# "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office" return tonight

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 25, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-and-the-office-return-tonight/465210 "2008-09-25T20:18:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-and-the-office-return-tonight/465210/1 "2008-09-25T20:18:14Z")

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Just in case you missed it, both will open tonight with two episodes each.

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**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:** [September 25, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-and-the-office-return-tonight/465210/2 "2008-09-25T20:24:31Z")

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Though the Office, I believe, is one hour long episode(as opposed to those fake 1 hour episodes last year that were two stitched together).

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-and-the-office-return-tonight/465210/3 "2008-09-25T20:26:01Z")

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What about Scrubs? Anyone know if it is returning? And if it is, is it returning on the same network?

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-and-the-office-return-tonight/465210/4 "2008-09-25T23:03:08Z")

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Scrubs is coming back on ABC – I don’t know when though.

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**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-earl-and-the-office-return-tonight/465210/5 "2008-09-25T23:16:18Z")

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Yay! Love me some Office. And maybe Earl can come back from the doldrums.

According to Wikipedia, Scrubs will be a mid-season replacement on ABC.