AP BIO - Season 1 !!BETTER!!
A.P. Bio is an American television sitcom that premiered on February 1, 2018, on NBC as a mid-season replacement. It aired on NBC for two seasons until June 13, 2019, and moved to Peacock for its subsequent seasons.[1] The series is focused on the everyday lives of the faculty and students of the fictitious Whitlock High School. Mike O'Brien created the series and is a recurring writer. O'Brien is also one of the executive producers alongside Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer, and Michael Shoemaker. Although set in Toledo, Ohio, it is primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California.
AP BIO - Season 1
A.P. Bio was met with mixed reviews on its first season, however following seasons have garnered a much more positive reception. In December 2021, the series was canceled after four seasons.[2]
When disgraced Harvard philosophy professor Jack Griffin (Glenn Howerton) loses his dream job to his rival Miles Leonard (Tom Bennett), he is forced to return to his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, to work as an advanced placement biology teacher at Whitlock High School and live in his late mother's home. He makes it clear to his class that he will not be teaching them any biology. Realizing he has a room full of honor-roll students at his disposal, he decides to use them to get revenge on Miles. Eager to prove that he is still king of the castle, Principal Durbin (Patton Oswalt) struggles to keep Jack under control. In the second season, Jack uses his students to find out how the people of Toledo find happiness in their daily lives, to gather information for what he believes will be a bestselling book.
On May 8, 2018, NBC renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on March 7, 2019.[30][31] On May 24, 2019, NBC canceled the series after two seasons.[32] In July 2019, NBC reversed this decision and renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock, on September 3, 2020.[33][34] On December 17, 2020, Peacock renewed the series for a fourth season,[35] which premiered on September 2, 2021.[36] On December 6, 2021, Peacock canceled the series after four seasons.[2]
The teaching trio of Stef Duncan (Lyric Lewis), Mary Wagner (Mary Sohn), and Michelle Jones (Jean Villepique) are once again pitch perfect as a co-dependent group of weirdos. The kids remain a delight; with the early season MVPs proving to be Anthony (Eddie Leavy) and Victor (Jacob Houston). Anthony has a bone to pick with his karate sensei and Victor has a rough experience learning to drive. A.P. Bio Season 2 also wisely significantly ups its levels of Paula Pell, which is always a smart decision to make.
One of the most interesting aspects of A.P. Bio is the fact that all four seasons happen in the same school year, over the course of a few months. As such, when a student suddenly disappears from the class, that kind of stands out to the audience. This was the case with Devin, who was at the center of a major Season 1 storyline that suddenly came to an end when the character was unexpectedly gone in Season 2.
Over the course of the first season, Devin formed a bit of a bond with Jack. In Season 1, Episode 12, Devin struck one of the biggest blows in Jack's war against his best frenemy, Miles Leonard, by pretending to be his son. It didn't quite work out as planned, but it was a huge moment for the entire project. Plus, it led to Jack seeing more of himself in Devin than he initially suspected.
This definitely stood out, as he was part of a major storyline with another classmate. Dan Decker started off the series as Devin's bully. Jack brought Dan into the class in an attempt to force them into getting along. And it worked. By the end of that first season, Devin and Dan had become friends and were at the beginning of a new arc in their relationship. But that never got a chance to play out, as Devin disappeared.
Do us a favor and start shutting up! Hosts Sari Arambulo (Grace) and Eddie Leavy (Anthony) talk to series regulars Lyric Lewis, Jean Villepique and Mary Sohn about season three episode one of Peacock's A.P. Bio. They also talk motherhood, getting their comedy chops improvising, and noticing their immediate connection while auditioning for the show. Also featuring: Hadiyah Robinson (Writer), Aaron Goffman (Propmaster) and Jacob Manown (Actor). A.P. Bio season 3 is now streaming on Peacock!
Time to start shutting up! Hosts Eddie Leavy (Anthony) and Sari Arambulo (Grace) catch up with Allisyn Snyder (Heather) and Shelly Gossman (Co-EP/Writer) about season three episode two of Peacock's A.P. Bio. Allisyn talks about morphing into the character of Heather, switching from drama to comedy roles and even more in an extended Roll Call segment. Shelly Gossman then talks with Sari and Eddie about the cult of the Chicago improv scene and collaborating with Mike O'Brien during their intricate twenty-year friendship.
Start shutting it all the way up! Hosts Eddie Leavy (Anthony) and Sari Arambulo (Grace) talk to writer/producer Dan Schofield about getting his start writing for game shows, assembling the most complicated episode this season, and his faux nemesis in the writers room. Also featuring: Aparna Brielle ("Sarika"), Colin Johnson (Editor) and David Neher ("Geology Dave").
Time to start shutting up! Hosts Eddie Leavy (Anthony) and Sari Arambulo (Grace) give you an extended behind-the-scenes look at shooting their dance sequence in Mr. Pistachio (season 3 episode 5). They also speak to co-exec/line producer Barbara Stoll about how she creates such a positive work environment on set. Also featuring: Jacob Houston (Victor), Miguel Chavez (Eduardo), Fred Tallaksen (Choreographer).
A.P. Bio has already escaped death by cancelation once before, but creator Mike O'Brien and stars Glenn Howerton and Patton Oswalt definitely see the possibility of the high school-set comedy lasting for many more seasons to come.
Those new seasons would likely happen on the show's new streaming home, Peacock, following the first two seasons which aired on NBC, hopefully making it one of the few high school-set shows to have a long run.
This marks a change from sketch writing, which O'Brien did for seven seasons on Saturday Night Live. "I have trouble rooting for characters who are truly bad to the core," he says. "I know it's kind of fun in comedy, especially a sketch, they have the bad character come to dinner or whatever, but for a week in, week out series, I want at some point to think this is a decent human being in some way," he says.
In general, Howerton feels that when it comes to O'Brien and his writers, "my feeling, based on this third season and how good the scripts were this third season, is that Mike is honestly just getting started with this show. I get the sense that he's really just getting warmed up. So I'd like to keep doing it for a long time because I'd like to see what that guy's truly, truly capable of, if allowed a little bit more time."
O'Brien says that 15 seasons "might be getting tough," but he does feel that "we have a lot more fuel in the tank. There's so many characters. There's sometimes 19 or 20 characters in an episode that all have a joke of their own. And so it's trying to dig into their home lives and mix them up in different combinations with each other. Easily several more seasons, with the way the vibe in the writer's room feels, I would say. But yeah, maybe 15."
Of course, his star does know a little bit about doing 15 seasons of a TV show, as It's Always Sunny is on the verge of hitting that landmark. I didn't get a chance to talk to Howerton about what that experience has been like, but O'Brien hasn't talked to Howerton about it either. "I mean I could ask Glenn. When they were on Season 3, I wonder if that felt impossible? But they did it. So, maybe."
A primary example comes in the very first episode of season 4, where a tornado-related lockdown is only the background for a series of increasingly awkward skits centered on fanfiction the students are writing with the staff as the main characters.
The sacrifice is that the balance is a little off from past seasons, but rest assured this is still 100% a sitcom. The themes and tropes that pop up, from an accidentally formed cult to a teen romcom plotline (which is actually engaging!) work over and over again.
So, I've been watching A.P. Bio and made it to season 2, and I've noticed that the golden god looks a bit rough around the gills for the first 2 episodes of that season as compared to season 1 and the later season 2 episodes. It's not just the hair, he looks skinnier too. Does anyone know why there's such a difference with his appearance in those two episodes compared to the others?
The hilarious cult comedy series about a group of high school students and their extremely under-qualified and vindictive A.P. Biology teacher has entertained legions of fans who rallied to save it after its cancellation at NBC. Now, the third season will premiere exclusively on the Peacock streaming service (where seasons 1 and 2 already reside).
NBC pulled the plug on A.P. Bio after two seasons in 2019, at which point Peacock swooped in and rescued it for an additional two seasons. All told, 42 episodes were produced (and remain available to stream on Peacock). 041b061a72