# I Love Scrubs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038 "2006-01-02T03:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/1 "2006-01-02T03:10:37Z")
I’m sitting at home tonight watching the 2nd season of Scrubs on DVD. I have seen most of these episodes already when they were first aired, but they are still incredibly fresh and funny. I think that this is one of the best written and acted shows ever. I also appreciate that it is a comedy w/o a laugh track. I saved the best news for last. Scrubs is finally returning this Tuesday with two (count 'em two) BRAND NEW episodes. Check your local listings! That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/2 "2006-01-02T03:13:00Z")
I’m right there with you. Scrubs is the only sitcom I watch, where I consistently laught out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/3 "2006-01-02T03:22:07Z")
I never watched Scrubs until this last season, which immediately won me over. I’m slowly working my way through the season 1 DVDs, and I would have finished them long ago, but I try to wait for my roommate and his girlfriend to watch them with me, since she’s a nurse. (She says a lot of the show is very accurate, much moreso than ER.) I am eagerly awaiting the new season, but I wish NBC could have created some mega-monster night of comedy with Scrubs, My Name Is Earl, The Office, and a freshly-renewed Arrested Development, perhaps the four finest sitcoms of all time. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/4 "2006-01-02T03:22:29Z")
Looking forward to it. The DVD sales have been pretty good, so that makes it slightly more probable (moving from “snowball’s chance in hell” to “slim to none”) that the series will be picked up for next fall. Either way, if they give me 15-20 more episodes, I’ll be happy. 115+ episodes for this series would be a solid run. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/5 "2006-01-02T03:23:51Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I am eagerly awaiting the new season, but I wish NBC could have created some mega-monster night of comedy with Scrubs, My Name Is Earl, The Office, and a freshly-renewed Arrested Development, perhaps the four finest sitcoms of all time. I had the same thought this morning! Great minds think alike! ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/6 "2006-01-02T04:38:48Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Looking forward to it. > > The DVD sales have been pretty good, so that makes it slightly more probable (moving from “snowball’s chance in hell” to “slim to none”) that the series will be picked up for next fall. > > Either way, if they give me 15-20 more episodes, I’ll be happy. > > 115+ episodes for this series would be a solid run. [_ahem_](http://www.nbc.com/Scrubs/) New episodes start Tuesday. _This_ Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/7 "2006-01-02T04:40:01Z")
As we already established. And they’re gonna be great! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/8 "2006-01-02T04:52:36Z")
> [@Soapbox Monkey](#): > > [_ahem_](http://www.nbc.com/Scrubs/) New episodes start Tuesday. _This_ Tuesday. That still doesn’t mean it will be on the schedule NEXT Fall! 😃 The 15-20 episodes I am talking about are guaranteed. If they DON’T renew next Fall, I am saying I will be content. ---
**Author:** ![Bernard\_Marx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/9 "2006-01-02T08:06:37Z")
Here in Oz, Scrubs is on either: a. at 11:30pm just before the infomercials start; or b. as “filler” in the non-ratings period. Other quality shows like Gilmore Girls, Family Guy, Arrested Development et al get the same treatment. In some ways this is annoying, but in other ways it’s kind of cool to know that the shows I like are not appreciated by the Australian TV watching public (not enough to get prime-time slots, anyway). Makes me feel like an underappreciated genuis with tastes above the common herd. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/10 "2006-01-02T13:45:42Z")
I have friends who totally adore Scrubs, but it just won’t do it for me. In Seinfeld, I liked that all the characters were so exaggerated and cynic, but in Scrubs it seems a bit too much. A lot of people running around in a hospital, barking at eachother. Though, I see that it’s well written and the directing is excellent, really seems to make the actors push theirselves to their limits. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/11 "2006-01-02T17:01:10Z")
Why are they taking so long to release the other seasons on DVD? I’ve watched the first two seasons, and I want to watch the rest in order. I would be watching the new ones this fall if I were caught up with the rest. As it stands, I’ll wait for the eventual DVD. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/12 "2006-01-02T18:11:27Z")
They seem to be on a normal DVD release schedule. In fact, I was actually surprised that Volume 2 came out as quickly as it did. Keep in mind, that they want to protect the syndication value of the show. It debuts on Comedy Central in September. But I agree with the desire to see season 3 on DVD. I have seen every episode of the series except for a handful from that season. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/13 "2006-01-02T19:30:31Z")
I thought they were pushing TV shows to DVD much faster now. In fact, lately it seems like they’re releasing season 1 before the start of season 2. This was done for **House** , **Battle Star Galactica** and **Lost** , if I recall correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/14 "2006-01-02T19:35:58Z")
Well season 1 of Scrubs didn’t come out until some time early last year, and season 2 only came out a couple months ago. Considering this is the fifth season starting tomorrow (or is it the sixth?), they definitely took their time releasing the first set. But I’m sure they’ll come out much faster now. Also keep in mind Scrubs – unlike many other recent sitcoms – hasn’t gone into syndication yet, and I believe there was talk for a while that it WOULDN’T ever hit syndication. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-scrubs/338038/15 "2006-01-02T20:00:54Z")
> [@Eleanor of Aquitaine](#): > > I thought they were pushing TV shows to DVD much faster now. In fact, lately it seems like they’re releasing season 1 before the start of season 2. This was done for **House** , **Battle Star Galactica** and **Lost** , if I recall correctly. This is definitely not uncommon. It usually happens for serialized dramas (Desperate Housewives was another). The only comedies that I remember getting the hurry up treatment were Arrested Development and the Office. Scrubs is not that far off from those shows, so maybe you have a good point.