If you’ve been paying close attention to the television landscape, network sitcoms are beginning to look a bit different. While some still include laugh tracks or are stylized as mockumentaries, there’s been a pronounced shift in tone since the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Networks are allowing comedy to get a little messier, weirder, and a lot more diverse in voice. One of the most underrated sitcoms pouncing on this shift in its third season is Fox’s Animal Control, proving that, sometimes, the funniest, most laugh-out-loud shows are the ones right under your nose. Delivering unexpected laughs through darker humor and sharp absurdism, the Joel McHale-led series brings a fresh, snappier layer of madcap comedy to Season 3 while elevating its trademark chaos. Moving back to Thursday nights on Fox and paired with the network’s next hilarious sitcom, Going Dutch, Animal Control is ready to power up its reach by introducing its unique style of comedy to an even wider audience. The single-camera series from Bob Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Rob Greenberg (The Moodys) and Dan Sterling (The Last Man on Earth) remains one of the most radically playful and laugh-out-loud comedies on network TV. After a sophomore season that smartly honed its focus on each character, Animal Control's writers have found fresh, inventive ways of adding more depth without falling back on stale sitcom tropes. Read my full review at Collider: https://collider.com/animal-control-season-3-review/