Joel McHale News

Get all the scoop on ANIMAL CONTROL, airing on FOX on Monday, May 22, 2023! FOX Entertainment’s first wholly owned live-action comedy, ANIMAL CONTROL is an all-new single-camera workplace series that follows a group of local ANIMAL CONTROL workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not.

FOX Entertainment has renewed workplace comedy Animal Control, starring Emmy Award nominee Joel McHale, for a second season, it was announced by Michael Thorn, President of Scripted Programming, FOX Entertainment. The single-camera show, FOX’s first wholly owned live-action comedy.

New competition series “The Big D,” (USA) “House of Villains” (E!), hosted by Joel McHale, and an Untitled Social Experiment from Studio Lambert (USA) bolster the portfolio’s winning unscripted lineup, with fan-favorites “The Real Housewives of Miami” and “Below Deck Down Under” premiering on Bravo before streaming next day on Peacock.

Last night, City Year Los Angeles hosted their 12th annual Spring Break: Destination Education Benefit which raised over $2.2 million to support thousands of students across L.A. thrive in school and in life. Check out photos here!

The rotating celebrity guests will each join host Rutledge Wood and resident experts Dalal Elsheikh, designer for the Ford Motor Company, and Hertrech “Hert” Eugene Jr., car culture influencer, on an episode throughout the season, where they will review the epic car transformations and crown a winner. Watch a video trailer trailer now!

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes Passaic native, Tom Papa, one of America's greatest comedians will perform live in Newark on Saturday, October 21st, at 8 pm. Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country, finding success as an author in film, TV, radio, and podcasts, as well as on the live stage.

Based on the globally acclaimed Italian series, Doc -- Nelle tue mani, which was created and is produced by Lux Vide, a Fremantle Company, and featured Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò of The White Lotus, FOX’s Doc is a new medical drama centered on Dr. Amy Elias, Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis.

Fast Foodies is set for a special nine-week, ten-episode run on Food Network. Episodes of the cooking competition will subsequently air Thursdays at 9:30PM ET and additional guests will include Jillian Bell, Fortune Feimster, Ron Funches, Chris Jericho, Bobby Moynihan, Andy Richter, Amanda Seales and James Van Der Beek.

Check out photos of celebrities at the 2023 “iHeartRadio Music Awards,' including H.E.R., Joel McHale, Nicole Scherzinger, Phoebe Bridgers, ICON Award Recipient P!NK, Kelly Clarkson, Latto, Doja Cat, Becky G, Jax, and more.

iHeartMedia and FOX Entertainment announced that the 2023 “iHeartRadio Music Awards” will feature special appearances from Cher, Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin, Donald Faison, H.E.R., Joel McHale, Jordan Davis, Nicole Scherzinger, Nikki Glaser, Phoebe Bridgers, TLC, Vella Lovell, Zach Braff and more.

Joel shares his excitement over reuniting with his cast for the “Community” movie and how they were able to see each other over Zoom during the pandemic for a non-profit table read. Then, the “Animal Control” actor chats with Jennifer about his new series and the sweet pets his family has at home. Watch videos from the episode now!

Rita Wilson fondly discusses her acting career spanning over 50 years and reminisces about her first role at the age of 15 on “The Brady Bunch.” Later in the show, up-and-coming actor Young Dylan joins Jennifer and talks about going viral at a young age and how he didn’t know what it meant. Watch videos from the episode now!

The new season is bringing more laughs, music and a stellar lineup of Grammy-, Tony- and Emmy-winning celebrity guests, including Chloe & Halle Bailey, Kelsea Ballerini, Jabari Banks, Alexa Bliss, Big Boi, Quinta Brunson, Chance The Rapper, Darren Criss, Jason DeRulo, Jenna Dewan, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Nikki Glaser, Taraji P. Henson, and more.

Comedy Works Entertainment presents TOM PAPA at Paramount Theatre on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 4 at 10am and are $29.50-49.50 plus applicable fees.

Animal Control is produced by FOX Entertainment Studios and also executive-produced by Bob Fisher (Wedding Crashers, Sirens, The Moodys), Rob Greenberg (Frasier, How I Met Your Mother, The Moodys), Dan Sterling (Long Shot, The Interview, Girls, The Office, King of the Hill) and Tad Quill (Scrubs, The Moodys).

Check out videos of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum Shangela as she sits down with Jennifer to discuss her history-making debut on “Dancing with the Stars” as the first drag performer on the competition series and what it means to represent her community. Tune in for a special salsa dance performance by Shangela and Gleb Savchenko. 

Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester” star proudly proclaims to Jennifer the love he has for his 94.5 year-old grandmother who lives in India and survived COVID.  Hasan goes on to share their beautiful bond and his grandmother’s gift of poetry.  Then, watch videos of Hasan and Jennifer playing a revealing game of “Would You Rather!”

Original stars Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash and Ken Jeong will reunite with Joel McHale as an executive producer. The movie will come from original series creator Dan Harmon, executive producer Andrew Guest, and from studios Sony Pictures Television and Universal Television.

The “Call Me Kat” actor and Jennifer address the rumor that she’s on “The Masked Singer” and Leslie dishes to the host that he developed a crush on Joel McHale while serving as a panelist. Leslie then goes on to share his story of performing his non-PG show in front of First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters. Watch the new video sneak peek now!