'Animal Practice' and its ancestors

Justin Kirk portraying George Coleman in a scene from the pilot episode of "Animal Practice." Credit: AP
NBC's new fall series "Animal Practice," which airs a preview Sunday at 10:38 p.m. (its regular premiere is Sept. 26), focuses on a New York vet (Justin Kirk) who gets along better with animals than he does with humans. But the show's breakout star may very well be Dr. Rizzo, who's played by Crystal, a monkey who also has appeared in "The Hangover II" and "Community." Perhaps Crystal will join these five others in the TV Simian Hall of Fame:
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