefactor Roman Park (Ken Jeong) ahead of the grand opening of their annex kennel. Friction arises within the newly combined precincts when Emily assigns Templeton, Shred and Patel to work together, while pairing Victoria with Daisy. Meanwhile, Emily and Shred find themselves in peculiar situations in the all-new "Bagged Birds and Alley Dogs" episode of Animal Control airing Thursday, Jan 15 (9:02-9:32 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (ANC-402) (TV-14 D,L,S)

Cast: Joel McHale as Frank Shaw, Michael Rowland as Fred "Shred" Taylor, Vella Lovell as Emily Price, Ravi Patel as Amit Patel, and Grace Palmer as Victoria Sands, Larry Joe Campbell as Carl, Lucy Punch as Fiona, and Josh Segarra as Parker.

Guest Cast: Ken Jeong as Roman Park







ANIMAL CONTROL (FOX)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
2/16/23 - ???
STATUS:
currently airing (fall 2026)
TIME SLOT:
sundays from 8:30 PM-9:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
5 (??? episodes)
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
DESCRIPTION:
(from FOX's web site, September 2026) Local animal control workers find humans to be the most complicated part of their lives.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alvina August as Dr. Summers
· Gerry Dee as Templeton Dudge
· Grace Palmer as Victoria Sands
· Joel McHale as Frank
· Kelli Ogmundson as Dolores Stubb
· Michael Rowland as Fred "Shred" Taylor
· Ravi Patel as Amit Patel
· Vella Lovell as Emily
CREW INFORMATION:
· Bob Fisher as CRTR/EP
· Dan Sterling as CRTR/EP
· Joel McHale as EP
· Rob Greenberg as CRTR/EP
· Tad Quill as EP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· FOX Entertainment