''World's Funniest Animals'' is an American video clip television series produced by

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that premiered on

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on September 18, 2020.

Premise

Following a format similar to ''

America's Funniest Home Videos ''America's Funniest Home Videos'', also called ''America's Funniest Videos'' (abbreviated as ''AFV''), is an American video clip television series on American Broadcasting Company, ABC, based on the Japanese variety show ''Kato-chan Ken-chan Gok ...

''/''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)

Spring special (2021)

Summer special (2021)

Season 2 (2021–22)

Halloween special (2021)

Christmas special (2021)

Valentines Day special (2022)

National Puppy Day special (2022)

Season 3 (2022–23)

Development

On May 14, 2020,

announced that in light of television production being suspended across the United States on account of the

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, 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

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. On August 17, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on September 18, 2020. On December 7, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 9, 2021. On January 20, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on October 22, 2022.

References

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