NBC is saying goodbye to Animal Practice.
The Hollywood Reporter notes that the show, which stars Justin Kirk from Weeds, will continue to air until November 7. Whitney will take its spot in the Wednesday night lineup the following week.
Animal Practice started with strong ratings when a test episode aired during the Olympics. Its official time slot debut brought in a 1.4 rating in the key demo but dropped to 1.0 last night. Entertainment Weekly reports that last night’s episode brought in 3.8 million viewers and had the worst rating of any network show in the hour.
NBC recently put Whitney and Community into the bullpen in case they decided to cancel one of their comedies. Well, it turns out that was a good move. Whitney will now move into the Wednesday slot. Community still doesn’t have a premiere date.
NBC’s two other new comedies, Go On and The New Normal were both picked up with full series orders. The new drama Revolution was also picked up for a full first season.
Are you upset that Animal Practice is getting cancelled? Are you mad that Whitney, and not Community, was called in to fill the time slot?
I liked Animal Practice, the monkey was better looking than any of the Kardasians, and a better actor than anyone on Jersey Shore, and less hair.
I’m sad to see this be axed before The Mob Doctor, but I wasn’t really feeling that happy with the show, after its first episode. A few friends that work with me at DISH think that Crystal the monkey was the real star of the show. I didn’t have to go too far out of my way to watch the episodes, because they auto-recorded to my Hopper; the PrimeTime Anytime feature helped me to discover this show and others, like Revolution. Cheers to the monkey; I hope she at least fines another gig.