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Comedy  •  2023-2025  •  22 min  •  Teen (13+)

Animal Control (2023-2025)

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Animal Control (2023-2025)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.6

Overview

A group of local animal control workers' lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. Leading the crew is Frank, an opinionated, eccentric animal control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room. In his past life as a cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, leaving him cynical and curmudgeonly. Despite his rough exterior, he is blessed with an almost superhuman ability to understand animals.

Starring Cast

Joel McHale  •   Vella Lovell  •   Michael Rowland

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Season 1 of 5

Season 1

Aired

PoliticalCenter
Animal Control Season 1 is a workplace comedy that focuses on character dynamics and situational humor within a public service setting, without engaging in explicit political commentary or promoting specific ideological viewpoints.
Social valuesModerate
Animal Control Season 1 features a visibly diverse main cast, including prominent Black and South Asian characters in original roles. The narrative primarily focuses on workplace comedy and character-driven humor, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its storytelling.
LGBTQ portrayalNeutral
Season 1 of "Animal Control" features Amit Patel, a gay character whose identity is presented as a normal aspect of his life. His sexuality is neither a central plot point nor a source of conflict or mockery. The show integrates his identity incidentally, treating it as a regular characteristic without significant positive or negative emphasis.

Season 2

Aired

PoliticalLeans Right
Animal Control centers on a former officer ousted for exposing corruption, using the mundane world of animal control to lampoon self-interested cops and unaccountable public systems.
Social valuesModerate
Animal Control features a cast with some racial and gender diversity among supporting roles, including a woman of color in a leadership position. The series presents its characters and workplace dynamics without framing traditional identities negatively or centering DEI themes.
LGBTQ portrayalNeutral
Animal Control features one recurring queer character, Victoria Sands, depicted as a sexually frank gay woman. Her presence supports occasional jokes about sexual content but remains incidental to the series' main comedic structure, with no extended arcs exploring identity, relationships, or social issues.

Season 3

Aired

PoliticalCenter
Animal Control delivers a standard workplace comedy about animal control officers handling quirky daily challenges through humor and group dynamics, emphasizing loyalty, honesty, and accountability without advancing ideological positions.
Social valuesModerate
Animal Control delivers a workplace comedy about animal control officers navigating human complications alongside routine animal cases. Its ensemble cast reflects everyday diversity without recasting established characters or centering identity-driven narratives.
LGBTQ portrayalNeutral
Animal Control includes Victoria Sands as a bisexual character whose marriage complications and office interactions form part of the ensemble setup. Her presence adds to the cast's diversity without centering major arcs or delivering pointed commentary on queer identity.

Season 4

Aired

PoliticalCenter
Animal Control delivers a mockumentary sitcom centered on animal control officers whose biggest headaches come from people and departmental politics rather than the animals themselves.
Social valuesModerate
Animal Control assembles a mixed cast for its low-stakes workplace comedy centered on animal control officers, delivering quirky humor without any emphasis on identity-driven storylines or challenges to conventional roles.
LGBTQ portrayalNeutral
Animal Control includes one recurring gay character, Victoria, whose sham marriage and green-card concerns unfold amid the show's casual sexual humor. Her orientation appears as a background trait rather than a focal point, receiving neither strong affirmation nor overt ridicule across the episodes.

Season 5

Aired

PoliticalLeans Left
Animal Control uses its low-stakes animal control office setting to highlight flaws in policing and unaccountable public systems, framing former officer Frank Shaw as a whistleblower disillusioned by corruption while delivering standard network sitcom humor.
Social valuesModerate
Animal Control features a mixed cast with several supporting roles filled by actors of color and women, while the lead characters remain white men. The series presents straightforward workplace comedy without any narrative focus on identity politics or critiques of traditional demographics.
LGBTQ portrayalNeutral
Animal Control includes Victoria Sands as its primary queer character, a sexually frank bisexual woman whose storylines center on marriage complications and dating mishaps. These elements appear as light comedic background rather than focal points, with no sustained affirmation or critique of LGBTQ+ identity.

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The series is a workplace comedy centered on character-driven humor and situational comedy involving animals, and it explicitly does not foreground a distinct political ideology or engage directly with political issues.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The series features a visibly diverse cast with varied ethnic and national backgrounds, and includes women in significant leadership roles. The narrative is primarily a comedic exploration of workplace dynamics and human foibles, without foregrounding explicit DEI themes or critically portraying traditional identities.

Secondary

LGBTQ: Neutral
Confidence: High

Animal Control features Victoria Sands, a confident lesbian character integrated into the workplace. While her relationships are part of the narrative, the show does not deeply explore queer identity. Its humor sometimes relies on conventional, occasionally vulgar jokes and stereotypes, leading to a portrayal that is present but neither strongly affirming nor overtly negative.

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High

The show primarily focuses on the workplace as a 'chosen family,' with biological and marital family structures being peripheral, often non-traditional (divorced, single), and not idealized. It normalizes alternative adult living arrangements and relationships without strongly endorsing or critiquing specific family models.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Based on the provided information, there is no available data concerning the depiction of transsexual characters or themes in *Animal Control* (2023). Consequently, an evaluation of its portrayal cannot be made, indicating no identifiable representation.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Animal Control is an original series, not based on pre-existing source material or historical figures. All characters are portrayed with the genders established during their creation for the show, meaning no character's on-screen gender differs from their canonical or original design.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The show "Animal Control" features original characters created for this new series. There is no prior source material or established canon for these characters, thus precluding any instance of a race swap.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.9
The Movie Database logo
6.1

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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6.8

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