Guys, I don't think Scrubs is coming back

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NBC has released their fall schedule:

Fall 2008:
Monday: Chuck, Heroes, My Own Worst Enemy
Tuesday: The Biggest Loser: Families, Kath & Kim, Law & Order: SVU
Wednesday: Knight Rider, Deal or No Deal, Lipstick Jungle
Thursday: My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office, The Office, ER
Friday: Crusoe, Deal or No Deal, Life
Saturday: Dateline, Knight Rider [r], L&O: SVU [r]
Sunday: Football Night in America, NFL Sunday Night Football

Winter / Spring 2008-09:
Monday: Chuck, Heroes, The Philanthropist
Tuesday: The Biggest Loser: Families, Kath & Kim, Law & Order: SVU
Wednesday: Knight Rider, Deal or No Deal, Law & Order
Thursday: My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office, The Office Spinoff, ER/Celebrity Apprentice
Friday: Deal or No Deal, Friday Night Lights, Life
Saturday: Dateline, L&O: SVU [r], Law & Order [r]
Sunday: Dateline, Merlin, Medium, Kings

Anybody have any inside info? :frowning:

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I thought it was moving to ABC?

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Agreed. If the show is coming back, it would probably be on ABC.

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Weird. I’ve never heard of a primetime show on one of the big four networks moving to a different one. I know Monk premiered on ABC, but it moved to USA. Has this ever happened before?

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It has! Let me think. Well, the animated show “The Critic” started on ABC, then moved to Fox. I think there have been a few others.

ETA: Wasn’t this going to be the last season for “Scrubs” anyway? Then things got derailed by the writers’ strike.

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Is this all just rumor fed by hopeful fans? I would assume the reason it’s not in the next years line up is because they have announced all along that this would be the final season. A quick Google brings up a story from last October which says:

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A few times:

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Diff’rent Strokes

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“Taxi” moved from ABC to NBC in the 1980s.

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There’s lots of talk of “Scrubs” moving to ABC for next season, but nothing’s official yet and we’ll have to wait until ABC announces it’s line-up in May for any confirmation.

Here’s a tidbit from TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello:

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It is weird. I’ve been seeing the ABC quotes pop up (McGinley all but said in one article that they were renewed on ABC). When they were renewed last year (they were on the bubble last year as they have been for much of their existence), Braff and Lawrence agreed it would be the final season.

As recently as during the writer’s strike, someone asked Braff what would happen to the final episode if the strike killed the rest of the season. Braff replied that it would sadly remain in Bill Lawrence’s head. That sounds like an end to me.

Scrubs lover that I am, I am ok with the show ending. It has lost a bit of steam (e.g.- Elliot dumping Keith despite being perfectly happy, likely so she can end up with JD in the finale), and I would like to see it bow out with a definitive finale instead of limping along on ABC (likely without Braff).

Sometimes it is ok to say goodbye.

However, if they went on, and Braff dropped out, who would narrate the show? A new cast member each episode like they have done in the special episodes in the past?

Would they add the obligatory new male character like *That 70s Show * did when Topher Grace left? (So unnecessary)

Would they change the name of the show to “Ted and the Blanks”?

I’ll field the last one.

No.

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The show’s been “on the bubble” for four seasons? That’s pretty good. Someone at NBC must have warm fuzzies for Bill Lawrence.

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Seven season, I think. It was on the bubble after the first season, although there was, I think, a two season rewewal order in there somewhere.

It’s been funny to watch the show battle to stay on the air.

Lawrence has always leveraged the fact that the show is produced by a production wing of ABC, and could always bolt if need be. I think if Scrubs were produced by CastleRock it would have been cancelled before syndication.

I guess nothing should surprise us with this. It wouldn’t be April without a Scrubs fight to stay on TV!:slight_smile:

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Here is what I saw in Entertainment Weekly.

Scrubs on ABC next season - a done deal?

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As much as I love Aloma Wright (Keep it holy, now) I’d much rather hear this first hand from Bill Lawrence.

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Never mind that…

Chuck got a lease on a whole new season!
Yay. Go Chuck.

Sorry 'bout that. I was just so happy to find out about this.

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From 1947 to 1950, Mary Kay and Johnny aired on Dumont, CBS, and NBC.

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In the 1950s, when the shows were owned by sponsors, it wasn’t unusual for them to switch networks. But even since the 1970s, it’s happened.

In addition to Diff’rent Strokes and Taxi (mentioned upthread) some other switches include

Bionic Woman (the original)
Bosom Buddies
The Hogan Family
The Tony Randall Show
Wonder Woman

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JAG went from NBC to CBS.

I like Scrubs a lot but it always seems to be up against something else I’d rather watch, and I don’t care about it enough to tape it.

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How about “The Worthless Peons”?