Fox has put Animal Control into its Sunday Animation Domination block for Season 5, slotting the live-action comedy after The Simpsons and before Universal Basic Guys and Grimsburg. The move is part of the network’s fall 2026 schedule, which Fox released on Tuesday.
That timing matters because viewers looking for the Fox Fall Sunday Schedule now have a full Sunday night lineup to follow, not just a single show shift. The network’s fall premiere week runs from September 21-27, and Sunday remains mostly an animation night even with Animal Control added to the block.
The Sunday lineup now runs in a straight line: The Simpsons returns for Season 38, Animal Control opens Season 5, Universal Basic Guys begins Season 3 and Grimsburg returns for Season 3. Fox had already said in May that Animal Control would move into the Animation Domination block, and Tuesday’s schedule confirms the change is not a one-off placement but part of the fall plan.
Elsewhere on the schedule, Fox has no new series ready for the fall grid, but it does have a handful of 2026-27 arrivals waiting in the wings. That list includes Baywatch, The Interrogator and Marriage Market, while other Fox titles are lined up to premiere later in the season.
For now, the immediate takeaway is simple: Fox has locked in its Sunday identity for the fall and widened Animation Domination just enough to make room for Animal Control. The open question is how long that live-action half-hour stays in the block once Season 5 begins, but the launch order is settled. Fox College Football Friday starts on September 4, and the first wave of fall premieres follows during the September 21-27 window, with Best Medicine and Doc on September 22, The Floor and 99 to Beat on September 23, and Hell’s Kitchen before Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test on September 24.
