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A.P. Bio #2

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Thursday February 1st saw the preview premiere of this new show. Compared to AP Bio’s predecessor this show seems to be hopeful. In its Finale last week, “Great News” had a rating of 0.5 and a share of 2. This week with “A.P. Bio” in place of “Great News”, the show had a rating of 0.8 and a share of 3. The show had been being advertised on NBC commercial breaks which may have helped the ratings but the next question will be how they compare when the show launches into its regular schedule come March.

Additionally of interest is comparing how much of the “Will and Grace” audience, which normally airs at 9:00pm, stayed tuned in to watch “A.P. Bio”. “Will and Grace” on Thursday had 4.13 million viewers. A.P. Bio had 3.13 million viewers. So “A.P. Bio” did lose some of “Will and Grace’s” audience but it still theoretically retained a significant portion of it assuming not many of that 3.13 million were new viewers tuning into NBC.

Splitting Up Together #1

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“Splitting Up Together” is a family comedy being brought to us this spring by ABC. Based on a Danish show by the same name, this show follows a family where marriage just isn’t working out. Lena & Martin have decided their relationship isn’t working out and choose to get a divorce, nothing shocking about that right? But what happens when you learn they will continue to live together but take turns as the parent on duty?

One of the show’s creators, Emma Kapnek, formally created another show for ABC which was cancelled in its first season. Now she is trying again and learning from her past mistakes to create a comedy that was worthy of being called an ABC family comedy.

The show premieres Tuesday March 27th at 9:30pm on ABC.

A.P. Bio #1

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A.P. Bio is set to be the newest comedy in NBC’s lineup. The show was created by former Saturday Night Live writers Seth Meyers & Lorne Michaels. The show officially premieres on Thursday March 1st at 9:30pm but will be airing a special preview this Thursday, February 1st at 9:30. It is poised to be a family oriented comedy in the Thursday night comedy lineup.

The show is about Harvard philosophy scholar Jack Griffin who, after missing out on the job of his dreams, is forced to become a high school Advanced Placement Biology teacher. But instead of teaching the students about biology, he decides to take advantage of their intelligence for his own advantage.