America's Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition
A spin-off featuring viewer-submitted animal video clips.
Alfonso Ribeiro hosts *America's Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition*, a spin-off of the long-running clip show that focuses entirely on animal antics. The series, which first aired on Nat Geo Wild in June 2021, draws on viewer-submitted homemade videos featuring pets, wildlife, and everything in between. It is based on the Japanese program *Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan*. Each episode presents short clips, typically five to thirty seconds long, showing animals in funny situations or displaying unusual behaviors. The show also includes animal facts and trivia questions that bookend commercial breaks. Producers select a favorite video each episode, awarding the submitter $10,000 in a non-tournament round. Most clips are edited for length due to time constraints. The series has also aired on Disney XD. No DVD release for this spin-off has been officially announced or released. After each season concludes, episodes become available for streaming on Disney+.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Clip show / Comedy
- Creator
- Vin Di Bona
- Based On
- Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan
- Director
- Rob Katz
- Presenter
- Alfonso Ribeiro
- Theme Music Composer
- Dan Slider (music)
- Open Theme
- "This Is You” (instrumental theme)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Num Seasons
- 2
- Num Episodes
- 24
- Executive Producer
- Vin Di Bona · Richard Connor · Michael O'Rourke
Facts from the source article.
Lore & Background
AFV Animal Edition premiered on Nat Geo Wild on June 11, 2021, with three new episodes airing in a block every Friday night at 7pm, drawing approximately 0.39 million viewers. The show later premiered on Disney XD on September 18, 2021, with the second and third episodes together, reaching about 0.17 million viewers. The first season on Disney XD aired Saturdays at 8pm. For season two, the show moved to back-to-back airings every Saturday night starting at 7pm, with the season premiere pulling approximately 0.31 million viewers. Additional content bearing the 'Xtra Laughs' subtitle was also aired.
Reader's Guide
The show's formula is similar to America's Funniest Home Videos, though it draws specifically on animal-related video clips from that parent show. Most video clips are short (5–30 seconds) and feature animals in humorous circumstances or displaying interesting capabilities or behaviors. The show also intersperses animal facts, often introducing connected videos or forming trivia questions to bookend commercial breaks. For each episode, producers and staff choose a favorite video submission that wins $1,000 in a non-tournament exhibition round. Most videos are edited for length due to time constraints. Season 1 was released on October 5, 2021 as a 3-disc DVD set, and the show is available for streaming on Disney+ after each season airs. As a spin-off, it extends the brand of America's Funniest Home Videos into a dedicated animal-focused format, reaching audiences on both Nat Geo Wild and Disney XD.
Did You Know?
- The show is based on the Japanese variety show Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan.
- It premiered on Nat Geo Wild on June 11, 2021, and later on Disney XD on September 18, 2021.
- The show is hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, who also hosts its parent show America's Funniest Home Videos.
More in American television spinoffs 1-24
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced