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A.P. Bio Cancelled at Peacock
Ryan Schwartz
Senior Editor
Class is dismissed indefinitely for the students of Whitlock High — for real this time.
A.P. Bio has been cancelled atPeacock, series creator Mike O’Brien announced Monday. Its fourth — and nowfinal — season dropped on Sept. 2.
“I’m sad to announce thatA.P. Bio will not be renewed for a fifth season,” O’Brien wrote onTwitter. “But mostly I’m feeling grateful right now. To all the fans who watched the show and fought for it to come back after the cancellation! And to Peacock [and Universal Television] for giving us two more seasons after that! This show has been one of the best experiences of my life and that’s because of the hundreds of hilarious, hard-working, positive people that were involved.”
A.P. Bio, which first premiered on NBC in February 2018, starred Glenn Howerton (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as former college professor Jack Griffin, who lost out on his dream job and was forced to teach high school biology instead. Patton Oswalt (The King of Queens) played school principal Ralph Durbin, while Paula Pell (Girls5eva) played Durbin’s secretary Helen.
NBCpulled the plug onA.P. Bio after two seasons in 2019, at which point Peacockswooped in and rescued it for an additional two seasons. All told, 42 episodes were produced (and remain available to stream on Peacock).
A.P. Bio is the streamer’s latest cancellation, following the one-and-donePunky Brewster revival. Still awaiting word on its fate is fellow sequel seriesSaved by the Bell, which returned with Season 2 on Nov. 24.
Peacock previously handed out Season 2 renewals to Ed Helms’Rutherford Falls and the aforementioned girl-group comedyGirls5eva.
TVLine’s Streaming Scorecard has been updated to reflectA.P. Bio‘s demise.Are you sorry to see it come to a premature end?
Too bad, I liked it. I think their first season, on NBC, was the best, but yeah, I’ll miss it.
While I am sorry to see this go, I’m not surprised.
This last season wasn’t nearly as funny as the previous ones and it almost seemed like they’d run out of stories.Love A.P. Bio but could tell it was too quirky for the unwashed masses.
This was always a dicey premise. How do you keep the kids involved as they age out (many were obviously way too old at the onset, and the most interesting actors of the kids soon find/found themselves with other options). And, outside of the principal, the stuff amongst the teachers was terrible. Paula Pell was good, but I really like her best in small doses, wherein she pops in to say something crazy and hilarious, and there isn’t a lot of follow up. She doesn’t do well as a primary focus.
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The premise on this show was good, but there was no long term sustainability for the show.Sorry to hear it, everyone on this show was fantastic.
Although I hate to see it go, it was either time for a new head writer or for it to be pulled. Surprised? Not at all, but sorry to say goodbye. I grew up with parents who were both teachers and I was the trouble-maker, so I related to this show. I should point out that I graduated in 1969, so most of the comments and things done were a bit shocking, but well received because those are the things I wished I could have done. My mother was an elementary school teacher and I never attended her school, but Dad was a high school English teacher and I used that to embarrass him when he gave me too much crap at home. Sorry Dad.
We need a Katie Holmes Day miracle!
He has not even begun to peak! Dee is obviously behind this.
Saved by the Bell better be renewed…
I have a feeling they’re going to pull the plug on Peacock after the Winter Olympics anyhow.
this being saved by peacock reeked of favoritism in the first place. lorne michaels and seth meyers alone, not counting mike o’brien and any other snl writers or producers you’d likely find in the credits.
I’ll watch virtually any single-cam and this one I found to be just painful and unfunny. like a comedy central or tbs original.
One of the best shows on that crappy streaming service. I guess the crap Wwe takes most of the money
Was it a financial decision? I can’t imagine Peacock has all that much non-news, new original programming.
Booooooooooooo :(
Try Netflix problem is nobody really knows about peacock sure they have saved by the. Bell but nobody at works watching and to pay for crappy streaming service NBC isn’t the same network it once was Paramount+ is way better hopefully they’ll find another network just stay away from Cw and ABC
Love the show, but the last season was admittedly a complete dud. We were guessing the they must have used different writers for this last season. The first 3 seasons were absolute comedy gold though!
I might have tried to watch it if Patton Oswald wasn’t in it. I find him so annoying it’s very difficult for me to enjoy anything he is in.
