Animal Practice

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 12, 2012
Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 27
  3. Negative: 9 out of 27
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Critic Reviews

  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Aug 10, 2012
    37
    The shame is that Practice has a fine human cast... But Kirk and his cohorts quickly get taken down by the barrage of stupidity the show sends their way.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Sep 25, 2012
    30
    In comedy there's a fine line between wacky and desperate. Animal Practice crosses it early and often.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Aug 13, 2012
    30
    The show is pretty darn terrible, derivative and tired, co-starring a monkey (never, ever a good sign) and chockablock with characters we have seen too many times before.
  5. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Chris Conaton
    Aug 13, 2012
    30
    Animal Practice seems to know exactly what it wants to do, it just isn't any good at it.
  6. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Aug 10, 2012
    30
    Crystal (previously seen in the Night at the Museum movies, the second Hangover film and a memorable cameo on Community) steals what little show there is here.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Aug 10, 2012
    30
    Animal Practice is a forgettable show sloppily built from comedy cliches, but it can be fixed by firing most of the cast and rebuilding the show around the monkey.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Aug 10, 2012
    30
    The animals can't make a sitcom work unless they're surrounded by good human writing and human originality, both of which are in short supply here.
  9. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Aug 7, 2012
    25
    For the humans, nothing ensues that can't be predicted by a comatose cockatoo.
  10. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Sep 26, 2012
    20
    It's hard to see this show lasting too far beyond the initial taste.

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User Score
3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 42
  3. Negative: 28 out of 42
  1. bribriny
    Aug 13, 2012
    0
    I would like my 22 minutes back. I also heard that the monkey is making $12,000 per episode. Really...now I feel really terrible, but I didn'tI would like my 22 minutes back. I also heard that the monkey is making $12,000 per episode. Really...now I feel really terrible, but I didn't have far to go after watching this trash.… Full Review »
  2. metabad
    Aug 27, 2012
    3
    If a monkey is one of the funniest characters in a show, that usually means trouble.
    The humour is mostly juvenile, kind of like taken from    If a monkey is one of the funniest characters in a show, that usually means trouble.
    The humour is mostly juvenile, kind of like taken from "Scrubs" without the really funny stuff.
    I have nothing against juvenile humour therefore my 3 Points, but the show needs better writting and from what I've seen, I doubt that the writers are up for the task.
    They actually managed to make Tyler Labine's character boring. I think that says enough.
    In the first episode, the bright sides of the show were the monkey and Betsy Sodaro.
    And Joanna Garcia Swisher is such a cutie, I must admit.
    But that's just not enough for a good show.    … Full Review »
  3. Gterv
    Aug 24, 2012
    0
    This is a pathetic show, it's a shame to see a good actor fall in to a bad show, terrible writing, pathetic characters, I hope they cancellThis is a pathetic show, it's a shame to see a good actor fall in to a bad show, terrible writing, pathetic characters, I hope they cancell the show soon.… Full Review »
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