According to this article, Scrubs is the heir apparent to take over Friends’ timeslot. Now, I’m not saying Scrubs sucks, but it’s more of an “Eh…” show, I can’t see it holding an o’clock time slot, its more of a gateway show between other programs. What is going on at NBC that is preventing them from making any new killer comedies? They used to be the king, now they will become the court jester when their aging flagships leave one by one (Friends, Fraiser, Will and Grace)
Are there any NBC shows that will grow to fill the vacuum that will be left in a few years, or is NBC doomed? (in the comedy dept, i mean)
Let’s see… “Scrubs” is far more intelligent, funny and well-written than “Friends” ever was… so it doesn’t appeal to as many people. Probably won’t last.
Every tv network goes through cycles; in any case, the vast majority of their programming is crap. I’m sure NBC will get back to its former successful level, for whatever that’s worth. Trying new ideas might help.
I like Scrubs but have no idea when it is on. It seems to have had the unfortunate time-slot swapping problem that kills off many good shows. I’d love to see it fill the Friends slot.
I think it follows Friends this coming season. I like both shows for different reasons. Friends was good for a while, then Ross got pathetic and whiny, and last season the writing was better, but I didn’t like Rachel’s pregnancy. I had gotten used to watching it though. Scrubs is funny, witty, and doesn’t overdo the Ally MacBeal reaction hallucinations. I heard its ratings were fine, so I don’t think it’s going anywhere.
Scrubs ratings were excellent, it consistently won its timeslot, it was the highest rated new comedy this season. It is the heir apparent to Friends, if only because it far outpaces any other comedy that the network has come up with recently, and by the looks of things, anything that they have in store for the upcoming season.
It’s witty, it doesn’t pander to the audience, and it has rewarded its audience by slowly revealing details about the characters so that viewers will want to come back to see what new nuance will be learned each week. It doesn’t club you over the head with goofy jokes or ridiculous premises. The fact that it’s subtle that way is its greatest asset, and the reason why it’s set to go far with people who are sick to death of relationship hooha, fat suits and the same jokes being dressed up in new clothes every week for eight years.
I think Scrubs is an absurdly well written, intelligent, and funny show which, according to the precedent set by Family Guy, means it will air on and off at odd and differing time slots (such that even the most die-hard fans couldn’t find it with an automatic “Find Scrubs” machine, with plug plugged in, switch activated, and knob set to “Automatically Find Scrubs") until it is unceremoniously cancelled, and then brought back, and then cancelled again. Either that or it could pull a Fraiser and be on the air for quite a while.
But in any event I agree with the others that if Scrubs is indeed the heir to the Throne currently occupied by Friends it is most decidedly a bastard child, because how could something so hideous as Friends produce something so beautiful as Scrubs.
The cutting to random stuff that was just mentioned by characters (a la Family Guy)
That mean doctor guy
Nurses being portrayed as not getting the respect they deserve (though i don’t know if they’ve done more with that lately)
The Theme song
What i don’t like about scrubs:
The commercials for it (like ALL NBC commercials, they suck)
I don’t really care for any of the characters, none grab me and hold my interest.
Hype due to the lackluster season and what i consider a mediocre show gaining more respect than it deserves (though i think it should stay on the air, just not given flagship status)
For that transgression you must :smack: yourself about the head and shoulders with a wet haddock 37 times.
Now, persuing the aformentioned pig vomit that passes for “news” at Fox, the only mention I find of Scrubs being the heir apparent to friends is in the header paragraph, with no documentation or sourcing anywhere else in the article.
Of course, this is Fox, so I shouldn’t be surprised.
That is what’s known as “making an assumption” and eberyone knows that when you assume, you make an ass out of yourself.
As for the summer, Scrubs is on Tuesday nights at 9:30 and Thursday nights at 8:30, I guess because they are trying to smooth the transition for when the fall season starts up.
Oh yeah, another thing about that Fox “story”, if Scrubs was ignored by Emmy voters, how come the show has 2 nominations?
Oh WSL, come on. FOX News isn’t some fly by night news organization tossing out opinions willy-nilly that masquerade as fact, then get retracted a million times over. Aside from some gripe with the “fair and balanced” advertising tagline (which isn’t much better than any other out there), what’s the basis of your pig vomit claim?
And just FYI, the story on the FOX site was written by a reporter for the NY Post, so it would seem your indictment of the “pig vomit” network rings a little hollow.
Incidentally, Scrubs is being moved to the spot after Friends. And NBC’s entertainment president obviously implies that he hopes the Friends audience will shift to Scrubs once Friends is gone. It isn’t such a leap to call Scrubs the “heir apparent.”
And I would say that a show as good as Scrubs deserved more than only 2 nominations. Maybe that’s what the NY Post journalist was trying to say.
was what they were using for the basis of the article.
Sapphire Bullet took care of the rest. But based on NBC’s shows from last season, being number one isn’t something to brag about. (That dumb show where the woman dumped her fiance anyone?). Scrubs needs some growing to do if it wants to become a flagship show (IMHO, of course), but the rest of NBC’s first season shows made me think God was punishing me.
Who’s this WSL person…oh it’s me:eek: :eek: :eek: .
Actually that’s a bit funny.
But that’s not what my post is about.
Fox News does toss out opiniuons willy nilly that masquerade as the truth, but they never get retracted. Check out what fair.org ahs to say about the O’Reilly Factors playing fast and loose with "fatcs.
And the NY POST might as well be sucking Fox New’s dick, they are so wrapped up with each other.
Scrubs gets on my nerves. I dislike every character except that mean older doctor (not the mentor figure who played the teacher with a failed dot.com in Malcolm in the Middle, the older one), and I cannot stand the device where they show the main character fantasizing or imagining something and then cut back to reality with him shaking his head like he just experienced some vivid hallucination. Ally McBeal is not a source worth ripping off, and people aren’t like that. I also hate the use of goofy sound effects for ‘humorous’ accents, I’d almost rather they used a laughtrack.