Fox Axes The Great North After Five Seasons
Fox has pulled the plug on The Great North after five seasons, confirming the cancellation just as the Season 5 finale aired. The Tobin family favorite from Bob’s Burgers alums Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, and Minty Lewis won’t be back for Season 6.
Well, that happened fast. Fox has pulled the plug on The Great North, and they did it right on the heels of the Season 5 finale. No Season 6, no 'maybe later'—it is done.
What Fox just decided
Fox confirmed The Great North is canceled after five seasons. The call came shortly after the Season 5 closer aired, which is about as clear a signal as you can get that the network was ready to wrap it up.
What Fox said out loud
"It’s difficult to say goodbye, but we’re thankful for the five hilarious seasons The Great North brought to the iconic Animation Domination lineup."
That quote is from Fox Television Network president Michael Thorn, who thanked creators Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, and Loren Bouchard, plus the cast and crew (via Deadline). Inside baseball note: the series itself is credited to Wendy and Lizzie Molyneux alongside Minty Lewis, so Bouchard getting a shout-out underscores the Bob’s Burgers DNA running through the show.
The writing on the wall
If you were watching the business moves, this was telegraphed months ago. When Fox rolled out a fresh multi-year animation deal earlier this year, The Great North was conspicuously not on the list. Meanwhile, these shows were:
- The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob’s Burgers each got four-year extensions
- American Dad! was marked as returning
- Krapopolis and Grimsburg both secured additional seasons
When all those renewals landed, there was not a lot of real estate left for The Great North to keep going.
A quick refresher on the show
The Great North launched in 2021 from Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, and Minty Lewis—part of the Bob’s Burgers brain trust—and quickly found its tone: warm, weird, and quietly sharp. Set in the fictional Alaskan town of Lone Moose, it followed single dad Beef Tobin doing his best to keep his kids—Judy, Wolf, Ham, and Moon—close while navigating small-town oddities and family chaos.
Where it lands
Across five seasons, the show built a loyal audience and a reputation for being a sweet, steady comedy with heart. By Fox’s own measure, it stands as the network’s most successful original animated comedy since Bob’s Burgers. Ending after five is not the fairy-tale outcome fans wanted, but it did leave its mark on Animation Domination.