The always-employed Joel McHale is making his community sitcom comeback.
The Group grad is about to star within the new office comedy Animal Management, which beforehand obtained a straight-to-series order at Fox.
The one-camera comedy follows “a bunch of native Animal Management employees whose lives are sophisticated by the truth that animals are easy, however people should not,” based on the official logline. “McHale will painting Frank, an opinionated, eccentric Animal Management officer who could not have gone to school however continues to be essentially the most well-read particular person within the room. A former cop, Frank tried to show corruption in his division, however his efforts obtained him fired, which can clarify why he’s so cynical and curmudgeonly. He has an virtually superhuman potential to grasp animals. People… not a lot.”
McHale executive-produces alongside Bob Fisher (Sirens, The Moodys), Rob Greenberg (Frasier, How I Met Your Mom, The Moodys), Dan Sterling (The Workplace, King of the Hill) and Tad Quill (Scrubs, The Moodys).
“Dan, Rob, Tad and Bob had envisioned Joel because the lead of Animal Management from the very second we started growth, and we’re all ecstatic to have him on board,” FOX Leisure President Michael Thorn mentioned in an announcement Friday. “Joel’s acerbic wit and talent to convey a comedic lens to all the things he’s concerned with make him the right particular person to convey Frank to life.”
McHale isn’t any stranger to Fox audiences. Along with internet hosting Crime Scene Kitchen (which was beforehand renewed for Season 2), he continuously seems as a panelist on The Masked Singer and I Can See Your Voice, reverse Group costar Ken Jeong. He’s additionally a collection common on The CW’s Stargirl, at present in Season 3.
As beforehand reported, McHale will reprise his function as Jeff Winger in Peacock’s Group the Film, which is predicted to bow in 2023. Animal Management, in the meantime, is slated to debut at midseason.
Will you be tuning in for Animal Management upon its eventual debut?