NBC Pulls the Plug on \'Animal Practice\'

NBC announced Thursday that it was cancelling the new sitcom “Animal Practice” and replacing it on Wednesdays with the second-year sitcom “Whitney.”

Starting Nov. 11, “Whitney,” which stars stand-up comic Whitney Cummings, will take over the Wednesday at 8 time period that has been the home of “Animal Practice.”

That comedy, about a veterinarian with a monkey as an assistant, has performed poorly in the ratings since NBC gave it a plum spot at the end of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics (pre-empting a performance by The Who and some other singers in the process.)