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Downward Dog

Goodbye, “Downward Dog,” we hardly knew ye! ABC has canceled the show, but the comedy is being shopped to other networks. Will those networks, um, bite? We’ll see. I haven’t been as big a fan of “Downward Dog” as I had anticipated. I adore dogs, but the show doesn’t play up canines’ best attributes (unbridled joy, prime among them). Instead, the central dog, Martin, is voiced by the show’s writer and co-creator Samm Hodges as if he were a doofusy, slacker, stoner boyfriend. The redeeming figure here is the fabulous Allison Tolman, as the dog’s owner.