-- Animal Practice: This NBC series did not last very long - only eight episodes. While some, such as TV Blend, had promising reviews when the show started, it was not to be:
Animal Practice isn’t a life-changing comedy, and it may suffer from the rut of repeat plotlines a few episodes in, but the pilot is witty, sets up the premise and characters well, and is certainly passable. If you ignore the monkey and the impossibility of such a huge practice with so many regular and exotic animals streaming in at any given moment, and hone in on Justin Kirk, you may find yourself liking NBC’s comedy more than you meant to. Animal Practice may not be as innovative as Louie, but it also doesn’t shoehorn in jokes like Two Broke Girls.
At least PETA was cheering the demist of the show. Yes, another controversy over a comedy. PETA stated the following on its website (showing everyone is now a TV critic):
The only thing funny about this "sitcom" was its laughable ratings. By not tuning in, viewers told NBC that they weren't interested in watching animals dressed up and made to perform cheap tricks—animals who had been torn away from their mothers as babies and subjected to cruel training methods and unnatural living conditions.
Below are other shows that never made it:
-- Partners: The CBS comedy about a two friends in an architecture firm, one gay and one straight, died shortly out of the gate. Although it was created by the same team that gave us the successful Will & Grace, it was not enough.
-- Jersey Girl: This CBS show about a Jersey girl in a New York law firm never made it past two episodes.
-- Mob Doctor: Fox's medical drama about a Chicago doctor with ties to the local mafia was cancelled early in the season but allowed to show all 13 episodes.
-- Emily Owens, MD: This CW doctor series about high school friends at a Denver hospital was given one season only.
-- The Inbetweeners: While this MTV remake of a British comedy of the same name technically started last summer, I thought it was worth mentioning. As I wrote earlier, I thought it was a good show that came across as fresh (in both senses of the word) and good in its own right. Sadly, it was never given a second season to mature (pun intended). You can watch all of the season one episodes here.
You can stay abreast of these and other cancellations at TV Series Finale. Check it out.
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