There will be no fifth season for A.P. Bio. Peacock has canceled the comedy starring Glenn Howerton after four seasons, the final two seasons on the NBCU streaming service.
Series creator Mike O’Brien revealed the news via Twitter, and Peacock confirmed it.
“I’m sad to announce that AP Bio will not be renewed for a 5th season,” he wrote. “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 & UTV for giving us two more seasons after that! (all 42 eps are on peacock so check them out if you haven’t). 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. I’m going to name a few below but can’t possibly cover everyone So if you ever worked with us for even a day, THANK YOU!! And to you other shows, hire these people!”
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Peacock said in a statement to Deadline: “We were honored to be able to give fans two more seasons of this beloved, quirky comedy. We’re grateful to creator Mike O’Brien for his out-of-the-box storytelling and for taking us on this journey with these characters at Whitlock High.”
Peacock picked up the comedy for Seasons 3 after it was canceled by NBC in 2019 after two seasons. The streamer then renewed A.P. Bio for Season 4 in late 2020.
A.P. Bio starred It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s Howerton as disgraced Harvard philosophy scholar Jack Griffin who, after losing out on his dream job, is forced to return to Toledo, Ohio, and work as a high school Advanced Placement biology teacher. As he comes crashing in to Whitlock High School, Jack makes it absolutely clear he will not be teaching any biology. Realizing he has a room full of honor roll students at his disposal, Jack decides instead to use the kids for his own benefit.
The series also starred Patton Oswalt, Mary Sohn, Lyric Lewis, Jean Villepique and Paula Pell.
Lorne Michaels executive produced along with his Broadway Video’s Andrew Singer, and Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker. The series was produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, Broadway Video and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions.
I’m sad to announce that AP Bio will not be renewed for a 5th season. 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 & UTV for giving us two more seasons after that! (all 42 eps
— Mike O'Brien (@MikeOBrienXOXO) December 6, 2021
This show was stolen from a different pitch anyway.
So Glenn Howerton can go back playing another awful character full time in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
This is what happens when you put a show that not many people watch behind a paywall.
I was a fan of this show and was looking forward to season 3 when it was released, but peacock put it behind a paywall, I lost interest and moved on never to return.
Peacock is not a great service and neither is Paramount+, no way I would pay for either. It’s really too bad the studios couldn’t put their egos aside and unite under one banner, Hulu would have been a great streamer for this.
The powers that be don’t seem to get why people cut the cord. The general public does not want to spend $5-15 on all the different streamers and have a device cluttered with apps that at the end of the day end up costing more than cable if one subscribes to all of them, they want everything in one place.
Time to pull your head out of your a execs.
Why did Peacock pick this up again?
It had a pretty decent ending. I was suprised it lasted as long as it did.