Scrubs (TV series)

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Genre:

Sitcom Medical drama Comedy-drama

First aired:

October 2, 2001

Starring:

Zach Braff Sarah Chalke Donald Faison Neil Flynn Ken Jenkins John C. McGinley Judy Reyes Eliza Coupe Kerry Bishé Michael Mosley Dave Franco

Network:

NBC (2001-08) ABC (2009-10)

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Anat Penini: great show! So funny and yet also so realistic and close to real life moments

Adam BoothSanta-cruz: How has this show maintained it's non-stop hilarious script for so long?? there isn't an un funny joke in it - not a missed opportunity for a laugh out moment. And on top of this it manages to carry a morale with every eddition or a tragic circumstance that's true to life and so serious but return to the comedy stylings a moment later. If it weren't for The Simpsons it would be the best comedy on television EVER, and it's still pretty top of it's game considering that it falls slightly outside the bracket of pure comedy that The Simpsons holds. So it's pretty much a winner anyway!

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Isabelle Martin: This show is loved by millions of people but its not my favorite. Scrubs is silly, should be kind of entertaining and funny in a medical way, but its not. The humor is just silly and all the doctors seem so stupid because of their childish behavior.

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Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the... (more)

Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes presented mostly as the daydreams of the central character, Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, who is played by Zach Braff. The ninth season saw the transition from Braff as the central character to Kerry Bishé, who plays Lucy Bennett. The show's title is a play on surgical scrubs and a term for a low-ranking person (at the beginning of the show, most of the main characters were medical interns, one of the lowest ranks in the medical hierarchy).

Alongside Braff, the first eight seasons of the show featured Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, John C. McGinley and Judy Reyes in starring roles. In the ninth season, only Braff, Faison and McGinley were listed as regular cast members, while the rest, with the exception of Reyes, made guest appearances. Braff appeared in six episodes of the ninth season before departing. The ninth season also sees many new cast members introduced and shifts the show's setting from a hospital to a medical school. Kerry Bishé, Eliza Coupe, Dave Franco and Michael Mosley became series regulars, with Bishé becoming the show's new narrator.

A complete script was written for each episode of Scrubs; however, actors are given opportunities to improvise their lines during the shooting process. The series has featured multiple guest appearances by film actors not generally seen on episodic television, such as Brendan Fraser, Heather Graham, and Colin Farrell.

Scrubs premiered on October 2, 2001 on NBC. It received a Peabody Award in 2006 for "fearlessly smashing traditional comic formulas, all the while respecting the deepest emotional and moral issues of its life-and-death setting."  During the seventh season, NBC announced that it would not renew the show. Shortly after the seventh season finale, ABC announced that it had picked up the series for a new season and on January 6, 2009, the eighth season of Scrubs premiered on ABC. The ninth season, which premiered on December 1, 2009 on ABC, features several new cast members and is set at a new facility. On May 14, 2010, it was announced that Scrubs was officially canceled by ABC.  (less)

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