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  • 2018
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  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • NBC

Summary After losing out on a dream job, Harvard philosophy academic Jack Griffin (Glenn Howerton) returns to his hometown of Toledo, Ohio to teach AP (Advanced Placement) Biology and clashes with the Principal Durbin (Patton Oswalt) in this comedy from Mike O’Brien, Seth Meyers and Lorne Michaels.

Created By: Michael Patrick O'Brien

  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • NBC

A.P. Bio

Season 1 Premiere: Feb 1, 2018
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 61 User Ratings
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Summary After losing out on a dream job, Harvard philosophy academic Jack Griffin (Glenn Howerton) returns to his hometown of Toledo, Ohio to teach AP (Advanced Placement) Biology and clashes with the Principal Durbin (Patton Oswalt) in this comedy from Mike O’Brien, Seth Meyers and Lorne Michaels.

Created By: Michael Patrick O'Brien

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
61
57% Positive
12 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
61
57% Positive
12 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews

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91
Sep 3, 2020
Season 3 proves it’s one of the most fundamentally sound sitcoms out there. From the performances (really, those kids are good!) to the direction to the writing to the ethereal collective chemistry that stems from great character-building, every layer is so well-executed that even for the few off episodes, there’s still plenty of laughs to be had.
By Ben Travers FULL REVIEW
83
Feb 1, 2018
For now the NBC sitcom is earnestly uncaring and delightfully unscrupulous. Jack is a legitimately bad teacher, but Howerton makes him a great source of chaotic comedy.
By Ben Travers FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 29, 2018
A.P. Bio is at times too straight-forward, lacking both School of Rock's freshness and the strangeness that made O'Brien's SNL shorts such standouts. [2/9 Feb 2018, p.95]
By Dana Schwartz FULL REVIEW
67
Sep 2, 2020
Getting to see these kids bounce off each other, and Howerton, is still a hoot, and while the show falls back into the run-of-the-mill rhythms of the sitcom more often than we might like, it’s still a flavor of “run of the mill” in which Patton Oswalt spins devil sticks in an effort to sexually out-display an ever-delightful Paula Pell. If the show’s coasting a bit at this point, at least it’s still doing so in roughly the right direction.
By William Hughes FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 1, 2018
No, it isn't living up to its potential yet, but I'm convinced that if it just applies itself to its work, it could be something really good. For now, I'd just settle for the show becoming as funny as the people in the show are capable of being.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 29, 2018
When the funniest things about a comedy are the cameos, it’s time to go back to the drawing board. Or in the case of NBC’s new sitcom A.P. Bio, back to the chalkboard.
By Mark A. Perigard FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 31, 2018
An abrasive sitcom that isn’t merely unfunny, it’s also deeply unpleasant.
By Margaret Lyons FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 61 User Ratings
7.3
74% Positive
45 Ratings
15% Mixed
9 Ratings
11% Negative
7 Ratings

User Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 61 User Ratings
7.3
74% Positive
45 Ratings
15% Mixed
9 Ratings
11% Negative
7 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Broadway Video
  • Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions
  • Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Feb 1, 2018
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards
• 1 Nomination

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