‘Scrubs’ Reboot Scores ABC Series Order With Donald Faison & Sarah Chalke Joining Zach Braff
ABC's 'Scrubs' reboot has been greenlit to series with Zach Braff, Donald Faison & Sarah Chalke returning.
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"Scrubs" Rebooted at ABC
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I absolutely adore the old show and i hope they can update it to fit a new reality in medicine and how the characters progressed since the original show ended.
Seems like they have a good core of returning characters and i hope to see many cameos from original characters though i'm still sad about the passing of Sam Lloyd which means Ted won't come back ( my favorite supporting character).
Seems like they have a good core of returning characters and i hope to see many cameos from original characters though i'm still sad about the passing of Sam Lloyd which means Ted won't come back ( my favorite supporting character).
Well, it has been 16 years...
No, no... seventeen years. I don't know what this ninth season of Scrubs people always talk about was. It only had eight seasons.
Hm, I lost interest in the original when the soap opera relationship stuff really started dominating the show, and the fantasy cutaways dwindled to one or two per episode. Maybe the amount of the fantasies the series started off with was unsustainable without making JD look like a crazy person, but without them, it steadily became a blander, less interesting, and increasingly treacly sitcom.
Now that the main three are well into middle age, though, I'm not sure bringing back tons of goofy fantasies would work any better. Ergo, unless they did something really wild with the revival, like set it in a semi-apocalyptic aftermath of a planetary alien invasion, it'll probably be a generic "Gee, aren't the challenges of raising kids while working full-time wacky!" kind of sitcom. Which, if that's what the target audience wants, swell. It just probably won't be for me.
Now that the main three are well into middle age, though, I'm not sure bringing back tons of goofy fantasies would work any better. Ergo, unless they did something really wild with the revival, like set it in a semi-apocalyptic aftermath of a planetary alien invasion, it'll probably be a generic "Gee, aren't the challenges of raising kids while working full-time wacky!" kind of sitcom. Which, if that's what the target audience wants, swell. It just probably won't be for me.
The Janitor has a kid. His kid hates J.D.'s kid. The cycle continues,
Either that or their kids become a couple.
No, no, somebody stuck a crayon in the door. The Janitor kid, wearing a junionr janitor costume, if trying to fix it, blames J.D., Jr.
"Door is stuck, somebody stuck a crayon in it. Third time this week. It wasn't you, was it?"
J.D., Jr.: "I don't know," raises arms and crayons come raining out of his shirt. Jan Itor, Jr. goes running after him.
J.D., Jr.: "I don't know," raises arms and crayons come raining out of his shirt. Jan Itor, Jr. goes running after him.
^ No offense, but simply repeating a zero-substance idea doesn't make it any less banal.
Hey, look, I came up with an idea! What if James Bond had a son, but, because of James' career, Jimmy Jr. barely knew his dad, and therefore became a promiscuous rebel who ended up joining the military and eventually... became a spy himself! Wouldn't that be a great movie idea?!
(No.)
Hey, look, I came up with an idea! What if James Bond had a son, but, because of James' career, Jimmy Jr. barely knew his dad, and therefore became a promiscuous rebel who ended up joining the military and eventually... became a spy himself! Wouldn't that be a great movie idea?!
(No.)
That's what the show did. I'm not breaking their mold. Literally, they pulled the same thing during the run of the show: another new intern comes in, the Janitor does it to the new intern as well.
And there's nothing wrong with a running gag.
And there's nothing wrong with a running gag.
Another original cast member has joined the reboot. Wouldn’t have been the same without her.
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‘Scrubs’ Reboot at ABC Brings Back Judy Reyes as Carla
Judy Reyes is set to reprise the role of Carla Espinosa in the "Scrubs" reboot currently in the works at ABC, Variety has learned.
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Awesome! I didn't realize that Sarah Chalke was returning too. Things are looking up!Another original cast member has joined the reboot. Wouldn’t have been the same without her.
‘Scrubs’ Reboot at ABC Brings Back Judy Reyes as Carla
Judy Reyes is set to reprise the role of Carla Espinosa in the "Scrubs" reboot currently in the works at ABC, Variety has learned.
I saw a commercial this week featuring Chalke set in a hospital and that gave me hope.
If it's got that much cast returning it ain't a reboot, it's a straight up continuation or sequel.
I enjoyed it back in the day but I'm not sure I could watch it now, mostly due to the amount of hospital that took over my life for years which is not a fault of the show. It did feel like they stretched it out too much though.
I enjoyed it back in the day but I'm not sure I could watch it now, mostly due to the amount of hospital that took over my life for years which is not a fault of the show. It did feel like they stretched it out too much though.
Another legacy member joins:
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‘Scrubs’ Reboot Brings Back John C. McGinley as Dr. Cox
John C. McGinley is the latest original cast member to join the "Scrubs" reboot currently in the works at ABC, Variety has learned.
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Just looked up photos of McGinley today. He's aged rather well, though he's now more puffier, looks like a cross between Cox and Kelso.
The question is: how would his character git in?
A refresher for those who have forgotten, but we had an entire episode where the plot was Dr. Kelso was being forced to retire because policy is once you turn 75, you have to retire. Kelso had bosses, and even if Cox took Kelso's place, he's still have bosses and it would be highly unlikely he'd get them to change that policy.
The question is: how would his character git in?
A refresher for those who have forgotten, but we had an entire episode where the plot was Dr. Kelso was being forced to retire because policy is once you turn 75, you have to retire. Kelso had bosses, and even if Cox took Kelso's place, he's still have bosses and it would be highly unlikely he'd get them to change that policy.
The show has been off the air that long?!? Jeezus I am getting old. I still think of it as a relatively "new" sitcom.
