World's Funniest Animals
2020 American video clip television series
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World's Funniest Animals is an American video clip television series produced by Associated Television International that premiered on The CW on September 18, 2020.
| World's Funniest Animals | |
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| Genre | Comedy clip show |
| Directed by | Noah Matthews and Brad Thomas |
| Presented by | Elizabeth Stanton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 68 (and 6 specials) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Associated Television International |
| Original release | |
| Network | The CW |
| Release | September 18, 2020 – August 29, 2024 |
| Related | |
| The World's Funniest Moments | |
Premise
Following a format similar to America's Funniest Home Videos/The Planet's Funniest Animals, the series showcases viral internet clips of funny animal moments as well as celebrity guests, their pets, and panelists to commentate on the clips.
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2020–21)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Guest(s) | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 101" | September 18, 2020 | Tom Arnold & Natalie Lander | 0.78[1] |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 102" | September 18, 2020 | Dee Wallace | 0.82[1] |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 103" | September 25, 2020 | James Maslow | 0.75[2] |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 104" | October 2, 2020 | Murray SawChuck | 0.71[3] |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 105" | October 9, 2020 | Brittany Underwood | 0.66[4] |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 106" | October 16, 2020 | Ace Young & Diana DeGarmo | 0.70[5] |
| 7 | 7 | "Episode 107" | October 23, 2020 | Murray Jennifer Taylor | 0.64[6] |
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 108" | October 30, 2020 | Garrett Clayton | 0.74[7] |
| 9 | 9 | "Episode 109" | November 6, 2020 | Danielle Nicolet | 0.59[8] |
| 10 | 10 | "Episode 110" | November 20, 2020 | Jennifer Veal | 0.61[9] |
| 11 | 11 | "Episode 111" | November 27, 2020 | Kelli Goss | 0.99[10] |
| 12 | 12 | "Episode 112" | December 3, 2020 | Jessica Morris & Dan Sperry | 0.61[11] |
| 13 | 13 | "Episode 113" | December 17, 2020 | Brielle Barbusca & Bradford Anderson | 0.58[12] |
| 14 | 14 | "Episode 114" | January 5, 2021 | Toby Rand | 0.86[13] |
| 15 | 15 | "Episode 115" | January 14, 2021 | Stephen Kramer Glickman | 0.74[14] |
| 16 | 16 | "Episode 116" | January 14, 2021 | Griffin Gluck | 0.67[14] |
Season 2 (2021–22)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [15] | Original release date [15] | Guest(s) | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Episode 201" | October 9, 2021 | Colin Mochrie | 0.59[16] |
| 18 | 2 | "Episode 202" | October 9, 2021 | Molly McCook | 0.55[16] |
| 19 | 3 | "Episode 203" | October 16, 2021 | Parker Bates | 0.47[17] |
| 20 | 4 | "Episode 204" | October 23, 2021 | Amara Zaragoza | 0.49[18] |
| 21 | 5 | "Episode 205" | November 6, 2021 | Maz Jobrani | 0.42[19] |
| 22 | 6 | "Episode 206" | November 13, 2021 | Amy Gumenick | 0.57[20] |
| 23 | 7 | "Episode 207" | November 20, 2021 | Neil Brown Jr. | 0.48[21] |
| 24 | 8 | "Episode 208" | January 8, 2022 | Lola Flannery | 0.44[22] |
| 25 | 9 | "Episode 209" | January 15, 2022 | Percy Daggs III | 0.37[23] |
| 26 | 10 | "Episode 210" | January 22, 2022 | Christina Ochoa | 0.44[24] |
| 27 | 11 | "Episode 211" | January 29, 2022 | Bob Morley | 0.50[25] |
| 28 | 12 | "Episode 212" | February 26, 2022 | Tiera Skovbye | 0.44[26] |
| 29 | 13 | "Episode 213" | March 5, 2022 | Jayson Blair | 0.44[27] |
| 30 | 14 | "Episode 214" | March 12, 2022 | Sarah Jeffery | 0.31[28] |
| 31 | 15 | "Episode 215" | March 26, 2022 | Jackie Seiden | 0.52[29] |
| 32 | 16 | "Episode 216" | April 2, 2022 | Jackie Tohn | 0.38[30] |
Season 3 (2022–23)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [15] | Original release date [15] | Guest(s) | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 33 | 1 | "Episode 301" | October 22, 2022 | Gregg Sulkin | 0.45[31] |
| 34 | 2 | "Episode 302" | October 22, 2022 | Kaci Walfall | 0.45[31] |
| 35 | 3 | "Episode 303" | October 29, 2022 | Lucas Grabeel | 0.38[32] |
| 36 | 4 | "Episode 304" | November 5, 2022 | Katie Leclerc | 0.33[33] |
| 37 | 5 | "Episode 305" | November 12, 2022 | Kennedy McMann | 0.36[34] |
| 38 | 6 | "Episode 306" | November 19, 2022 | Kelly Stables | 0.40[35] |
| 39 | 7 | "Episode 307" | December 3, 2022 | Brec Bassinger | 0.44[36] |
| 40 | 8 | "Episode 308" | December 10, 2022 | Gilles Marini | 0.43[37] |
| 41 | 9 | "Episode 309" | January 14, 2023 | Sara Waisglass | 0.45[38] |
| 42 | 10 | "Episode 310" | January 21, 2023 | Derrex Brady | 0.35[39] |
| 43 | 11 | "Episode 311" | January 28, 2023 | Niiko X Swae | 0.47[40] |
| 44 | 12 | "Episode 312" | February 4, 2023 | Dichen Lachman | 0.51[41] |
| 45 | 13 | "Episode 313" | February 11, 2023 | Patrika Darbo | 0.50[42] |
| 46 | 14 | "Episode 314" | February 18, 2023 | Cameron Mathison | 0.46[43] |
| 47 | 15 | "Episode 315" | February 25, 2023 | Jason Ebs | 0.48[44] |
| 48 | 16 | "Episode 316" | March 4, 2023 | Joshua Milrad | 0.48[45] |
| 49 | 17 | "Episode 317" | March 11, 2023 | Tony Denison | 0.42[46] |
| 50 | 18 | "Episode 318" | March 18, 2023 | Mel & Zane Lamprey | 0.37[47] |
Season 4 (2023–24)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [15] | Original release date [15] | Guest(s) | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 1 | "Episode 418" | November 6, 2023 | N/A | 0.31[48] |
| 52 | 2 | "Episode 417" | November 13, 2023 | N/A | 0.24[49] |
| 53 | 3 | "Episode 416" | November 20, 2023 | N/A | 0.21[50] |
| 54 | 4 | "Episode 415" | November 27, 2023 | N/A | 0.28[51] |
| 55 | 5 | "Episode 401" | December 4, 2023 | N/A | 0.32[52] |
| 56 | 6 | "Episode 402" | January 12, 2024 | N/A | 0.39[53] |
| 57 | 7 | "Episode 403" | January 19, 2024 | N/A | 0.36[54] |
| 58 | 8 | "Episode 404" | January 26, 2024 | N/A | 0.36[55] |
| 59 | 9 | "Episode 405" | June 20, 2024 | N/A | 0.26[56] |
| 60 | 10 | "Episode 406" | June 27, 2024 | N/A | 0.28[57] |
| 61 | 11 | "Episode 407" | July 4, 2024 | N/A | 0.26[58] |
| 62 | 12 | "Episode 408" | July 11, 2024 | N/A | 0.34[59] |
| 63 | 13 | "Episode 409" | July 18, 2024 | N/A | 0.36[60] |
| 64 | 14 | "Episode 410" | July 25, 2024 | N/A | 0.34[61] |
| 65 | 15 | "Episode 411" | August 8, 2024 | N/A | 0.19[62] |
| 66 | 16 | "Episode 412" | August 15, 2024 | N/A | 0.28[63] |
| 67 | 17 | "Episode 413" | August 22, 2024 | N/A | 0.31[64] |
| 68 | 18 | "Episode 414" | August 29, 2024 | N/A | 0.32[65] |
Specials (2021–22)
| No. | Title | Original release date | Guest(s) | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Spring Fling" | April 30, 2021 | N/A | 0.81[66] |
| 2 | "Summer Fling" | August 4, 2021 | Ed Alonzo & Bob the Duck | 0.67[67] |
| 3 | "Halloween" | October 30, 2021 | Robert Englund | 0.51[68] |
| 4 | "Christmas" | December 1, 2021 | Kayla Compton | 0.43[69] |
| 5 | "Valentines Day" | February 12, 2022 | N/A | 0.60[70] |
| 6 | "National Puppy Day Special" | March 19, 2022 | Lissette Rojo | 0.49[71] |
Development
On May 14, 2020, The CW announced that in light of television production being suspended across the United States on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, the network would push its new season to January 2021 and would air acquired and encore programming in the fall of 2020 instead. This gave rise to World's Funniest Animals, as the series consists mainly of a compilation of comic animal clips from various sources and thus is easy to be produced largely remotely. Shortly after, it was announced that the series would be hosted by Elizabeth Stanton.[72] On August 17, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on September 18, 2020.[73][15] On December 7, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season,[74] which premiered on October 9, 2021.[75] On January 20, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on October 22, 2022.[76] On May 18, 2023, The CW renewed the series for a fourth season.[77]