NBC cans Animal Practice

Sorry, monkey, you're out: Whitney is taking over at 7 CT Wed. nights

Whitney returns to take over the time slot on Nov. 14

UPDATE, 2:30 a.m. FRIDAY: I goofed, folks. Animal Practice is actually the third show of the season to be canceled.  Last Friday, while my wife and I were celebrating our 10th anniversary, NBC pulled the plug on a show it hadn't even brought to air!  Perhaps we can take this as a good sign that NBC is finally figuring out which shows are going to bomb before they ruin our TV viewing.  It's about damn time. PREVIOUSLY: NBC announced this afternoon that it's canceled the low-rated sitcom Animal Practice, although the network has decided to burn off a couple more episodes.

Starting Nov. 14, Whitney - a fairly popular show that NBC had delayed just last week - will return and take over the 7 p.m. CT Wednesday slot.

Interestingly, Animal Practice is only the second show of the season to be canceled so far.  CBS was first to kill one of its progeny when it sent Made in Jersey packing last week.