A.P. Bio is being revived for NBC Universal's streaming service - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 07-17-2019, 08:39 PM

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...ervice-1224478

Less than two months after A.P. Bio was canceled, the Glenn Howerton/Patton Oswalt comedy is being revived for Season 3 as the first scripted series for NBC Universal's upcoming streaming service. "I’m so overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the fans,” said creator Mike O'Brien. “The cast and I are thrilled that we get to make more and I’m excited to work with the NBCU streaming platform.” A.P. Bio also counts Lorne Michaels and Seth Meyers as executive producers. According to The Hollywood Reporter's Lesley Goldberg, NBC Universal executives "were high on the comedy and the cast was also eager to return to the series. Universal TV will now have to ink the stars to new deals after their options all expired in June. O'Brien, who has a long-standing relationship with (Lorne) Michaels dating back to his time on SNL, bemoaned the cancellation in a pair of heartfelt tweets in late May in which he said A.P. Bio was his 'favorite project' of his life and that the show was just hitting its stride."

Chocolate Moose · 07-18-2019, 09:27 AM

Yes, very exciting!!!!

JamesG · 07-14-2020, 06:32 PM

Peacock Sets "A.P. Bio" Return Date
by Matt Webb Mitovich
July 14, 2020

For "A.P. Bio", at least, school will definitely be back in session this fall.

Ahead of Peacock‘s national July 15 launch, the streaming service has announced that Season 3 — which it plucked from the ashes almost exactly a year ago — will premiere Thursday, Sept. 3 (releasing all eight episodes at once).

https://tvline.com/2020/07/14/ap-bio...aming-service/

JamesG · 08-10-2020, 05:36 PM

TMC · 09-04-2020, 01:21 AM

A.P. Bio seems unsure what to do with its Peacock resurrection

"The premise of Mike O’Brien’s A.P. Bio was probably always destined for a limited shelf life," says William Hughes. "It seems inevitable that the former NBC series would eventually settle into one of two realities: Either disgraced Harvard philosophy professor Jack Griffin (Glenn Howerton) would escape his personal hell of (not) teaching high school biology in Toledo, Ohio. Or else he’d finally come to terms with the fact that a life of eating things with cheese melted on them in the American Midwest isn’t really all that bad. Either way, series over, right? A.P. Bio seemed determined to resolve this tension at the end of its second season, with Jack—assisted by his begrudgingly beloved students, and his less begrudgingly beloved girlfriend, Lynette (Elizabeth Alderfer)—admitting that he actually kind of liked living in Toledo, despite his constant griping. It was a very sweet conclusion for a two-season comedy series. And it stayed that way all through the last year, right up until NBC announced that it was reviving the sitcom for a third season, helping to bulk up the offerings on its Peacock streaming service. Suddenly, A.P. Bio was faced with a problem that’s dogged quite a few otherwise pleasant TV comedies in recent years: What do you do when the central dramatic engine powering your show has definitively run out of steam? In A.P. Bio’s case, that answer is, apparently, 'engage in eight episodes of perfectly pleasant wheel-spinning that nevertheless don’t particularly amount to much.'" Hughes says the new episodes are "perfectly funny" and "some are even formally creative," while the cast is "excellent as ever." But, he adds, "having basically discarded its initial premise by this point, A.P. Bio never really settles on a new one—or, at least, not on any one more compelling than 'cranky teacher works at school full of weirdos,' which is exactly the sort of concept it once hoped to skewer." ALSO: A.P. Bio Season 3 is bursting with creativity, charm and well-realized ambition.

07-17-2019, 08:39 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,453	A.P. Bio is being revived for NBC Universal's streaming service https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...ervice-1224478 Less than two months after A.P. Bio was canceled, the Glenn Howerton/Patton Oswalt comedy is being revived for Season 3 as the first scripted series for NBC Universal's upcoming streaming service. "I’m so overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the fans,” said creator Mike O'Brien. “The cast and I are thrilled that we get to make more and I’m excited to work with the NBCU streaming platform.” A.P. Bio also counts Lorne Michaels and Seth Meyers as executive producers. According to The Hollywood Reporter's Lesley Goldberg, NBC Universal executives "were high on the comedy and the cast was also eager to return to the series. Universal TV will now have to ink the stars to new deals after their options all expired in June. O'Brien, who has a long-standing relationship with (Lorne) Michaels dating back to his time on SNL, bemoaned the cancellation in a pair of heartfelt tweets in late May in which he said A.P. Bio was his 'favorite project' of his life and that the show was just hitting its stride."

07-18-2019, 09:27 AM	#2
Chocolate Moose Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 21, 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,881	Yes, very exciting!!!!
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07-14-2020, 06:32 PM	#3
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 56,956	*Peacock Sets "A.P. Bio" Return Date* by Matt Webb Mitovich July 14, 2020 For "A.P. Bio", at least, school will definitely be back in session this fall. Ahead of Peacock‘s national July 15 launch, the streaming service has announced that Season 3 — which it plucked from the ashes almost exactly a year ago — will premiere Thursday, Sept. 3 (releasing all eight episodes at once). https://tvline.com/2020/07/14/ap-bio...aming-service/

08-10-2020, 05:36 PM	#4
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09-04-2020, 01:21 AM	#5
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,453	A.P. Bio seems unsure what to do with its Peacock resurrection "The premise of Mike O’Brien’s A.P. Bio was probably always destined for a limited shelf life," says William Hughes. "It seems inevitable that the former NBC series would eventually settle into one of two realities: Either disgraced Harvard philosophy professor Jack Griffin (Glenn Howerton) would escape his personal hell of (not) teaching high school biology in Toledo, Ohio. Or else he’d finally come to terms with the fact that a life of eating things with cheese melted on them in the American Midwest isn’t really all that bad. Either way, series over, right? A.P. Bio seemed determined to resolve this tension at the end of its second season, with Jack—assisted by his begrudgingly beloved students, and his less begrudgingly beloved girlfriend, Lynette (Elizabeth Alderfer)—admitting that he actually kind of liked living in Toledo, despite his constant griping. It was a very sweet conclusion for a two-season comedy series. And it stayed that way all through the last year, right up until NBC announced that it was reviving the sitcom for a third season, helping to bulk up the offerings on its Peacock streaming service. Suddenly, A.P. Bio was faced with a problem that’s dogged quite a few otherwise pleasant TV comedies in recent years: What do you do when the central dramatic engine powering your show has definitively run out of steam? In A.P. Bio’s case, that answer is, apparently, 'engage in eight episodes of perfectly pleasant wheel-spinning that nevertheless don’t particularly amount to much.'" Hughes says the new episodes are "perfectly funny" and "some are even formally creative," while the cast is "excellent as ever." But, he adds, "having basically discarded its initial premise by this point, A.P. Bio never really settles on a new one—or, at least, not on any one more compelling than 'cranky teacher works at school full of weirdos,' which is exactly the sort of concept it once hoped to skewer." ALSO: A.P. Bio Season 3 is bursting with creativity, charm and well-realized ambition.