A.P. Bio
A.P. Bio is an American comedy television series created by Mike O'Brien for NBC. The series premiered on February 1, 2018 for a special preview and made its official debut on March 1, 2018.[1] NBC released the first three episodes on NBCUniversal streaming platforms after the February 1 broadcast premiere for early viewing.
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Mike O'Brien |
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Opening theme | "Listen to My Heart" by Ramones |
Composer | Jeff Cardoni |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 34 |
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Cinematography | Blake McClure |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
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Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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Original network | NBC (seasons 1–2) Peacock (season 3) |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | February 1, 2018 – present |
In May 2018, the series was renewed for a second season that premiered on March 7, 2019. In May 2019, the series was cancelled after two seasons. The following month, Peacock picked up the series for an eight-episode third season, which premiered in its entirety on September 3, 2020. In December 2020, the series was renewed for a fourth season.[2]
Plot
When disgraced Harvard philosophy professor Jack Carson Griffin (Glenn Howerton) loses out on his dream job to his rival Miles Leonard (Tom Bennett), he is forced to return to Toledo, Ohio and work as an advanced placement biology teacher at the fictional Whitlock High School. Jack makes it clear to his class that he will not be teaching any biology. Realising he has a room full of honor-roll students at his disposal, Jack decides to use them for his own benefit: getting revenge on Miles. Eager to prove that he is still king of the castle, Principal Durbin (Patton Oswalt) struggles to keep Griffin under control. In its second season, Jack uses his students to find out how the people of Toledo find happiness in their daily routine, so as to mine information for what he believes will be a best-selling book.
Cast
Main
- Glenn Howerton as Dr. Jack Carson Griffin, a disgraced Harvard philosophy scholar and current Advanced Placement Biology teacher at Whitlock High School who refuses to teach his students.
- Lyric Lewis as Stef Duncan, a history teacher at Whitlock High School.
- Mary Sohn as Mary Wagner, an art teacher at Whitlock High School.
- Jean Villepique as Michelle Jones, a home economics teacher at Whitlock High School.
- Paula Pell as Helen Henry Demarcus, Principal Durbin's secretary (season 2–3, recurring season 1)
- Patton Oswalt as Principal Ralph Durbin, the principal of Whitlock High School.
Recurring
- Jacob McCarthy as Devin (season 1)
- Tucker Albrizzi as Colin McConnell (season 1)
- Tom Bennett as Miles Leonard, a scholar who is Jack's rival and nemesis. (season 1)
- Aparna Brielle as Sarika Sarkar
- Nick Peine as Marcus Kasperak
- Allisyn Ashley Arm as Heather Wilmore
- Eddie Leavy as Anthony Lewis
- Charlie McCrackin as Coach Dick Novak
- Jacob Houston as Victor Kozlowski
- Spence Moore II as Dan Decker
- Sari Arambulo as Grace
- Marisa Baram as Marissa
- David Neher as Dave
- Brendan Jennings as Dale
- Elizabeth Alderfer as Lynette (season 2-present)
- Miguel Chavez as Eduardo (season 2-present)
- Jacob Timothy Manown as Caleb (season 2-present)
Guest stars
- Collette Wolfe as Meredith
- Nikki Glaser as Chloe from Baltimore
- Niecy Nash as Kim Burke
- Taran Killam as Mr. Vining
- Mark Proksch as Philip
- Michael Gross as Brandon
- Christopher Lloyd as Melvin
- Erinn Hayes as Trish
- Tim Heidecker as Greg
- Brooks Wheelan as Seth
- Jon Lovitz as Robin Schwonk
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
1 | 13 | February 1, 2018 | May 3, 2018 | NBC | ||
2 | 13 | March 7, 2019 | June 13, 2019 | |||
3 | 8 | September 3, 2020 | Peacock |
Season 1 (2018)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Catfish" | Oz Rodriguez | Mike O'Brien | February 1, 2018 | 101 | 3.12[3] |
When Harvard philosophy scholar Jack Griffin finds himself teaching high school in Toledo, he tosses the syllabus and recruits his students to help mentally break his dream-job-stealing nemesis Miles Leonard. In this episode, Jack encourages his students to catfish Miles on social media. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "Teacher Jail" | Oz Rodriguez | Rob Klein | February 25, 2018 (broadcast) February 2, 2018 (online) | 102 | 5.89[4] |
Despite his love of teacher jail where he's paid to not teach, Jack betrays the boisterous union rep who got him there in favor of Principal Durbin. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "Burning Miles" | Oz Rodriguez | Luvh Rakhe | March 1, 2018 (broadcast) February 2, 2018 (online) | 103 | 2.70[5] |
While Principal Durbin struggles with budget cuts, Jack discovers his students pity him - so he rallies, making a splash at the school bake sale and getting kicked out of the bookstore for life. | |||||||
4 | 4 | "Overachieving Virgins" | Julie Anne Robinson | John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer | March 1, 2018 | 104 | 2.60[5] |
Jack gets into a petty dispute with Marcus, the President of Student Council, who surprisingly refuses to back down, causing the situation to escalate much too far. Meanwhile, Stef sells makeup at school as a side business. | |||||||
5 | 5 | "Dating Toledoans" | Ryan Case | Aseem Batra | March 8, 2018 | 105 | 2.33[6] |
Jack, who has been taking buses to New York to meet dates, is convinced to let Stef, Mary, and Michelle show him how to enjoy Toledo. Meanwhile, Principal Durbin finds out that his announcements have not been as well received as he had previously believed when Helen covers for him and entertains everyone. | |||||||
6 | 6 | "Freakin' Enamored" | Oz Rodriguez | Shelly Gossman | March 15, 2018 | 106 | 3.07[7] |
When Jack is attracted to Colin's mother at a parent-teacher conference, he feigns interest in her son only to have it backfire. Meanwhile, a group of parents complain to principal Durbin when they notice a piece of controversial student art from Mary's class, resulting in her inciting a protest. | |||||||
7 | 7 | "Selling Out" | Payman Benz | Donick Cary | March 22, 2018 | 107 | 2.87[8] |
After Jack receives an offer from Miles' publisher to write a book of feel-good philosophy, he enlists the help of Helen in hopes of using the deal as his ticket out of Toledo. Meanwhile, principal Durbin accidentally sets off an emotional firestorm when he reveals who Mary chose as her emergency contact. | |||||||
8 | 8 | "We Don't Party" | Daniel Gray Longino | Nicole Sun | March 29, 2018 | 108 | 2.05[9] |
Jack finds out his ex-girlfriend needs a venue for a charity fundraiser and suggests a student's house; the kids are inspired by Jack to party for the first time. | |||||||
9 | 9 | "Rosemary's Boyfriend" | Maggie Carey | Mike O'Brien & Charlie McCrackin | April 5, 2018 | 109 | 2.21[10] |
Jack is incensed when his dead mom's former lover shows up and suggests they celebrate her birthday; Jack taps his students to help him retaliate, but they are busy caring for robot babies; Stef's kindness toward the janitor sends the wrong signals. | |||||||
10 | 10 | "Durbin Crashes" | Andrew DeYoung | Mike O'Brien & Rob Klein | April 12, 2018 | 110 | 2.05[11] |
Jack takes in Durbin after giving him marriage advice that backfires and gets him kicked out of the house; the kids try to help Jack get revenge against Miles. | |||||||
11 | 11 | "Eight Pigs and a Rat" | Carrie Brownstein | Mike O'Brien & Zeke Nicholson | April 19, 2018 | 111 | 1.83[12] |
The class receives a shipment of fetal pigs for dissection, but Jack cancels the dissection and fails an attempt at shooting the pigs at Miles. The superintendent visits Whitlock High School in order to evaluate Durbin for an "Innovative Principal of the Year" nomination; she is disappointed when each teacher presents a volcano as a supposed part of their curriculum. Jack and Heather demonstrate a live dissection session, using a full-grown hog that Heather stole from her father's butcher shop, and the superintendent is satisfied. | |||||||
12 | 12 | "Walleye" | Tristram Shapeero | Mike O'Brien & Britt Matt | April 26, 2018 | 112 | 1.69[13] |
Jack successfully convinces Miles that Devin is his illegitimate son; Durbin, Mary, Stef and Michelle clash on the Sadie Hawkins dance theme. | |||||||
13 | 13 | "Drenching Dallas" | Lynn Shelton | Mike O'Brien & Jeff Vanderkruik & Brian Ashburn | May 3, 2018 | 113 | 2.03[14] |
Jack takes interest in a revenge mission on behalf of the kids; Mary, Stef and Michelle believe they've discovered an otherworldly presence. |
Season 2 (2019)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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14 | 1 | "Happiness" | Trent O'Donnell | Donick Cary | March 7, 2019 | 201 | 1.88[15] |
Jack chasing a secret of people emotions; Mary, Stef and Michelle prepare for a special day. | |||||||
15 | 2 | "Nuns" | Lynn Shelton | John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer | March 14, 2019 | 202 | 1.96[16] |
Now listed as new driver education teacher, Jack seeks revenge on his mother's church whom he discovered spending last of her money to buy a statue of the Virgin Mary. | |||||||
16 | 3 | "Wednesday Morning, 8 AM" | John Solomon | Mike O'Brien | March 21, 2019 | 203 | 2.23[17] |
Jack is early in the school and doing some research on his book and guess what he wants his massage chair back and Lynette from accounts payable dept has the chair. Jack tries to get his chair back at any cost before the school morning bell. | |||||||
17 | 4 | "Toledo's Top 100" | Maggie Carey | Emily Cutler | March 28, 2019 | 204 | 2.33[18] |
Principal Durbin and Jack have been named under the Toledo's top 100 bachelors but jack is unhappy that he has not made the top 10 list while Ralph is out of the world that he has made it in top 10, Jack tries to fix his own spot by any means. | |||||||
18 | 5 | "J'accuse" | Andy DeYoung | Mike O'Brien & Charlie McCrackin | April 4, 2019 | 205 | 1.91[19] |
Jack disposes the A.P. Bio practice exams and Sarika is hell bent on getting them, elsewhere jack is invited to murder mystery and tries to solve it on record time. | |||||||
19 | 6 | "Melvin" | Katie Locke O'Brien | Dan Klein | April 11, 2019 | 206 | 2.05[20] |
Jack and Lynette hangout while Melvin [guest star Christopher Lloyd], jack's neighbour gives trouble to jack. Meanwhile principle Durbin has resorted to become a photographer for yearbook. | |||||||
20 | 7 | "Personal Everest" | John Solomon & Andy DeYoung | Shelly Gossman | April 18, 2019 | 207 | 1.81[21] |
A bully from Jack's time in high school, Greg, is hired by Principal Durbin as a motivational speaker, having climbed Mount Everest after losing a toe to frostbite. He privately confronts Jack, and continues to bully him. Jack's students steal Greg's toe, causing him to become emotional and berate the school while giving a speech. Meanwhile, Michelle, Mary, and Stef agree to become more assertive, and Principal Durbin repeatedly tries to convince Helen to accept a raise. | |||||||
21 | 8 | "Sweet Low Road" | Richie Keen | Donick Cary & Emily Cutler | April 25, 2019 | 208 | 1.66[22] |
The school superintendent is cutting Whitlock High School's budget, and part-time teachers, including Jack, will be let go. Durbin hires Jack full time to work under Helen, but Jack quits during his first day. Jack stakes out the superintendent's house, and gets a photograph of her having an affair. Durbin attempts to destroy the photos, but Jack recovers a printed out copy and blackmails the superintendent into keeping the school's budget. | |||||||
22 | 9 | "Dr. Whoopsie" | Blake McClure | Mike O'Brien & Rob Klein | May 2, 2019 | 209 | 1.79[23] |
While giving a presentation at the school, Jack falls off the stage and gets a minor injury. The video of his accident becomes a viral meme, and Jack attempts to redeem himself by staging a heroic rescue of Victor from the sewer. Victor runs away when he is in the sewer, and after he is found by Jack, reveals that he is struggling with his parents' divorce. Jack comforts him, and gets him out of the sewer, only to fall in and get injured once again. | |||||||
23 | 10 | "Handcuffed" | Jennifer Arnold | Paula Pell | May 30, 2019 | 210 | 2.26[24] |
When he's kicked off his Harvard phone plan, Jack is offered a chance to leapfrog onto Mary's on one condition -- he must help her break up with her scuzzy boyfriend. Anthony becomes Durbin's right-hand man. | |||||||
24 | 11 | "Spectacle" | Carrie Brownstein | Amy Hubbs | May 30, 2019 | 211 | 1.60[24] |
After his computer breaks, Jack rallies his class to win the annual Whitlock's Got Talent competition so the prize money can go toward a new laptop. Helen and Durbin host the show. Mary, Stef and Michelle prepare a hand-bell routine. | |||||||
25 | 12 | "Ride the Ram" | Mike O'Brien | Mike O'Brien & John Solomon | June 13, 2019 | 212 | 1.58[25] |
It's the most exciting time of the year at Whitlock: Durbin's birthday and Spirit Week; Jack does his best to steer clear of any school spirit as everyone else comes together to take down their hated rivals at Prairie High. | |||||||
26 | 13 | "Kinda Sorta" | Trent O'Donnell | Teleplay by : John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer Story by : Shelly Gossman & Britt Matt | June 13, 2019 | 213 | 1.38[25] |
The college fair comes to Whitlock, and Sarika has an offer for Jack: Get her into Harvard, and she'll get his book into the hands of her publisher aunt; Stef prepares for a visit from a fling; Helen applies to college. |
Season 3 (2020)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by [26] | Original release date [27] | Prod. code |
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27 | 1 | "Tiny Problems" | Oz Rodriguez | Donick Cary | September 3, 2020 | 301 |
Jack and his students plot revenge while Helen goes back to school to get her high school degree. | ||||||
28 | 2 | "Disgraced" | Oz Rodriguez | Shelly Gossman | September 3, 2020 | 302 |
Mr. Pugh plans a field trip. Jack agrees to ghostwrite a book but has a trick up his sleeve. | ||||||
29 | 3 | "Gary Meets Dave" | Richie Keen | Dan Schofield | September 3, 2020 | 303 |
Jack loses a lot of money. As Principal Durbin investigates, students and teachers admit other sins. | ||||||
30 | 4 | "Get Hoppy!" | Glenn Howerton | Jess Lacher | September 3, 2020 | 304 |
Durbin tries to help Jack with a morning show appearance, but the principal lets fame get to him. | ||||||
31 | 5 | "Mr. Pistachio" | Oz Rodriguez | Gilli Nissim | September 3, 2020 | 305 |
Jack goes to the doctor and gets the same procedure twice while Durbin and Helen embarrass themselves. | ||||||
32 | 6 | "That That That" | Richie Keen | Charlie McCrackin | September 3, 2020 | 306 |
As the school goes on winter break, Jack falls asleep while plotting his next move. | ||||||
33 | 7 | "Aces Wild" | Oz Rodriguez | Shelly Gossman & Brendan Jennings | September 3, 2020 | 307 |
Principal Durbin and Helen sweep lockers while Jack finds out about Anthony's extracurricular activities. | ||||||
34 | 8 | "Katie Holmes Day" | Anu Valia | Debbie Jhoon & Michael J. Feldman | September 3, 2020 | 308 |
While the town prepares to celebrate Katie Holmes Day, Jack and Marissa plot to ruin the holiday. |
Production
Development
The series was created by Mike O'Brien for NBC, to debut during the 2017–18 television season. On January 23, 2017, NBC officially ordered the pilot.[28] The series was greenlit on May 11, 2017.[29] It was announced the premiere of the series on February 1, 2018 at 8:30 p.m.
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 cancelled the show 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.[2]
Casting
In February 2017, it was announced that Mary Sohn and Lyric Lewis had joined the pilot's main cast.[35][36] In March 2017, it was reported that Aparna Brielle, Glenn Howerton, Patton Oswalt, Nick Peine and Jacob McCarthy had joined the cast in their main roles.[37][38][39][40] On June 12, 2017, it was announced that Tom Bennett had joined as a series regular.[41] On August 1, 2017, it was announced that Jean Villepique had joined as a series regular.[42]
Release
Marketing
On April 15, 2020, Peacock released the first official trailer for the series' third season.[43]
Reception
Critical response
The first season holds a score of 66% with an average rating of 6.34/10 on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 32 reviews. The site's critical consensus states: "A.P. Bio has some genuine laughs, but audiences have already seen plenty of authority figures behaving badly -- and have a right to expect more from this promising premise and talented cast."[44] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 59 out of 100 based on 17 critics.[45]
Writing in The Hollywood Reporter, Daniel Fienberg commented that A.P. Bio had a good cast and "the only thing holding it back is the small quibble that it's not actually all that funny."[46] Margaret Lyons of The New York Times called A.P. Bio "an abrasive sitcom that isn't merely unfunny, it's also deeply unpleasant."[47] Jen Chaney of Vulture said the series had bright spots but was "conceptually played-out" overall.[48]
Overall
Season | Timeslot (ET) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | TV season | Viewership rank | Avg. viewers (millions) | ||
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1 | Thursday 8:30 pm | 13 | February 1, 2018 | 3.12[3] | May 3, 2018 | 2.03[14] | 2017–18 | 134 | 3.54[49] |
2 | 13 | March 7, 2019 | 1.88[15] | June 13, 2019 | 1.38[25] | 2018–19 | 149 | 2.50[50] |
Season 1
No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Catfish" | February 1, 2018 | 0.8/3 | 3.12[3] |
2 | "Teacher Jail" | February 25, 2018 | 1.4/6 | 5.89[4] |
3 | "Overachieving Virgins" | March 1, 2018 | 0.7/3 | 2.70[5] |
4 | "Burning Miles" | March 1, 2018 | 0.7/3 | 2.60[5] |
5 | "Dating Toledoans" | March 8, 2018 | 0.7/3 | 2.33[6] |
6 | "Freakin' Enamored" | March 15, 2018 | 0.9/3 | 3.07[7] |
7 | "Selling Out" | March 22, 2018 | 0.8/3 | 2.87[8] |
8 | "We Don't Party" | March 29, 2018 | 0.6/2 | 2.05[9] |
9 | "Rosemary's Boyfriend" | April 5, 2018 | 0.6/2 | 2.21[10] |
10 | "Durbin Crashes" | April 12, 2018 | 0.6/3 | 2.05[11] |
11 | "Eight Pigs and a Rat" | April 19, 2018 | 0.6/3 | 1.83[12] |
12 | "Walleye" | April 26, 2018 | 0.5/2 | 1.69[13] |
13 | "Drenching Dallas" | May 3, 2018 | 0.6/3 | 2.03[14] |
Season 2
No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Happiness" | March 7, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 1.88[15] |
2 | "Nun" | March 14, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 1.96[16] |
3 | "Wednesday Morning, 8 AM" | March 21, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 2.23[17] |
4 | "Toledo's Top 100" | March 28, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 2.33[18] |
5 | "J'accuse" | April 4, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 1.99[19] |
6 | "Melvin" | April 11, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 2.05[20] |
7 | "Personal Everest" | April 18, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 1.81[21] |
8 | "Sweet Low Road" | April 25, 2019 | 0.4/2 | 1.66[22] |
9 | "Dr. Whoopsie" | May 2, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 1.79[23] |
10 | "Handcuffed" | May 30, 2019 | 0.4/2 | 2.26[24] |
11 | "Spectacle" | May 30, 2019 | 0.4/2 | 1.60[24] |
12 | "Ride the Ram" | June 13, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 1.58[25] |
13 | "Kinda Sorta" | June 13, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 1.38[25] |
Home media
The first season of A.P. Bio was released on Region Free DVD in the United States on August 14, 2018[51] and in Australia on Region 4 DVD on June 6, 2019 [52]
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