# Guys, I don't think Scrubs is coming back **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818 "2008-04-03T17:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/1 "2008-04-03T17:01:12Z")
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? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/2 "2008-04-03T17:02:48Z")
I thought it was moving to ABC? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/3 "2008-04-03T17:05:26Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I thought it was moving to ABC? [/QUOTE] Agreed. _ **If** _ the show is coming back, it would probably be on ABC. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/4 "2008-04-03T17:09:21Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/5 "2008-04-03T17:11:14Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] 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? [/QUOTE] 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. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/6 "2008-04-03T17:11:15Z")
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: > [@](#): > > The wacky comedy’s star, Zach Braff, and Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence participated in a conference call today to discuss the show’s upcoming final year. > **['Scrubs' Star and Creator Discuss the Final Season](https://www.buddytv.com/scrubs-star-and-creator-discuss-the-final-season/)** > > Scrubs has been in danger of cancellation ever since it premiered in 2001.  However, on October 25 at 9:30pm it returns again for the premiere of its ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/7 "2008-04-03T17:23:31Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] 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? [/QUOTE] [A few times](http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=H1PCM1yKRWxSy26KLSG2G5TRJzWtWQ5S2mppJPSnx1hCy2YxKKf1!-842803890?docId=5001978726): > [@](#): > > With the emergence of rival broadcast networks–Fox, UPN, and WB–a “new” form of program recycling seemed to emerge at the close of the twentieth century: Broadcast networks increasingly included programs in their prime-time schedule that had appeared on other networks. In 1996, NBC was the most watched network in the nation, and home to a string of hit series such as ER, Seinfeld, and Friends. That fall, the network included in its schedule two shows that had been failures at ABC: The Naked Truth and The Jeff Foxworthy Show. Not to be outdone, CBS added the drama JAG to its lineup as a replacement program in January of 1997. The show had lasted one season on NBC before cancellation. The series began its eighth season at CBS in the fall of 2003. Similarly, in the summer of 2001, Twentieth Century Fox Television announced it was moving Buffy the Vampire Slayer from the WB network to rival upstart UPN in what the New York Times described as “a rare case of a hit show leaving one broadcast network for another” ---
**Author:** ![mazinger\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/8 "2008-04-03T17:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] 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? [/QUOTE] Diff’rent Strokes ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/9 "2008-04-03T17:34:49Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] 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? [/QUOTE] “Taxi” moved from ABC to NBC in the 1980s. > **[Taxi (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_%28TV_series%29)** > > Taxi is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1978, to May 6, 1982, and on NBC from September 30, 1982, to June 15, 1983. It focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher. For most of the run of the show, the ensemble cast consisted of taxi drivers Alex Reiger (Judd Hirsch), Bobby Wheeler (Jeff Conaway), Elaine Nardo (Marilu Henner), Tony Banta (Tony Danza), and "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski (Christopher... ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/10 "2008-04-03T17:44:37Z")
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: > **[TV Guide, TV Listings, Streaming Services, Entertainment News and Celebrity News](https://www.tvguide.com/)** > > Find local TV listings, watch full episodes of your favorite TV Shows and read the latest breaking news on TV shows, celebrities and movies. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/11 "2008-04-03T18:28:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/12 "2008-04-03T18:32:33Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] 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), [/QUOTE] The show’s been “on the bubble” for four seasons? That’s pretty good. Someone at NBC must have warm fuzzies for Bill Lawrence. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/13 "2008-04-03T18:36:24Z")
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!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/14 "2008-04-03T20:24:56Z")
Here is what I saw in Entertainment Weekly. [Scrubs on ABC next season - a done deal?](http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/03/scrubs.html) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/15 "2008-04-03T21:21:00Z")
As much as I love Aloma Wright (Keep it holy, now) I’d much rather hear this first hand from Bill Lawrence. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/16 "2008-04-03T21:40:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/17 "2008-04-04T01:04:38Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] 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? [/QUOTE] From 1947 to 1950, **Mary Kay and Johnny** aired on Dumont, CBS, and NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/18 "2008-04-04T01:15:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/19 "2008-04-04T02:11:28Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818/20 "2008-04-04T02:45:38Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] Would they change the name of the show to “Ted and the Blanks”? I’ll field the last one. No. [/QUOTE] How about “The Worthless Peons”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-dont-think-scrubs-is-coming-back/443818.md?page=2)