NBC’s A.P. Bio has everything you want in a comedy -- except for the laughs

The Hollywood Reporter

“If NBC's new comedy A.P. Bio were a high school senior, it would have a solid roster of extracurriculars, a winning personality made for entrance interviews, and it would write thoughtful and introspective college essays,” says Daniel Fienberg. “The only thing keeping it from getting into the university of its choice would be a report card listing straight Cs. To crack my deeply complicated analogy code: As a TV show, A.P. Bio has nearly everything you'd want in a comedy, including a solid premise, a great cast and a particular visual style. The only thing holding it back is the small quibble that it's not actually all that funny.”

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