Posted Jun 22nd 2009 11:45AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Spoilers Anonymous, TV Squad Polls, Reality-Free
As it's been speculated in the last months,
Scrubs will not be the same when entering its ninth season. We know that Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke have
both inked deals to appear in only six episodes and that, since Donald Faison's pilot wasn't picked up, rumors were going around that
Scrubs 2.0 could revolve around Turk and medical school.
Confirmation has finally arrived and the show will indeed go through an extreme makeover that will take the action from the hospital to medical school.
Slight spoilers coming up!Continue reading Scrubs goes back to school
Posted May 23rd 2009 6:15PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, 24, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Spoilers Anonymous, Casting, Chuck, Fringe
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
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This week we have:
Glee, 24, Melrose Place, Grey's Anatomy, Chuck, Scrubs and Fringe (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted May 22nd 2009 12:00PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Scrubs, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
What will the upcoming ninth season of
Scrubs look like? Only ABC and show creator Bill Lawrence know the answer to that question.
During the network's recent upfront presentation, ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson said Lawrence was playing with two possible scenarios for the show, one of which is "a complete rethinking" and the other a simple continuation of the format with a new cast.
Either way, things will be different. And with star Zach Braff signed on for only six episodes next season and Sarah Chalke not looking to return full-time, it seems like this might be Donald Faison's time to shine. Or bomb terribly. It could go either way, really.
Continue reading WIll Scrubs become the Christopher Turk, M.D. show?
Posted May 19th 2009 8:33AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing With The Stars, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, Casting
Yesterday, we gave you a preview of ABC's upcoming fall
comedies and
dramas. Today, we got the official lowdown on the network's 2009-2010 schedule during its upfront presentation.
As expected, the network picked up a number of new shows and stuck with some of its most solid performers.
Returning: Lost (Update: Lost will be back, but exactly where and on what night has not been determined.)
, Castle, Scrubs, Better Off Ted, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Ugly Betty, Dancing With the Stars, 20/20, Supernanny, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters,
The Bachelor.
Wife Swap, True Beauty,
America's Funniest Home VideosGone:
Samantha Who?,
Cupid,
The Unusuals,
In the Motherhood,
According to JimNew: Cougar Town,
Hank,
The Middle,
Modern Family,
Flash Forward,
Eastwick,
Shark Tank, The ForgottenNew for Mid-Season: V,
Happy Town,
The Deep End
Watch this space for more details on the new shows and comments from ABC execs...
More on the schedule, comments and some details on the new shows after the jump.
Continue reading The Upfronts: ABC
Posted May 15th 2009 9:02AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Scrubs, Pickups and Renewals, Casting, Reality-Free
It looks like we're creeping closer and
closer to ABC bringing Scrubs back for a ninth season. Now comes word that Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke have both inked deals to appear in six episodes, most likely at the beginning of the season to help set up the new J.D.-less Sacred Heart. Creator Bill Lawrence said that he responded well to Eliza Coupe's crotchety Denise (the intern with no bedside manner). He didn't seem to say much about the rest of the cast, but I think this could work.
Imagine transitioning
Scrubs fully into a teaching hospital show. Instead of following one batch of interns, you can bring in a new batch every year or so. We can keep some of the good ones from prior classes, like Denise, but other than that it's new interns and we focus on the "teaching" staff, which would now include Turk. Donald Faison, Neil Flynn and John C. McGinley are on board for a full season, so that direction could definitely work. It would be a different kind of show, but if Lawrence stays involved it can still be a very funny show.
Posted May 13th 2009 4:25PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Scrubs, Reality-Free
If ABC renews
Scrubs for another season, the show might return without two of its longtime writer-producers.
Scrubs scribes Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman
will join NBC's upcoming comedy Community under a new two-year deal with Universal Media Studios.
Community was reportedly a big hit at NBC's recent infront presentation, and it looks like the network has high hopes for the show.
Judging by the
preview video that hit the Web this week,
Community looks pretty damn hilarious. It stars Joel McHale (
The Soup) as a lawyer who is forced to go back to community college. In an attempt to get closer to a girl who looks like Elisabeth Shue, he starts a study group with a team of misfits, including a quirky lifelong learner played by Chevy Chase.
Continue reading Scrubs duo moves on to NBC's Community
Posted May 6th 2009 11:25PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S08E18) Since I have no idea whether this is truly the end for
Scrubs or not, I hedged my bets on the season vs. series finale label. I will say this, though: If this is indeed the end for the folks at Sacred Heart, they couldn't have gone out any better than they did tonight.
Tonight's finale hit on all the same themes that have carried the show for eight years: people grow and change, but life at the hospital just keeps going. Someone leaves, someone dies, someone makes a life-changing decision, and life keeps going. "It's just a day," as Cox almost-convincingly said during one of J.D.'s attempts at getting an emotional goodbye from his mentor. He's right. And as Sacred Heart didn't make such a big deal out of J.D.'s departure, neither did the show. He didn't even turn to look back at the ICU as he turned the lights off. Well, he did, but I'll talk about that after the jump...
Continue reading Scrubs: My Finale (series / season finale)
Posted May 6th 2009 4:20PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Scrubs, Video, Reality-Free
This is probably an odd thing to say in a post at a TV blog, but you probably shouldn't look at the video below. It's not exactly a spoiler in the strictest sense, but it does show what will definitely be a very special moment in the history of
Scrubs. It really does feel like a series finale, not a season finale, so I'm curious to see how they handle things if the show does return for
another season.
Posted May 6th 2009 9:43AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S08E17) After the roll the show's been on lately, it was kind of weird to see
Scrubs hit a bit of a creative pothole right before the series/season/show-as-we-know-it finale. Lots of personal character movement happened during this one, but the laughs were few and far between. And, despite the upheavals, we're still dealing with some of the interns, signifying life goes on at Sacred Heart. It was just a weird mix, and it made for a decent but not great episode.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Chief Concern
Posted Apr 30th 2009 6:01PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Scrubs, Pickups and Renewals, Chuck, Reaper, Reality-Free
USA Today ran a poll of those shows considered "on the bubble" for renewal. The poll was asking fans
which show they wanted to see renewed the most. If you were to just look at the comments I've seen here and across the web, I'd think the answer was pretty obvious. Unfortunately, a certain massively chinned man may be hurting it's chances, otherwise what else would that network have to replace it. Let's face it, a modest hit is a juggernaut when you're getting beaten at times by cable networks and The CW.
Also not a surprise is the show that came in dead last in the poll. I checked out the first episode and before it was even over I was jumping into the DVR and deleting that Season Pass, hoping nobody saw that I had put it on there. And considering the pedigree of the talent involved, it's a damn shame they put out such a steaming turd. Can you guess which shows topped and bottomed the list?
Continue reading Which bubble show do USA Today readers most want saved?
Posted Apr 28th 2009 1:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Scrubs, Watercooler Talk, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
(Update: Bill Lawrence himself responds to my plea in the comments.)Oy, not again.
First we heard, straight from Bill Lawrence's mouth, that
Scrubs could get a ninth season. Then we heard
it was definitely done at the end of this current eighth season. Now,
The Hollywood Reporter is hearing that
talks to renew the show are back on, with Lawrence and company trying to figure out how to bring back most of the cast, at least in a recurring fashion.
They have to be recurring, since
Zach Braff has vowed that he's done with the show, and Neil Flynn, John C. McGinley, and Donald Faison are all attached to new pilots, with
Scrubs being a second option in case they're not picked up. Heck, even Lawrence is busy on the new Courteney Cox show
Cougar Town.
I'm here, as one of the show's biggest fans, to beg ABC and Lawrence to let the show die. Please. It's the best thing they can do for it.
Continue reading Memo from a Scrubs fan: please let the show die
Posted Apr 23rd 2009 11:04AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S08E16) We're in the homestretch now, folks. Things are advancing in the world of Sacred Heart. And when characters who've been living more or less the same lives for eight years all of a sudden get new jobs, urges to return to old ones, or pangs to move away, you know a finale is a-comin'.
It's kind of too bad, since this season has been pretty satisfying for the most part. As Bill Lawrence and his crew have gotten down to basics, the show has gotten funnier, more personal, and more dramatic (when drama is called for). In fact, this has probably been the best season since season four, and it's good to see that the show still has hilarious episodes like this one still in them.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Cuz
Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:05PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, 24, Scrubs, The Shield, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
The TV is a weird beast. Your show can have ridiculously high ratings, receive greater critical claim than the Mona Lisa and achieve a cult following not seen since the People's Temple, and the network can still pull the plug on you.
TV Land doesn't work like Reality Land, if the Reality Land is in fact reality and not some bizarre reality land where meat-hungry producers are the gods of fate. TV has a different equation for success.
Here are the ten telltale signs that your new show will spend eternity shining in the pantheon of the cosmos and the rest of its life on Best Buy's DVD shelves.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Signs your show has made it
Posted Apr 15th 2009 10:24PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Scrubs, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S08E15) There's a reason why you don't see too many sitcoms do two-parters or one-hour episodes more than once every couple of years; the comedy momentum set in the first half-hour usually doesn't continue during the second. Although the second part of
Scrubs' Bahamas adventure was still pretty good, it definitely wasn't as funny as last week's first part.
But two interesting things came out of this episode, one character-based and the other actor-based. And, even though I had an inkling the latter was coming, it still surprised me when I saw it. More after the jump.
Continue reading Scrubs: My Soul on Fire (part two)
Posted Apr 9th 2009 2:25PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Scrubs, Reality-Free
Our head honcho Joel is at it again. If you haven't taken his
24 quiz on Parade.com, scamper over there right now and test your knowledge of all things Jack, Tony and CTU.
And now's your chance to
test your Scrubs mojo with Joel's latest quiz on the long-running doc show. Answer questions like: Which actor does Dr. Cox frequently rant about? What nationality is Carla's family? And which role is played by creator Bill Lawrence's wife?
I'm not a
Scrubs expert, but took the quiz anyway just to see how many guesses I'd get right. Not many. I'm sure you'll fare much better.
Take the quiz
here, and let us know how you did!
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