That Scrubs Reboot Is Really Happening — and Now Zach Braff Has Joined the Cast
In television, nothing good can ever stay dead — and in a year that's seen new projects from universes as disparate as The Office and Buffy the Vampire Slayer re-enter production, beloved 2000s hospital sitcom Scrubs is next.
In television, nothing good can ever stay dead — and in a year that's seen new projects from universes as disparate as The Office and Buffy the Vampire Slayer re-enter production, beloved 2000s hospital sitcom Scrubs is next.
It's been 24 years since Zach Braff's character, junior doctor JD, first began his time at Sacred Heart Hospital. Now, Braff has agreed to reprise the role in ABC's upcoming Scrubs reboot, which is expected to feature a mix of new and returning faces.
If this concept sounds familiar, it's because ABC tried the idea before as part of Scrubs' ill-fated ninth season that featured Braff and other series regulars handing over the baton to a new, younger cast. The idea was not popular, and the season was canned after just nine episodes.
Now, almost two decades later, ABC is trying again. Scrubs' original creator Bill Lawrence is behind the return, with plans that it will act as a reboot/revival hybrid.
With Braff's deal signed, Entertainment Weekly reports that it is likely other returning cast members will follow.
"We've been talking about a lot, and I think the only real reason to do it is a combo," Lawrence previously told Deadline.
"A: people wanting to see what the world of medicine was like for the people they love, which is part of any successful reboot. But B: I think that show always worked because you get to see young people dropped into the world of medicine, knowing young people that go there are super idealistic and are doing it because it's a calling."
Scrubs originally aired 182 episodes between 2001 and 2010. There's no word yet when more episodes of Scrubs will begin filming.
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