NBC picks up Mike O'Brien and Seth Meyers's "AP Bio"

Because it's in desperate need of comedy shows, NBC has picked up Mike O'Brien and Seth Meyers' show about a scorned high school teacher. The show, which stars Glenn Howerton and Patton Oswalt, follows a philosophy scholar who doesn't get the job he wants and is relegated to teach pubescent ne'er do wells. At some point, he decides to use his advanced placement students to his benefit. Deadline reports that Lyric Lewis, Aparna Brielle, Jacob McCarthy, Mary Sohn, and Nick Peine co-star. Lorne Michaels is set to produce along with Meyers.

Glenn Howerton and Patton Oswalt headline the Mike O'Brien and Seth Meyers NBC pilot

NBC used to be a network that focused purely on the highest rated comedy shows. It's no secret that the past decade or so have been difficult for the network. It just can't seem to find comedies that it loves. Now, it's finding a groove with Superstore along with recent addition The Good Place. With its recent pilot: NBC is not screwing around anymore. 

Glenn Howerton and Patton Oswalt -- two comedy television mainstays -- have been cast in a pilot for the network. The two will take the lead roles in the untitled Mike O'Brien and Seth Meyers comedy about a cynical Ivy League professor (Howerton) who is thrust into the world of high school teaching and ultimately decides to use his students as his pawns for revenge. Oswalt will play the pushover principal.

Fans of Howerton's FX(X) show Always Sunny in Philadelphia needn't fret. The show still has two more seasons on the channel and the cast has no plans to stop any time soon.

Will Ferrell spends '7 Minutes in Heaven' talking about coming up in comedy, chokes Mike O'Brien

That son of a gun Mike O'Brien is at it again with his talk show 7 Minutes in Heaven. This week, he brings Will Ferrell by to talk about his career in comedy. Our host spends an inordinate amount of time on Ferrell's earliest role in Drowning Mona, the two reminisce about being in the same gang and pretend to be trapped in paper bags while acting out of them.