‘Animal Control’ Star Michael Rowland Talks That Jaw-Dropping Moment & Teases ‘Emotional Rollercoaster’ Ahead

After making his late-night debut on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last year with a laugh-out-loud standup set, breakout comedian Michael Rowland is looking to make a splash on primetime TV with his new sitcom, Animal Control.

Following a series premiere that wrangled in 4.3 million total multi-platform viewers for Fox, the workplace comedy is already fast becoming one of 2023’s funniest new shows.

Led by Joel McHale and a motley crew of comedy stars including Ravi Patel and Vella Lovell, the Thursday night series follows the shenanigans of a local animal control group from the Northwest Seattle Division whose lives are complicated more so by their very flawed, human co-workers than the animals they care for.

But with the series just getting started and things heating up for several characters, Rowland teases Collider in an exclusive one-on-one interview that his beloved, eternal optimist character Shred is in for an “emotional rollercoaster.

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