Poor Tyler Labine:

This Guy!

He’s now the victim of yet another show being “indefinitely pulled from the lineup” — NBC has officially taken Animal Practice off the schedule. On the “mildly almost funny but the monkey is cute” comedy, Tyler Labine played a straight-laced veterinarian who seems the least crazy or zany guy in the bunch. Which is unusual for him. It seems like only yesterday we were watching Tyler Labine on his failed show Mad Love, where he played Larry, a slacker with a sardonic wit who was best friends with Ben, played by Jason Biggs. Remember that one?

This Gang!

Ben then fell in love with Kate (wait… Ben & Kate? Gotta be a coincidence), played by Sarah Chalke of Scrubs fame, who had her own sarcastic and sassy best friend Connie, played by the hilarious Judy Greer. Originally Connie was supposed to be played by Lizzy Caplan — which would have been great — and Larry was played by Dan Fogler — which would have been awful. But the problem was that Ben & Kate were boring characters, horribly overshadowed by the actual comedy of Larry and Connie. Ah well. It was cancelled after twelve of its thirteen season one episodes were aired. But that wasn’t the only other time Tyler Labine has been cancelled. It seems like only yesterday we were watching Tyler Labine on his failed show Sons of Tucson, where he played a slacker with a sardonic wit who ran a scheme with a bunch of kids. You remember that one, right?

These Guys!

It was a zany, silly show with a bit of a heart and child actors that weren’t awful. But it had terrible ratings and was a bit too out there for much appeal. Cancelled after only four episodes, although all of season one did air. But don’t forget about Reaper, a cult favorite with some high concept ideas. Tyler Labine played a slacker with a sardonic wit, best friend to a guy who had to do favors for the Devil (a sublime Ray Wise).

This Evil Guy!

Before that Tyler Labine was a minor character on Traveler, another low rated cancelled show, and before that Invasion — another low rated and cancelled show. And it keeps going on the further you look back. Until you hit The X-Files — where he played a stoner (imaginatively credited as “Stoner”). That show went going strong for years after. Why is it that Tyler Labine has so much trouble with staying on the air when his costar Ryan Gosling from Canadian teen cruise ship dramedy Breaker High is suddenly so popular?

Because only one Canadian from the same show can be popular at once, it’s Canadian law. That’s my theory, anyway.

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