‘A.P. Bio’ Isn’t Canceled After All, Will Be Moving To NBCUniversal Streaming Service

Back in May, NBC handed down the unfortunate order of cancellation to their midseason comedy seriesA.P. Bio. The show starredIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’sGlenn Howertonas a disgraced Harvard philosophy professor-turned-high school A.P. biology teacher, and tracked the lengths he went to in order to avoid teaching biology, opting to use his smart students to get revenge on a rival professor instead. The show lasted for two seasons and aired what was intended to be its final episodes last month, but thankfully, NBC has changed its mind about cancellation.

The Hollywood Reporterhas learned that NBC will be revivingA.P. Biofor a third season through their forthcoming NBCUniversal subscription streaming service. That’s the same service that will be takingThe Officeaway from Netflix, and probably several other shows away from other streamers by the time it debuts.A.P. Biois probably the best comedy you’re not watching. It has the spirit ofCommunitywith the wit of30 Rock, which makes sense when you know it comes fromSaturday Night Livewriter and cast memberMike O’Brien, as well asSNLmastermindLorne Michaels. Not only is Glenn Howerton great on the show, butPatton Oswaltadds even more laughs as the school’s principal, not to mentionSNLveteranPaula Pellas the school secretary.

However, the show’s secret weapon is the ensemble cast that brings the students to life.Aparna Brielle, Allisyn Ashley Arm, Jacob McCarthy, Miguel Chavez, Tucker Albrizzi, Spence Moore, Jacob Houston, Eddie Leavey, and more are all incredible in a variety of ways. The latter in that list especially has the gift of cracking me up with just a single facial expression.

NBC Universal will strike new deals with the cast since all their options expired in June when the last episode aired. But it sounds like all the key producers and writers ofA.P. Biowill be back to get this show back on track. I couldn’t be more happy about this since Mike O’Brien was particularly sad about losing the show back in May, and he knew, much like fans of the show, that the series was just coming into its stride.

I’m intensely sad to announce that AP Bio will be ending after this season. This has been my favorite project of my life and that’s because of the amazing writers, cast and crew. As most canceled shows probably feel, I think we were just hitting our stride and everyone was still

— Mike O’Brien (@MikeOBrienXOXO)August 07, 2025

Also thank you to Tracey Pakosta and NBC for buying it and renewing it for this 2nd season. As well as everyone at Universal, Broadway Video and@sethmeyers& @shoemakermike for your help. I’m full of appreciation and sad I won’t be seeing you all at table reads. @NBCAPBio

Now with this good news, Mike O’Brien is singing a much different tune on social media:

This happened because of all you guys! We’re extremely thankful!https://t.co/CGYj0k7JIk

— Mike O’Brien (@MikeOBrienXOXO)June 22, 2025